Structure of the British Armed Forces in 1989
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The following is a hierarchical outline for the British
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at the end of the
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. It is intended to convey the connections and relationships between units and formations. In 1989 the British Armed Forces had a peacetime strength of 311,600 men, and defence expenditures were 4.09% of GDP. The strength of the Royal Navy in 1989 was 65,500; that of the British Army: 152,800; and that of the Royal Air Force 93,300.


Ministry of Defence

Within the MOD Main Building in London, the
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, through the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, supervised the
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, Admiralty Board, and the Air Force Board. The Minister for Defence Procurement had political responsibility for the Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive, which supervised the Atomic Weapons Establishment at
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(including the Royal Ordnance Factories at
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and ROF Cardiff), as well as seven other research establishments. They included the
Admiralty Research Establishment The Admiralty Research Establishment (commonly known as ARE) was formed on 1 April 1984 from various Admiralty establishments. It became part of the Defence Research Agency on 1 April 1991. Constituent parts on formation * Admiralty Surface We ...
,
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; the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, RAF Boscombe Down; the
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, Porton Down; the Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton Down; the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment, Fort Halstead; the
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at RAE Farnborough and RAE Bedford; and the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, at
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. Other MoD organisations included: * the Ministry of Defence Police * the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces * the Defence Nuclear, Biological and Chemical School, Winterbourne Gunner *
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* Welbeck College, Worksop * the Defence Test and Evaluation Organisation,
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* the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence * and Defence Munitions depots at Crombie,
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and
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.


British Army forces in Brunei

* HQ British Forces Brunei & Brunei Signal Troop, Queen's Gurkha Signals ( Seria, Brunei) ** 1st Btn,
10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles The 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, (abbreviated to 10 GR), was originally a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment was formed in 1890, taking its lineage from a police unit and over the course of its existence it had ...
** C Flight,
660 Squadron AAC No. 660 Squadron AAC (660 Sqn) is a squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps (AAC). The squadron traces its lineage to a Royal Air Force squadron that existed during the Second World War. In the late 1950s the squadron's numerical was transf ...
,
Anduki Airfield Anduki Airfield () is a domestic airfield and heliport located in Seria, a town in the Belait District of Brunei Darussalam. It is operated by Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), and uses Sikorsky S-92 and AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters in suppor ...
, ( Scout AH.1) ** Brunei Troop, Gurkha Transport Regiment


Director Special Forces

*
Director Special Forces Director Special Forces (DSF) is the senior British Armed Forces officer responsible for Special Forces. The post is a senior role within the Ministry of Defence (MoD). As Director, the incumbent is responsible for the provision of United Kingdom S ...
, commands United Kingdom Special Forces **
Special Air Service The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terro ...
, Stirling Lines,
Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
*** HQ Special Air Service & 264 (SAS) Signal Squadron, Hereford ***
22nd Special Air Service Regiment The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terro ...
, Stirling Lines, Hereford ***
8 Flight AAC 658 Squadron AAC is an Army Air Corps unit of the British Army that provides dedicated aviation support to the 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (22 SAS) for domestic counter terrorism (CT) operations. The squadron is co-located with 22 SAS at ...
, (4x A109A Hirundo), Stirling Lines, Hereford ** Special Air Service Group, ( Stay-behind Observation Posts and Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols for
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) *** 63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (V), Thorney Island *** 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (V), Chelsea *** 23 Special Air Service Regiment (V), Birmingham ** Special Boat Service,
Royal Marines The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious light infantry and also one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. The Corps of Royal Marine ...
,
Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...
**
14 Intelligence Company The Special Reconnaissance Unit, also known as the 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company (internally "The Det") was a part of the British Army Intelligence Corps involved in plainclothes operations in Northern Ireland from the 1970s onwa ...
, British Army, RAF Aldergrove


Joint establishments

Joint establishments were tri-service units providing services to all three branches of the British Armed Forces. * Joint Service Defence College, Greenwich *
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit The Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit (JFACTSU)Some sources list it as the Joint Forward Air Control Training and ''Standardisation'' Unit. is a training unit located at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, England. The unit t ...
, RAF Leeming


Defence Operations Executive

The Defence Operations Executive, led by the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) and including the Assistant Chiefs of the Naval, General, and Air Staffs, supervised the Joint Operations Centre which in turn passed orders to the forces in Cyprus, Belize, the Falklands, and Hong Kong. These commands consisted of units of all three services and were commanded by one or
2-star rank Military star ranking is military terminology, used to describe general and flag officers. Within NATO's armed forces, the stars are equal to OF-6–10. Star ranking One–star A one–star rank is usually the lowest ranking general or flag ...
flag officers. CBF Cyprus was a rotational post between the Army and RAF, at two-star level; CBF Belize was an Army brigadier; CBF Falklands was a rotational post between all three services at two-star level; and CBF Hong Kong was an Army major general. * Joint Air Transport Establishment, RAF Brize Norton (under Commitments umbrella)


British Forces Belize

The Commander British Forces Belize was a British Army Brigadier. * British Forces Belize, Belize City, Belize ** British Army, Price Barracks, Ladyville *** 1st Btn, Welsh Guards, six month roulement from April to October 1989 *** 1x Armoured Reconnaissance Troop, six month roulement *** 1x Field Battery, Royal Artillery, six month roulement *** 1x Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, six month roulement *** 24th Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport *** 78th Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps ***
25 Flight AAC 25 Flight Army Air Corps is a flight within the British Army's Army Air Corps, currently part of the British Army Training Unit Kenya. History The flight was formed in 1987 in Belize where it operated Sioux AH1 helicopters. The flight returne ...
, Belize Airport, Ladyville, ( Gazelle AH.1) ** Royal Air Force, Belize Airport, Ladyville ***
No. 1417 Flight RAF No. 1417 Flight RAF (1417 Flt) was an independent flight of the Royal Air Force which existed between 1941 and 1993 at various times in a variety of roles. This Flight had probably the most interesting incarnations of all the independent aircraft ...
, (
Harrier GR.3 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British military aircraft. It was the first of the Harrier series of aircraft and was developed in the 1960s as the first operational ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and ...
) ***
No. 1563 Flight RAF No. 1563 Flight RAF (1563 Flt) is an independent flight of the British Royal Air Force (RAF). It operates the Westland Puma HC2 helicopters in Brunei. It previously flew tactical support missions for locally garrisoned British Army units, as we ...
, ( Puma HC.1) *** 1x Air Defence Troop,
RAF Regiment The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by royal warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out soldiering tasks relating to the delivery of air power. Examples of such ta ...
, six month roulement, (2× Rapier launch stations) ** Royal Navy ***
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, as needed.


British Forces Cyprus

The post of Commander British Forces Cyprus rotated between British Army and Royal Navy
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flag officers ( Major General and
Rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...
). * British Forces Cyprus,
Episkopi Episkopi ( el, Επισκοπή), or Latinised forms Episcopia or Piscopia, may refer to the following places: ;Cyprus: * Episkopi Bay, on the southeast coast * Episkopi, Limassol, a village on Episkopi Bay * Episkopi Cantonment, a British military ...
, Cyprus ** HQ, British Forces Cyprus, Episkopi ** British Army: *** 2nd Btn, Coldstream Guards,
Episkopi Episkopi ( el, Επισκοπή), or Latinised forms Episcopia or Piscopia, may refer to the following places: ;Cyprus: * Episkopi Bay, on the southeast coast * Episkopi, Limassol, a village on Episkopi Bay * Episkopi Cantonment, a British military ...
, two-year deployment: February 1988 to February 1990 *** 9th Signal Regiment (Radio), Royal Signals, at Ayios Nikolaos
Signals Intelligence Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ( ...
station *** 30th Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, Episkopi *** B Squadron,
17th/21st Lancers The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen' ...
, Episkopi, six month roulement *** 62nd Cyprus Support Squadron, Royal Engineers,
Dhekelia Dhekelia Cantonment ( el, Φρουρά Δεκέλεια, tr, Dikelya Cantonment) is a military base in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as the Sovereign Base Areas. It is located in the ...
*** 259th Signal Squadron, Episkopi *** 262nd Signal Squadron, Dhekelia ***
16 Flight AAC 16 Flight AAC was an independent flight within the British Army's Army Air Corps. It appears to have initially been formed in 1961, and operated in Aden and Borneo. Reformed circa 1982, it was based at Dhekelia in Cyprus, It operated in support o ...
,
Kingsfield Airfield Kingsfield may refer to: Characters *Professor Charles Kingsfield, a fictional character in the John Jay Osborn, Jr. 1970 novel, '' The Paper Chase'', as well as the film version Places * Kingsfield, Herefordshire, England * Kingsfield, Maine, ...
in
Dhekelia Dhekelia Cantonment ( el, Φρουρά Δεκέλεια, tr, Dikelya Cantonment) is a military base in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as the Sovereign Base Areas. It is located in the ...
, ( Gazelle AH.1) *** UNFICYP Flight AAC, Nicosia Airport, (Gazelle AH.1, supported the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) ** Royal Air Force: *** No. 84 Squadron RAF, RAF Akrotiri ( Wessex HC.2) ***
No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment is a C-UAS Sqn of the RAF Regiment in the Royal Air Force. Its mission is to detect, track, and ultimately disrupt and destroy unmanned airborne vehicles. The squadron's current HQ is at RAF Leeming. The motto of the ...
, RAF Akrotiri, (Light Armour, 15× Spartan, 6× Scorpion) *** No. 13 Signals Unit, RAF Episkopi *** No. 33 Signals Unit, Ayios Nikolaos, (
Signals intelligence Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ( ...
) *** No. 280 Signals Unit,
RAF Troodos Royal Air Force Troödos, commonly known as RAF Troödos, is a Royal Air Force station in the Republic of Cyprus. RAF Troödos is a remote Signals Station run by 27 personnel from Golf Section, Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus), and also conta ...
, (
Signals intelligence Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ( ...
)


British Forces Falkland Islands

The post of Commander British Forces Falkland Islands rotated between British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force
2-star rank Military star ranking is military terminology, used to describe general and flag officers. Within NATO's armed forces, the stars are equal to OF-6–10. Star ranking One–star A one–star rank is usually the lowest ranking general or flag ...
flag officers (either a Major General,
Rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...
or Air vice-marshal). * British Forces Falkland Islands, RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands ** HQ British Forces Falkland Islands & Joint Communications Unit Falklands Islands, ** Joint Force Workshop, RAF Mount Pleasant **
Falkland Islands Defence Force The Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) is the locally maintained volunteer defence unit in the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory. The FIDF works alongside the military units supplied by the United Kingdom to ensure the security ...
, Stanley ** British Army, RAF Mount Pleasant *** Infantry company from 1st Btn, Cheshire Regiment, six month roulement April to October 1989; replaced by infantry company from 1st Btn, Green Howards *** 1x Artillery Battery, Royal Artillery, six month roulement (6x L118 Light Guns) *** 1x Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, six month roulement *** 1x Air Defence Troop, Royal Artillery, six month roulement, (12x
Javelin A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...
) *** 67th Port Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport *** 73rd Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport *** 77th Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps ** Royal Air Force, RAF Mount Pleasant ***
No. 78 Squadron RAF No. 78 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, is the squadron number plate of RAF (Unit) Swanwick based at London Area Control Centre, Swanwick, Hampshire, Swanwick, Hampshire. The squadron was allocated the role in early 2021. Between January 2008 and ...
, (
Air assault Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft—such as the helicopter—to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces behind e ...
CH-47 Chinook HC.1,
Search & Rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...
Sea King HAR.3) ***
No. 1435 Flight RAF No. 1435 Flight is a Eurofighter Typhoon, Typhoon FGR. 4 unit of the Royal Air Force, based at RAF Mount Pleasant, providing air defence for the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Permanently based in the islands, the ...
, ( Phantom FGR.2) *** No. 1312 Flight RAF, (
Aerial refueling Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft a ...
Hercules C.1K) *** No. 7 Signals Unit RAF,
Byron Heights Byron Heights is a mountain rising to at the northwest extremity of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is situated southeast of Hope Point. The mountain's top is occupied by RRH Byron Heights (Remote Radar Head Byron Hei ...
,
West Falkland West Falkland ( es, Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastli ...
*** No. 303 Signals Unit *** No. 751 Signals Unit,
Mount Alice (Falkland Islands) Mount Alice is a mountain rising to at the south extremity of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is situated between the bays of Port Stephens and Port Albemarle, due north of Cape Meredith. After the Falklands War t ...
*** 1x Air Defence Troop,
RAF Regiment The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by royal warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out soldiering tasks relating to the delivery of air power. Examples of such ta ...
, six month roulement, (2× Rapier launch stations) ** HMS Leeds Castle,
Castle-class patrol vessel The Castle class was a class of British offshore patrol vessels of the Royal Navy. Two ships were constructed and after nearly 30 years service were sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 2010. The Bangladesh Navy upgraded these with more armaments incl ...
of the Royal Navy, based at Stanley with crew on a six-month roulement


British Forces Hong Kong

The Commander British Forces Hong Kong was a British Army Major General. * Commander British Forces Hong Kong, Hong Kong ** HQ British Forces Hong Kong & 248th Gurkha Signal Squadron, Headquarters House ** British Army, Prince of Wales Building *** 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade **** HQ 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade & 246th Gurkha Signal Squadron **** 1st Btn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, Stanley Fort **** 1st Btn, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles **** 1st Btn,
7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles The 7th Gurkha Rifles was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army, following India's independence in 1947 and after 1959 designated as the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles. History F ...
**** 2nd Btn,
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles The 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army before being transferred to the British Army on India's independence in 1947. The 4th Battalion joined the Indian Army as the 5th Ba ...
,
Gallipoli Lines The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelle ...
*** Queen's Gurkha Signals **** 247th Gurkha Signal Squadron ***
Queen's Gurkha Engineers The 36 Engineer Regiment is a regiment of the Corps of Royal Engineers within the British Army. The regiment trace their history back to before World War II as 36 Army Engineer Regiment. The regiment today is a general support engineer regiment pr ...
**** 67th Gurkha Field Squadron **** 68th Gurkha Field Squadron **** 70th Support Squadron *** Gurkha Transport Regiment **** 28th Gurkha Transport Squadron **** 29th Transport Squadron **** 31st Gurkha Transport Squadron ***
660 Squadron AAC No. 660 Squadron AAC (660 Sqn) is a squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps (AAC). The squadron traces its lineage to a Royal Air Force squadron that existed during the Second World War. In the late 1950s the squadron's numerical was transf ...
, RAF Sek Kong, ( Scout AH.1, C Flight detached to British Forces Brunei) *** 50th Command Workshop,
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME ) is a corps of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses. The corps is described as the "British Army's Professional Engineers". History Prior to REME's for ...
*** Hong Kong Provost Company & Hong Kong Dog Company, Royal Military Police *** 415th Maritime Troop, Royal Corps of Transport ***
British Military Hospital, Hong Kong The British Military Hospital was a hospital in Hong Kong for the use of the British garrison. It was located at 10–12 Borrett Road from 1907 to 1967. It was built between 1903 and 1906, and officially opened on 1 July 1907. Often referred ...
*** Hong Kong Military Service Corps **** Defence Animal Support Unit, Royal Army Veterinary Corps ** Commander Royal Air Force, RAF Sek Kong ***
No. 28 Squadron RAF No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Puma and Chinook helicopters from RAF Benson. History First World War No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on 7 November 1915 at RAF Gosport. Initially it was a training squa ...
, (8x Wessex HC.2) ** Captain-in-Charge Royal Navy, HMS Tamar *** Hong Kong Patrol Squadron, HMS Tamar with: ****
Peacock-class corvette The ''Peacock'' class is a class of patrol corvette built for the Royal Navy. Five were constructed, and by 1997 all had been sold to the Irish Naval Service or the Philippine Navy. Original use The five ships of this class were originally ...
s: HMS Peacock,
HMS Plover Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Plover'', after the species of bird, the Plover: * was a 26-gun ship, previously the Dutch ''Morgen Star''. She was captured in 1652 and either sunk in action in 1653 or sold in 1657. * w ...
, HMS Starling ***
Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force (HKNVR) was a volunteer navy established in 1933. In 1939, it was granted the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve status and was renamed Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (HKRNVR). In 1959, it was renamed the H ...
The two local auxiliary defence forces were administered by the Hong Kong Government, but when mobilized for active service would have come under the command of the Commander British Forces: *
Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)) ()), formed in May 1854, was a local auxiliary militia force funded and administered by the colonial Government of Hong Kong. Its powers and duties were mandated by the Royal Hong Kong R ...
(V) * Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force, Kai Tak Airport, (4x T-67M-200 Firefly, 2x B200C King Air, 3x SA-365-C Dauphin 2, 1x BN-2 Islander)


See also

* Outline of the British Army in 1989 * Structure of the Royal Navy in 1989 * Structure of the Royal Air Force in 1989 * Outline of military science and technology


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:British Armed Forces Military history of the United Kingdom Military units and formations of the United Kingdom British Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War