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No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing RAF
Active2006–present
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  Royal Air Force
Type Logistics
Size Wing
Part of No. 2 Group RAF
Garrison/HQ RAF Wittering
Website RAF Wittering

No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF is a wing of the Royal Air Force Support Force based at RAF Wittering, England.

It is made up of several ground transport and logistics handling squadrons, whose role is to establish air and sea ports of disembarkation and the associated supply chain all the way to the front line squadrons.

Structure

No 85 (EL) Wg, with an establishment of approximately 660 personnel, comprises eight air combat service support units:

The wing played a major role in the RAF deployment in the run-up to and during Operation Telic.[ citation needed]

Commanders

  • Wing Commander D M Lester-Powell (2002–04)
  • Wing Commander D H John (2004–06)
  • Wing Commander A R Curtis (2006–09)
  • Wing Commander E J Cole (2009–10)
  • Wing Commander I D Reynolds (2010–12)
  • Wing Commander A N Grant (2012–14)
  • Wing Commander G Williams (2014–16)
  • Wing Commander P Cane (2016–18)
  • Wing Commander D H P Wright (2018–20)
  • Wing Commander Wayne Tracey (2020–)

References

Citations

  1. ^ "No1 (EL) Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "2 MT Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ "3 MC Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

Bibliography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing RAF
Active2006–present
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  Royal Air Force
Type Logistics
Size Wing
Part of No. 2 Group RAF
Garrison/HQ RAF Wittering
Website RAF Wittering

No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF is a wing of the Royal Air Force Support Force based at RAF Wittering, England.

It is made up of several ground transport and logistics handling squadrons, whose role is to establish air and sea ports of disembarkation and the associated supply chain all the way to the front line squadrons.

Structure

No 85 (EL) Wg, with an establishment of approximately 660 personnel, comprises eight air combat service support units:

The wing played a major role in the RAF deployment in the run-up to and during Operation Telic.[ citation needed]

Commanders

  • Wing Commander D M Lester-Powell (2002–04)
  • Wing Commander D H John (2004–06)
  • Wing Commander A R Curtis (2006–09)
  • Wing Commander E J Cole (2009–10)
  • Wing Commander I D Reynolds (2010–12)
  • Wing Commander A N Grant (2012–14)
  • Wing Commander G Williams (2014–16)
  • Wing Commander P Cane (2016–18)
  • Wing Commander D H P Wright (2018–20)
  • Wing Commander Wayne Tracey (2020–)

References

Citations

  1. ^ "No1 (EL) Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ "2 MT Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ "3 MC Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

Bibliography


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