RAF Force Protection Force Headquarters

The RAF Force Protection Force Headquarters was created in 2004 as the successor to the Tactical Survive to Operate Headquarters (Tac STO HQ). It controls the Force Protection Wings which are tasked with protection of RAF stations in the UK and overseas. Each Wing is based around a mix of RAF Regiment and RAF Police squadrons and other support staff.^[1][2]

Structure

As of 2018, there are seven Force Protection wings.^[3]

No. 2 (C-UAS) Wing

RAF Leeming

• No. 2 (C-UAS) Wing Headquarters
• No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron RAuxAF

No. 3 Force Protection Wing RAF

Its motto is Parare Et Protegrere ("Prepare & Protect").

RAF Marham

• No. 3 RAF Force Protection Wing Headquarters

• No. 2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
• No. 6 RAF Police Squadron
• No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment

No. 4 Force Protection Wing RAF

RAF Brize Norton

• No. 4 RAF Force Protection Wing Headquarters
• No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 2624 (County of Oxfordshire) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
• No. 7 RAF Police Squadron

No. 5 Force Protection Wing RAF

RAF Lossiemouth

• No. 5 Force Protection Wing Headquarters
• No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment
• No. 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAuxAF
• No. 2622 (Highland) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

• No. 4 RAF Police Squadron

No. 7 Force Protection Wing RAF

RAF Coningsby

• No. 7 Force Protection Wing Headquarters
• Air Land Integration Cell

RAF Honington

• No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment

RAF Honington

• No. 2623 (East Anglian) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

No. 8 Force Protection Wing RAF

RAF Waddington

• No. 8 Force Protection Wing Headquarters
• No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment
• No. 5 RAF Police Squadron

See also

• Airfield Defence Guards (Australia)
• RNZAF Force Protection (New Zealand)

References