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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Middle East Air Force- August 1955
[Middle East Air Force | AHQ Cyprus | AHQ Iraq | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | No 206 Group | Air Formation Signals]
HQ Middle East Air Force- Nicosia/Ismailia
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Abu Sueir | HQ MEAF (Rear) | Station in No 205 Group |
| Nicosia | HQ MEAF (Main) | Station controlled by AHQ Cyprus |
| Nicosia | HQ (Unit) MEAF | |
| Nicosia | HQ MEAF Communication Sqn | Devon/Prentice/Valetta |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Akrotiri | C & M Party | |
| Ayos Nicolaos | No 264 Signals Unit | Functionally controlled by AM (DDS (B)) |
| Ayos Nicolaos | RAF Signals Centre, Cyprus | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| El Adem | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| El Adem | No 5001 Airfield Construction Sqn (Light) | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Idris (Tripolitrania) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Idris (Tripolitrania) | No 1908 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
| Idris (Tripolitrania) | Tropical Experimental Unit | Functionally controlled by MoS |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 73 Sqn | Venom |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 113 Maintenance Unit | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 6 Regional Band | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | No 2 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | Armament Practice Camp | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | MEAF Instrument Training Flight | Meteor |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | MEAF Target Towing Flight | Meteor |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | HQ, No 24 District HQ, RAF Police | |
| Nicosia (Cyprus) | AHQ, Cyprus | |
| Xeros | No 1153 Marine Craft Unit |
Command HQ - Habbaniya
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Amman (Jordania) | RAF Station | |
| Amman (Jordania) | No 249 Sqn | Vampire/Meteor |
| Amman (Jordania) | HQ, No 19 Wing, RAF Regiment | |
| Amman (Jordania) | No 19/21 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Amman (Jordania) | No 19/29 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Aquaba | RAF Detachment | |
| Baghdad (Iraq) | AHQ Levant (Detachment) | |
| Basrah (Iraq) | RAF Station | |
| Basrah (Iraq) | Base Supply Depot | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Levant Communication Flt | Proctor/Valetta |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 5 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | RAF Hospital | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 104 Maintenance Unit | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 115 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Holding Depot |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Mobile Oxygen Plant | Section of No 115 MU |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Area Traffic Control Centre, Iraq | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | HQ, No 23 District HQ, RAF Police | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | HQ, No 128 Tactical Wing | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 6 Sqn | Venom |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 123 Signals Unit | Control and Reporting |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 276 Signals Unit | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | Rest and Leave Camp | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | HQ, No 5 Wing, RAF Regiment | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 5/26 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 5/28 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Mafraq | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Mafraq | No 116 Maintenance Unit | |
| Mafraq | No 719 Signals Unit | Control and Reporting |
| Ser Amadi | No 23 Rest and Leave Camp | |
| Shaibah (Iraq) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Shaibah (Iraq) | No 32 Sqn | Venom |
HQ British Forces in Aden (MEAF)
Command HQ - Steamer Point
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 1417 Flight | Anson |
| Dhala | No 5 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Eastleigh | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Eastleigh | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Eastleigh | RAF Signals Centre, Eastleigh | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Eastleigh | No 1340 Flight | Harvard |
| Khartoum (Sudan) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
| Khormaksar | No 8 Sqn | Venom |
| Khormaksar | Aden Communication Sqn | Valetta |
| Khormaksar | Aden Protectorate Support Flight | Pembroke |
| Khormaksar | No 1152 Marine Craft Unit | |
| Khormaksar | Area Traffic Control Centre, Aden | |
| Khormaksar | HQ, No 20 Wing, RAF Regiment | |
| Khormaksar | No 58 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Khormaksar | No 62 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Khormaksar | No 66 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Lake Lines | HQ, No 2 Wing, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Lake Lines | No 4 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Lake Lines | No 6 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Masirah (Muscat) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Mauripur (Pakistan) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Mauripur (Pakistan) | Air Traffic Control Centre | |
| Riyan | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Salalah (Muscat) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Seedaseer Lines | HQ, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Seedaseer Lines | HQ, No 1 Wing, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Seedaseer Lines | No 1 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Seedaseer Lines | No 2 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Seedaseer Lines | No 3 Sqn, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Seedaseer Lines | Hospital, Aden Protectorate Levies | |
| Sharjah (Trucial Oman) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
| Sheikh Othman | C & M Party | |
| Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
| Steamer Point | No 114 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
| Steamer Point | Mobile Oxygen Plants | Sections of No 114 MU |
| Steamer Point | No 50 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
| Steamer Point | RAF Hospital | |
| Steamer Point | Aden Diary Farm | |
| Steamer Point | Aden Signals Unit | |
| Steamer Point | Aden Supply Depot | |
| Steamer Point | HQ, No 22 District HQ, RAF Police | |
| Vacoas (Mauritius) | No 6 Mobile Oxygen Production Unit | Technically controlled by AM (AD Air Eng (CG)) |
HQ - Fayid
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| Abu Sueir | RAF Station | |
| Abu Sueir | No 13 Sqn | Meteor |
| Abu Sueir | No 208 Sqn | Meteor |
| Abu Sueir | HQ, No 3 Wing, RAF Regiment | |
| Abu Sueir | No 3/27 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Abu Sueir | No 3/37 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| Abu Sueir | Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Centre (ME) | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Abu Sultan | No 128 Maintenance Unit | Explosives Holding Depot |
| Abyad | RAF Station | |
| Abyad | No 103 Maintenance Unit | |
| Abyad | No 205 Group Communication Flight | Prentice |
| Abyad | No 56 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| El Firdan | No 9 MT Base Depot | |
| El Hamra | RAF Station | |
| El Hamra | HQ, No 8 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment | |
| El Hamra | No 8/34 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| El Hamra | No 8/35 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
| El Hamra | No 51 MT Sqn | |
| Fanara | RAF Station | |
| Fayid | RAF Station | |
| Fayid | No 70 Sqn | Valetta |
| Fayid | No 84 Sqn | Valetta |
| Fayid | No 114 Sqn | Valetta |
| Fayid | No 216 Sqn | Valetta |
| Fayid | HQ, No 21 RAF Police District | |
| Fayid | RAF Hospital | |
| Fayid | Command Medical Board (MEAF) | |
| Fayid | RAF Regional Educational Centre | |
| Ismailia | RAF Station | |
| Ismailia | No 651 (AOP) Sqn, HQ | |
| Ismailia | No 1910 (AOP) Flight | Auster |
| Ismailia | No 1 ME Meteorological Unit | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Ismailia | MEAF Telecommunications Centre | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Ismailia | Air Traffic Control Centre (Canal Zone) | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Kasfareet | No 5002 Airfield Maintenance Sqn | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Kasfareet | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Kasfareet | No 107 Maintenance Unit (EHD & RD) | |
| Kasfareet | Mobile Oxygen Plant | Section of No 107 MU |
| Kasfareet | RAF Police Dog School | |
| Kasfareet | MEAF Redeployment Party | Functionally controlled by HQ MEAF |
| Kasfareet | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
| Port Said | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) |
| Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
| No 4 AF Signal Regiment | ||
| Abu Sueir | No 16 Wing Troop | |
| Abyad | HQ, No 4 AF Signal Regiment | |
| Abyad | No 4 TM Troop | |
| Abyad | No 7 TE Troop | |
| Abyad | No 8 TE Troop | |
| Amman | HQ, No 2 Sqn | |
| Fayid | No 10 Wing Troop | |
| Habbaniya | No 15 Wing Signals Troop | |
| Ismailia | No 9 Wing Troop | |
| Kasfareet | HQ, No 1 Sqn | |
| Kasfareet | No 11 Wing Troop | |
| No 18 AF Signal Regiment | ||
| Amman | No 14 Wing Signals Troop | |
| Amman | No 8 Construction Troop | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | HQ, No 1 Sqn | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 6 Line Troop | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 9 TE Troop | |
| Habbaniya (Iraq) | No 12 Wing Troop | |
| Steamer Point | No 13 Wing Troop | |
Source - SD161 (179th Edition) - August 1955
[Middle East Air Force | AHQ Iraq | HQBF Aden | No 205 Group | No 206 Group | Air Formation Signals]
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