Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Near/Middle East Command - April 1961
[Middle East Command | Middle East Air Force | RAF Malta | British Forces Arabian Peninsula]
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Episkopi | HQ, Near East Command | Unified Command |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Akrotiri | RAF Station | Anson/Venom |
Akrotiri | No 6 Sqn | Canberra |
Akrotiri | No 13 Sqn | Canberra |
Akrotiri | No 32 Sqn | Canberra |
Akrotiri | No 73 Sqn | Canberra |
Akrotiri | No 249 Sqn | Canberra |
Akrotiri | No 103 Maintenance Unit | |
Akrotiri | No 1 Aeronautical Inspection Services Test Centre | |
Akrotiri | RAF Hospital (Akrotiri) | |
Akrotiri | No 2 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Akrotiri | HQ, No 3 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment | |
Akrotiri | No 27 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Akrotiri | No 34 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Akrotiri | No 194 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Akrotiri | No 5001 Airfield Construction Sqn (Light) | |
Ayos Nicolaos | RAF Station | |
Ayos Nicolaos | RAF Communication Centre (Cyprus) | |
Cape Gata | No 280 Signals Unit | |
El Adem | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
El Adem | No 1 (Field) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
El Adem | No 425 Signals Unit (El Adem) | |
Episkopi | HQ NEAF | |
Episkopi | HQ P & SS (NEAF) | |
Episkopi | Photographic Wing (ME) | |
Episkopi | RAF Unit, Episkopi | |
Episkopi | Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (Near East) | |
Episkopi | No 6 Regional Band | |
Farmagusta | No 20 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Limmasol | No 1153 Marine Craft Unit | |
Nicosia | RAF Station | |
Nicosia | No 70 Sqn | Hastings |
Nicosia | No 103 Sqn | Sycamore |
Nicosia | No 113 Maintenance Unit | |
Nicosia | Air Traffic Control Centre | |
Nicosia | HQ, No 24 District HQ, RAF Police | Functionally controlled by AM (PM) |
Nicosia | HQ, No 5 (LAA) Wing, RAF Regiment | |
Nicosia | No 26 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Nicosia | No 28 (LAA) Sqn, RAF Regiment | |
Nicosia | RAF Element, Joint Air Terminal | |
Pergamos | No 264 Signals Unit | Functionally controlled by AM (DD Radio 2) |
Safi | NEAF Aircraft Reserve Storage Section | Station controlled by AHQ Malta |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Idris (Tripolitrania) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Idris (Tripolitrania) | Overseas Experimental Unit | Functionally controlled by MoA |
Luqa | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Luqa | No 38 Sqn | Shackleton |
Luqa | No 39 Sqn | Canberra |
Luqa | No 6 Mobile Field Photographic Section | |
Marsaxlokk | No 1151 Marine Craft Unit | |
Naples | RAF Element, HQ, Allied Forces, Southern Europe/Allied Air Forces, Southern Europe | Functionally controlled by SHAPE |
Safi | RAF Maintenance Base | |
Siggiewi | RAF Communication Centre (Malta) | |
Takali | RAF Station | |
Takali | Malta Communication & Target Towing Sqn | Devon/Meteor/Valetta |
Takali | HQ No 9 RAF Police District | Controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
Ta Silch | No 100 Signals Unit | |
Valetta | AHQ, Malta | |
Valetta | HQ, Allied Forces, Mediterranean (British Element) | Functionally controlled by SHAPE |
Valetta | Malta Sector | |
Valetta | No 52 Movements Unit (Embarkation) |
Location/Address | Unit | Notes |
Steamer Point | HQ, Middle East Command | Unified Command |
RAF Element of HQ Middle East Command Air Forces Middle East |
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Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | HQ, RAF (Persian Gulf) | |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | No 152 Sqn | Twin Pioneer/Pembroke |
Bahrein (Persian Gulf) | RAF Hospital | |
Eastleigh | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Eastleigh | HQ RAF East Africa | |
Eastleigh | No 21 Sqn | Twin Pioneer |
Eastleigh | No 30 Sqn | Beverley |
Eastleigh | RAF Communication Centre (Eastleigh) | |
Khormaksar | RAF Station | |
Khormaksar | No 8 Sqn | Hunter |
Khormaksar | No 37 Sqn | Shackleton |
Khormaksar | No 78 Sqn | Twin Pioneer |
Khormaksar | No 84 Sqn | Beverley |
Khormaksar | No 208 Sqn | Hunter |
Khormaksar | No 233 Sqn | Valetta |
Khormaksar | No 131 Maintenance Unit | |
Khormaksar | Area Traffic Control Centre, Aden | |
Khormaksar | Command Photographic Centre | |
Khormaksar | RAF Hospital (Aden Protectorate Levies ) | |
Khormaksar | No 5004 Airfield Construction (Light) Sqn | |
Masirah (Muscat) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | Functionally controlled by HQ, AFAP |
Riyan | RAF Detachment (Staging Post) | |
Salalah (Muscat) | RAF Detachment (Staging Post) | |
Sharjah (Trucial Oman) | RAF Station (Staging Post) | |
Steamer Point | RAF Station | |
Steamer Point | HQ, Provost & Security Services (Middle East) | Functionally controlled by AM (DPS (PM)) |
Steamer Point | No 114 Maintenance Unit | Equipment Depot |
Steamer Point | No 50 Movements Unit (Embarkation) | |
Steamer Point | RAF Hospital | |
Steamer Point | No 7 Anti-Mosquito Unit | |
Steamer Point | RAF Communication Centre (Aden) | |
Steamer Point | Aden Supply Depot | |
Salt Pans | No 10 (Aden) Radio Fitting Party | Functionally controlled by Signals Command |
Squadrons on a Number Only basis:
No 26 Sqn
Source - SD161/1961(2) - April 1961
[Middle East Command | Middle East Air Force | RAF Malta | British Forces Arabian Peninsula]
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