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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Fighter Command - January 1966
[Command HQ | No 11 (Northern) Sector | No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | HQ Military Air Traffic Operations | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Aberporth | |
| Bloodhound Mk 2 Firing Unit | RAF Aberporth | |
| Fighter Command Missile Practice Camp | RAF Valley | Station in FTC, satellite, Aberporth |
| HQ Fighter Command | RAF Bentley Priory | |
| Air Defence Operations Centre | RAF Bentley Priory | |
| HQ, Royal Observer Corps | RAF Bentley Priory | |
| Control and Reporting Evaluation Team | RAF Bentley Priory | Functionally controlled by MOD (DDTO (RAF)) |
| No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter |
| Gunnery Range | RAF Pembrey | Satellite, Chivenor |
| RAF Liaison Party | RAF Edzell | Administered by the USAF |
| RAF Hospital | RAF Ely | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Fylingdales | |
| No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) | RAF Hartland Point | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF North Coates | |
| No 17 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF North Coates | Functionally controlled by ACAS (OR) |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Bloodhound (SAM) |
| No 1 Air Control Centre | RAF Rattlesden | |
| HQ (Unit) Fighter Command | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7131 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF West Drayton | |
| No 41 Sqn | RAF West Raynham | Bloodhound (SAM), station in Transport Command |
| RAF Liaison Party | RAF Wethersfield | Administered by the USAF |
| No 112 Sqn | RAF Woodhall Spa | Bloodhound (SAM) |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Binbrook | |
| No 5 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Lightning |
| No 85 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Canberra |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF Binbrook | Hunter/Lightning/Meteor |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Boulmer | Master Radar Station |
| HQ, No 11 (Northern) Sector | RAF Boulmer | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Buchan | Master Radar Station |
| C & M Party | RAF Driffield | |
| RAF Liaison Party | RAF Inverbervie | Administered by the USAF |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Leconfield | |
| No 92 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Lightning |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 23 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Lightning |
| No 74 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Lightning |
| No 228 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Leuchars | Canberra/Javelin |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Patrington | Group Control Centre/Master Radar Station |
| Satellite, Patrington | RAF Bempton | |
| Satellite, Patrington | RAF Staxton Wold | |
| No 91 Signals Unit | RAF Saxa Vord | Satellite Radar Station |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Bawdsey | Satellite Radar Station |
| School of Control and Reporting | RAF Bawdsey | |
| No 226 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Coltishall | Lightning |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Trimingham | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Neatishead | Master Radar Station |
| HQ, No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | RAF Neatishead | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Wattisham | |
| No 56 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Lightning |
| No 111 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Lightning |
HQ Military Air Traffic Operations
| Unit | Location | Status |
| HQ, Military Air Traffic Operations | RAF Uxbridge | Functionally controlled by NATCS |
| Military Air Traffic Operations Northern Region | RAF Lindholme | Station in Bomber Command |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit | RAF Lindholme | Station in Bomber Command |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Bishop's Court) | RAF Bishop's Court | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit | RAF Boulmer | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Hack Green) | RAF Hack Green | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre (Preston) | MOA Preston (Barton Hall) | |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | MOA Prestwick | |
| Military Air Traffic Operations Southern Region | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
| Air Traffic Control Centre (Uxbridge) | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Heathrow) | MOA London Airport (Heathrow) | |
| MATO C & M Party | RAF North Luffenham | Station in Signals Command |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Sopley) | RAF Sopley | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Wattisham) | RAF Wattisham | |
| MATO C & M Party | RAF Watton | Station in Signals Command |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Carnaby | Leconfield | |
| Catfoss | Leconfield | |
| Full Sutton | Leconfield | |
| Great Bromley (Radar) | Wattisham | |
| Hill Head | Buchan | |
| Hopton | Coltishall | |
| Horsham St Faith (G) | Coltishall | |
| Ludford Magna | Binbrook | |
| St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
| Stoke Holy Cross | Coltishall |
Married Quarters (at Detached sites)
| Married Quarters | Parenting Unit |
| Anstruther | Leuchars |
| Beachy Head | Kenley |
| Bempton | Patrington |
| Carnaby | Leconfield |
| Catfoss | Leconfield |
| Crosslaw | Boulmer |
| Driffield | Leconfield |
| Dundee | Leuchars |
| Dunkeld | Leuchars |
| Dyce | Buchan |
| Edzell | Leuchars |
| Felixstowe | Bawdsey |
| Full Sutton | Leconfield |
| Goldsborough | Fylingdales |
| Grimsby | Binbrook |
| Horsham St Faith | Coltishall |
| Immingham | Binbrook |
| Ludford Magna | Binbrook |
| Martlesham Heath | Wattisham |
| Pembrey | Aberporth |
| Scone | Leuchars |
| Staxton Wold | Bempton |
| Stenigot | Binbrook |
| Sutton-on-Hull | Patrington |
| Trimingham | Coltishall |
| Ventnor | Sopley |
| Weybourne | Coltishall |
Source - SD161/1966(1) -January 1966
[Command HQ | No 11 (Northern) Sector | No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | HQ Military Air Traffic Operations | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
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