The RAF Force Protection Force was created in 2004 as the successor to the Tactical Survive to Operate Headquarters (Tac STO HQ). It consisted of Force Protection Wings which were tasked with protection of RAF stations in the UK and overseas. Each Wing was based around RAF Regiment and RAF Police squadrons, with supporting personnel.
The Force Protection Force was disbanded in November 2022 and replaced by the separate Combat Readiness Force and Air Security Force, both part of Global Enablement, which itself was created by combining the RAF Force Protection Force, Battlespace Management Operations and Support Forces.
Structure In 2018, there were seven Force Protection wings.
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)
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