Royal Welsh Airforce - Current Order of Battle (Welsh History Post Glyndwr)

The LAFG (RWAF) Order of Battle as of the 1st August 2010. The current chief of the Air Staff is Llu Awyr Cadlywydd Syr Pedr Andreivich Lobanov-Rostovskii (Marshal of the Airforce Sir Pedr Lobanov-Rostovskii) who is based at the Airforces main base in Llanilltyd Fawr in Morgannwg.

No 1 (Southern) Command
Llantwit Major AFB

No 1 Fighter Squadron – F16 Viper – Air Defence

No 12 Fighter Squadron – Mirage F1 - Strike

No 66 (Dragon) Squadron – C130J Hercules/ Boeing 767 - Transport

No 100 (Breheinol) Squadron – AB206 Jet Ranger, Dassault Falcon – VIP Transport



No 8 (Western) Command
St Davids AFB

No 5 Fighter Squadron – BAe Gripen F1 – Air Defence

No 9 Fighter Squadron – F16 Viper – Strike

No 14 (Maritime) Squadron – P3 Orion, AB412 Griffon, Dornier 228 – Maritime Patrol/SAR

No 10 (Support) Command
Ludlow AFB

No 8 Squadron – C130J Hercules – Transport/AAR

No 60 Squadron – C27J Spartan – Transport

No 63 Squadron – UH60F Blackhawk – Army Cooperation

No 99 Squadron – UH60C Blackhawk/UH72 Lakota – Army Cooperation

No 111 (Redbirds) – AH1W Cobra – Attack

No 1 FTS – Grob Tutor/BAe Hawk/Bell 212/Pilatus PC9/Beech King Air – Pilot Training

No 32 (Northern) Command
Holyhead AFB

No 7 Fighter Squadron – Gripen F1 – Air Defence

No 22 Squadron – AB412 Griffon – SAR

No 30 Squadron – P3 Orion – Maritime Patrol

No 50 Squadron – C27J Spartan – Transport

No 1 (Naval) Command
Caerodor Naval Air Station

The LFAG fly Naval aircraft on behalf of the Navy.

No 771 Sqn - Dassault Super Etendard - Strike - Ex French Navy, purchased in 1995

EADS Rafale M - Multi Role - Licence Built in Wales

No 772 Sqn - McDonnell Hornet - Multi Role - Licence built examples in operation since 1993

No 773 Sqn - Grumman Hawkeye - AWACS - Licence built, in operation since 1992, replaced the Tracker/Tracer

No 774 Sqn - Eurocopter Dauphin 65 - SAR/ASW - Ex US Coast Guard and French Navy, purchased in 1985 replaced the Sea King

No 775 Sqn - Grumman Greyhound - Transport/Tanker - New Build under licence. Replaced the Gannet in 1982

No 776 Sqn - AB 412 Gryfen, SH60F Seahawk, NH 90- Shipborne ASW/SAR Sqn provides helicopters for all surface vessels