RAF Brize Norton

The Air Mobility Force Headquarters directs and manages Royal Air Force Air Mobility operations worldwide.  Through interaction with a wide spectrum of customers across both Defence and wider Governmental departments, the headquarters oversees the generation, sustainment and development of the Air Mobility Force to ensure it can meet the UK’s needs.

1 Air Mobility Wing falls under Support Force.  They specialise in passenger and cargo handling, and the safe loading and unloading of military transport aircraft. 1 Air Mobility Wing Headquarters is responsible for the planning and co-ordination of all activity across Wing and allocates tasks to each Squadrons.  It also homes the Assurance, Standards and Governance section and the Air Safety Cell and Quality and Continuous Improvement Team, who ensure policies are adhered and guidance offered to personnel. 

It comprises of: 

· Air Movements Squadron

· UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron

· Operational Support Squadron.

Tactical Medical Wing‘s role is to train, equip and deploy RAF Medical Services (RAFMS) personnel as Force Elements in support of operations and exercises and to provide quality worldwide Aeromedical Evacuation Services for Defence. 

It acts as the ‘operational hub’ for all personnel of the RAFMS. Acting primarily in an enabling capacity, it performs the following 5 key operational tasks: provision of immediately deployable high readiness personnel, Worldwide Aeromedical Evacuation, operational medical training, the provision of medical logistics, and provision of medical engineering to the Royal Navy, Army and RAF.

Airborne Delivery Wing was established as the Parachute Training Squadron in 1940. This Wing comprises of the following elements:

Headquarters and Operation Squadron

· Coordinates all assets, both manpower and logistical support to enable training and operational tasking to be completed.

Parachute Training Squadron

· Responsible for all of the parachute training for all 3 services, .

Performance Development Squadron

· Responsible for the initial and further training of all Parachute Jumping Instructors. One avenue of advanced training available to selected PJIs is the RAF Falcons Parachute Display team which is widely recognised as the UK’s premier military parachute display team

Parachute Engineering Squadron

· Carries out all forward and depth servicing, maintenance, rigging and the repair of main and reserve parachutes used across a variety of Military Parachutes. Additionally, the Parachute Engineering Squadron is responsible for the provision, coordination and control of Aircrew Equipment Assemblies and ancillary equipment.