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=== Expeditionary Air Wings ===
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Command, control, and support for overseas operations is typically provided through [[Expeditionary Air Wing]]s (EAWs). Each wing is brought together as and when required and comprises the deployable elements of its home station as well as other support elements from throughout the RAF.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stone|first=Trevor|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Wc9DwAAQBAJ&q=Expeditionary%20Air%20Wing%202006&pg=PT314|title=Sustaining Air Power: Royal Air Force Logistics since 1918|publisher=Fonthill Media|year=2017|isbn=978-1-78155-635-1|chapter=5|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818005940/https://books.google.com/books?id=6Wc9DwAAQBAJ&q=Expeditionary%20Air%20Wing%202006&pg=PT314|url-status=live}}</ref>

* No. 34 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Waddington]]) – [[ISTAR]] operations<ref>{{cite web|title=Number 34 Expeditionary Air Wing|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwaddington/aboutus/34expeditionaryairwing.cfm|publisher=RAF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135354/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwaddington/aboutus/34expeditionaryairwing.cfm|archive-date=1 January 2018|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref>
* No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Brize Norton]]) – air transport operations<ref>{{Cite news|date=27 October 2017|title=A Special Thank You For RAF Personnel Involved in Op Ruman|work=Forces Network|url=http://www.forces.net/news/special-thank-you-raf-personnel-involved-op-ruman|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073036/http://www.forces.net/news/special-thank-you-raf-personnel-involved-op-ruman|archive-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
* No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Coningsby]]) – multi-role operations<ref name="wings">{{cite web|title=RAF Mareham|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/whoisbasedhere.cfm|publisher=RAF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731154540/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/whoisbasedhere.cfm|archive-date=31 July 2017|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref>
* No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Leeming]]) – fighter operations<ref name="wings" />
* No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Marham]]) – fighter operations<ref name="wings" />
* No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Lossiemouth]]) – fighter operations<ref name="wings" />

Several [[Expeditionary Air Wing]]s are based overseas:<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=No 83 Expeditionary Air Group|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/|website=Royal Air Force|language=en-gb|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910172607/https://www.raf.mod.uk/|archive-date=10 September 2017|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>

* No. 901 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[Al Udeid Air Base]], Qatar) – Communication and information systems support
* No. 902 Expeditionary Air Wing (Middle East) – Helicopter support
*[[No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing]] ([[RAF Akrotiri]], Cyprus) – Supports [[Operation Shader]]
*No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing ([[RAF Mount Pleasant]], Falklands Islands) – Protection of [[British Overseas Territories]] in the South Atlantic
* No. 906 Expeditionary Air Wing (Middle East) – Air transport support