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=== Air Command === Administrative and operational command of the RAF is delegated by the Air Force Board to [[RAF Air Command|Headquarters Air Command]], based at [[RAF High Wycombe]] in [[Buckinghamshire]]. Air Command was formed on 1 April 2007 by combining [[RAF Strike Command]] and [[RAF Personnel and Training Command]], resulting in a single command covering the whole RAF, led by the chief of the air staff.{{Sfn|Heyman|2013|p=136}} Through its subordinate [[Group (military unit)|groups]], Air Command oversees the whole spectrum of RAF aircraft and operations.<ref>{{cite web|title=RAF High Wycombe|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> [[United Kingdom Space Command]] (UKSC), established 1 April 2021 under the command of Air Vice-Marshal [[Paul Godfrey (RAF officer)|Paul Godfrey]] is a [[joint warfare|joint]] command, but sits "under the Royal Air Force."<ref name=SmythAFT>{{cite news|url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/features/qa-air-vice-marshal-harv-smyth-talks-uk-space-command/|title=Q&A: Air Vice-Marshal Harv Smyth talks UK Space Command|date=23 February 2021|newspaper=Airforce Technology|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427144543/https://www.airforce-technology.com/features/qa-air-vice-marshal-harv-smyth-talks-uk-space-command/|url-status=live}}</ref> Godfrey is of equal rank to the commanders of 1, 2, 11, and 22 Groups. The new command has "responsibility for not just operations, but also generating, training and growing the force, and also owning the money and putting all the programmatic rigour into delivering new ..capabilities."<ref name=SmythAFT /> UKSC headquarters is at [[RAF High Wycombe]] co-located with Air Command.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19057485.uk-space-command-raf-high-wycombe---air-commodore-paul-godfrey-lead/|title=UK Space Command at RAF High Wycombe β Air Commodore Paul Godfrey to lead|date=2 February 2021|newspaper=Bucks Free Press|access-date=28 April 2021|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428165005/https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19057485.uk-space-command-raf-high-wycombe---air-commodore-paul-godfrey-lead/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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