RAF Support Command 1860766 224459484 2008-07-08T22:53:19Z Necessary Evil 1214639 Motto. '''Support Command''' of the [[Royal Air Force]] was formed on [[31 August]] [[1973]] by the renaming of [[RAF Maintenance Command|Maintenance Command]], with No. 90 (Signals) Group being added to it. Its responsibilities included all logistical and maintenance support requirements of the RAF. It was renamed as '''RAF Support Command''', and its role further increased, on [[13 June]] [[1977]] when it absorbed [[RAF Training Command|Training Command]], making it additionally responsible for all RAF ground and aircrew training. In 1994 the Command was split up, with many of its functions merging with those of the RAF Personnel Management Centre to form [[RAF Personnel and Training Command|Personnel and Training Command]], and others being hived off into [[RAF Logistics Command|Logistics Command]]. Motto: '''Ut Aquilae Volent''' (Where Eagles Dare). ==Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief== *31 Aug 1973 - [[Air Marshal]] Sir Reginald Harland *31 Jan 1976 - Air Marshal Sir Rex Roe *30 Aug 1978 - Air Marshal Sir [[Keith Williamson]] *3 May 1980 - Air Marshal Sir [[John Gingell]] *27 Apr 1981 - Air Marshal Sir Michael Beavis *15 Feb 1984 - Air Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith *2 Jan 1986 - Air Marshal Sir [[John Sutton (RAF officer)|John Sutton]] *5 Apr 1989 - [[Air Chief Marshal]] Sir [[Michael Graydon]] *1991 - Air Chief Marshal Sir [[John Thomson (RAF)|John Thomson]] *5 Oct 1992 - Air Chief Marshal Sir [[John Willis]] {{start}} {{s-bef|before=[[RAF Maintenance Command|Maintenance Command]]}} {{s-ttl|rows=2|title=Support Command|years=1973&ndash;1994 }} {{s-aft|after=[[RAF Personnel and Training Command|Personnel and Training Command]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[RAF Training Command|Training Command]]<br><small>Absorbed on [[13 June]] [[1977]]</small>}} {{s-aft|after=[[RAF Logistics Command|Logistics Command]]}} {{end}} [[Category:Royal Air Force commands|Support Command]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1973]] {{RAF-stub}}