Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
Fighter Command - October 1964
[Command HQ | No 11 (Northern) Sector | No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | No 13 (|Scottish) Sector | HQ Military Air Traffic Operations | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
Command HQ - RAF Stanmore, Middlesex
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Guided Weapons Range Unit | Aberporth | |
| Fighter Command Missile Practice Camp | Aberporth | |
| Satellite, Aberporth | RAF Valley | Station in FTC |
| Gunnery Range | RAF Pembrey | Satellite, Aberporth |
| No 229 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Chivenor | Hunter |
| RAF Station Edzell | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Hospital | Ely | |
| RAF Station Fylingdales | ||
| No 405 Signals Unit (Hartland Point) | Hartland Point | |
| RAF Station North Coates | ||
| No 17 Joint Services Trials Unit | RAF North Coates | Functionally controlled by ACAS (OR) |
| No 25 Sqn | RAF North Coates | Bloodhound (SAM) |
| HQ Fighter Command | RAF Stanmore | |
| Air Defence Operations Centre | RAF Stanmore | |
| HQ, Royal Observer Corps | RAF Stanmore | |
| HQ Fighter Command (Unit) | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| No 7131 (Misc) Reserve Flight | RAF Stanmore Park | |
| MATO C & M Party | RAF Watton | Station in Signals Command |
| RAF Station Wethersfield | Administered by the USAF |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Binbrook | ||
| No 64 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Javelin |
| No 85 Sqn | RAF Binbrook | Canberra |
| Central Fighter Establishment | RAF Binbrook | Hunter/Lightning/Meteor |
| C & M Party | RAF Driffield | |
| RAF Station Leconfield | ||
| HQ, No 11 (Northern) Sector | RAF Leconfield | |
| No 19 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Lightning |
| No 92 Sqn | RAF Leconfield | Lightning |
| RAF Station Patrington | Group Control Centre/Master Radar Station | |
| Satellite, Patrington | Bempton | |
| Satellite, Patrington | Staxton Wold |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Station Bawdsey | Group Control Centre | |
| School of Control and Reporting | RAF Bawdsey | |
| No 226 Operational Conversion Unit | RAF Coltishall | Lightning |
| RAF Station Neatishead | Master Radar Station | |
| HQ, No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | RAF Neatishead | |
| Fighter Command C & M Party | RAF North Luffenham | Station in Signals Command |
| C & M Party | RAF Trimingham | |
| C & M Party | RAF Wartling | |
| RAF Station Wattisham | ||
| No 56 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Lightning |
| No 111 Sqn | RAF Wattisham | Lightning |
| Unit | Location | Status |
| No 71 Signals Unit (Aird Uig) | Aird Uig | Satellite Radar Station |
| RAF Station Boulmer | Master Radar Station | |
| HQ, No 13 (Scottish) Sector | RAF Boulmer | |
| RAF Station Buchan | Master Radar Station | |
| RAF Station Inverbervie | Administered by the USAF | |
| RAF Station Leuchars | ||
| No 23 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Javelin |
| No 74 Sqn | RAF Leuchars | Lightning |
| No 7101 Reserve Flight | RAF Leuchars | |
| No 91 Signals Unit | Saxa Vord | Satellite Radar Station |
HQ Military Air Traffic Operations
| Unit | Location | Status |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Bishop's Court) | RAF Bishop's Court | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit | RAF Boulmer | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Hack Green) | Hack Green | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit | RAF Lindholme | Functionally controlled by MATO, station in Bomber Command |
| Air Traffic Control Centre | Prestwick (MoA) | |
| Air Traffic Control Radar Unit (Sopley) | RAF Sopley | |
| HQ, Military Air Traffic Operations | Stanmore - Bentley Priory | Functionally controlled by NATCS |
| Southern Regional Air Traffic Service Centre (Uxbridge) | RAF Uxbridge | Station in TTC |
| North Regional Air Traffic Service Centre | RAF Weeton | Station in TTC |
| Satellite, Weeton | Barton Hall |
Fighter Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Caistor | Binbrook | |
| Carnaby | Leconfield | |
| Catfoss | Leconfield | |
| Dengie Flats (Range) | Wattisham | |
| Framlingham | Bawdsey | |
| Full Sutton | Leconfield | |
| Great Bromley (Radar) | Wattisham | |
| Hill Head | Buchan | |
| Hopton | Coltishall | |
| Horsham St Faith (G) | Coltishall | |
| Ludford Magna | Binbrook | |
| Pocklington | Leconfield | |
| Rattlesden | Wattisham | |
| St Twynnells | Aberporth | |
| Stoke Holy Cross | Coltishall | |
| West Drayton | Stanmore Park |
| Married Quarters | Parenting Unit |
| Anstruther | Leuchars |
| Beachy Head | Wartling |
| Bridlington | Leconfield |
| Carnaby | Leconfield |
| Catfoss | Leconfield |
| Crosslaw | Boulmer |
| Driffield | Leconfield |
| Dundee | Leuchars |
| Dunkeld | Leuchars |
| Dyce | Buchan |
| Edzell | Leuchars |
| Fairlight | Wartling |
| Felixstowe | Bawdsey |
| Full Sutton | Leconfield |
| Goldsborough | Fylingdales |
| Grimsby | Binbrook |
| Horsham St Faith | Coltishall |
| Immingham | Binbrook |
| Inverbervie | Buchan |
| Ludford Magna | Binbrook |
| Martlesham Heath | Wattisham |
| Staxton Wold | Bempton |
| Stenigot | Binbrook |
| Sutton-on-Hull | Patrington |
| Trimingham | Coltishall |
| Ventnor | Sopley |
| Weybourne | Coltishall |
Source - SD161/1964(4) - October 1964
[Command HQ | No 11 (Northern) Sector | No 12 (East Anglian) Sector | No 13 (|Scottish) Sector | HQ Military Air Traffic Operations | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters]
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