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Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
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Flying Training Command - October 1966
[Command HQ | HQ Air Cadets | CFS | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters | Gliding Schools]
Command HQ - Reading, Berkshire
Units administered directly by Command HQ
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Officers and Aircrew Selection Centre | RAF Biggin Hill | Functionally controlled by DGM (RAF) |
| HQ Flying Training Command | RAF Shinfield Park |
HQ, Command and Staff Training - Bracknell
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Andover | Administratively controlled by HQ Maintenance Command through RAF Andover |
| RAF Staff College | RAF Bracknell | Includes Individual Studies School |
| HQ, Command and Staff Training | RAF Bracknell | |
| Junior Command and Staff School | RAF Ternhill | An element of and administratively controlled by SHQ, RAF Ternhill |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 2 Gliding Centre | RAF Spitalgate | Station in TTC |
| No 1 Gliding Centre | RAF Swanton Morley | Station in Maintenance Command |
| HQ, Air Cadets | RAF White Waltham | Functionally controlled by AMP, station in No 25 Group |
| Air Cadet Gliding Schools | See below |
Central Flying School, Little Rissington
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Central Flying School | RAF Little Rissington | CFS Fixed Wing Element |
| Satellite, Little Rissington | MoA Aston Down | |
| Satellite, Little Rissington, | RAF Kemble | station in Maintenance Command |
| RAF Aerobatic Team ('The Red Arrows') | RAF Fairford | Gnat, satellite, Little Rissington |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Ternhill | CFS Rotary Wing Element J C & SS functionally controlled by AO i/c CST |
| Satellite, Ternhill | RAF Chetwynd |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College | RAF Cranwell | Chipmunk/Jet Provost/Valetta |
| Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | RAF Barkston Heath | |
| Satellite airfield (Cranwell) | RAF Fulbeck |
RAF College of Air Warfare, Manby
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| RAF College of Air Warfare | RAF Manby | Dominie/Jet Provost/Varsity |
| School of Refresher Flying | RAF Manby | |
| Satellite, Manby | RAF Strubby |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| No 6 Flying Training School | RAF Acklington | Jet Provost |
| No 7 Flying Training School | RAF Church Fenton | Jet Provost/Vampire |
| Satellite, Church Fenton | RAF Rufforth | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Dishforth | |
| HQ, No 23 Group | RAF Dishforth | |
| HQ, No 2 RAF Police District | RAF Dishforth | Functionally controlled by HQ P & SS (RAF) (UK) |
| No 3 Flying Training School | RAF Leeming | Jet Provost |
| No 1 Flying Training School | RAF Linton-on-Ouse | Chipmunk/Jet Provost |
| Satellite, Linton-on-Ouse | RAF Elvington | |
| Satellite, Linton-on-Ouse | RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor | |
| No 5 Flying Training School | RAF Oakington | Varsity |
| Satellite, Oakington | AD Waterbeach | |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF Ouston | |
| No 2 Flying Training School | RAF Syerston | Jet Provost |
| Satellite, Syerston | RAF Wymeswold | |
| No 4 Flying Training School | RAF Valley | Gnat |
| Satellite, Valley | RAF Mona |
| Unit | Location/Address | Notes |
| Oxford UAS | RAF Bicester | Chipmunk, station in Maintenance Command |
| Hull UAS | Brough (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| Cambridge UAS | Cambridge (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| Leeds UAS | RAF Church Fenton | Chipmunk, station in No 23 Group |
| Aberdeen UAS | MOA Dyce (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| No 3/4 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | Exeter (Airfield) | Functionally controlled by HQ, FTC |
| Bristol UAS | Filton (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| No 2 Air Navigation School | RAF Gaydon | Valetta/Varsity |
| Southampton UAS | Hamble (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| St Andrews UAS | RAF Leuchars | Chipmunk, station in Fighter Command |
| Nottingham UAS | RAF Newton | Chipmunk, station in TTC |
| Northumbrian Universities Air Sqn | RAF Ouston | Chipmunk, station in No 23 Group |
| Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde Air Sqn | Perth (Civil Airport) | Chipmunk |
| University of Wales Air Sqn | RAF St Athan | Chipmunk, station in TTC |
| Central Air Traffic Control School | RAF Shawbury | Provost/Vampire |
| Birmingham UAS | RAF Shawbury | Chipmunk |
| Satellite, Shawbury | RAF Sleap | |
| No 1 Initial Training School | RAF South Cerney | Anson/Chipmunk |
| No 1 Air Navigation School | RAF Stradishall | Dominie/Meteor/Varsity |
| Queen's UAS | RN Sydenham | Chipmunk |
| Air Electronics School | RAF Topcliffe | Varsity |
| Student Aircrew Holding Unit | RAF Topcliffe | |
| Edinburgh UAS | RAF Turnhouse | Chipmunk, station in Coastal Command |
| Station HQ Establishment | RAF White Waltham | |
| HQ, No 25 Group | RAF White Waltham | |
| University of London Air Sqn | RAF White Waltham | Chipmunk |
| University of Liverpool Air Sqn | RAF Woodvale | Chipmunk |
| Manchester UAS | RAF Woodvale | Chipmunk |
| No 5 Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit | RAF Woodvale | Functionally controlled by HQ, FTC |
Flying Training Command, Inactive Stations
| Inactive Station | Parent Station | Status |
| Burtonwood (G) | Ternhill | |
| Cold Heseldon | Ouston | |
| Cricklade | South Cerney | |
| Duxford | Stradishall | |
| Graveley | Oakington | |
| High Ercall | Shawbury | |
| Llanberis | Valley | |
| Peplow | Ternhill | |
| Ridgewell | Stradishall | |
| Wellesbourne Mountford | Gaydon |
Married Quarters (at Detached sites)
| Married Quarters | Parenting Unit |
| Acaster Malbis | Church Fenton |
| Alford | Manby |
| Church Lawford | Gaydon |
| Cold Heseldon | Ouston |
| Duxford | Stradishall |
| High Ercall | Shawbury |
| Honiley | Gaydon |
| Long Benton | Acklington |
| Rufforth | Church Fenton |
| Strubby | Manby |
| Wellesbourne Mountford | Gaydon |
| Winthorpe | Syerston |
All Gliding Schools are under the direct control of HQ, Air Cadets, RAF White Waltham.
| Location | Gliding School | Station in |
| Arbroath | No 662 Gliding School | Royal Navy |
| Burtonwood | No 635 Gliding School | Maintenance Command |
| Catterick | No 645 Gliding School | Transport Command |
| Chivenor | No 624 Gliding School | Fighter Command |
| Cosford | No 633 Gliding School | TTC |
| Culdrose | No 626 Gliding School | Royal Navy |
| Debden | No 614 Gliding School | TTC |
| Gaydon | No 637 Gliding School | FTC |
| Halton | No 613 Gliding School | TTC |
| Hemswell | No 643 Gliding School | TTC |
| Hendon | No 617 Gliding School | Maintenance Command |
| Henlow | No 616 Gliding School | TTC |
| Kenley | No 615 Gliding School | TTC |
| Linton-on-Ouse | No 642 Gliding School | FTC |
| Old Sarum | No 622 Gliding School | Transport Command |
| Ouston | No 641 Gliding School | FTC |
| St Athan | No 634 Gliding School | Maintenance Command |
| Sealand | No 631 Gliding School | Maintenance Command |
| South Cerney | No 625 Gliding School | FTC |
| Spitalgate | No 644 Gliding School | TTC |
| Swansea | No 636 Gliding School | MoA |
| Swanton Morley | No 611 Gliding School | Maintenance Command |
| Tangmere | No 623 Gliding School | Transport Command |
| Ternhill | No 632 Gliding School | FTC |
| West Malling | No 618 Gliding School | TTC |
| Weston-super-Mare | No 621 Gliding School | MoA |
Source - SD161/1966(4) - October 1966
[Command HQ | HQ Air Cadets | CFS | RAF Cranwell | RAF Manby | No 23 Group | No 25 Group | Inactive Stations | Married Quarters | Gliding Schools]
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