No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing
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No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing previously No. 135 Wing is a wing of the Royal Air Force. It was stationed at RAF Leeming, controlling the deployable subunits of the base (but not the flying squadrons). It was activated on 1 April 2006 as part of a modernisation package to make the RAF more deployable on an expeditionary basis.
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No.135 Expeditionary Air Wing No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (Fighter) RAF No. 135 (Fighter) Wing RAF No. 135 Airfield RAF | |
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Active | November 1943 - May 1944 May 1944 - December 1947 April 1953 - January 1960 April 2006 - present [citation needed] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Part of | Part of RAF Air Command |
Home station | RAF Leeming |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Tempest Canadair Sabre Hawker Hunter |
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