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No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group, the Glossary

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Air commodore

Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Air Officer Commanding (AOC) is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth (and some other) nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment which typically comprises a large, organized collection of air force assets.

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Air vice-marshal

Air vice-marshal (Air Vce Mshl or AVM) is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Airbus A330 MRTT

The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is a European aerial refuelling and military transport aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330.

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Airbus A400M Atlas

The Airbus A400M AtlasNamed after the Greek mythological figure.

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Al Minhad Air Base

Al Minhad Air Base (قاعدة المنهاد الجوية,, also just Minhad Air Base) is a military installation in the United Arab Emirates.

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Al Udeid Air Base

Al Udeid Air Base (قاعدة العديد الجوية) is one of two military bases southwest of Doha, Qatar, also known as Abu Nakhlah Airport (مطار أبو نخلة).

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Alan Gillespie

Air Vice-Marshal Alan Kenneth Gillespie is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Ashley Stevenson

Air Commodore Ashley David Stevenson, (born 30 September 1958) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and a former Commandant of Royal Air Force College Cranwell.

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Attack aircraft

An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack.

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Bahrain

Bahrain (Two Seas, locally), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia.

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Barry North

Air Marshal Sir Barry Mark North, (born 13 September 1959) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer, who served as Deputy Commander (Personnel) at RAF Air Command.

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Celle Air Base

Celle Air Base German: Heeresflugplatz Celle is a military airbase of the German Army.

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Clive Bairsto

Air Vice Marshal Clive Arthur Bairsto is a former Royal Air Force officer and former Air Officer Scotland.

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Cologne Bonn Airport

Cologne Bonn Airport Konrad Adenauer (Flughafen Köln/Bonn „Konrad Adenauer“) is an international airport of Germany's fourth-largest city Cologne, and also serves Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.

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De Havilland Venom

The de Havilland DH 112 Venom is a British post-war single-engined jet aircraft developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.

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End of World War II in Europe

The final battles of the European theatre of World War II continued after the definitive surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allies, signed by Field marshal Wilhelm Keitel on 8 May 1945 (VE Day) in Karlshorst, Berlin.

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English Electric Canberra

The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber.

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Eurofighter Typhoon variants

The Eurofighter Typhoon is in service with nine nations: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and Austria, with orders for all nine customers still pending as of September 2017.

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Expeditionary Air Wing

On 1 April 2006 Expeditionary Air Wings (EAWs) were formed at nine of the RAF's Main Operating Bases.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Gloster Meteor

The Gloster Meteor was the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations during the Second World War.

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Group (military unit)

A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation.

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Group captain

Group captain (Gp Capt or G/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Harry Broadhurst

Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, (28 October 1905 – 29 August 1995), commonly known as Broady, was a senior Royal Air Force commander and flying ace of the Second World War.

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Hawker Hunter

The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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Hawker Typhoon

The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft.

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Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force

Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force are the insignia of certain commands, squadrons, units, wings, groups, branches and stations within the Royal Air Force.

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HM Prison Ford

HM Prison Ford (informally known as Ford Open Prison) is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England, near Arundel and Littlehampton.

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Johnny Stringer (RAF officer)

Air Marshal John Jackson Stringer (born November 1969) is a senior Royal Air Force officer.

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Martin Sampson

Air Marshal Martin Elliot Sampson, is a senior Royal Air Force officer, serving as UK Defence Senior Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa.

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Michael Harwood (RAF officer)

Air Vice Marshal Michael John Harwood, (born 29 October 1958) is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Attaché and Head of the British Defence Staff – US in Washington, D.C. from 2008 to 2011.

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No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing

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No. 122 Expeditionary Air Wing

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No. 124 Wing RAF

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No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing

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No. 126 Wing RCAF

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No. 127 Wing RCAF

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No. 129 Wing RAF

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No. 143 Wing RCAF

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No. 145 Squadron RAF

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No. 16 Squadron RAF

Number 16 Squadron Royal Air Force, nicknamed 'the Saints', is a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) who currently provide elementary flying training (EFT) with the Grob Tutor T1, presently based at RAF Wittering, an RAF airbase in Cambridgeshire, England.

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No. 3 Squadron RAF

Number 3 Squadron, also known as No.

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No. 39 Wing RCAF

No.

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No. 67 Squadron RAF

The name No.

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No. 68 Squadron RAF

The name No.

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No. 71 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 83 Group Support Unit RAF

No.

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No. 84 Group RAF

No. No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group and No. 84 Group RAF are Royal Air Force groups and Royal Air Force groups of the Second World War.

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No. 87 Squadron RAF

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No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing

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No. 94 Squadron RAF

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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North American P-51 Mustang

The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.

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Operation Kipion

Operation Kipion is a long-standing air and maritime presence by the United Kingdom in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean to promote enduring peace and stability in the region, and ensure the safe flow of oil and trade.

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Operation Shader

Operation Shader is the operational code name given to the contribution of the United Kingdom in the ongoing military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

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Permanent Joint Headquarters

The Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) is the British tri-service headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled.

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Qatar

Qatar (قطر) officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.

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RAF Air Command

Air Command is the only Command currently active in the Royal Air Force.

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RAF Akrotiri

Royal Air Force Akrotiri, commonly abbreviated RAF Akrotiri is a large Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

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RAF Bruggen

Royal Air Force Brüggen, more commonly known as RAF Brüggen, in Germany was a Royal Air Force station until 15 June 2001.

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RAF Funtington

Royal Air Force Funtington or more simply RAF Funtington is a former Royal Air Force Advanced Landing Ground located in West Sussex, England.

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RAF Geilenkirchen

Royal Air Force Geilenkirchen more commonly known as RAF Geilenkirchen is a former Royal Air Force station in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, built by the British who used the facility mainly as an airfield for RAF fighter squadrons from May 1953 until 21 January 1968.

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RAF Holmsley South

Royal Air Force Holmsley South or more simply RAF Holmsley South is a former Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England.

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RAF Hurn

Royal Air Force Hurn or more simply RAF Hurn is a former Royal Air Force station located approximately north west of Christchurch, Dorset, England Opened in 1941, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces.

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RAF Second Tactical Air Force

The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War. No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group and RAF Second Tactical Air Force are British forces in Germany.

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RAF Tangmere

Royal Air Force Tangmere or more simply RAF Tangmere is a former Royal Air Force station located in Tangmere, England, famous for its role in the Battle of Britain.

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RAF Westhampnett

Royal Air Force Westhampnett or more simply RAF Westhampnett is a former Royal Air Force satellite station, located in the village of Westhampnett near Chichester, in the English County of West Sussex.

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RAF Wildenrath

Royal Air Force Station Wildenrath, commonly known as RAF Wildenrath, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that operated from 1952 to 1992.

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RAFO Musannah

RAFO Musannah is a Royal Air Force of Oman air base located south west of Barka, Al Batinah South, Oman.

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Redhill Aerodrome

Redhill Aerodrome is an operational general aviation aerodrome located south-east of Redhill, Surrey, England, in green belt land.

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Ronald Lees

Air Marshal Sir Ronald Beresford Lees, (27 April 1910 – 18 May 1991) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Seeb

Al-Seeb, As Seeb or As Sib (As-Sīb) is a coastal fishing province, located several kilometres northwest of Muscat, in northeastern Oman.

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Stuart Atha

Air Marshal Sir Stuart David Atha, (born 30 April 1962), is a former senior officer of the Royal Air Force.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Supermarine Swift

The Supermarine Swift was a British single-seat jet fighter aircraft that was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Surveillance aircraft

Surveillance aircraft are aircraft used for surveillance.

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Thomas Traill

Air Vice Marshal Thomas Cathcart Traill, (6 August 1899 – 1 October 1973) was an Argentine-born senior Royal Air Force officer.

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War against the Islamic State

Many states began to intervene against the Islamic State, in both the Syrian Civil War and the War in Iraq (2013–2017), in response to its rapid territorial gains from its 2014 Northern Iraq offensives, universally condemned executions, human rights abuses and the fear of further spillovers of the Syrian Civil War.

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William Dickson (RAF officer)

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Forster Dickson, (24 September 1898 – 12 September 1987) was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator during the First World War, a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years and a Royal Air Force commander during and after the Second World War.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._83_Expeditionary_Air_Group

Also known as 83 EAG, 83 Group Support Wing, No 83 EAG, No 83 EAG RAF, No 83 Expeditionary Air Group, No. 83 (Composite) Group, No. 83 EAG, No. 83 EAG RAF, No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group (United Kingdom), No. 83 Group RAF.

, No. 87 Squadron RAF, No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, No. 94 Squadron RAF, Normandy landings, North American P-51 Mustang, Operation Kipion, Operation Shader, Permanent Joint Headquarters, Qatar, RAF Air Command, RAF Akrotiri, RAF Bruggen, RAF Funtington, RAF Geilenkirchen, RAF Holmsley South, RAF Hurn, RAF Second Tactical Air Force, RAF Tangmere, RAF Westhampnett, RAF Wildenrath, RAFO Musannah, Redhill Aerodrome, Ronald Lees, Royal Air Force, Seeb, Stuart Atha, Supermarine Spitfire, Supermarine Swift, Surveillance aircraft, Thomas Traill, War against the Islamic State, William Dickson (RAF officer), World War II.

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See also

British forces in Germany

Royal Air Force groups of the Second World War

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