No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF is a wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Wittering, England. It is made up of several ground transport and logistics handling squadrons, whose role is to establish air and sea ports of disemarkation and the associated supply chain all the way to the front line squadrons.
Structure[]
No 85 (EL) Wg, with an establishment of approximately 660 personnel, comprises four air combat service support units:
- No. 1 Expeditionary Logistics Squadron[1]
- No. 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron[2]
- No. 3 Mobile Catering Squadron[3]
- Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS)[4]
- No. 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron RAuxAF[5]
Formerly it consisted of:
- Expeditionary Logistics Squadron[6]
- No. 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron[7]
- 5001 Squadron[6]
- Mobile Catering Support Unit[7]
The wing played a major role in the RAF deployment in the run-up to and during Operation Telic.
References[]
Citations[]
- ↑ "No1 (EL) Squadron". Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/no1elsquadron.cfm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "2 MT Squadron". Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/2mtsquadron.cfm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "3 MC Squadron". Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/3mcsquadron.cfm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "JARTS". Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/jarts.cfm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "504 Sqn RAuxAF". Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/504sqnrauxaf.cfm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cotter 2008, p. 46.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "History". Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafwittering/aboutus/history.cfm. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
Bibliography[]
- Cotter, J (2008). Royal Air Force celebrating 90 years. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-946219-11-7.
External links[]
The original article can be found at No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing RAF and the edit history here.