List of wings of the Royal Air Force
Wings within the Royal Air Force have both administrative and tactical applications. Over the years, the structure and role of wings has changed to meet the demands placed on the RAF. Many of the RAF's numbered wings were originally Royal Flying Corps or Royal Naval Air Service units.
Wings can be found at every station in the RAF and also abroad, deployed on operations.
Wings by number
No. 1 Wing – No. 99 Wing
| Wing | Date of establishment | Date of disestablishment | Notes |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | 29 November 1914 | 5 March 1919 | Originally Royal Flying Corps Corps Wing |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | 15 May 1919 | ? | At RAF Yatesbury |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | 1 January 1926 | 12 April 1926 | Army Cooperation Wing |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | 23 September 1939 | 15 December 1937 | General Reconnaissance Wing during Spanish Civil War with 209 and 210 Squadrons |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | 25 August 1939 | 22 September 1939 | Bomber Wing in Egypt with [No. No. 30 Squadron RAF|30 Squadron RAF|30] and [No. No. 55 Squadron RAF|55 Squadron RAF|55 Sqns] |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | 24 January 1940 | 24 June 1940 | Barrage balloon Wing in France |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | October 1958 | September 1961 | Signals Wing |
| No. 1 Wing RAF | ?? | Air Mobility Wing | |
| 2 Wing RAF | 29 November 1914 | 12 September 1919 | Originally RFC Corps Wing |
| No. 2 Wing RAF | 15 May 1919 | April 1920 | At Plymouth with 238 Sqn |
| No. 2 Wing RAF | 25 August 1939 | 21 September 1939 | Bomber Wing in Egypt |
| No. 2 Wing RAF | 3 November 1941 | November 1941 | 112 Sqn and 3 Sqn RAAF |
| No. 2 Wing RAF | ?? | Force Protection Wing | |
| No. 3 Wing RAF | 1 March 1915 | 5 January 1918 | Originally RFC Corps Wing |
| No. 3 Wing RAF | 1 August 1918 | 13 June 1919 | Training Wing |
| No. 3 Wing RAF | ?? | Force Protection Wing | |
| No. 4 Wing RAF | 29 November 1914 | 23 August 1916 | RFC Training Wing |
| No. 4 Wing RAF | 10 January 1917 | 15 May 1919 | Originally RFC Reserve Wing |
| No. 4 Wing RAF | 2 October 1935 | 24 August 1936 | Flying Boat Wing |
| No. 4 Wing RAF | ?? | Force Protection Wing | |
| No. 5 Wing RAF | 29 November 1914 | 1 April 1920 | Originally RFC; 1917–18: Corps Artillery Wing in Palestine Brigade, with [No. No. 14 Squadron RAF|14 Squadron RAF|14] and 113 Squadrons, 142 Squadron |
| No. 5 Wing RAF | 1 April 1923 | April 1924 | Controlled all fighter squadrons north of the Thames |
| No. 5 Wing RAF | 16 October 1935 | 14 August 1936 | Controlled 3, 35, [No. No. 47 Squadron RAF|47 Squadron RAF|47] and 207 Sqns during the Abyssinia Crisis |
| No. 5 Wing RAF | 13 December 1939 | 6 July 1940 | Signals Wing controlling radar units in France |
| No. 5 Wing RAF | 1 April 1953 | September 1966 | Signals Wing |
| No. 5 Wing RAF | ?? | Force Protection Wing | |
| No. 6 Wing RAF | 20 August 1915 | 22 November 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 6 Wing RAF | 31 January 1916 | July 1918 | Existed concurrently in East Africa, controlling [No. No. 26 Squadron RAF|26 Squadron RAF|26 Sqn] |
| No. 7 Wing RAF | 8 November 1915 | 12 September 1918 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 7 Wing RAF | 18 October 1919 | 9 July 1920 | Training Wing |
| No. 7 Wing RAF | ?? | Force Protection Wing | |
| No. 8 Wing RAF | 15 November 1918 | 30 June 1919 | Training Wing |
| No. 8 Wing RAF | 30 June 1919 | 27 April 1920 | Training Wing |
| No. 9 Wing RAF | 6 May 1916 | 30 July 1919 | Originally RFC HQ Wing |
| No. 9 Wing RAF | 18 October 1918 | ? | ?Training Wing |
| No. 10 Wing RAF | 30 January 1916 | 5 March 1919 | Originally RFC Army Wing |
| No. 10 Wing RAF | 18 October 1919 | 7 February 1920 | ?Training Wing |
| No. 11 Wing RAF | 10 February 1916 | 9 September 1919 | Originally RFC Army Wing |
| No. 11 Wing RAF | April 1920 | 15 January 1923 | Irish Wing |
| No. 12 Wing RAF | 30 January 1916 | 20 September 1919 | Originally RFC Army Wing |
| No. 12 Wing RAF | 2 June 1922 | 7 February 1923 | ?Irish Wing |
| No. 13 Wing RAF | 10 March 1916 | 1 March 1919 | RFC Army Wing |
| No. 14 Wing RAF | 1 April 1916 | 14 March 1919 | Originally RFC Army Wing; on Italian Front January–November 1918 |
| No. 15 Wing RAF | 21 June 1916 | 20 March 1919 | Originally RFC Reserve Army Wing |
| No. 15 Wing RAF | 15 August 1943 | 12 July 1944 | Fighter Wing |
| No. 16 Wing RAF | 25 June 1916 | 29 July 1916 | RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 16 Wing RAF | 20 September 1916 | 14 November 1919 | Originally RFC Corps Wing |
| No. 16 Wing RAF | 5 July 1943 | 20 April 1944 | Mobile Wing |
| No. 16 Wing RAF | 8 March 1946 | 3 June 1946 | |
| No. 17 Wing RAF | 9 August 1916 | 12 August 1918 | Originally RFC training Wing |
| No. 17 Wing RAF | 28 September 1918 | 14 May 1919 | Controlled units in Malta |
| No. 17 Wing RAF | 4 July 1943 | 12 July 1944 | Fighter Wing |
| No. 18 Wing RAF | 25 March 1916 | 1 October 1919 | Originally RFC Training/Home Defence Wing |
| No. 18 Wing RAF | December 1943 | 12 May 1944 | Fighter Wing |
| No. 19 Wing RAF | 1 May 1916 | 25 March 1919 | Originally RFC Training/Home Defence Wing |
| No. 19 Wing RAF | December 1943 | 12 May 1944 | Fighter Wing in 2nd Tactical Air Force |
| No. 20 Wing RAF | 25 July 1916 | 22 July 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing in Egypt |
| No. 20 Wing RAF | December 1943 | 12 May 1944 | Fighter Wing |
| No. 21 Wing RAF | 9 August 1916 | 18 February 1919 | RFC Training Wing |
| No. 21 Wing RAF | 1 January 1944 | 12 May 1944 | Base Defence Wing |
| No. 21 Wing RAF | 1 May 1960 | 31 August 1963 | Air Defence Missile Wing |
| No. 22 Wing RAF | 14 September 1916 | 20 May 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 22 Wing RAF | 9 January 1944 | 20 April 1944 | Royal Canadian Air Force Fighter Wing |
| No. 23 Wing RAF | 13 November 1916 | 31 May 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 23 Wing RAF | 20 January 1944 | 20 April 1944 | Fighter Wing |
| No. 24 Wing RAF | 25 September 1916 | 8 April 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 24 Wing RAF | 16 February 1944 | 12 May 1944 | Base Defence Wing |
| No. 24 Wing RAF | 1 April 1959 | 31 August 1963 | Air Defence Missile Wing |
| No. 25 Wing RAF | 18 September 1916 | 1 July 1918 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 25 Wing RAF | 1 March 1944 | 12 May 1944 | Base Defence Wing |
| No. 26 Wing RAF | 1 May 1917 | 4 April 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 27 Wing RAF | 5 May 1917 | 1 April 1919 | RFC Training Wing |
| No. 27 Wing RAF | 1946 | Maritime Strike Wing | |
| No. 28 Wing RAF | 15 May 1917 | 15 May 1919 | RFC Training Wing |
| No. 29 Wing RAF | 1 June 1917 | 9 April 1919 | Originally RFC Flying Training Wing based at Shawbury |
| No. 30 Wing RAF | 1 June 1917 | October 1918 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 30 Wing RAF | 15 April 1941 | 2 July 1941 | Became RAF Iceland |
| No. 31 Wing RAF | 5 June 1917 | January 1920 | Originally RFC HQ/Corps Wing; became Mesopotamia Wing |
| No. 31 Wing RAF | 15 April 1941 | 15 December 1941 | Became RAF Long Kesh |
| No. 32 Wing RAF | 5 November 1917 | 15 May 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing in Egypt |
| No. 32 Wing RAF | 15 August 1941 | 1 July 1943 | Army Cooperation Wing |
| No. 33 Wing RAF | 30 August 1917 | 15 May 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 33 Wing RAF | 15 August 1941 | 1 July 1943 | Army Cooperation Wing |
| No. 34 Wing RAF | 8 September 1917 | 12 October 1918 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 34 Wing RAF | 22 August 1941 | 30 September 1945 | Army Cooperation Wing June 1944: reconnaissance wing in 2nd TAF at Northolt with Nos 16, [No. No. 69 Squadron RAF|69 Squadron RAF|69] and 140 Squadrons; September 1944 – May 1945: in 2nd TAF in North West Europe |
| No. 34 Wing RAF | 1 April 1953 | 1 January 1961 | Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 34 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing at Waddington | |
| No. 35 Wing RAF | 22 September 1917 | 9 April 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 35 Wing RAF | 22 August 1941 | 22 June 1946 | Army Cooperation Wing June 1944: reconnaissance wing in [No. No. 84 Group RAF|84 Group RAF|84 Group], 2nd TAF at Gatwick with Nos 2, 4 and [No. No. 268 Squadron RAF|268 Squadron RAF|268] Squadrons September 1944 – May 1945: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 2, 4 and 268 Sqns |
| No. 36 Wing RAF | 8 October 1917 | 23 June 1918 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 36 Wing RAF | 15 August 1941 | 16 July 1943 | Army Cooperation Wing |
| No. 37 Wing RAF | 15 October 1917 | 9 April 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 37 Wing RAF | August 1941 | 28 July 1943 | Army Cooperation Wing |
| No. 38 Wing RAF | 9 November 1917 | 15 April 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 38 Wing RAF | 19 January 1942 | 11 October 1943 | Army Cooperation Wing, raised to status of 38 Group September 1943: in Northwest African Troop Carrier Command with 296 Squadron |
| No. 38 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | 2011 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing at Lyneham |
| No. 38 Wing RAF | 2011 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing formed by RAF Brize Norton and RAF Northholt
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| No. 39 Wing RAF | 27 October 1917 | 4 April 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 39 Wing RAF | 3 December 1942 | 7 August 1945 | RCAF Reconnaissance Wing June 1944: in [No. No. 83 Group RAF|83 Group RAF|83 Group], 2nd TAF at Odiham with Nos 168, 414 (RCAF) and 430 (RCAF) Squadrons, 400 (RCAF) Squadron September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 400, 414 and 430 Sqns All three constituent squadrons disbanded at Lüneburg Airfield in August 1945, and there is an additional note that the wing disbanded at Lüneburg on 2 August 1945. |
| No. 40 Wing RAF | 5 October 1917 | 1 April 1920 | Originally RFC Army Wing; 1917–18: in Palestine Brigade, with 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, 111, 144 and 145 Squadrons |
| No. 41 Wing RAF | 11 October 1917 | 15 February 1919 | Originally RFC day bomber wing at Azelot in Independent Air Force October 1917 – November 1918 with 55, 99 and 104 Sqns |
| No. 42 Wing RAF | October 1917 | 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing formed in Canada |
| No. 42 Wing RAF | May 2007 | Expeditionary Support Wing | |
| No. 43 Wing RAF | October 1917 | 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing formed in Canada |
| No. 44 Wing RAF | October 1917 | 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing formed in Canada |
| No. 45 Wing RAF | October 1917 | 1919 | Originally Training Wing to form in Canada, never activated |
| No. 45 Wing RAF | 15 February 1946 | 15 June 1946 | Transport Wing formed from 45 Group |
| No. 46 Wing RAF | 29 October 1917 | 6 March 1919 | Originally RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 47 Wing RAF | 29 October 1917 | 13 June 1919 | Originally RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 48 Wing RAF | 1 February 1918 | 13 June 1919 | Originally RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 49 Wing RAF | 29 October 1917 | 13 June 1919 | Originally RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 50 Wing RAF | 29 October 1917 | 22 May 1919 | Originally RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 50 Wing RAF | 11 January 1937 | 6 August 1940 | Army Cooperation wing with British Expeditionary Force Air Component in France 1939–40, Nos 4, 13, and 16 Squadrons flying Westland Lysanders. |
| No. 50 Wing RAF | 21 April 1941 | 21 November 1942 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 51 Wing RAF | November 1917 | 30 July 1919 | Originally RFC Corps Wing in VII Brigade RFC on Italian Front November 1917 – March 1918 |
| No. 51 Wing RAF | 11 May 1939 | 10 June 1940 | Army Cooperation Wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45 with 2, 26 and [No. No. 81 Squadron RAF|81 Squadron RAF|81] Sqns |
| No. 51 Wing RAF | 21 April 1941 | 21 November 1942 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 52 Wing RAF | September 1918 | 1 April 1920 | Corps Wing formed in India; redesignated No. 3 Indian Wing |
| No. 52 Wing RAF | 1 November 1939 | 14 July 1940 | Bomber wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45, Nos [No. No. 53 Squadron RAF|53 Squadron RAF|53] and [No. No. 59 Squadron RAF|59 Squadron RAF|59] Sqns |
| No. 52 Wing RAF | 21 May 1941 | 21 November 1942 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 53 Wing RAF | 8 February 1918 | 13 June 1919 | Originally RFC Home Defence Wing |
| No. 53 Wing RAF | 23 March 1941 | 1 January 1946 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 54 Wing RAF | 6 March 1918 | 8 May 1919 | Originally RFC Night Wing |
| No. 54 Wing RAF | 25 May 1942 | 9 October 1946 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 55 Wing RAF | 6 March 1918 | 25 September 1919 | Originally RFC Training Wing |
| No. 55 Wing RAF | 1 August 1942 | 15 January 1947 | Barrack & Clothing/Maintenance Wing |
| No. 56 Wing RAF | August 1918 | 15 May 1919 | Training Wing |
| No. 56 Wing RAF | 22 July 1944 | 15 October 1946 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 57 Wing RAF | 1918 | 3 July 1918 | Training Wing |
| No. 57 Wing RAF | 22 July 1944 | 15 January 1947 | Maintenance Wing |
| No. 58 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 21 December 1918 | Training Wing |
| No. 59 Wing RAF | 27 July 1918 | 24 June 1919 | Training Wing |
| No. 60 Wing RAF | 27 July 1918 | 14 September 1918 | Training Wing |
| No. 60 Wing RAF | 30 August 1939 | 20 January 1940 | Fighter Wing, raised to No. 14 Group |
| No. 60 Wing RAF | 20 January 1940 | 31 May 1940 | Fighter wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45, Nos [No. No. 85 Squadron RAF|85 Squadron RAF|85] and [No. No. 87 Squadron RAF|87 Squadron RAF|87] Sqns |
| No. 61 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 13 November 1918 | Naval |
| No. 61 Wing RAF | 10 October 1939 | 31 May 1940 | Fighter wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45, Nos 607 and 615 Sqns |
| No. 62 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 1 October 1918 | Naval |
| No. 62 Wing RAF | 10 October 1939 | 31 May 1940 | Fighter Servicing Wing |
| No. 63 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 21 May 1919 | Naval |
| No. 63 Wing RAF | 20 February 1940 | 31 May 1940 | Fighter Servicing Wing |
| No. 64 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 22 April 1919 | Naval |
| No. 64 Wing RAF | 6 June 1918 | 15 September 1919 | Egypt |
| No. 64 Wing RAF | 2 July 1940 | 1 August 1940 | Wing Servicing Unit |
| No. 65 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 1 March 1919 | Naval |
| No. 65 Wing RAF | 1940 | 24 June 1940 | Wing Servicing Unit |
| No. 66 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 15 August 1919 | Former No. 6 Wing RNAS at Otranto, Italy, April–November 1918 with 224 and 225 Sqns |
| No. 67 Wing RAF | 1 April 1918 | 6 December 1918 | Naval at Taranto April–November 1918 with 226 Sqn at Pizzone and 227 Sqn non-operational |
| No. 67 Wing RAF | 6 November 1939 | 24 July 1940 | Fighter wing with RAF Advanced Air Striking Force in France 1939–45, Nos 1, [No. No. 73 Squadron RAF|73 Squadron RAF|73], and 212 (PR) Squadrons |
| No. 68 Wing RAF | 11 July 1918 | 1 September 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 69 Wing RAF | 21 July 1918 | 25 July 1919 | Training Wing |
| No. 69 Wing RAF | 15 March 1945 | 20 October 1945 | Signals Wing |
| No. 70 Wing RAF | 20 August 1918 | 1 May 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 70 Wing RAF | 1 September 1939 | 1 July 1940 | Bomber Wing In September 1939, Nos. 18 and 57 Sqns at RAF Upper Heyford as part of No. 2 Group RAF; Bomber-Reconnaissance wing with BEF Air Component in France 1939–45, Nos 18 and 57 Sqns |
| No. 70 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 31 May 1946 | Signals Wing |
| No. 70 Wing RAF | 22 August 1951 | 1 August 1953 | Signals Wing |
| No. 71 Wing RAF | 20 August 1918 | 1 May 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 71 Wing RAF | 1 September 1939 | 1 July 1940 | Bomber Wing with RAF AASF in France 1939–45, Nos 105, 114, 139 and 150 Sqns |
| No. 71 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 30 June 1943 | Signals Wing |
| No. 72 Wing RAF | 8 August 1918 | 15 May 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 72 Wing RAF | 23 August 1939 | 6 February 1940 | Bomber Wing |
| No. 72 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 15 May 1944 | Signals Wing |
| No. 72 Wing RAF | 15 May 1944 | 22 September 1946 | Signals Wing |
| No. 73 Wing RAF | 20 August 1918 | 1 May 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 73 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 1 November 1946 | Signals Wing |
| No. 74 Wing RAF | 20 August 1918 | 1 May 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 74 Wing RAF | 24 August 1939 | 10 February 1940 | Bomber Wing |
| No. 74 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 30 June 1946 | Signals Wing |
| No. 75 Wing RAF | 8 August 1918 | 15 May 1919 | Operations Wing |
| No. 75 Wing RAF | 24 August 1939 | 30 June 1940 | Bomber Wing with RAF AASF in France 1939–45; in May 1940 consisted of [No. No. 88 Squadron RAF|88 Squadron RAF|88 Sqn] at Mourmelon, 103 Sqn at Betheniville and 208 Sqn at Auberive. |
| No. 75 Wing RAF | 10 February 1941 | 15 April 1941 | Bomber Wing |
| No. 75 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 1 November 1946 | Signals Wing |
| No. 76 Wing RAF | 20 August 1918 | 1 December 1918 | Operations Wing |
| No. 76 Wing RAF | 24 August 1939 | 24 June 1940 | Bomber Wing with RAF AASF in France 1939–45, 12, 142, and 226 Sqns |
| No. 76 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 30 June 1943 | Signals Wing |
| No. 77 Wing RAF | 8 August 1918 | 1 November 1918 | Operations Wing |
| No. 77 Wing RAF | 17 February 1941 | 15 May 1944 | Signals Wing |
| No. 78 Wing RAF | 8 August 1918 | November 1918 | Operations Wing |
| No. 78 Wing RAF | 25 May 1941 | 31 July 1946 | Signals Wing: Chain Home technical control wing at RAF Ashburton in Devon. |
| No. 79 Wing RAF | 8 August 1918 | November 1918 | Operations Wing |
| No. 79 Wing RAF | 22 August 1939 | ? | Bomber Wing September 1939 at Watton in 2 Group, Bomber Command, with 21 and 82 Sqns |
| No. 79 Wing RAF | 27 September 1941 | 30 June 1943 | Signals Wing |
| No. 80 Wing RAF | 1 July 1918 | 1 March 1919 | Army Wing consisted of two Australian Flying Corps units as well as Nos 46, 54, 88, 92 and 103 Squadrons, RAF |
| No. 80 Wing RAF | 7 October 1940 | 24 September 1945 | Electronic Countermeasures Wing at Radlett |
| No. 80 Wing RAF | 1 August 1953 | 15 March 1957 | |
| No. 81 Wing RAF | 3 June 1918 | 21 June 1918 | Corps Wing |
| No. 81 Wing RAF | 1 July 1918 | 1 March 1919 | Corps Wing |
| No. 81 Wing RAF | August 1939 | 18 September 1939 | Bomber Wing |
| No. 81 Wing RAF | 2 June 1941 | 30 April 1946 | Signals Wing |
| No. 82 Wing RAF | 3 June 1918 | 1 March 1919 | |
| No. 82 Wing RAF | August 1939 | ? | Bomber Wing September 1939: at Wyton in 2 Group, Bomber Command, with 114 and 139 Sqns |
| No. 83 Wing RAF | 3 June 1918 | 1 March 1919 | Night bomber wing at Xaffévillers in IAF June–November 1918 with 97, [No. No. 100 Squadron RAF|100 Squadron RAF|100] and 215 Sqns |
| No. 83 Wing RAF | August 1939 | ? | Bomber Wing September 1939: at Wattisham in 2 Group, Bomber Command, with 107 and 110 Sqns |
| No. 83 Wing RAF | 19 August 1942 | July 1943 | Signals Wing |
| No. 84 Wing RAF | 12 October 1918 | 3 November 1919 | Night bomber wing at Roville-aux-Chênes in IAF August–November 1918 with 115 and 216 Sqns |
| No. 84 Wing RAF | 1 May 1943 | 1 September 1944 | Signals Wing |
| No. 85 Wing RAF | September 1918 | November 1918 | Day bomber wing at Bettoncourt in IAF September–November 1918 with 110 Sqn and 45 Sqn |
| No. 85 Wing RAF | 1 July 1946 | 31 October 1948 | Reformed from 85 (Base) Group 1 July 1946 HQ was at Uetersen, Germany, 1 September 1947 – 31 October 1948. |
| No. 85 Wing RAF | April 2006 | Expeditionary Logistics Wing | |
| No. 86 Wing RAF | 29 September 1918 | 10 December 1918 | Night Bomber Wing |
| No. 86 Wing RAF | 13 December 1918 | 8 October 1919 | Communications Wing |
| No. 86 Wing RAF | 5 May 1939 | 16 February 1940 | General Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 87 Wing RAF | 29 August 1918 | 10 December 1918 | Night Bomber Wing |
| No. 87 Wing RAF | 1944 | ? | |
| No. 87 Wing RAF | 15 July 1946 | 26 August 1946 | Transport Wing |
| No. 88 Wing RAF | 17 October 1918 | 1919 | Day Bomber Wing |
| No. 88 Wing RAF | 6 August 1942 | 18 November 1942 | |
| No. 88 Wing RAF | 1944 | ||
| No. 89 Wing RAF | October 1918 | 1919 | Army Wing |
| No. 90 Wing RAF | 6 November 1918 | 1 March 1919 | Army Wing |
| No. 91 Wing RAF | 24 October 1918 | 1919 | Army Wing |
| No. 96 Wing RAF | 1 October 1941 | 10 May 1944 | Wireless Wing |
Expeditionary Air Wings
Formed on 1 April 2006, Expeditionary Air Wings are established at the following RAF Flying Stations:- RAF Waddington – 34 EAW
- RAF Brize Norton – 38 EAW
- RAF Coningsby – 121 EAW
- RAF Leeming – 135 EAW
- RAF Marham – 138 EAW
- RAF Lossiemouth – 140 EAW
Deployed EAWs
- No. 901 EAW – Deployed to Middle East
- No. 902 EAW – Deployed to Middle East
- No. 903 EAW – RAF Akrotiri
- No. 905 EAW – RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands
- No. 906 EAW – Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates since 15 January 2013
Disbanded EAWs
- 122 EAW – RAF Cottesmore
- 125 EAW – RAF Leuchars
- 904 EAW – Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan – stood down December 2014
- 907 EAW – RAF Akrotiri
Force Protection wings
Formed from RAF Regiment field squadrons and RAF Police components, Force Protection Wings are responsible for defending aircraft and personnel whilst deployed on operations. the overarching Combat Readiness Force HQ is located at RAF Honington. Each Wing is parented by an RAF Station with whom it is usually deployed:- No 2 Force Protection Wing – RAF Leeming
- No 3 Force Protection Wing – RAF Marham
- No 5 Force Protection Wing – RAF Lossiemouth
- No 7 Force Protection Wing – RAF Coningsby
- No. 20 Wing RAF Regiment – RAF Honington
- RAF Force Protection Centre – RAF Honington
- RAF Regiment Training Wing – RAF Honington
Disbanded FPWs
RAF Force Protection Wings were, until April 2004, known as Tactical Survive To Operate Headquarters.- No 4 Force Protection Wing – RAF Brize Norton
- No 8 Force Protection Wing – RAF Waddington
Miscellaneous wings
- No 1 Air Mobility Wing – RAF Brize Norton – HQ Squadron, 44 Mobile Air Movements Squadron and 45 Mobile Air Movements Squadron. This is UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron expanded to wing strength.
- No. 42 (Expeditionary Support) Wing – RAF Wittering
- No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing – RAF Wittering
- No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing – RAF Waddington
- ISTAR Air Wing – RAF Waddington
- 2nd Tactical Air Force Communication Wing RAF - formed 31 March 1945; disbanded 15 July 1945 at RAF Buckeburg. Became British Air Forces of Occupation Communication Squadron.
Station-based wings
A typical Royal Air Force flying station will have the following integrated wing-based structure:- Administrative Wing / Base Support Wing / Support Wing
- Depth Support Wing
- Forward Support Wing
- Operations Wing
Specialised station-based wings
Some stations has Wings which are customised to their particular role with the RAF:- Airport of Embarkation Wing – RAF Brize Norton
Tactical wings
Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised teams.- Tactical Communications Wing – RAF Leeming
- Tactical Medical Wing – RAF Brize Norton – This unit has the Latin motto "Summum Bonum" which means 'for the highest good'. It became operational on 1 April 1996 and its CO is currently Wing Commander Alan Cranfield. Some of its sub-units are Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Deployable Aeromedical Response Teams, Operational Training Squadron and Operations and Logistics Squadron.
- Tactical Provost Wing – RAF Honington
- Tactical Supply Wing – MOD Stafford