i Air Command Secretariat Spitfire Block Headquarters Air Command Royal Air Force High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 4UE Ref: FOI 2020/13568 12 January 2021 Dear , Thank you for your correspondence of 9 December 2020 requesting the following information: “Could you provide a list of the current RAF Cadet wings, along with the groups they report to (if available), and those wing's current squadrons and locations? I understand this is a lost to request, so if this information has already been provided or can be viewed anywhere else, that would work too.” I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A search for the information has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence, and I can confirm that information in scope of your request is held. All Royal Air Force Air Cadet (RAFAC) Wings report to the Royal Air Force’s 22 Training Group. The following table contains the RAFAC Regions, and which Wings reside within each region. Region Wings Central & East Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire; Norfolk and Suffolk; Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire; South & East Midlands; Trent; Warwick & Birmingham London & South East Essex; Kent; London; Middlesex; Surrey; Sussex North Durham & Northumberland; Central & East Yorkshire; South & West Yorkshire; Cumbria & Lancashire; Greater Manchester Scotland & Northern Ireland Highland; North East Scotland; South East Scotland; West Scotland; Northern Ireland South West Bristol & Gloucestershire; Devon & Somerset; Dorset & Wiltshire; Hampshire & Isle of Wight; Plymouth & Cornwall; Thames Valley Wales & West No 1 Welsh; No 2 Welsh; No 3 Welsh; Staffordshire & West Mercian; Merseyside A list of all Squadrons and which Wings they report to can be found at Annex A. If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office in the first instance. 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Annex A: List of all RAFAC Wings and their Squadrons Uncontrolled copy not subject to amendment ACP 8 Section 6a Alphabetical List Of Squadrons / Detached Flights Sqn Name Sqn No Wing A Aberconwy 418 No 2 Welsh Aberdare 254 No 1 Welsh Aberdeen 107 North East Scotland Aberdeen Airport 102 North East Scotland Abergavenny 2478 No 1 Welsh Aberkenfig 2318 No 3 Welsh Abingdon 2121 Thames Valley Accrington & District 1035 Cumbria & Lancs Acocks Green & Olton 489 Warwick & Birmingham Akrotiri No 1 OS Affiliated to West Mercian Aldermaston 2403 Thames Valley Aldershot 413 Hants & IOW Aldridge 425 Staffordshire Alfreton & Ripley 1401 Trent Alloa 383 South East Scotland Alnwick 1801 Durham & Northumberland Alsager 2493 Staffordshire Alton 613 Hants & IOW Altrincham & Hale 145 Greater Manchester Amesbury 1011 Dorset & Wilts Ammanford 2475 No 3 Welsh Andover 1213 Hants & IOW Antrim 833 Northern Ireland Appleby Grammar School 2192 Cumbria & Lancs Arbroath 2422 North East Scotland Arden 2286 Warwick & Birmingham Ardossan 1138 West Scotland Ardudwy 2445 No 2 Welsh Ardwyn, Aberstywyth & District 561 No 3 Welsh Armthorpe 1053 South & West Yorks Arun Valley 1087 Sussex Ashford 305 Kent Ashington 1110 Durham & Northumberland Ashton-under-Lyne 247 Greater Manchester Askern 1384 South & West Yorks Auchtermuchty 2163 South East Scotland Aviemore 52 Highland Aylesbury 1365 Herts & Bucks Ayios Nikolaos No 1 OS DF Affiliated to West Mercian Ayr & Prestwick 137 West Scotland 6A-1 Uncontrolled copy not subject to amendment ACP 8 B Balham & Tooting 34F London Ballymena 2349 Northern Ireland Ballynahinch 2004 Northern Ireland Balsall Common 496 Warwick & Birmingham Bamber Bridge 2376 Cumbria & Lancs Banbury 1460 Thames Valley Banchory 2367 North East Scotland Bangor 825 Northern Ireland Barking 1147 London Barnes 39F Surrey Barnsley 148 South & West Yorks Barnstaple 1146 Devon & Somerset Barrow-in-Furness 128 Cumbria & Lancs Barry 372 No 1 Welsh Basildon 2243 Essex Basingstoke 443 Hants & IOW Bassingbourne 2484 Beds & Cambs Bath, City of 93 Bristol & Glos Bathgate 1271 West Scotland Batley 185 South & West Yorks Battersea 33F London Battle 88 Sussex Bawtry 2008 South & West Yorks Beaconsfield 606 Herts & Bucks Beccles 759 Norfolk & Suffolk Bedford 134 Beds & Cambs Bedlington 2522 Durham & Northumberland Beeston 1359 South & East Midlands Belle Vue 2468 Greater Manchester Berkhamstead 1113 Herts & Bucks Berwick 1016 Durham & Northumberland Berwyn 1251 No 2 Welsh Beverley 399 C&E Yorks Bexhill 2262 Sussex Bexleyheath 359 Kent Bicester 2507 Thames Valley Biddulph 2151 Staffordshire Bideford 20 Devon & Somerset Biggin Hill 2427 Kent Biggleswade 2065 Beds & Cambs Billericay 2393 Essex Birkenhead 400 Merseyside Birmingham Airport 2030 Warwick & Birmingham Birstall 1947 South & East Midlands Bishop Auckland 2505 Durham & Northumberland Bishops Cleeve 2328 Bristol & Glos Bishops Stortford 1096 Essex Blackburn 1262 Cumbria & Lancs Blackhall 1932 Durham & Northumberland Blackpool Airport 177 Cumbria & Lancs 6A-2 Uncontrolled copy not subject to amendment ACP 8 Blackwood 277 No 1 Welsh Blaydon 1509 Durham & Northumberland Bletchley Park 2366 Herts & Bucks Blyth 1000 Durham & Northumberland Bodmin 2533 Plymouth & Cornwall Bognor Regis 2351 Sussex Bollington 236 Greater Manchester Bolton 80 Greater Manchester Bootle 1908 Merseyside Bordon & District 2412 Hants & IOW Boscobel 2078 Staffordshire Boston 141 Trent Bournemouth 130 Dorset & Wilts Bracknell 2211 Thames Valley Bradford 44F South & West Yorks Bradford-on-Avon 1995 Dorset & Wilts Braintree 158 Essex Brechin 2231 DF North East Scotland Brecon 415 DF No 1 Welsh Bredbury/Romiley/Marple 1196 Greater Manchester Brentwood 1483 Essex Bridge of Don 2489 North East Scotland Bridgend 1092 No 3 Welsh Bridgnorth 63 West Mercian Bridgwater & District 65 Devon & Somerset Bridlington 252 C&E Yorks Brierley Hill 2156 West Mercian Brigg 2222 Trent Brighton No 1 225 Sussex Brighton No 2 226 Sussex Brimington & District 1082 Trent Bristol Airport 2124 Bristol & Glos British Aerospace, Warton 967 Cumbria & Lancs Britwell 2477 Thames Valley Brize Norton 2267 Thames Valley Broadlands 222 Norfolk & Suffolk Bromley 228 Kent Brooklands 11F Surrey Brownhills 1444 Staffordshire Broxbourne & Hoddesdon 1239 Herts & Bucks Broxburn 1756 South East Scotland BSA and City of Birmingham 194 Warwick & Birmingham Buckingham 1563 Herts & Bucks Burgess Hill 2529 Sussex Burghfield 2402 Thames Valley Burnham/Highbridge 290 DF Devon & Somerset Burnham on Crouch 2531 DF Essex 6A-3 Uncontrolled copy not subject to amendment ACP 8 Burnley 352 Cumbria & Lancs Burntisland 775 South East Scotland Burton-on-Trent 351 Staffordshire Bury 1036 Greater Manchester Bury St Edmunds 301 Norfolk & Suffolk Bushey & Oxhey 2384 Herts & Bucks Buxton 2517 Staffs C Caerleon 1367 No 1 Welsh Caerphilly 1223 No 1 Welsh Caister 2356 Norfolk & Suffolk Caithness 1285 Highland Calder Valley 2447 South & West Yorks Caldicot 2012 No 1 Welsh Calne 2189 Dorset & Wilts Camberley 1075 Surrey Camberwell & Lambeth 50F London Camborne & District 147 Plymouth & Cornwall Cambourne 105 Beds & Cambs Cambridge, City of 104 Beds & Cambs Canterbury, City of 312 Kent Canvey Island 2187 Essex Cardiff 1344 No 1 Welsh Cardigan & Aberporth 1429 No 3 Welsh Carlisle, City of 1862 Cumbria & Lancs Carmarthen 621 No 3 Welsh Carnforth 2246 Cumbria & Lancs Carnoustie 2449 North East Scotland Carrickfergus 2062 Northern Ireland Carshalton & Wallington 350 Surrey Castle Bromwich 165 Warwick & Birmingham Castle Douglas 2329 West Scotland Castleford 2388 South & West Yorks Cefni 2474 No 2 Welsh Chatham 1404 Kent Cheadle & Gatley 284 Greater Manchester Chelmsford 276 Essex Cheltenham 125 Bristol & Glos Chesham & Amersham 2204 Herts & Bucks Chester, City of 610 Merseyside Chesterfield 331 Trent Chester-le-Street 1507 Durham Northumberland Chetwynd 265 West Mercian Chichester 461 Sussex Chigwell 2324 London Chingford 27F London Chippenham 1304 Dorset & Wilts Chipping Norton 136 Thames Valley Chipping Sodbury 2509 Bristol & Glos Chirk 856 No 2 Welsh 6A-4 Uncontrolled copy not subject to amendment ACP 8 Chivenor 722 Devon & Somerset Chorley 92 Cumbria & Lancs Christchurch 171 Dorset & Wilts Chumleigh 722DF Plymouth & Cornwall Church Fenton 2434 Central & East Yorks Cirencester 1245 Bristol & Glos City of Bath 93 Bristol & Glos City of Birmingham 491 Warwick & Birmingham City of Cambridge 104 Beds & Cambs City of Canterbury