# 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 (RFC) or Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) 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 (RFC) 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 30 and 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 |
| No. 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 14 and 113 Squadrons (RE 8 and Nieuport), 142 Squadron (RE 8 and Armstrong Whitworth) |
| 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, 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 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 (RCAF) 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. 9 TDS) |
| 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 (Spitfire PRXI), 69 (Wellington XIII) and 140 (Mosquito PRIX/XVI) Squadrons; September 1944 – May 1945: in 2nd TAF in North West Europe (composition as before) |
| No. 34 Wing RAF | 1 April 1953 | 1 January 1961 | Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 34 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) (ISTAR) 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 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Gatwick with Nos 2 (Mustang II), 4 (Spitfire PRXI) and 268 (Mustang IA) Squadrons September 1944 – May 1945: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 2, 4 (PR) and 268 Sqns (Spitfire) |
| 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 (Albemarle) |
| No. 38 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | 2011 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing (Air Transport) at Lyneham |
| No. 38 Wing RAF | 2011 | | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing formed by RAF Brize Norton and RAF Northholt Deployed to Barbados on Operation Ruman in September 2017 comprised: Elements of No. XXIV Squadron and No. 47 Squadron RAF with Hercules C4/C5. Elements of No. LXX Squadron RAF with Atlas C1. Elements of No. 99 Squadron RAF with Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. Elements of No 1 Air Mobility Wing |
| 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 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Odiham with Nos 168, 414 (RCAF) and 430 (RCAF) Squadrons (Mustang I), 400 (RCAF) Squadron (Spitfire PRXI) September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 400 (RCAF), 414 (RCAF) and 430 (RCAF) (Spitfire) 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 (Bristol Fighter and Handley Page), 111 (SE-5A), 144 (DH-9) and 145 (SE-5A) Squadrons |
| No. 41 Wing RAF | 11 October 1917 | 15 February 1919 | Originally RFC day bomber wing at Azelot (HQ at Lupcourt) in Independent Air Force (IAF) October 1917 – November 1918 with 55 (DH4), 99 and 104 Sqns (DH9) |
| 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 (BEF) 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 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 53 and 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 85 and 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 (AASF) in France 1939–45, Nos 1, 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 88 Sqn at Mourmelon, 103 Sqn at Betheniville and 208 Sqn at Auberive (Battles). |
| 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 (Blenheim I & IV) |
| 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 (Nos 2 and 4 Squadrons, AFC) as well as Nos 46, 54, 88, 92 and 103 Squadrons, RAF |
| No. 80 Wing RAF | 7 October 1940 | 24 September 1945 | Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) 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 (Blenheim I & IV) |
| No. 83 Wing RAF | 3 June 1918 | 1 March 1919 | Night bomber wing at Xaffévillers in IAF June–November 1918 with 97, 100 and 215 Sqns (Handley Page O/400) |
| No. 83 Wing RAF | August 1939 | ? | Bomber Wing September 1939: at Wattisham in 2 Group, Bomber Command, with 107 and 110 Sqns (Blenheim I & IV) |
| 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 (Handley Page O/400) |
| 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 (DH9a) and 45 Sqn (Sopwith Camel, re-equipping with Sopwith Snipe for escort) |
| 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 (Observer) Wing |

### No. 100 Wing – No. 199 Wing

| Wing | Date of establishment | Date of disestablishment | Notes |
| No. 100 Wing RAF | 2 May 1939 | 9 September 1941 | General Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 101 Wing RAF | 16 February 1940 | July 1941 | General Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 102 Wing RAF | 14 April 1941 | 31 January 1942 | General Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 103 Wing RAF | 12 February 1945 | 30 September 1946 | Air Disarmament Wing |
| No. 104 Wing RAF | 5 February 1945 | 1 October 1945 | Photographic Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 105 Wing RAF | 28 February 1943 | 14 August 1944 | Combined Operations Wing |
| No. 106 Wing RAF | 3 July 1943 | 14 April 1944 | Photographic Reconnaissance Wing |
| No. 107 Wing RAF | 26 June 1943 | 7 August 1943 | Special Duties Wing |
| No. 107 Wing RAF | 16 October 1944 | 1 September 1945 | Transport Wing |
| No. 108 Wing RAF | 29 September 1944 | 8 May 1946 | Transport Wing |
| No. 109 Wing RAF | 10 October 1944 | 1 March 1946 | Transport Wing |
| No. 110 Wing RAF | 1 March 1940 | 5 May 1941 | Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Wing |
| No. 110 Wing RAF | 3 July 1944 | 15 February 1946 | Transport Wing |
| No. 111 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 112 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 113 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 114 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 115 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 116 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 117 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 118 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 119 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 120 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing | | | June 1944: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Holmsley South with 174, 175 and 245 Squadrons (Typhoon); September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 175, 184, 245 (Typhoon) Sqns |
| No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing | 1 April 2006 | | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Coningsby Deployed to RAF Akrotiri from August to November 2013 for Operation Luminous comprised Elements of No. XI Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Elements of No. 8 Squadron with Sentry AEW1 Elements of No. 216 Squadron with Tristar Elements of No. 1 Air Control Centre with T101 Radar Elements of No. 4 Force Protection Wing Deployed to Ämari Air Base from April to September 2015 for Operation Azotize in support of the NATO air policing mission with Typhoon FGR4 |
| No. 122 Expeditionary Air Wing | | | June 1944:: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Funtington with 19, 65 and 122 Squadrons (Mustang III); September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 3, 56, 80, 486 (RNZAF) (Tempest V) and 616 (Meteor) Sqns |
| No. 122 Expeditionary Air Wing | 1 April 2006 | 2012 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Cottesmore |
| No. 123 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Thorney Island with 198 and 609 Squadrons (Typhoon) September 1944 – May 1945: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 164, 183, 198, 609 (Typhoon) Sqns |
| No. 124 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Hurn with 181, 182 and 247 Squadrons (Typhoon) September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 137, 181, 182, 247 (Typhoon) Sqns |
| No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing | | | June 1944: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Ford with 132, 453 (RAAF) and 602 Squadrons (Spitfire IX LF) September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 41, 130, 350 (Belgian) (Spitfire) Sqns Later: fighter wing at Leuchars |
| No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing | 1 April 2006 | 2013 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Leuchars |
| No. 126 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Tangmere with 401, 411 and 412 RCAF Squadrons (Spitfire IX LF) September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 401 (RCAF), 402 (RCAF), 411 (RCAF), 412 (RCAF) (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 127 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Tangmere with 403, 416 and 421 RCAF Squadrons (Spitfire IX LF) September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 403 (RCAF), 416 (RCAF), 421 (RCAF), 443 (RCAF) (Typhoon) Sqns |
| No. 128 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 129 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Westhampnett with 184 Sqn (Typhoon) |
| No. 130 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 131 Wing RAF | | | 1st Polish Fighter Wing: June 1944 in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Selsey with 302, 308 and 317 Squadrons (Spitfire IX LF); September 1944 – May 1945: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe (composition as before); attacked by Jagdgeschwader 1 during Operation Bodenplatte |
| No. 132 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Norwegian wing in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Bognor with 6, 331 (Nor) and 332 (Nor) Sqns (Spitfire IX LF) September 1944 – May 1945: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 66, 127, 322 (Dutch)) (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 133 Wing RAF | | | 2nd Polish Fighter Wing: June 1944 in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Coolham with 129, 306 (Pol) and 315 (Pol) Sqns (Mustang III) |
| No. 134 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Czech wing in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Appledram with 310, 313 Czech Sqns (Spitfire IX LF) |
| No. 135 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Chailey with 222, 349 (Belgian) and 485 (RNZAF) Sqns (Spitfire IX LF) September 1944 – May 1945: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 33, 222, 274 (Typhoon) 349 (Belgian) (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 135 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Leeming Deployed to Šiauliai, Lithuania from April to September 2014 for Operation Azotize in support of the NATO air policing mission with Typhoon FGR4 Deployed to Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase near Constanta, in Romania in April 2017 in support of the NATO air policing mission with Typhoon FGR4 Deployed to Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase near Constanta, in Romania in April 2018 in support of the NATO air policing mission with Typhoon FGR4 Deployed to Šiauliai, Lithuania from April to September 2019 for Operation Azotize in support of the NATO air policing mission with Typhoon FGR4. |
| No. 136 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 84 Group, 2nd TAF at Thorney Island with 164 and 183 Squadrons (Typhoon) September 1944 – May 1945: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 418 (RCAF), 605 (Mosquito) Sqns |
| No. 137 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF at Hartford Bridge with 88 (Boston IIIA), 226 (Mitchell II) and 342 (French) (Boston IIIA) Squadrons September 1944 – May 1945: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 226, 342 (French) (Mitchell) Sqns |
| No. 138 Wing | | | June 1944: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF at Lasham with 107, 305 (Polish) and 613 Sqns (Mosquito VI); September 1944 – May 1945: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe (composition as before) Today: Fighter / Ground Attack wing at Marham |
| No. 138 Wing | 1 April 2006 | | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Marham Believed to have deployed to West Africa in 2014 for Operation Turus with Tornado GR4 |
| No. 139 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF at Dunsfold with 98, 180 and 320 (Dutch) Sqns (Mitchell II) September 1944 – May 1945: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe (composition as before) |
| No. 140 Wing RAF | 20 September 1943 | May 1945 | June 1944: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF at with 21, 464 (RAAF) and 487 (RNZAF) Sqns (Mosquito VI) at Gravesend; 137 Sqn (Typhoon) at Manston September 1944 – May 1945: in 2 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 21, 461 (RAAF), 487 (RNZAF) (Mosquito) Sqns |
| No. 140 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Lossiemouth Deployed to RAF Akrotiri from August to December 2014 for Operation Shader, succeeded by 903 EAW, comprised: Elements of the RAF Tornado Force (Tornado GR4 strike aircraft) Elements of the RAF Air Mobility Force: Hercules C5 transport aircraft Voyager KC3 tanker aircraft Deployed to Ämari Air Base from April to September 2016 for Operation Azotize in support of the NATO air policing mission with Typhoon FGR4 |
| No. 141 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 85 Group, 2nd TAF at Hartford Bridge with 91, 124 and 322 (Dutch) Sqns (Spitfire XIV) |
| No. 142 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Night fighter wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF with 264 and 604 Sqns (Mosquito XIII) September 1944 – May 1945: Air/Sea Rescue wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 276 Sqn (Spitfire/Walrus) |
| No. 143 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Hurn with 438, 439 and 440 RCAF Sqns (Typhoon) September 1944 – May 1945: in 83 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe (composition as before) |
| No. 144 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Canadian wing in 83 Group, 2nd TAF at Ford with 441, 442 and 443 (RCAF) Sqns (Spitfire IX LF) g |
| No. 145 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 2nd TAF at Merston with 329, 340 and 341 Sqns (Spitfire IX LF) September 1944 – May 1945: French wing in 84 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 74, 340 (French), 341 (French), 345 (French), 485 (RNZAF) (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 146 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 2nd TAF at Needs Oar Point with 193, 197, 257 and 266 Sqns (Typhoon) |
| No. 147 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Night fighter wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF with 29 Sqn (Mosquito) |
| No. 148 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Night fighter wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF with 409 (RCAF) Sqn (Mosquito) September 1944 – May 1945: in 85 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 264, 409 (RCAF) (Mosquito) Sqns |
| No. 149 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: Canadian night fighter wing in 85 Group, 2nd TAF with 410 and 488 RCAF Sqs (Mosquito) September 1944 – May 1945: in 85 Group, 2nd TAF in North West Europe with 219, 410 (RCAF), 488 (RCAF) (Mosquito) Sqns |
| No. 150 Wing RAF | | | June 1944: in 85 Group under operational control of 2nd TAF with 3 (Tempest V), 56 (Spitfire IX LF; Tempest from July) and 486 (RNZAF) (Tempest V) Sqns at Newchurch and 124 (Spitfire VII) Sqn at Bradwell Bay |
| No. 151 Wing RAF | | | Fought alongside the Soviets on the Kola Peninsula during the first months of Operation Barbarossa during the Second World War. After the war, an air defence missile formation. |
| No. 152 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 153 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 154 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 155 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 156 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 157 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 159 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 160 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 164 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 165 Wing RAF | | | June 1943: at Comilla in 224 Group with 79 and 146 Sqns (Hurricane) |
| No. 166 Wing RAF | | | June 1943: at Chittagong in 224 Group with 67 and 261 Sqns (Hurricane) Redesignated 902 Wing |
| No. 167 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 168 Wing RAF | | | June 1943: at Digri in 221 Group with 159 Sqn (Liberator) at Salbani and detachment 28 Sqn (Hurricane) at Alipore; non-operational: 2 Sqn (RIAF) (Hurricane) at Ranchi, 5 Sqn (Hurricane) at Kharagpur, 45 and 110 Sqns (Vengeance) at Digri, 82 Sqn (Vengeance) at Salbani and 177 Sqn (Beaufighter) at Amarda Road. |
| No. 169 Wing RAF | | | June 1943: at Agartala in 224 Group with 17 (Hurricane) and 27 (Beaufighter) Sqns |
| No. 170 Wing RAF | | | June 1943: at Imphal in 221 Group with 155 (Mohawk) and detachment 28 Sqn (Hurricane), and 42 Sqn at Kumbhirgram Redesignated 908 Wing |
| No. 171 Wing RAF | | | 25/11/1942 - 30/9/1944; Army Co-operation/Reconnaissance/Photo Reconnaissance No. 681 Squadron RAF and No. 684 Squadron RAF 1 July 1944 |
| No. 172 Wing RAF | | | 18/10/1942 - 1/12/1944; Composite |
| No. 173 Wing RAF | | | 25/11/1942 - 1/3/1945; Composite; Naval Co-operation |
| No. 174 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 175 Wing RAF | | | June 1943: at Jessore in 221 Group with 99 and 215 Sqns (Wellington) December 1944 and June 1945: in 231 Group with 99 Sqn (Liberator) Sqn |
| No. 177 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: Transport Wing in Combat Cargo Task Force, Eastern Air Command (EAC) with 31, 62, 117 and 194 Sqns (Dakota) |
| No. 179 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 180 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 181 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 182 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 183 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 183 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 184 Wing RAF | | | December 1944 and June 1945: in 231 Group, Strategic Air Force EAC, with 355 and 356 Sqns (Liberator) |
| No. 185 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: in 231 Group, Strategic Air Force EAC, with 159, 215, 357 Sqns (Liberator) June 1945: in 231 Group, RAF Burma, with 159 (Liberator), 357 (Liberator/Dakota), 358 (Liberator) Sqns and 1341 Flight (Halifax) October 1945: at Penang in RAF Malaya with a detachment of 27 Sqn (Beaufighter) |
| No. 186 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 187 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 188 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 189 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 190 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 191 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 192 Wing RAF | | | |

### No. 200 Wing – No. 299 Wing

| Wing | Notes |
| No. 215 Wing RAF | |
| No. 231 Wing RAF | May 1942: Medium Bomber Wing in 205 Group at El Daba, Egypt, with 37, 70 and 108 Squadrons (Wellington IC) September–October 1942: 37 and 70 Squadrons September 1943: in Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) with 37 and 70 Sqns (Wellington III/X) January 1944: in Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force (MASAF) with 37 and 70 Sqns (Wellington X) April 1945: in 205 Group MASAF with 37 and 70 Sqns (Liberator VI) |
| No. 232 Wing RAF | October 1942: Bomber Wing in Western Desert Air Force (WDAF) with 55 and 223 Squadrons RAF (Baltimore), 82, 83 and 343 Bombardment Squadrons, USAAF (Mitchell II) January 1944: in Desert Air Force (DAF) with 18, 114 (Boston) and 223 (Baltimore) Sqns April 1945: in DAF with 13, 18, 114 Sqns (Boston IV/V), 55 Sqn (Boston V) and 256 Sqn (Mosquito XII/XIII) |
| No. 233 Wing RAF | May–October 1942: Fighter Wing in 211 Group WDAF at Gambut with 2 (SAAF) and 260 Squadrons (Kittyhawk I) and 4 (SAAF) and 5 (SAAF) (Tomahawk) |
| No. 234 Wing RAF | October 1942: in Egypt with 889 Squadron Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (Fulmar II and Hurricane IIC) |
| No. 235 Wing RAF | October 1942: General Reconnaissance Wing under 201 Group in Egypt with 13 (Greek) (Blenheim IV/Bisley), 47 (Wellesley), 450 (RAAF) (Hudson III) and 701 (FAA) (Walrus) Squadrons January 1944: in 201 Group under RAF Middle East Command with 13 (Greek), 15 (SAAF) (Baltimore), 47 (Beaufighter), 459 (RAAF) (Hudson/Ventura) and 603 (Beaufighter) Sqns |
| No. 236 Wing RAF | May 1942: Medium Bomber Wing in 205 Group at El Daba with 104 and 148 Squadrons (Wellington IC and II) September–October 1942: 108 and 148 Squadrons September 1943: in NASAF with 40 and 104 Sqns (Wellington III/X) January 1944: in MASAF with 40 and 104 Sqns (Wellington III/X) April 1945: in 205 Group MASAF, with 40 and 104 Sqns (Liberator VI) |
| No. 237 Wing RAF | |
| No. 238 Wing RAF | May 1942:Medium Bomber Wing in 205 Group with 38 Squadron at Maaten Bagush and 140 Squadron at Shallufa (Wellington IC) September–October 1942: 40 (Wellington IC) and 104 (Wellington II) Squadrons September 1943: in Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean, with 16 (SAAF) Sqn (Beaufort) |
| No. 239 Wing RAF | May and September 1942: Fighter Wing in 211 Group WDAF at Gambut with 3 (RAAF), 112, 250 and 450 (RAAF) Squadrons (Kittyhawk I) October 1942: 66 Fighter Squadron USAAF attached September 1943: in DAF with 112, 250, 260 and 450 (RAAF) Sqns (Kittyhawk) January 1944: in DAF with 3 (RAAF), 5 (SAAF), 112, 250, 260 and 450 (RAAF) Sqns (Kittyhawk) April 1945: in DAF with 3 (RAAF), 5 (SAAF), 112, and 260 Sqns (Mustang III/IV), 250 and 450 (RAAF) Sqns (Kittyhawk IV) |
| No. 240 Wing RAF | September 1943: Heavy Bomber wing in US 9th Air Force with 178 (Halifax/Liberator) and 462 (RAAF) (Halifax) Sqns January 1944: under RAF Middle East with 178 (Liberator) and 462 (RAAF) (Halifax) Sqns April 1945: in 205 Group MASAF with 178 Sqn (Liberator VI) |
| No. 241 Wing RAF | |
| No. 242 Wing RAF | October 1942: Heavy Bomber Wing in 205 Group in Egypt with 160 Squadron (Liberator) |
| No. 243 Wing RAF | May 1942: Fighter Wing in 211 Group WDAF at Gambut with 33 Squadron and 274 Squadrons (Hurricane IIA/B), 80 Squadron (Hurricane IIC) and 143 Squadron (from June) (Spitfire VC) September 1942: 33, 73 and 213 Squadrons (Hurricane IIC), 145 and 601 Squadrons (Spitfire VC) October 1942: 212 Group WDAF with 80 (Hurricane IIC), 127 and 335 (Greek) (Hurricane IIB) and 274 (Hurricane IIE) Squadrons |
| No. 244 Wing RAF | September 1942: Fighter Wing in 211 Group WDAF at Amiriya with 1 (SAAF) and 238 Squadrons (Hurricane IIB), 80 Squadron (Hurricane IIC) and 92 Squadron (Spitfire VB/C) October 1942: 73 (Hurricane IIC), 92 (Spitfire VB/C), 145, 601 (Spitfire VB) Squadrons September 1943: in DAF with 1 (SAAF), 91, 145, 417 (RCAF) and 601 Sqns (Spitfire) January 1944: under US 64th Fighter Wing with 80, 92, 145, 241, 274, 417 (RCAF) and 601 Sqns (Spitfire) April 1945: in DAF with 91, 145, 417 (RCAF) Sqns (Spitfire VIII), 241 Sqn (Spitfire VIII/IX), and 601 Sqn (Spitfire IX) |
| No. 245 Wing RAF | October 1942: Bomber Wing in 205 Group in Egypt with 14 (Boston III/Marauder), 462 (RAAF) (Halifax) Squadrons September 1943: in Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean, with 1 General Reconnaissance Unit (1 Flt) (Wellington) January 1944: in 201 Group under RAF Middle East with 1 GRU (Wellington) and 252 Sqn (Beaufighter), detachment under Allied HQ Levant, with 17 (SAAF) (Ventura) and Picardy (Free French) (Blenheim/Vengeance) Sqns |
| No. 246 Wing RAF | October 1942: Fighter-Bomber Wing in 207 Group in East Africa with 41 (SAAF) Squadron (Hurricane IIB and Hartebeest) September 1943 and January 1944: Reconniassance Wing in East Africa with 209, 259, 262 (Catalina) and 230 (Sunderland) Sqns April 1945: under Air HQ, East Africa, with 259 Sqn (Sunderland V/Catalina I/IB) |
| No. 247 Wing RAF | October 1942: Torpedo Bomber/Reconnaissance Wing under 201 Group in Egypt with 38 (Wellington IC/VIII), 203 (Baltimore) and 252 (Beaufighter) Sqns September 1943: in Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean, with 38 (Wellington) 203 (Baltimore) and 252 (Beaufighter) Sqns January 1944: in 201 Group under RAF Middle East with 16 (SAAF) and 227 (Beaufighter), 38 (Wellington) and 454 (RAAF) (Baltimore) Sqns |
| No. 248 Wing RAF | October 1942: Torpedo Bomber Wing under 201 Group in Egypt 38 and 221 Squadrons (Wellington IC/VIII), 39 Squadron (Beaufort) and 203 Squadron (Blenheim IV, Bisley, Baltimore I/II/III, Maryland) September 1943: in Malta with 69 (Baltimore) and 221 (Wellington) Sqns |
| No. 249 Wing RAF | September 1943: in 216 Group, Middle East Air Command, with 117 (Dakota), 162 (Wellington/Bisley) and 28 (SAAF) (Dakota/Anson/Wellington) Sqns January 1944: in 216 Group, RAF Middle East, with 216 and 267 Sqns (Dakota) April 1945: in 216 Ferry and Air Transport Group RAF, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF), with 44 (SAAF) (Air Ambulance) (Dakota/Anson/Expeditor) |
| No. 250 Wing RAF | November 1941: in 202 Group at Ismailia with 1 GRU (Wellington I/IC) and 73 Squadron (Hurricane I) at Port Said October 1942: in Egypt with 89 (Beaufighter) and 94 (Hurricane IIC and Spitfire VC) Squadrons |
| No. 251 Wing RAF | |
| No. 252 Wing RAF | November 1941: in 202 Group at Alexandria, with 213 Squadron (Heliopolis) and part of 73 Squadron (Hurricane I) October 1942: in Egypt with 46 (Beaufighter) and 417 (RCAF) (Hurricane IIC and Spitfire VC) Squadrons |
| No. 253 Wing RAF | Until November 1941: Army Cooperation Wing in WDAF at Ghot Wahas with 208, 237 (Rhodesian) and 451 (RAAF) Squadrons (Hurricane I) April 1945: in DAF with 15 (SAAF), 454 (RAAF) and 500 Sqns (Baltimore) |
| No. 254 Wing RAF | July 1944: in Balkan Air Force (BAF) at Termoli with 39 (Beaufighter TF X), 213 (Mustang III) and 13 (Greek) (Baltimore IV/V) Squadrons April 1945: in BAF with 25 (SAAF) and 30 Sqns (Marauder III), 28 and 132 Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (IAF) Sqns (Baltimore IV/V) |
| No. 255 Wing RAF | |
| No. 256 Wing RAF | |
| No. 257 Wing RAF | |
| No. 258 Wing RAF | November 1941: Fighter Wing in WDAF with 2 (SAAF), 3 (RAAF), 4 (SAAF), 112 and 250 Squadrons (Tomahawk) September 1943 and January 1944: Reconnaissance Wing in East Africa with 265 Sqn (Catalina) April 1945: under Air HQ, East Africa, with 265 Sqn (Catalina I/IB) |
| No. 259 Wing RAF | November 1941: at Nicosia with 213 Squadron (Hurricane I) and 815 Squadron Fleet Air Arm at Lakatamia September 1943: in Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean, with 46 (Beaufighter) and 208 (Hurricane) Sqns January 1944: Fighter Reconnaissance Wing in Cyprus under Allied HQ Levant, with 208 Sqn (Hurricane/Spitfire) |
| No. 260 Wing RAF | |
| No. 261 Wing RAF | |
| No. 262 Wing RAF | November 1941: Fighter Wing in WDAF with 1 (SAAF), 94, 229, 238, 260 and 274 Squadrons (Hurricane I) |
| No. 263 Wing RAF | November 1941: at Beirut with 335 (Greek) Squadron in Palestine (Hurricane I), a Free French squadron in Lebanon (Morane 406) and a Free French flight in Syria (Blenheim IV) January 1944: in Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean, with 55 Sqn (Baltimore) |
| No. 264 Wing RAF | |
| No. 265 Wing RAF | |
| No. 266 Wing RAF | |
| No. 267 Wing RAF | |
| No. 268 Wing RAF | |
| No. 269 Wing RAF | November 1941: Fighter Wing in WDAF at Sidi Haniesh, with 30 and RN(F) (FAA) Squadrons (Hurricane I/IIA/B) |
| No. 270 Wing RAF | November 1941: Light Bomber Wing in WDAF at Fuka with 8 (detachment), 45 and 55 Squadrons at Fuka, 14 and 84 Squadrons at Maaten Bagush, and 342 (Lorraine) (Free French) Squadron at Abu Sueir (Blenheim IV) |
| No. 272 Wing RAF | |
| No. 273 Wing RAF | |
| No. 274 Wing RAF | |
| No. 275 Wing RAF | |
| No. 276 Wing RAF | |
| No. 280 Wing RAF | |
| No. 281 Wing RAF | July 1944: Fighter Wing in Balkan Air Force at Termoli with 32 (Spitfire VC/B/VIII/IX), 249 (Spitfire VC) and 253 (Spitfire VC) Squadrons RAF, 102 (Macchi C.202) and 155 (Macchi C.205) Squadrons IAF April 1945: in BAF with 73 (Spitfire IX), 253 (Spitfire VIII/IX), 352 (Yugoslav) (Spitfire Vc), 6 and 351 (Yugoslav) (Hurricane IV) Sqns |
| No. 282 Wing RAF | April 1945: in 216 Ferry and Air Transport Group MAAF with 216 Sqn (Dakota/Anson/Expeditor) |
| No. 283 Wing RAF | October 1942: Transport Wing in 216 Group in East Africa with 163 Squadron (Hudson VI) April 1945: in BAF with 16 (SAAF), 19 (SAAF) (Beaufighter X), 213 (Mustang III/IV) and 249 (Mustang III) Sqns |
| No. 284 Wing RAF | January 1944: Transport Wing in 216 Group MAAF with 28 (SAAF) Sqn (Dakota/Anson) April 1945: in 216 Ferry and Air Transport Group MAAF with 28 (SAAF) Sqn (Dakota/Anson/Expeditor) |
| No. 285 Wing RAF | September 1942: Reconnaissance Wing in WDAF at Burg el Arab, with 2 PRU (Spitfire VB), 1437 Flight (Maryland and Baltimore) and 60 (SAAF) Squadron at Wadi Natrun (Maryland); joined in October by 208 and 40 (SAAF) Squadrons (Hurricane I/IIA/B) September 1943: in DAF with 40 (SAAF) and 225 Sqns (Spitfire), 1437 Flt (Mustang) January 1944: in DAF with 40 (SAAF) (Spitfire) and 600 (Beaufighter) Sqns April 1945: in DAF with 40 (SAAF) (Spitfire IX) and 318 (Polish) (Spitfire V/IX) Sqns |
| No. 286 Wing RAF | (As Malta Wing) September 1943: 126, 185, 229, 249 Sqns and 1435 Flight (Spitfire) January 1944: in 242 Group, Mediterranean Allied Coastal Air Force (MACAF), with 14 Sqn (Marauder), 126, 249 Sqns and 1435 Flt (Spitfire), 255 and 416 (USAAF) Sqns (Beaufighter), and 608 (Hudson) Sqn |
| No. 287 Wing RAF | April 1945: in MACAF with 272 Sqn (Beaufighter X) and 1435 Flt (Spitfire IX) |
| No. 292 Wing RAF | |
| No. 293 Wing RAF | June 1943: at Calcutta in 221 Group with 136 (Hurricane) and 176 (Beaufighter) Sqns at Baigachi, 607 and 615 (Hurricane) Sqns at Alipore. December 1944: in Air Defence of Calcutta, EAC, with 69 (Beaufighter) and 615 (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 294 Wing RAF | |
| No. 295 Wing RAF | |
| No. 296 Wing RAF | |
| No. 297 Wing RAF | |
| No. 298 Wing RAF | Included 26 Squadron SAAF |

### No. 300 Wing – No. 499 Wing

| Wing | Date of establishment | Date of disestablishment | Notes |
| No. 300 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 301 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 302 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 303 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 321 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 322 Wing RAF | | | November 1942: Mobile Wing in Eastern Air Command (North West Africa) at Maison Blanche with 81, 154 and 242 Squadrons (Spitfire VC), and 225 Squadron (Hurricane IIE) September 1943: in DAF covering Operation Baytown with 81, 151, 154, 232 and 242 Sqns (Spitfire) January 1944: in Air Defences, Eastern Mediterranean, with 154, 232 and 242 Sqns (Spitfire) |
| No. 323 Wing RAF | | | November 1942: Non-mobile Wing in EAC (NWA) at Maison Blanche with 43 and 253 Squadrons (Hurricane IIC) and 4 PRU (Spitfire PR IV) September 1943: in Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF) with 32, 73, 253 (Spitfire), 87 (Hurricane/Spitfire) and 219 (Beaufighter) Sqns January 1944: in 242 Group MACAF with 73 Sqn (Spitfire) In May 1944, B Flight, 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron, USAAF, flying Consolidated OA-10 Catalinas, was attached to the wing for operations in Italy. April 1945: in MACAF with 38 (Wellington XIV) and 624 (Walrus) Sqns and IAF Seaplane Wing (82°, 83°, 84°, 85° Gruppi) (CANT Z.501/506/RS 14) |
| No. 324 Wing RAF | | | November 1942: Mobile Wing in EAC (NWA) at Maison Blanche with 72, 93, 111 and 152 Squadrons (Spitfire VB) and 255 Squadron (Beaufighter VIF) September 1943: in DAF covering Operation Baytown with 43, 72, 93, 111, 243 (Spitfire) and 600 (BeaufighterVIF) Sqns April 1945: in DAF with 42, 73, 93 Sqns (Spitfire IX) |
| No. 325 Wing RAF | 14 September 1942 | 30 June 1943 | Naval Co-operation wing November 1942: Mobile Wing in EAC (NWA) at Algiers with 32 and 87 Squadrons (Hurricane IIC), 232 and 243 Squadrons (Spitfire VB), 241 (Hurricane IIE) and 600 (Beaufighter VIF) Aqns |
| No. 325 Wing RAF | 25 August 1943 | 12 August 1944 | General Reconnaissance Wing in NACAF with 272 and 603 (Beaufighter), 608 (Hudson) and 614 (Bisley) Sqns January 1944: in Malta with 52 (Baltimore) and 614 (Bisley) Sqns |
| No. 325 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | 2013 | Deployable Expeditionary Air Wing based at RAF Kinloss |
| No. 326 Wing RAF | | | November 1942: Semi-mobile Wing in EAC (NWA) at Blida with 13, 18, 114 and 614 Squadrons (Bisley) |
| No. 328 Wing RAF | | | November 1942: Non-mobile Wing in EAC (NWA) at Blida with 500 and 608 Squadrons (Hudson V), 700 (FAA) Squadron (Walrus) and 813 (FAA) Squadron (Swordfish) September 1943: in NACAF with 13 (Bisley), 14 (Marauder), 39, 47, 255 (Beaufighter), 52 (Baltimore) and 458 (RAAF) (Wellington) Sqns January 1944: in US 63d Fighter Wing, with I/22 (Free French) (Maruader), 23 (Mosquito) and 500 (Hudson/Ventura) Sqns |
| No. 329 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 330 Wing RAF | | | September 1943: in NASAF with 142 and 150 Squadrons (Wellington III/X) January 1944: in MASAF with 142 and 150 Sqns (Wellington X) |
| No. 331 Wing RAF | | | September 1943: in NASAF with 420, 424 and 425 Squadrons RCAF (Wellington X) |
| No. 332 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 333 Wing RAF | | | January 1944: in Malta with 52 (Baltimore) and 614 (Bisley) Sqns |
| No. 334 Wing RAF | | | July 1944: Special Duties Wing in Balkan Air Force at Brindisi and Lecce with 148 Squadron RAF (Halifax II/V and Lysander), 1586 Polish Flight (Halifax II/IIA and Liberator III), and 1 and 88 IAF Sqns (SM 82 and Cz 1007) April 1945: in BAF with 1 (SM82) and 88 (Cz 1007) IAF Sqns, 148 (Halifax IV/V/Lysander IIIA) and 44 (SAAF) (Dakota) Sqns, and 16 (USAAF) Sqn (Dakota I/III) |
| No. 335 Wing RAF | | | January 1944: in Malta with 87 (Hurricane/Spitfire) and 272 (Beaufighter) Sqns |
| No. 336 Wing RAF | | | January 1944: in Mediterranean Allied Photographic Reconnaissance Wing, with 60 (SAAF) (Mosquito) and 683 (Spitfire) Sqns April 1945: in MAAF with 681 and 683 Sqns (Spitfire PR IX/PR XIX), 60 (SAAF) and detachment 680 Sqn (Mosquito PR XVI) |
| No. 337 Wing RAF | | | January 1944: in MACAF, with I/5 and III/6 Free French (Airacobra) and 417 (USAAF) (Beaufighter) Sqns April 1945: in Air HQ Greece, BAF, with 13 (Greek) (Baltimore V), 335 (Greek) and 336 (Greek) (Spitfire Vb/Vc), 252 (Beaufighter XC) and detachment 624 (Walrus) Sqns |
| No. 338 Wing RAF | | | January 1944: in MACAF with I/4 (Airacobra) and II/3 (Hurricane) Free French, 32 (Spitfire), 39 (Beaufighter X) and 153 (Beaufighter VIF) Sqns April 1945: in MACAF with 237 (Rhodesian) (Spitfire IX) and 255 (Mosquito XIX) Sqns |
| No. 339 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 340 Wing RAF | | | April 1945: in MACAF with II/6 and II/9 (Free French) (Airacobra), 2S (Free French (Latécoère) and 4S (Free French) (Walrus) Sqns |
| No. 341 Wing RAF | | | June 1945: Transport Wing in 232 Group, RAF Burma, with 62, 194 and 267 Sqns (Dakota) |
| No. 342 Wing RAF | | | June 1945: Transport Wing in 232 Group, RAF Burma, with 31, 117 and 436 (RCAF) Sqns (Dakota) |
| No. 343 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 344 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 345 Wing RAF | | | June 1945: Transport Wing in 232 Group, RAF Burma, with 435 (RCAF) Sqn (Dakota) |
| No. 346 Wing RAF | | | June 1945: in 222 Group with 22 (Beaufighter), 230 (Sunderland), 136 (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 347 Wing RAF | | | June 1945: Photo Reconnaissance Wing in 231 Group, RAF Burma, with 681 (Spitfire) and 684 (Mosquito) Sqns |
| No. 348 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 349 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 350 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 351 Wing RAF | | | |

### No. 500 Wing – No. 999 Wing

| Wing | Date of establishment | Date of disestablishment | Notes |
| No. 500 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 551 Wing RAF | | | Would have been part of Tiger Force, scheduled to be operational by 1 January 1946 at RAF Coningsby, as of August 1945. Formation does not seem to have been completed. Later served as part of Second Tactical Air Force at RAF Gutersloh in Germany in the mid 1950s. |
| No. 552 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 553 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 554 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 700 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 701 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 900 Wing RAF | | | |
| No. 901 Wing RAF | 1 October 1944 | December 1945 | December 1944: Tactical Wing at Chiringa, India, in 224 Group 3rd Tactical Air Force (3 TAF), with 27, 177, and 211 Sqns (Beaufighter) June 1945: Non-operational in 224 Group with 45, 82, 84 (Mosquito) and 211 (Beaufighter) Sqns November 1945: at St. Thomas Mount |
| No. 901 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | | Expeditionary Air Wing deployed to Middle East within No 83 Expeditionary Air Group |
| No. 902 Wing RAF | 1 December 1944 | | Tactical Wing formed from 166 (Tactical) Wing; December 1944: at Chittagong in 224 Group EAC with 9 (RIAF) (Hurricane), 39 and 135 (Thunderbolt), and 459 USAAF (Lightning) Sqns June 1945: Non-operational in 224 Group with 11 Sqn (Hurricane) October 1945: at Tengah in RAF Malaya with 152 and 155 Sqns (Spitfire) |
| No. 902 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | | Expeditionary Air Wing deployed to Middle East within No 83 Expeditionary Air Group |
| No. 903 Wing RAF | 1 December 1944 | 31 October 1945 | Tactical Wing formed at Patenga in 224 Group, 3 TAF December 1944: temporarily at Comilla with 67 Sqn (Spitfire) October 1945: at Kallang in RAF Malaya with 31 Sqn (Dakota) |
| No. 903 Wing RAF | 2003 | 2009 | Expeditionary Air Wing at Contingency Operating Base Basra/Basra Airport, Iraq for Operation Telic |
| No. 903 Wing RAF | 2009 | 2014 | Expeditionary Air Wing at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan for Operation Herrick |
| No. 903 Wing RAF | 14 December 2014 | | Expeditionary Air Wing at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus in support of Operation Shader |
| No. 904 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: at Cox's Bazar in 224 Group EAC with 2 (RIAF) and 4 (RIAF) Sqns (Hurricane) and 237 Sqn (Spitfire) June 1945: Non-operational in 224 Group with 134 and 258 Sqns (Thunderbolt) December 1945: at Batavia with 60 and 81 Sqns (Thunderbolt), 84 and detachments 47 and 110 Sqns (Mosquito), detachment 681 (Spitfire PR), 155 (Spitfire), 31 (Dakota) and 656 (AOP) (Auster) Sqns |
| No. 904 Wing RAF | 2006 | 2015 | Expeditionary Air Wing at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan for Operation Herrick |
| No. 905 Wing RAF | November 1944 | 31 October 1945 | December 1944: at Jalia, India, in 224 Group, EAC with 134 and 258 Sqns (Thunderbolt) June 1945: Non-operational in 224 Group with 5, 30, 123 and 135 Sqns (Thunderbolt) October 1945: at Kuala Lumpur in RAF Malaya with 60, 81, 131, 258 (Thunderbolt) and 656 (AOP) (Auster) Sqns |
| No. 905 Wing RAF | 1 April 2006 | | Expeditionary Air Wing at RAF Mount Pleasant Falkland Islands |
| No. 906 Wing RAF | 1 December 1944 | 13 November 1945 | Tactical Wing formed at Tulihal from 170 (Bomber) Wing; December 1944: at Imphal in 221 Group EAC with 1 (RIAF), 42 and 60 Sqns (Hurricane) June 1945: in 221 Group, RAF Burma, with 28 (Hurricane), 176 (Beaufighter), 273 and 607 (Spitfire) Sqns |
| No. 906 Wing RAF | 2011 | 2011 | Expeditionary Air Wing at Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy in support of Operation Ellamy |
| No. 906 Wing RAF | 15 January 2013 | | Expeditionary Air Wing at Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates |
| No. 907 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: at Tamu in 221 Group EAC with 11 (Hurricane) and 152 (Spitfire) Sqns June 1945: Non-operational in 224 Group with 20 Sqn (Hurricane) |
| No. 907 Wing RAF | 2011 | 2011 | Expeditionary Air Wing at RAF Akrotiri in support of Operation Ellamy |
| No. 908 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: at Kumbhirgram in 221 Group EAC with 43 Sqn (Mosquito) June 1945: in 221 Group, RAF Burma, with 47 and 110 Sqns (Mosquito) |
| No. 909 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: at Pallel in 221 Group EAC with 17, 153 and 607 Sqns (Spitfire), 34 and 113 Sqns (Hurricane) June 1945: in 221 Group, RAF Burma, with 152 and 155 Sqns (Spitfire) |
| No. 910 Wing RAF | | | December 1944: at Wangjing in 221 Group EAC with 79, 146 and 261 Sqns (Thunderbolt) June 1945: in 221 Group, RAF Burma, with 34, 42, 79 and 113 Sqns (Thunderbolts) |

## Expeditionary Air Wings

Formed on 1 April 2006, Expeditionary Air Wings (EAW) are established at the following RAF Flying Stations:
* RAF Waddington – 34 EAW (ISTAR)
* RAF Brize Norton – 38 EAW (Air Transport)
* RAF Coningsby – 121 EAW (Fighter)
* RAF Leeming – 135 EAW
* RAF Marham – 138 EAW (Ground Attack)
* 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 (FP) 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 (Tac STO HQs).
* 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 (UKMAMS) 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 (not training) will have the following integrated wing-based structure:
* Administrative Wing / Base (Station) Support Wing / Support Wing
* Depth Support Wing
* Forward Support Wing
* Operations Wing
On a smaller RAF Station, these functions may be termed squadrons but their role is identical.

## 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 (DARTS), Operational Training Squadron and Operations and Logistics Squadron.
* Tactical Provost Wing – RAF Honington
* Tactical Supply Wing – MOD Stafford

### Disbanded

Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing – RAF Marham – Disbanded, merged to become No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing RAF based at RAF Waddington