List of Royal Air Force units & establishments

There have been many units with various tasks in the Royal Air Force (RAF), and they are listed here.

A unit is an administrative term for a body, which can be larger or smaller than a flight or squadron, is given a specific mission, but does not warrant the status of being formed as a formal flight or squadron.

[52] The SRAF was absorbed into the RAF proper in April 1940 and re-designated No.

Later the Rhodesian Air Training Group RAF [52] was created.

OTUs were created during World War II to take the pressure off operational squadrons, which previously would have had training Flights.