Editing RAF Fighter Command (section)

{{short description|Former command of the Royal Air Force}}
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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= Fighter Command
|image=RAF Fighter Command.jpg
|caption= [[Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force|RAF Fighter Command badge]]
|start_date      = 14 July 1936
|end_date        = 1968
|country= United Kingdom
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|branch= [[Royal Air Force]]
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|garrison=[[RAF Bentley Priory]]
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|motto= ''Offence Defence''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pine|first1=L.G.|title=A Dictionary of Mottoes|date=1983|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London|isbn=0-7100-9339-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/160 160]|edition=1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/160}}</ref>
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|march= Fighter Command March
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|battles= [[World War II]]<br />[[Cold War]]
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|notable_commanders=[[Hugh Dowding|Sir Hugh Dowding]]<br />[[William Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside|Sir Sholto Douglas]]
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|aircraft_fighter= [[Hawker Hurricane]]<br />[[Supermarine Spitfire]]<br />[[Gloster Meteor]]<br />[[Hawker Hunter]]<br />[[English Electric Lightning]]
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'''RAF Fighter Command''' was one of the [[Command (military formation)|commands]] of the [[Royal Air Force]]. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of [[fighter aircraft]]. It operated throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]], winning fame during the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940. The command continued until November 1943, when it was disbanded and the RAF fighter force was split into two categories, defence and attack. The defensive force became [[Air Defence of Great Britain]] (ADGB) and the offensive force became the [[RAF Second Tactical Air Force]]. ADGB was renamed Fighter Command in October 1944 and continued to provide defensive patrols around Britain.<ref>Franks 1998, p. 7.</ref> It was disbanded for the second time in 1968, when it was subsumed by the new [[RAF Strike Command|Strike Command]].