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{{Short description|Former command of the Royal Air Force}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name = Royal Air Force Transport Command |image = RAFTransportcommand.png |image_size = 225px |caption = [[Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force|RAF Transport Command badge]] |start_date = 25 March 1943 |end_date = 1 August 1967 |country = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]] |allegiance = |branch = [[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|23px]] [[Royal Air Force]] |type = [[Command (military formation)|Command]] |role = Controlling transport aircraft |size = |command_structure = |garrison = [[RAF Upavon]]{{sfn|Delve|1994|p=85}} Previously Harrow{{sfn|Delve|1994|p=74}} |garrison_label = Headquarters |equipment = |equipment_label = |nickname = |patron = |motto = [[Latin]]: ''Ferio Ferendo''<br>("I Strike by Carrying")<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/74 74]|edition=1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/74}}</ref> |colors = |colors_label = |march = |mascot = |battles = [[World War II|Second World War]]<BR>[[Cold War]] |anniversaries = |decorations = |battle_honours = <!-- Commanders --> |current_commander = |current_commander_label = |ceremonial_chief = |ceremonial_chief_label = |colonel_of_the_regiment = |colonel_of_the_regiment_label = |notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol = A golden griffon in front of a globe |identification_symbol_label = Badge heraldry |identification_symbol_2 = |identification_symbol_2_label = <!-- Aircraft --> |aircraft_electronic = |aircraft_recon = |aircraft_patrol = |aircraft_trainer = |aircraft_transport = }} '''RAF Transport Command''' was a [[Royal Air Force]] [[Command (military formation)|command]] that controlled all [[military transport aircraft|transport aircraft]] of the RAF. It was established on 25 March 1943 by the renaming of the [[RAF Ferry Command]], and was subsequently renamed [[RAF Air Support Command]] in 1967.
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