Editing RAF Strike Command (section)

=== Post Cold War ===
[[Royal Air Force Germany|RAF Germany]] was absorbed as [[No. 2 Group RAF|No. 2 (Bomber) Group]] on 1 April 1993.<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/rafhistorytimeline199099.cfm RAF Timeline 1990–1999] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124845/http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/rafhistorytimeline199099.cfm |date=24 September 2015 }} RAF</ref> As of 1 April 2000, the structure was altered to leave No. 1 Group with tactical fast jet forces, No. 2 Group with air transport, air refueling, and reconnaissance, the [[RAF Regiment]], and [[No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron RAF]]. No. 3 Group was to include Nimrod long-range [[Maritime Patrol]] aircraft, [[Search and rescue]] helicopters, and the Joint Force 2000, later to become [[Joint Force Harrier]]. [[Flag Officer Naval Aviation]] moved over to command No. 3 Group, the first incumbent becoming [[Rear Admiral]] [[Iain Henderson]]. "At the core of the structure [were] to be the central air staffs, responsible to Deputy Chief of Staff Operations for air power, ongoing operations, joint training, and force development."<ref>Royal Air Force, "New Millenium - New Strike Command: Royal Air Force Headquarters to Restructure," Release 430/99, 1 December 1999, accessed at http://www.mod.uk/news/prs/430_99.htm. Copy preserved at http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/1182/uk-mod-restructures-raf-strike-command-(dec.-2).html.</ref> The [[Air Warfare Centre]] at Waddington and the [[Military Air Traffic Organisation]] at Uxbridge also joined Strike Command.

The RAF's Process and Organisation Review concluded that Strike Command and [[RAF Personnel and Training Command|Personnel and Training Command]] should be co-located at a single command headquarters: it was subsequently decided that both commands should be located at [[RAF High Wycombe|High Wycombe]] and in 2007 Strike Command and Personnel and Training Command were merged into a single command – [[RAF Air Command|Air Command]].<ref>[http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/rafcommand.cfm RAF Command] RAF</ref>