Editing RAF Regiment (section)

== Structure in 1989 ==
The structure in 1989 was as follows:{{sfn|Oliver|1997|pp=285-320}}
* [[Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Catterick]]
** [[RAF Fire Service]], RAF Catterick
** [[No. 3 Wing RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Catterick]], administrative control of unassigned UK-based squadrons
*** [[No. 3 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Aldergrove]], (Field)
*** [[No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Leuchars]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations)
*** [[No. 48 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Lossiemouth]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations)
*** [[No. 58 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Catterick]], (Light Armour, 15x [[FV103 Spartan|Spartan]], 6x [[FV101 Scorpion|Scorpion]])
** [[No. 4 Wing RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Wildenrath]], administrative control of West Germany-based Rapier squadrons defending [[Royal Air Force Germany]] airfields
*** [[No. 16 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Wildenrath]], (Air Defence, 8x [[Rapier (missile)|Rapier]] launch stations)
*** [[No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Gutersloh]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations)
*** [[No. 37 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Bruggen]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations)
*** [[Queen's Colour Squadron|No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Gütersloh]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations)
** [[No. 5 Wing RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Hullavington]], administrative control of field squadrons supporting the UK's [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier|Harrier Force]]
*** [[No. II Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Hullavington]], (Light Armour / Paratroopers, 15x Spartan, 6x Scorpion)
*** [[No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Hullavington]], (Light Armour, 15x Spartan, 6x Scorpion)
** [[No. 6 Wing RAF Regiment]], [[RAF West Raynham]], administrative control of UK-based Rapier squadrons defending [[US Air Force]] [[Third Air Force]] airfields in the UK
*** [[No. 19 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Brize Norton]], (Air Defence, 12x Rapier launch stations, defending [[RAF Upper Heyford]] and [[RAF Fairford]])
*** [[No. 20 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Honington]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations, defending [[RAF Alconbury]], [[RAF Bentwaters]] and [[RAF Woodbridge]])
*** [[No. 66 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF West Raynham]], (Air Defence, 8x Rapier launch stations, defending [[RAF Mildenhall]] and [[RAF Lakenheath]])
** 33 Wing, [[RAF Gütersloh]], administrative control of West Germany-based light armour squadrons defending [[Royal Air Force Germany]] airfields
*** [[No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Laarbruch]], (Light Armour, 15x Spartan, 6x Scorpion)
*** [[No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Akrotiri]], [[Cyprus]] (Light Armour, 15x Spartan, 6x Scorpion)
*** [[No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment]], [[RAF Bruggen]], (Light Armour, 15x Spartan, 6x Scorpion)

Additionally the [[Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] Regiment fielded the following reserve squadrons:

* [[No. 2503 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Scampton]], (Field)
* [[No. 2620 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Marham]], (Field)
* [[No. 2622 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2622 (Highland) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Lossiemouth]], (Field)
* [[No. 2623 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2623 (East Anglian) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Honington]], (Field)
* [[No. 2624 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2624 (County of Oxford) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Brize Norton]], (Field, assigned to support the [[Hawker Siddeley Harrier|Harrier]] Force in West Germany)
* [[No. 2625 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2625 (County of Cornwall) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF St Mawgan]], (Field)
* [[No. 2729 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment|No. 2729 (City of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Waddington]], ([[SHORAD]])
* [[No. 2890 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment]], [[RAF Waddington]], ([[SHORAD]], formed 1 October 1989)