Editing RAF Fighter Command (section)

== Strike Command ==
As the 1960s dawned, the RAF continued to shrink. The three functional commands, Fighter Command, [[RAF Bomber Command|Bomber Command]], and [[RAF Coastal Command|Coastal Command]], had all been formed in 1936 to help reorganise an expanding RAF. It was now becoming clear that the RAF was becoming too small to justify their continued existence as separate entities. Consequently, in 1968, Fighter Command and Bomber Command were amalgamated to form [[RAF Strike Command|Strike Command]], and became groups within the new command.<ref>Delve 1994, pp. 98–99.</ref> Coastal Command was disbanded and subsumed into Strike Command in November 1969.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ashworth|first1=Chris|title=RAF Coastal Command: 1936–1969|date=1992|publisher=Patrick Stephens|location=Yeovil|isbn=1-85260-345-3|page=222|edition=1}}</ref>