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Корольдік әуе күштері операциялық тобы
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
Корольдік әуе күштерінің No. 1 тобы – RAF әуе командалығының екі операциялық тобының бірі. Бүгінде топ Әуе шайқасы тобы деп аталады, себебі ол RAF-тың жылдам ұрыс реактивтік ұшақтарын басқарады және Ұлыбританияда әуежайлары бар, сондай-ақ Канададағы CFB Goose Bay-дегі RAF қолдау бөлімі Goose Bay-де орналасқан. Топтың штаб-пәтері Бакингемширдегі RAF High Wycombe штаб-пәтерімен бірге орналасқан. Басқа операциялық топ – No. 2 RAF тобы. Қазіргі уақытта No. 1 топтың Әуе офицері – әуе вице-маршалы Марк Роберт Флевин, ол 2023 жылдың қаңтарында осы лауазымға тағайындалды.
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
RAF Coningsby
No. 3 (Жауынгерлік) эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. XI (Ж) эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. 12 эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. 29 эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 операциялық конверсиялық бөлімі (OCU)
Ұлыбритания шайқасының естелік ұшуы
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
RAF Leeming
Бірлескен алдыңғы әуе бақылаушыларын оқыту және стандарттар бөлімі
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1 (Ж) эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. II (Армиялық ынтымақтастық) эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. 6 эскадрильясы Typhoon FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. IX (Бомбалаушы) эскадрильясы Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4 ұшақтарымен
No. 120 эскадрильясы Poseidon MRA1 ұшақтарымен
No. 201 эскадрильясы Poseidon MRA1 ұшақтарымен
No. 8 эскадрильясы 2025 жылы Lossiemouth-та E 7A Wedgetail ұшақтарымен құрылатын болады
No. 602 (Глазго қаласы) эскадрильясы (Корольдік қосымша әуе күштері) – Moray Flight
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
RAF Marham
No. 207 эскадрильясы F 35B Lightning (OCU) ұшақтарымен
No. 617 эскадрильясы F 35B Lightning ұшақтарымен
No. 809 теңіз әуе эскадрильясы F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm бөлімі, бірақ Lightning Force құрамына кіреді, 2023 жылы RAF Marham-да құрылды)
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
RAF Waddington
No. 13 эскадрильясы MQ 9A Reaper ұшақтарымен
No. 14 эскадрильясы Shadow R1 ұшақтарымен
No. 31 эскадрильясы (2023/24 жылдан бастап Protector UAV ұшақтарымен құрылатын болады)
No. 51 эскадрильясы RC 135W Airseeker ұшақтарымен
No. 54 эскадрильясы ISTAR экипаждары Операциялық конверсиялық бөлімі (OCU) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) ұшақтарының бірнеше түрінде
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance бөлімі
No. 1 Group of the Royal Air Force is one of the two operations groups in RAF Air Command. Today, the group is referred to as the Air Combat Group, as it controls the RAF's combat fast jet aircraft and has airfields in the UK, as well as RAF Support Unit Goose Bay at CFB Goose Bay in Canada. The group headquarters is located alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice Marshal Mark Robert Flewin, who took up the post in January 2023. RAF Coningsby
No. 3(Fighter) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. XI(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 12 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 29 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
RAF Leeming
Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit
RAF Lossiemouth
No. 1(F) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. II(Army Co operation) Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. 6 Squadron with Typhoon FGR4
No. IX(Bomber) Squadron with Typhoon Tranche 1/FGR4
No. 120 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 201 Squadron with Poseidon MRA1
No. 8 Squadron forming at Lossiemouth in 2025 with E 7A Wedgetail
No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron (Royal Auxiliary Air Force) – Moray Flight
RAF Marham
No. 207 Squadron with F 35B Lightning (OCU)
No. 617 Squadron with F 35B Lightning
No. 809 Naval Air Squadron with F 35B Lightning (Fleet Air Arm unit but part of Lightning Force, stood up at RAF Marham in 2023)
RAF Waddington
No. 13 Squadron with MQ 9A Reaper
No. 14 Squadron with Shadow R1
No. 31 Squadron (forming on Protector UAV from 2023/24)
No. 51 Squadron with RC 135W Airseeker
No. 54 Squadron ISTAR crews Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) on multiple types of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft
No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing
Бірінші дүниежүзілік соғыс
1-топ бастапқыда 1918 жылғы 1 сәуірде №1 аймақта құрылған, ол 1918 жылғы 8 мамырда Оңтүстік-Шығыс аймағы, 1919 жылғы 20 қыркүйекте Оңтүстік аймағы және 1920 жылғы 1 сәуірде Ішкі аймақ деп қайта аталды. Топ 1924 жылғы 19 мамырда RAF Кенлиде №6 топ болып қайта нөмірленді және сол күні RAF Кидбрукте қайта құрылды. Екі жылдан кейін, 1926 жылғы 12 сәуірде топ №21 топ болып қайта нөмірлену арқылы жауынгерлік құрамнан шығарылды. Келесі жылы, 1927 жылғы 25 тамызда топ Әуе қорғаныс тобының атауын өзгерту арқылы қайта құрылды. Бұл атау 1936 жылға дейін сақталды, содан кейін ол қайтадан №6 топқа айналды. 1924 жылғыдай, топ сол күні қайта құрылды, бұл жолы бомбалаушылық құрама ретінде. Осы кезде топ он эскадрильяға дейін қысқарды, барлығы Fairey Battle ұшақтарымен жабдықталды және RAF Abingdon, RAF Harwell, RAF Benson, RAF Boscombe Down және RAF Bicester базаларында жұптармен орналасты.
Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыс
1939 жылы Францияға көшіру туралы бұйрық алғаннан кейін, No. 1 топтың штаб-пәтері Алдыңғы қатардағы Әуе шабуылы күштеріне айналды, ал станция штаб-пәтері мен оған қарасты эскадрильялар тиісінше No. 71, 72, 74, 75 және 76 қанаттары болды. Топ бірнеше күннен кейін 12 қыркүйекте Бомбалаушылар Командованиесі құрамында қайта құрылды, бірақ ол үш айдан астам уақытқа созылды және 1939 жылдың 22 желтоқсанында таратылды. 1940 жылдың 22 маусымында Нотингемширдегі Хакналл қаласында қайта құрылды. 20 шілдеде топтың штаб-пәтері Донкастердің жанындағы Bawtry Hall (RAF Bawtry) ғимаратына көшірілді, онда ол 1983 жылға дейін 44 жыл бойы орналасқан. Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыс кезінде топ негізінен солтүстік Линкольнширдегі RAF Swinderby сияқты әуе аэродромдарында орналасқан. 1940–1945 жылдары топқа поляк және Австралия Корольдік Әуе Күштері (RAAF) қызметкерлерінің көп саны кірді. 1943 жылдың наурыз айының басында оның эскадрильялары қолданған ұшақтар: Vickers Wellington: 166 және 199 эскадрилья RAF, сондай-ақ 300, 301 және 305 поляк эскадрильялары. Avro Lancaster: 12, 100, 101, 150 және 103 эскадрилья RAF, және 460 эскадрилья RAAF. Барлық Wellington эскадрильялары кейіннен Lancaster ұшақтарына ауыстырылды. No. 1 топ кейіннен басқа бөлімшелермен, соның ішінде 304 поляк эскадрильясымен күшейтілді. Бомбалаушылар Командованиесінің Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыс кезеңінде No. 1 топ басқа топтарға қарағанда әрбір ұшаққа шаққанда көбірек бомба тастады, бұл негізінен әуе коммодоры Эдвард Райстың бомба жүктемесін барынша арттыруға деген қажырлы тілегіне байланысты болды, бірақ бұл саясат No. 1 топтың орташа көрсеткіштен жоғары шығынға ұшырауына да ықпал етті. Кейіннен Райс "Роза Райс" деп белгілі болған Роза мұнарасын жасауға қатысты.
Vickers Wellington: 166 & 199 Sqns RAF, and 300 Polish, 301 Polish & 305 Polish Sqns. Avro Lancaster: 12, 100, 101, 150 & 103 Sqns RAF, and 460 Sqn RAAF. All of the Wellington squadrons subsequently converted to Lancasters. No. 1 Group was later augmented with other units, including 304 Polish Squadron. During Bomber Command's Second World War campaign, No. 1 Group dropped a higher tonnage of bombs per aircraft than any other group, this was mainly due to Air Commodore Edward Rice who was determined to maximise bomb loads, though it was a policy which contributed in no small measure to No. 1 Group having higher than average losses. Rice would later be involved in the development of the Rose turret, sometimes known as the "Rose Rice turret".
2000 жылдан кейін
2000 жылдың қаңтар айында RAF қайта құрылды және топ өзінің қазіргі рөлін алды. Топ Ұлыбританияның әуе қорғанысы операцияларына жауапты, ол RAF Lossiemouth-тағы QRA North және RAF Coningsby-дегі QRA South арқылы жүзеге асырылады. Бірақ, RAF High Wycombe-дағы 9-шы Біріккен Әуе Операциялары Орталығы таратылғаннан кейін, истребительдерді бақылау енді Даниядағы НАТО-ның Біріккен Әуе Операциялары Орталығында, Finderup-тағы CAOC 1-де жүзеге асырылады. Дегенмен, High Wycombe әуе қорғанысын басқару мүмкіндігін сақтайды, және егер әуеден террористік қауіпке жауап беру қажет болса, онда Ұлыбританияның өкілі сол жерде Оңтүстік QRA-ны қайта бақылауға ала алады. 1-ші топ сонымен қатар Ұлыбританияның Carrier Strike мүмкіндігіне де жауапты, бірлескен RN/RAF Lightning Force, ақырында RAF-тан екі эскадрилья және Fleet Air Arm-нан екі эскадрильядан тұрады, олар Ұлыбританиядан операциялар жүргізбеген кезде RAF Marham базасында орналасады.