Air Warfare Centre

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The Air Warfare Centre, known as the AWC, is a Royal Air Force research and testing organization based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. It has a training branch nearby as a lodger unit of RAF Cranwell and other branches elsewhere, including at High Wycombe,[1] and, at least until 2000, the Air Guided Weapons Operational Evaluation Unit (AGWOEU) at RAF Valley in Wales.[2]

Established in October 1993[3], the AWC serves RAF Air Command by developing and implementing operational-level and tactical-level air doctrine.[4] Additionally, the Air Warfare Centre is co-located with the tri-service Defence Electronic Warfare Centre and contributes to the operational capability of the three British armed forces by providing Electronic Warfare support directly to the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood and to various operational units. The Commandant of the Air War Centre is Air Commodore Julian Stinton.[5][6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.armedforces.co.uk/raf/listings/l0013.html and http://www.raf.mod.uk/structure/stations.cfm?selectLocation=East+Midlands
  2. ^ 'Missile Practice Camp,' in 'The Royal Air Force Yearbook 2000,' RAF Benevolent Fund Enterprises, 2000, p.52
  3. ^ RAF Waddington - Other Units
  4. ^ RAF Waddington - Air Warfare Centre
  5. ^ AFOTEC hosts F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Executive Committee meeting
  6. ^ http://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/2008_Air_Power_Programme.pdf