History

It was formed on 31 August 1973 by the renaming of Maintenance Command

RAF Maintenance Command

RAF Maintenance Command was the Royal Air Force command which was responsible for controlling maintenance for all the United Kingdom-based units from formation on 1 April 1938 until being renamed RAF Support Command on 31 August 1973.- History :...

, with No. 90 (Signals) Group being added to it. Its responsibilities included all logistical and maintenance support requirements of the RAF. It was renamed as RAF Support Command, and its role further increased, on 13 June 1977 when it absorbed Training Command

RAF Training Command

Training Command was the RAF's command responsible for flying and ground training from 1936 to 1940 and again from 1968 to 1977.-History:Training Command was formed from Inland Area on 1 May 1936 and absorbed into RAF Support Command on 13 June 1977...

, making it additionally responsible for all RAF ground and aircrew training.

In 1994 the Command was split up, with many of its functions merging with those of the RAF Personnel Management Centre to form Personnel and Training Command

RAF Personnel and Training Command

Personnel and Training Command was one of two commands of the Royal Air Force that were merged to form Air Command on 1 April 2007.- Formation :...

, and others being hived off into Logistics Command

RAF Logistics Command

The Royal Air Force's Logistics Command was a command formed to provide logistics support for the RAF.-History:The Command was formed on 1 April 1994 and its role was to provide logistics support to the RAF...

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The motto was Ut Aquilae Volent (That Eagles May Fly)

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief

The following officers have held the appointment of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Support Command:

• 31 Aug 1973 - Air Marshal Sir Reginald Harland
  Reginald Harland
  Air Marshal Sir Reginald Edward Wynyard Harland KBE CB is a former senior Royal Air Force commander.-Military career:Educated at Stowe School and Trinity College, Cambridge, Harland joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 at the start of World War II...
  
  
• 13 Jun 1977 - Air Marshal Sir Rex Roe
  Rex Roe
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Rex David Roe GCB AFC was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:Educated at the City of London School and the University of London, Roe joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 during World War II. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 204 Squadron in 1960 and became...
  
  
• 30 Aug 1978 - Air Marshal Sir Keith Williamson
  Keith Williamson
  Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Alec Williamson, GCB, AFC , is a retired senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1982 to 1985.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 3 May 1980 - Air Marshal Sir John Gingell
• 27 Apr 1981 - Air Marshal Sir Michael Beavis
  Michael Beavis
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Gordon Beavis KCB CBE AFC is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 15 Feb 1984 - Air Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith
  David Harcourt-Smith
  Air Chief Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith GBE KCB DFC is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 2 Jan 1986 - Air Marshal Sir John Sutton
  John Sutton (RAF officer)
  Air Marshal Sir John Matthias Dobson Sutton KCB is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Support Command.-RAF career:...
  
  
• 5 Apr 1989 - Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon
  Michael Graydon
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael James Graydon GCB, CBE, ADC is a retired RAF officer. He was a fast jet pilot in the 1960s and 1970s and a senior RAF commander in the 1980s until his retirement in 1997...
  
  
• 1991 - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Thomson
• 5 Oct 1992 - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis
  John Willis
  Air Chief Marshal Sir John Frederick Willis GBE, KCB, FRAeS , was a senior Royal Air Force officer.-Flying career:...