several specialist wings and other units. Air Warfare Centre (RAF Waddington) Airborne Delivery Wing (RAF Brize Norton) Mobile Meteorological Unit (RAF Scampton) Tactical Communications Wing (RAF Leeming) Tactical Medical Wing (RAF Brize Norton) Tactical Supply Wing (MOD Stafford) No. 1 Air Control Centre (RAF Scampton) No. 1 Air Mobility Wing (RAF Brize Norton) No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (RAF Waddington) No. 42 (Expeditionary Support) Wing (RAF Wittering) No. 85 (Expeditionary Logistics) Wing (RAF Wittering) No. 90 Signals Unit (RAF Leeming) Expeditionary Air Wings Command, control, and support for overseas operations is typically provided through Expeditionary Air Wings (EAWs). Each wing is brought together as and when required and comprises the deployable elements of its home station as well as other support elements from throughout the RAF. No. 34 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Waddington) – ISTAR operations No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Brize Norton) – air transport operations No. 121 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Coningsby) – multi-role operations No. 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Leeming) – fighter operations No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Marham) – fighter operations No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Lossiemouth) – fighter operations Several Expeditionary Air Wings are based overseas: No. 901 Expeditionary Air Wing (Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar) – Communication and information systems support No. 902 Expeditionary Air Wing (Middle East) – Helicopter support No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus) – Supports Operation Shader No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing (RAF Mount Pleasant, Falklands Islands) – Protection of British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic No. 906 Expeditionary Air Wing (Middle East) – Air transport support Training schools Flying training The RAF Schools consist of the squadrons and support apparatus that train new aircrew to join front-line squadrons. The schools separate individual streams, but group together units with similar responsibility or that operate the same aircraft type. Some schools operate with only one squadron, and have an overall training throughput which is relatively small; some, like No. 3 Flying Training School, have responsibility for all Elementary Flying Training (EFT) in the RAF, and all RAF aircrew will pass through its squadrons when they start their flying careers. No. 2 Flying Training School and No. 6 Flying Training School do not have a front-line training responsibility – their job is to group the University Air Squadrons and the Volunteer Gliding Squadrons together. The commanding officer of No. 2 FTS holds the