No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing
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No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing (903 EAW) is an Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It is currently based at RAF Akrotiri on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, and is tasked with conducting operations against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
903 Expeditionary Air Wing | |
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Active | 1 December 1944 – 31 October 1945 2003 – 2014 2015 – present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Expeditionary Air Wing |
Role | RAF deployable elements |
Based at | RAF Akrotiri |
Website | Official website |
Aircraft flown | |
Attack | Typhoon FGR4 |
Transport | A400M Atlas |
Tanker | Voyager KC3 |
It was activated during 2003 in its current form as part of a modernisation package to make the RAF more deployable on an expeditionary basis. It was stationed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan controlling RAF operations at the airbase there between Summer 2009 and November 2014. It used to report to No. 83 Expeditionary Air Group (83 EAG).