Training Group RAF

Training Group RAF

Training Group (TG) of the Royal Air Force was the group that controlled the stations of Personnel and Training Command. It was formed on 1 April 1994 from the AOC Training Units with Personnel and Training Command its parent unit. On 30 October 2006, Training Group was renamed as Number 22 (Training) Group. Formally, Training Group ceased to exist and No 22 Group was established. [http://www.tgda.gov.uk/about_faq.asp#tgda]

Prior to 1 April 2006 Training Group held British Government agency status, operating as the Training Group Defence Agency (TGDA). Upon the loss of its agency status, the formation became known simply as Training Group.

The Group had seven areas of responsibility:
*RAF College Cranwell and Directorate of Recruiting
*Directorate of Flying Training (DFT)
*Directorate of Joint Technical Training (DJTT)
*Air Cadets (ACO)
*Core HQ
*Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering (DCAE)
*Defence College of Communications and Information Systems (DCCIS)

Training Group's last Air Officer Commanding was Air Vice-Marshal John Ponsonby who was both Chief of Staff Training and Air Officer Commanding Training Group. The Air Officer Commanding was responsible to his superior commander, the Air Member for Personnel, who was also Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Personnel & Training Command.

Commanders

*1 April 1994 Air Vice-Marshal C C C Coville
*1994 Air Commodore A A Nicholson (Acting)
*8 January 1997 Air Vice-Marshal A J Stables
*17 November 1999 Air Vice-Marshal I S Corbitt
*4 April 2002 Air Vice-Marshal G A Miller
*2003 Air Vice-Marshal D A Walker
*4 January 2005 Air Vice-Marshal John M M Ponsonby

For more information

[http://www.raf.mod.uk/no22traininggroup Royal Air Force No 22 (Training) Group]


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