No. 2 Group RAF

No. 2 Group
Official No. 2 Group Badge
Active	1 April 1918 – 31 March 1920 20 March 1936 – 1 May 1947 1 December 1948 – 15 November 1958 1 April 1993 – 1 April 1996 7 January 2000 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Part of	RAF Air Command
Headquarters	RAF High Wycombe (present)
Motto(s)	Latin: Vincemus ("We will conquer")
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding	Air Vice-Marshal G D A Parker
Insignia
Group Badge	Perched on a helmet an eagle, wings expanded The Badge is symbolic of the Group's co-operation and close alliance with the Army

No. 2 Group is a group of the Royal Air Force which was first activated in 1918, served from 1918–20, from 1936 through the Second World War to 1947, from 1948 to 1958, from 1993 to 1996, was reactivated in 2000, and is today part of Air Command.

The group is sometimes referred to as the Air Combat Support Group, as it controls the aircraft used to support the Royal Navy and RAF's front line combat force. Assets under command includes the Strategic and Tactical Air Transport aircraft (including VIP/Communication), the RAF Police, field squadrons of the RAF Regiment, and Air-to-Air Refuelling aircraft. The group headquarters is based alongside Headquarters Air Command at RAF High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire.

As of 1 April 2017, the following stations and squadrons are under the command of 2 Group.

No. 2 Group was originally formed as No. 2 (Training) Group on 1 April 1918 at Oxford. The unit was disbanded at RAF Uxbridge on 31 March 1920 as the need for training had lessened following the armistice.

The Group was reformed as No. 2 (Bombing) Group on 20 March 1936, with it headquarters base at Abingdon. By the outbreak of war Group Headquarters were at RAF Wyton and composed of the following squadrons and Wings; Nos. 18 and 57 Squadrons (composing 70 Wing at Upper Heyford) ; Nos. 21 and 82 Squadrons (79 Wing, Watton) Nos. 90 and 101 Squadrons (81 Wing, West Raynham), Nos. 114 and 139 Squadrons (82 Wing, Wyton) and Nos. 107 and 110 Squadrons (83 Wing, Wattisham)

79, 81, 82 and 83 Wings formed part of the Advanced Air Striking Force, and 70 Wing was earmarked for service with the Field Force in France. The force consisted of Bristol Blenheim Mk. IVs and the Blenheim Mk. I.