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Old 17th March 2007 | 07:54
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It cannot be named STRIKE command. It was changed from Bomber Command, in anticipation of replacement of bombers with ounchy new jets like TSR2 or F111 or AFVG or . . .

No longer bomber but nuclear weapons carriers. The term Strike applied to nuclear missions and Attack to conventional missions. Ever since the RAF lost its nuclear strike mission the Command name was obsolete. It should have become Operations or Attack Command years ago.

Can't be Operations Command however in case it got confused with Operations Group that a Commonwealth Country used to have - an then calls for it to be commanded by a GROUP Captain
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