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Air Force

Answer

Branches and trades in the Royal Air Force are set out in the following table and list:

Functional Branches
Branch	Specialisation
Flying (Fg)	Pilot
Remotely Piloted Air System (Pilot) (RPAS(P))
Weapons Systems Officer (WSO)
Air Traffic Control (ATC)
Aerospace Battle Manager (ABM)
Intelligence (Int)
Flight Operations (Fit Ops)
Fit Ops Fire
RAF Regiment (Regt)
Provost (Prov)
Engineer (Eng)	Aerosystems (AS)
Communications-Electronics (CE)
Logistics (Logs)
Medical Support Officer (MSO)
Personnel (Pers)
Medical
Chaplain
Legal
Nursing Officer
Director of Music (DOM)

RAF Trades

Aircraft Engineering:

Aircraft Engineering Technician

Aircraft Technician (Avionics)

Aircraft Technician (Mechanical)

Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic (Avionics)

Aircraft Maintenance Mechanic (Mechanical)

Engineering Technician Weapon

Weapon Technician

Information and Communications Technology Manager

Information and Communications Technology Technician

Information and Communications Technology Aerial Erector

General Engineering Technician

General Technician Electrical

General Technician (Mechanical)

General Technician Workshops

Logistics (Driver).

Force Protection:

RAF Police

Gunner

Firefighter.

Air Traffic Control:

Air Traffic Controller

Air Traffic Control Assistant

Flight Operations Manager

Flight Operations Assistant

Meteorological Observer.

General Service:

Trainee

RAF Physical Training Instructor.

Intelligence:

Intelligence Analyst

Intelligence Analyst (Voice) (Includes Student (Sdt) trade).

Aerospace Systems Operating:

Aerospace Systems Manager

Aerospace Systems Operator

SNCO Weapons Control.

Safety and Surface:

Survival Equipment Fitter

Painter and Finisher.

Photography:

Photographer

Air Cartographer.

Medical:

Pharmacy Technician

Environmental Health Technician

Operating Department Practitioner

Radiographer

Biomedical Scientist

RAF Medic.

The Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service (PMRAFNS):

Nurses Spine

Registered Nurse (Adult)

Registered Nurse (Mental Health).

Dental:

Dental Technician

Dental Hygienist

Dental Nurse.

Personnel:

Personnel (Support).

Logistics:

Logistics (Supplier)

Logistics (Mover).

Logistics:

Logistics (Catering Manager (Chef)

Logistics (Chef)

Logistics (Catering Manager)

Logistics (Caterer).

Music:

Musician.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

191184; 577 cc490-2W

Session

2013-14

Subjects

Air force

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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