Royal Air Force Museum

The Royal Air Force Museum is a museum dedicated to the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. The museum is a non-departmental public body of the Ministry of Defence^[1] and is a registered charity.

The museum is split into two separate sites:

• Royal Air Force Museum London in Colindale, opened 1972
• Royal Air Force Museum Midlands in Cosford, opened 1979

See also

• Simon Greenish, former Director of Collections
• Maggie Appleton, CEO

References

External links

• Official website

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Ministry of Defence

Headquarters: Main Building, Whitehall

Armed Forces

• Naval Service
  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Marines
• Army
• Royal Air Force
• in Scotland
• in Wales
• by the Irish

Defence Council

Political	Secretary of State for Defence Minister of State for the Armed Forces Minister of State for Defence Procurement Minister of State for Defence (House of Lords) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families
Military	Chief of the Defence Staff Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord Chief of the General Staff Chief of the Air Staff Commander Strategic Command Chief of Defence People
Civil Service	Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence Chief Scientific Adviser Director-General Finance Director-General Head Office and Commissioning Services Director-General Nuclear Director-General Security Policy Lead Non-Executive Board Member Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the People Committee Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Audit Committee Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Equipment and Support Board

Service boards

• Admiralty Board (Navy Board)
• Army Board
• Air Force Board

Service commands

• Navy Command
• Army Command
• Air Command
• Strategic Command

Arm's-length bodies

• Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA)
• Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
• Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA)
• Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA)
• United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

Top-level budget agencies
managed on an arm's-length basis

• Defence Business Services
• Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
• Defence Digital
• Defence Nuclear Organisation
• Ministry of Defence Police

Regulatory organisations

• Defence Safety Authority
• Single Source Regulations Office

Intelligence

• Defence Intelligence (under Strategic Command)
• Defence Secretariat 19

Non-departmental
public bodies

• National Army Museum
• National Museum of the Royal Navy
• Royal Air Force Museum

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