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Air Headquarters Levant (AHQ Levant) was a command of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) established on December 1, 1941 by renaming the command known as H.Q. RAF Palestine and Transjordan. It controlled RAF units in the Mandate of Palestine and in the Emirate of Transjordan. Prior to being disbanded on July 27, 1948, Air H.Q. Levant was a sub-command of RAF Middle East Command and its successors.〔http://www.rafweb.org/Cmd_O2.htm RAF Web Mediterranean Commands〕 RAF Middle East Command became a sub-command of the Mediterranean Air Command in February 1943. An AHQ Levant was reformed on 1 May 1955 when AHQ Iraq was renamed AHQ Levant as an interim measure (following a new agreement with the Iraq Government for the defence of Iraq and use by the RAF of bases in Iraq. On 1 December 1955 AHQ Levant started to transfer from RAF Habbaniya to Cyprus (probably RAF Nicosia) and on 15 January 1956, when the move was complete, AHQ Cyprus and AHQ Levant were amalgamated as AHQ Levant.〔David Lee, ''Flight from the Middle East'', pg. 105〕 AHQ Levant was disbanded, 1 Apr 1958. ==Orders of battle (1941-1945)== 〔〔Richards, D. and H. Saunders, ''The Royal Air Force 1939-1945'' (Volumes 2-3, HMSO, 1953)〕 ;H.Q RAF Palestine and Transjordan November 11, 1941 Air Commodore Leslie Brown *No. 259 Wing *No. 263 Wing ;Air H.Q. Levant October 27, 1942 Group Capt Herbert Mermagen *No. 1438 Flight, Bristol Blenheims *No. 1413 Flight (Met.), Gloster Gladiators *No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF (Detachment), Hawker Hurricanes *No. 213 Group *No. 241 Wing * *No. 451 Squadron RAAF, Hurricane ;Air H.Q. Levant July 10, 1943 A/Cdre Bernard McEntegart *No. 208 Squadron, Hurricane *No. 1413 Flight (Meteorological), Gladiator ;Air H.Q. Levant June, 1944 Air Commodore John Coleman ;Air H.Q. Levant January, 1945 Air Commodore Hector McGregor (RNZAF) Met.= Meteorological Det.=Detachment;RAAF=Royal Australian Air Force. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AHQ Levant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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