RAF Second Tactical Air Force

RAF Second Tactical Air Force
Badge of the Second Tactical Air Force
Active	June 1943 – July 1945 September 1951 - 1 January 1959
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	tactical air force
Role	air superiority and support ground offensive
Motto(s)	Keepers of the peace[1]
March	Royal Air Force March Past
Insignia
Badge	Winged demi-lion above an astral crown grasping an olive branch[2]

The RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) was one of three tactical air forces within the Royal Air Force (RAF) during and after the Second World War. It was made up of squadrons and personnel from the RAF, other British Commonwealth air forces, and exiles from German-occupied Europe. Renamed as British Air Forces of Occupation in 1945, 2TAF was recreated in 1951 and became Royal Air Force Germany in 1959.