School of Land/Air Warfare
{{Short description|Royal Air Force school in Wiltshire}}
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The School of Land/Air Warfare was a Royal Air Force school based at Old Sarum in Wiltshire. Its purpose was to encourage greater co-operation between officers in the air and those on the ground.
History
The School was originally established at Old Sarum in 1920 as the School of Army Co-operation to provide training for air officers supporting troops on the ground.{{cite web|url=http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/In%20memory/miscellaneous/old_sarum_airfield.htm|title=World War One Airfield at Old Sarum, near Salisbury, Wiltshire|publisher=World War One cemeteries|accessdate=6 June 2012}} This became the School of Air Support in 1945 when its remit was broadened to cover assistance by air in amphibious operations.{{citation |journal=Flight |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%201663.html|title=Offensive Support|publisher=FlightGlobal|date=29 August 1946 |page=207 |accessdate=6 June 2012}} It was reformed again in May 1947, within No. 11 Group, as the School of Land/Air Warfare.{{cite web|url=http://www.rafweb.org/Estab.htm|title=Establishments - Flying Schools and Colleges|work=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation|accessdate=6 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620205418/http://www.rafweb.org/Estab.htm|archivedate=20 June 2012|df=dmy-all}} In March 1963 it merged with the Amphibious Warfare School (formerly based at Poole) to form the Joint Warfare Establishment.
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