The Central Fighter Establishment was a Royal Air Force formation that dealt with the development of fighter aircraft tactics which was formed on 4 September 1944 at RAF Wittering. It also tested new fighter aircraft and equipment, and with the training of squadron and flight commanders. It was formed on 1 October 1944 as part of No. 12 Group RAF, and was disbanded on 1 February 1966 while at RAF Binbrook.
Units
Air Fighting Development Squadron (1944-66) became Fighter Command Trials Unit
All-Weather Development Squadron (1956-59)
All-Weather Fighter Leaders School (1950-58) became All-Weather Fighter Combat School All-Weather Wing (1950-56) became All-Weather Development Squadron Day Fighter Development Wing (1944-??) Day Fighter Leaders School (1944-58) became Day Fighter Combat Squadron Enemy Aircraft Flight (1945) Fighter Combat School (1958-??) Day Fighter Combat Squadron (1958-65) All-Weather Fighter Combat School (1958-62) became Javelin Operational Conversion Squadron Fighter Command Instrument Rating Flight (1956-60) became Fighter Command Instrument Rating Squadron Fighter Command Instrument Rating Squadron (1960-63) became No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight (1948-51) became Fighter Command Instrument Training Squadron Fighter Command Instrument Training Squadron (1951-56) became Fighter Command Instrument Rating Flight Fighter Command Target Facilities Squadron (1961-63) became No. 85 Squadron RAF Fighter Experimental Flight (1944-46) Fighter Interception Development Squadron (1944-50) became Radar Interception Development Squadron Fighter Leaders School (1944-?) Fighter Support Development Squadron (1951-??) Fighter Support Development Unit (1951) became Fighter Support Development Squadron Fighter Weapons School (1955-1958 as part of the Central Gunnery School) (1958-) Javelin Operational Conversion Squadron (1962) Lightning Conversion Squadron (1960-63) became No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Naval Air Fighting Development Squadron (1945-56) Night All-Weather Wing (1957-??) Night Fighter Development Wing (1944-49) became Night Fighter Wing Night Fighter Leaders School (1945-50) became All-Weather Fighter Leaders School Night Fighter Training Squadron (1945) became Night Fighter Leaders School Night Fighter Wing (1949-50) became All-Weather Wing Radar Interception Development Squadron (1950-53)