c1964-70 Air Force Department Constabulary (AFDC) Chrome Police Shoulder Title Badge

A.F.D.C. Chromed R.A.F. shoulder title badge. VGC.



In 1948, the responsibility for the safeguarding of civilian airports was transferred to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and a new police force, the Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary was formed, leaving the Air Ministry Constabulary with responsibility for military airfields only. Reductions in the RAF, the relinquishing of control over civil airports and the introduction of more economical methods of policing saw the size of the force decrease to some 1155 men.

In 1964 the force was renamed the Air Force Department Constabulary. The Ministry of Defence Police absorbed the AFDC in 1971, along with the Army Department Constabulary and the Admiralty Constabulary.

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