90 Signals Unit

Overview

THE UNIT

90 Signals Unit falls under the Support Force. It was formed on the 1 April 2006 bringing together existing Air Combat Service Support Units charged with communications related tasks; this includes:

The perform communications tasks to prepare, deploy, sustain and recover information services for multi-domain operations and exercises. This secures Air’s cyber terrain and digital services to improve operational and corporate effectiveness with the use of technology.

Mission

To enable Air and Space power by generating freedom of action and mission assurance in cyberspace.

Vision

To deliver information advantage for the Next Generation Royal Air Force.

Location

90 Signals Unit, RAF Leeming, Northallerton, DL7 9NJ.

BASED AT

RAF Leeming

Commanding Officer

Group Captain Paul Jennings MA MSc BEng CEng MIET RAF

Group Captain Jennings is a Cyberspace officer who joined the RAF in 2002 after graduating from Leeds Beckett University in 2001.

He has worked with NATO in Belgium and the United States Air Force on two Exchange Officer assignments. He has deployed with 90 Signals Units on serval occasions as a Flight Commander as well as taking command of 2 Field Comms Squadron where he oversaw the delivery of CIS to Ops Kipion, Shader and Azotize as well as contributing to the RAF’s evolving cyber strategy.

After roles at UKStratCom, in 2020 he was appointed to command the Joint Defensive Cyber Unit, leading the day to day sub-threshold activity to secure and defend MOD’s critical IT infrastructure.

Jennings was appointed Commanding Officer of 90 Signals Unit on promotion to Group Captain in 2022.