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The Royal Air Forces Association branch & club in Hexham, Northumberland. The Royal Air Forces Association, also known as RAF Association or RAFA, is a British registered charity. It provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth, and to their dependents.
605 Squadron currently deploys personnel onto RAF exercises and RAF operations across the world including recent deployments in 2022 and 2023 to The Falklands, Cyprus, The USA and The Middle East. They were fully operational by May 2018 and as of 2023 are still recruiting Logisticians including Drivers, Suppliers, Police and Chefs.
No 600 is the only squadron in the RAF to have two official badges [3] In front of an increscent, a sword on bend [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The crescent moon represents the squadron's night-fighter activities whilst the sword commemorates the connection with the city of London [ 1 ]
RAF Tangmere, Sussex 7 September 1940: 17 December 1940: RAF Exeter, Devon: 17 December 1940: 1 May 1941: RAF Northolt, Middlesex 1 May 1941: 30 June 1941: RAF Manston, Kent 30 June 1941: 16 August 1941: RAF Matlaske, Norfolk: 16 August 1941: 2 January 1942: RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire: 2 January 1942: 25 March 1942: RAF Acaster Malbis, York ...
In February 2023 it was stated that the order for three aircraft could gradually increase to five. [18] [2] Reconnaissance / Maritime Patrol; Beechcraft Shadow R.1: United States: Propeller: ISTAR: 2009: 6: 8 [19] [2] Expected OSD 2030. [20] A further two aircraft are to be added by 2025 along with an upgrade to the current aircraft. [21 ...
At this time, one third of the RAF's front-line squadrons were from the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. During August 1940 609 Squadron destroyed 46 enemy aircraft, however, by now almost all of the pre war auxiliary pilots were dead or missing. On 21 October 1940 the squadron became the first to achieve 100 confirmed enemy aircraft kills.
Reformed in 2018 to leads the RAF's response to new and evolving threats in the air, cyber and space domains, [4] the group now runs day-to-day RAF operations. No. 22 Group RAF [1] 1918–1919 1926–1940 1943–1972 2006–present: Formed on 1 April 1918 as No. 22 (Operations) Group, in Scotland, and disbanded on 30 May 1919
No. 2 Group is the other operations group within Air Command, providing aircraft that support the Royal Navy and RAF front line aircraft, the Royal Air Force Police, and the Royal Air Force Regiment. The group is headquartered at RAF High Wycombe. Air Vice-Marshal Jason Appleton was appointed Air Officer Commanding 2 Group in February 2024.