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23 Squadron RAF Regiment: 24 Squadron RAF Regiment: 25 Squadron RAF Regiment: 26 Squadron RAF Regiment 1951-2008 2010-Unknown RAF Honington 27 Squadron RAF Regiment: 1951-2021: 28 Squadron RAF Regiment: 30 Squadron RAF Regiment: Suez [26] 37 Squadron RAF Regiment: 1951–2006: Abu Sueir, Nicosia, Akrotiri, Upwood, Khormaksar, Aldergrove ...
A typical RAF Regiment squadron has support elements from the RAF but these personnel do not always deploy on patrols and other combat operations. Formerly, all RAF Regiment personnel were men, as it was British government policy that women could not serve in close combat units. [ 43 ]
No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment is a field squadron of the RAF Regiment in the Royal Air Force.Its mission is protection of RAF bases from ground attack, and patrolling a large area around main operating bases abroad, in order to defend aircraft on ingress and egress from surface to air attack.
The history of No. 51 Squadron goes back to 1947 when it was formed at RAF Celle near the Lüneburg Heath in Germany by the redesignation of No. 2713 Squadron RAF Regiment. Its initial role was as a rifle squadron, protecting RAF facilities from ground attack. In 1955 it changed to the light anti-aircraft role which it retained until disbanded ...
34 Squadron undertake live fire tactical training at Otterburn Camp. No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment is a C-UAS squadron of the RAF Regiment in the Royal Air Force. Its mission is to detect, track, and ultimately disrupt and destroy unmanned airborne vehicles. The squadron's current HQ is at RAF Leeming. The motto of the squadron is "Feu de Fer ...
In 1995, the squadron moved to RAF Scampton as part of the RAuxAF Regiment. On 1 April 1999, No 27 Squadron and 1st Royal Tank Regiment merged to form the Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Regiment (Jt NBC Regt). 27 Sqn ran the Biological Detection Capability of the Jt NBC Regt. [2] [3] In 2005, following the addition of radiological weapons to its remit, the Jt NBC Regt changed to the ...
No. 37 Squadron RAF Regiment was a Ground Based Aircraft Defence (GBAD) squadron of the Royal Air Force Regiment.The squadron operated mostly outside the United Kingdom since its formation in 1951 until 2006 when it was disbanded.
A member of 15 Squadron RAF Regiment responds to a staged attack at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk during the final exercise before deploying to Afghanistan The squadron was formed (as No. 15 Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) Squadron) from No. 2700 LAA Squadron in June 1946 at RAF Nethertown [ 3 ] and was renamed as No. 15 Squadron RAF ...