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Number 2 Squadron, also known as No. II (Army Co-operation) Squadron, is the most senior squadron of the Royal Air Force. [1] It is currently equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Lossiemouth , Moray , since reforming there on 12 January 2015.
Typhoons representing the RAF Typhoon squadrons – 1 Sqn, 2 Sqn, 3 Sqn, 6 Sqn, 29 Sqn, 11 Sqn, 41 Sqn, 1435 Flight, and BOB75 in the centre to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
The squadron became a dedicated fighter squadron on 1 January 1917, flying Nieuport 17s and Nieuport 27. [10] Officers of No. 1 Squadron, RAF with SE5a biplanes at Clairmarais aerodrome, near Ypres, July 1918 [20] The obsolete Nieuports were replaced by more modern S.E.5as in January 1918.
No. 11 squadron, the second operational squadron received its first aircraft (ZJ931) on 9 October 2006. [30] As of June 2018, the RAF had bought 53 Tranche 1 Typhoons. [31] The UK agreed to approve production of "Tranche 2" in December 2004, this tranche will see the RAF receive a further 89 aircraft, bringing its Typhoon inventory to 144.
Air Command was formed as a merger of Strike Command, and Personnel and Training Command to administer the majority of operational units within the RAF.. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB serves as the Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the Royal Air Force, alongside Air Marshal Paul Lloyd CBE, the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
On 1 October 1960 the Squadron arrived in the United Kingdom for the first time during its 38-year history. II (Field) Squadron moved to RAF Felixstowe as part 33 Strategic Wing an element of the Global Strategic Reserve. In 1961 the Squadron deployed to carry out internal security operations at Bahrain in November 1961. This deployment was to ...
No. 2 Squadron RNZAF, New Zealand; No. 2 Squadron PAF, Pakistan; 2 Squadron SAAF, South Africa; No. 2 Squadron SLAF, Sri Lanka; No. 2 Squadron RAF, United Kingdom; No. 2 Squadron RFC, which became No. 2 Squadron RAF in 1918; No. II Squadron RAF Regiment, United Kingdom; 2d Airborne Command and Control Squadron, United States; 2nd Airlift ...
C-23A over the Rhine Valley. The squadron was reactivated in 1977 to operate the Military Airlift Command (MAC) aerial port at Ramstein Air Base.It serviced transient C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster transports at Ramstein, loading and unloading cargo and also received airlifted equipment and personnel for United States Army Europe (USAREUR) forces units in Germany.