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The Jackal or MWMIK [a] (from "Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kit") is a family of vehicles designed and developed by Supacat Ltd [b] at their factory in Honiton, Devon, UK, for use by the British Army and Royal Air Force Regiment.
This is a list of equipment currently used by the Royal Air Force Regiment.The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and contributes to the defence of RAF airfields in the UK and overseas, and provides Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to the British Army and Royal Marines, and a contingent to the Special Forces Support Group from No. II (Parachute) Squadron.
The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps.Founded by Royal Warrant in 1942, the Corps carries-out security tasks relating to the protection of assets and personnel dedicated to the delivery of air power.
The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfields against enemy attack, the regiment's motto is Per Ardua - Through Adversity.
The regiment specialises in reconnaissance and fights enemy forces for information about the enemy and the environment. The Welsh Cavalry uses Jackal 2 high mobility vehicles and also moves on foot, making the regiment very versatile and adaptable to various environments. Soldiers and officers in the cavalry also train foreign military ...
The RAF Regiment tranche of vehicles is understood to have originally been part of an order for Iran, but which were not delivered following the revolution that overthrew the Shah. [ citation needed ] The vehicles differed by having no wading equipment, and the vehicle commander's cupola on the RAF Regiment Spartan was a different design from ...
RAF Police [1] TG8 is the Force Protection group. [11] Firefighters and RAF Regiment Gunners were transferred to TG8 from TG22 in 1976. [3] In the same year, RAF Firefighters were separated from the Regiment Command Structure and became a separate trade. [12] [2] TG9 Flight Operations Assistant [1] [13]
Paratroopers from 16 Air Assault Brigade jump from a Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules over the Salisbury Plain Training Area during Exercise Wessex Storm on 19 November 2014. Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade preparing for an evening raid near Basra , Iraq