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The RAF Police also provides the RAF's Counter-intelligence & Protective Security (CI & PS) role, similar to that carried out by the Intelligence Corps and elements of the Royal Signals of the British Army. IT Security is a further specialisation within the protective security field, and personnel trained to this level are expected to perform ...
Two Spitfire Mk.IX of 611 Sqn. over Biggin Hill in 1943.. On 1 January 1939, the unit became a fighter squadron, receiving its first Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I's in May. The squadron left for RAF Duxford on 13 August, as part of the Fighter Command's No. 12 Group, After a period of defensive duties on the east coast, No. 611 became fully operational from its RAF Digby base in Lincolnshire in ...
No 606 (Chiltern) Squadron was formed as a Royal Auxiliary Air Force helicopter support squadron in 1996 at RAF Benson and gaining its official number three years later on 1 October 1999. [1] It provides personnel for the RAF tactical support helicopter fleet and does not operate any aircraft itself.
The Defence School of Policing and Security is the training centre for the Service Police of the British Armed Forces including the Ministry of Defence.It consolidates training for the Royal Navy Police, Royal Military Police and Royal Air Force Police and the Ministry of Defence Police in one location, assuring consistent standards across the services.
Originally, ground trades in the RAF were organised by specialisms into groups numbering I, II, III, IV, and V, along with M for any medical associated trades. They were subsequently changed into numerical Trade Groups (TG), one of the earliest mentions was the creation of Trade Group 9 for the trade of Firefighter on 31 December 1943 as part ...
No. 600 Squadron RAF: 600 Sqn MW: No. 101 Squadron RAF: 101 Sqn MW: No. 1641 Flight RAF: 1641 Flt MW: No. 217 Squadron RAF: 217 Sqn MW: No. 301 Polish Bomber Squadron: 301 Polish Sqn MW: No. 5 Coastal Patrol Flight RAF: 5 CPF MX: No. 120 Squadron RAF: 120 Sqn MX: No. 1653 Conversion Unit RAF: 1653 CU MX: Station Flight RAF Glatton: MY: No. 27 ...
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 ]
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.