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    No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) was first created on 15 March 1947 at RAF Lindholme, by re-designation of No. 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF...
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    Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). With the introduction of new heavy bombers,...
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    No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit was a Royal Air Force Operational Conversion Unit which was active between 1946 and 1991. It was first formed on 15...
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  • No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit which was formed by a series of mergers, it then became...
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    Flying School RAF No. 215 Advanced Flying School RAF No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 1507 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF No. 1521 (Beam...
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    Wing RAF No. 44 Conversion Flight RAF (January - November 1942) No. 53 Base RAF (November 1943 - November 1945) No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (May...
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    changed, to avoid confusion with RAF units. * = RAAF/RCAF unit that was not under RAF operational control. Transport Command RAF applied the following three...
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  • FGR4 Operational conversion unit (OCU) Battle of Britain Memorial Flight RAF Leeming Joint Forward Air Controller Training and Standards Unit RAF Lossiemouth...
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    230 Operational Conversion Unit, with No. 35 Squadron joining them from RAF Akrotiri in 1975. With disbandment of No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit and...
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    the Eurofighter Typhoon, it is currently the operational conversion unit (OCU) for the Typhoon. This unit was first raised as a reserve squadron, initially...
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    Upwood. No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF 1949–1953 at RAF Lindholme and RAF Upwood, became the Bomber Command Bombing School No. 527 Squadron RAF 1952–57...
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    to form the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) which trained Argosy crews. The OCU later moved to RAF Thorney Island. In February 1962, No. 105 Squadron...
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  • No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AM OCU). Based at RAF Brize...
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    Royal Air Force No. 27 Squadron RAF No. 50 Squadron RAF No. 83 Squadron RAF No. 617 Squadron RAF No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Vulcan Display...
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    Royal Air Force, Avro Lincoln's from No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF took off from RAF Scampton bound for RAF Hemswell, England on a night-time cross-country...
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    According to the squadron's entry in Flying Units of the RAF by Alan Lake, No. 617 Squadron was allocated the unit identification code MZ for the period April...
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  • who were airlifted out. No. 22 Squadron reformed on 14 May 2020 at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, as the Operational Evaluation Unit for the Joint Helicopter...
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    RE338 of No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF had the landing gear collapse on landing at RAF Lindholme. 1 April 1949 RF359 of No. 61 Squadron RAF had the...
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    was the Operational Conversion Unit for the Panavia Tornado F.3 at RAF Leuchars, Fife. Since 22 April 2008, the squadron has been based at RAF Waddington...
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    and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operational Conversion Unit, and is now the Advanced Air ISTAR Academy, responsible for training all RAF crews assigned to the MQ-9A...
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    military unit to fly in India, where it was based from 1915 to 1947. Throughout the Cold War, No. 31 Squadron was based in West Germany, flying from RAF Laarbruch...
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    transfer from Odiham to RAF Benson to form a joint Puma and Chinook Operational Conversion Unit. The move began in December 2015 as the unit joined their Puma...
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    Benson, it serves as the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Westland Puma HC2 and Boeing Chinook HC5/6/6A helicopters. No. 28 Squadron of the Royal...
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    Communication Squadron RAF No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 241 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Bomber Command...
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  • various roles. Between 1992 and 2010, it was based at RAF Kinloss as the Operational Conversion Unit for the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2, until the retirement...
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    List of Avro Lancaster operators (category Lists of military units and formations by aircraft)
    RAF No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School RAF No. 6 Lancaster Finishing School RAF No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit...
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    the operational conversion unit (OCU) for the Jaguar. With the Jaguar's imminent withdrawal from service, the squadron disbanded once more in 2005. No. 16...
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    first Vulcan bomber delivered to the Royal Air Force; after arriving at RAF Waddington, the aircraft was loaned to C-in-C Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst...
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    suitability to replace the Andover, which were operated by No. 241 Operational Conversion Unit. Two BAe 146-100 (designated BAe 146 CC2) were purchased in 1984...
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    Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
    Policing). The RAF has seven front-line Typhoon squadrons, plus an Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), and Operational Evaluation Unit (OEU); No. 3 (Fighter)...
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