No. 137 Wing RAF is a former Royal Air Force wing that was operational during the Second World War and the early Cold War. The unit was previously No...
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Wing RAF No. 1519 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF No. 2724 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 2736 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 2807 Squadron RAF Regiment No...
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No. 303 Squadron RAF, also known as the 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" Fighter Squadron, was one of two Polish squadrons that fought during the Battle...
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Command), Jever (No. 122 Wing RAF), RAF Laarbruch (No. 34 Wing RAF), RAF Oldenburg (No. 124 Wing RAF), and RAF Wunstorf (No. 123 Wing RAF). No. 2 Group was...
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List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force (redirect from No. 5 (Signals) Wing RAF)
included RAF Signals Command, which was later reduced to group status and incorporated into RAF Strike Command. Nos 26 and No. 60 Group RAF were established...
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July 1945) No. 137 Airfield RAF (November 1943 - May 1944) became No. 137 (Bomber) Wing RAF (May - October 1944) No. 138 (Bomber) Wing RAF (October -...
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an RAF station, Lakenheath currently only hosts United States Air Force (USAF) units and military personnel. The host wing is the 48th Fighter Wing (48...
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Lossiemouth including No. 5 Force Protection Wing and an RAF Mountain Rescue Service team. The airfield opened in 1939 and was operated by the RAF, predominantly...
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Imagery Intelligence Wing (TIW) at RAF Marham, No. 54 Signals Unit at RAF Digby, and No. 5 (AC) Squadron. Waddington is home to the wing headquarters. Various...
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RAF on 1 April 1918 the squadron kept its numeral; No 1 Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was displaced to become No. 201 Squadron RAF....
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June 1940 the station became a satellite for RAF Upper Heyford for No. 16 Operational Training Unit (No. 16 OTU) to provide the unit with extra airfield...
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No. 38 Group RAF; No. 44 Group RAF; No. 45 Group RAF; No. 46 Group RAF; No. 216 Group RAF; No. 229 Group RAF; No. 114 Wing RAF, and No. 116 Wing RAF at...
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List of wings of the Royal Air Force (redirect from No. 72 (Bomber) Wing RAF)
Protection Wing – RAF Marham No 4 Force Protection Wing – RAF Brize Norton No 5 Force Protection Wing – RAF Lossiemouth No 7 Force Protection Wing – RAF Coningsby...
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equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, since reforming there on 12 January 2015. No. 2 Squadron's traditional army co-operation...
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No. 124 Wing RAF was a Hawker Typhoon Wing of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 137 Squadron RAF, No. 181 Squadron RAF...
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700 crew. All three RAF attacks on Tirpitz were led by Wing Commander J. B. "Willy" Tait, who had succeeded Cheshire as CO of No. 617 Squadron in July...
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No. 125 Expeditionary Air Wing is a former deployable Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland. The current...
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& Hamlin 2007, p. 96. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 137. "Wing Commander Guy Gibson". RAFBF.org. RAF Benevolent Fund. May 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2020...
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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 (RAF). No.32 is a current flying squadron which operates in the VIP and general air transport roles. It is based at RAF Northolt in Greater...
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Squadron). 139 Wing at RAF Dunsfold, comprising 98 Squadron, 180 Squadron and 320 (Netherlands) Squadron with 226 Squadron of 137 Wing at RAF Hartford Bridge...
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No. 1435 Flight Royal Air Force, commonly abbreviated 1435 Flt, is an independent aircraft flight of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently operating the...
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Conversion Unit RAF at RAF Benson (1961-63) became 'Argosy Flight' of No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Belvedere Conversion Unit RAF at RAF Odiham (1964-66)...
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No. 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (also known as No. 18 'Burma' Squadron) operates the Boeing Chinook from RAF Odiham. Owing to its heritage as a...
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No. 130 Squadron RAF No. 137 Squadron RAF No. 139 Squadron RAF No. 143 Squadron RAF No. 151 Squadron RAF No. 158 Squadron RAF No. 164 Squadron RAF No...
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Holding Unit RAF No. 44 Gliding School RAF (December 1945 - May 1946 & June - December 1949) No. 1683 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight RAF (June 1943 -...
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No. 101 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Airbus Voyager in the air-to-air refuelling and transport roles from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire...
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Panavia Tornado (redirect from RAF Tornado GR4)
internal TIRRS was no longer used. As the GR4A's internal sensors are no longer essential, the RAF's Tactical Reconnaissance Wing operated both GR4A and...
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HM Prison Ford (redirect from RAF Ford)
point: No. 10 Squadron RAF No. 16 Squadron RAF No. 22 Squadron RAF No. 23 Squadron RAF No. 29 Squadron RAF No. 88 Squadron RAF No. 96 Squadron RAF No. 97...
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Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 at RAF Lossiemouth. It was previously equipped with the SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3 in the...
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