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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No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit which operated between 16 April 1951 and 1 July 1992 when...
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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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VC10 RAF Coningsby No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF - Phantom RAF Lyneham No. 216 Squadron RAF - Comet RAF Northolt No. 32 Squadron RAF - Andover...
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Missile) Wing RAF No. 151 (SAM) Servicing Wing RAF No. 151 (Surface to Air Missile) Wing RAF No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 1382 (Transport)...
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to RAF Odiham and became No. 27 (Reserve) Squadron, the Chinook/Puma Operational Conversion Unit, formerly No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (OCU)...
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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 at Fort...
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Boeing Chinook (UK variants) (redirect from RAF Chinook)
RAF Odiham No. 7 Squadron – Part of the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing No. 18(B) Squadron No. 27 Squadron No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF...
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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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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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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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November 1991 as the operational conversion unit (OCU) for the Jaguar, until the Jaguar's imminent withdrawal from service in 2005. No. 16 Squadron reformed...
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RAF Lossiemouth as No. XV (Reserve) Squadron. It was the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Tornado GR4 which taught pilots and Weapon Systems...
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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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Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War (category Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force)
RAF — air assault, Chinook HC1 No. 33 Squadron RAF — tactical airlift, Puma HC1 No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF — Puma HC1, Chinook HC1 Support...
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Handley Page Hastings (section Operational history)
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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Dishforth Airfield (redirect from RAF Disforth)
August 1949; No. 297 Squadron RAF from 1 November 1948 to 22 August 1949; and then conversion units again, No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF briefly...
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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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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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again to RAF Transport Command, and continued with its training role. In November 1945, No. 1332 (Transport) Heavy Conversion Unit arrived from RAF Riccall...
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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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Westland Wessex (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
Squadron RAF No. 103 Squadron RAF The Queen's Flight No. 2 Flying Training School RAF No. 202 Squadron RAF No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Search...
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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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the Squadron was based at RAF Hawkinge, from where No. 25 Squadron's badge originated. Throughout the Second World War, the unit flew both bombers and escorted...
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aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth. The squadron motto, In omnibus princeps ("First in all things") reflects the squadron's status as the RAF's oldest unit, having...
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No. 78 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, is the squadron number plate of RAF (Unit) Swanwick based at London Area Control Centre, Swanwick, Hampshire....
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from RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. The squadron provides weapons and tactics training for student pilots after they have completed their conversion to jet...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons (redirect from List of RAF squadrons)
became No. 24 Squadron Air Despatch Letter Service Squadron (1944–46) Air Training Squadron (1971–72) – became No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit All-Weather...
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2017 that No. 207 Squadron will again reform to become the Operational Conversion Unit for the UK F-35B Lightning Force and will return to RAF Marham in...
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