No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit was formed on 27 October 1942 at RAF Church Lawford. The unit was previously 2 Central Flying School which was founded...

was reformed as No. 2 (Advanced) Flying Training School at RAF Ternhill in Shropshire, to provide advanced training to helicopter pilots. On 8 October 1976...

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...

The RAF's Advanced Flying Schools operating in the early 1950s provided a step between elementary flying training and the operational conversion unit. The...

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...

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...

pilots out of Indian flying training schools. No. 1 Operational Training Unit, India (1 (India) OTU) Formed April 1942 at RAF Risalpur as part of No....

Reconnaissance (ISR) Operational Conversion Unit, and is now the Advanced Air ISTAR Academy, responsible for training all RAF crews assigned to the MQ-9A Reaper...

were three small units in operation based at Ashbourne: Relief Landing Ground for No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (March 1945) No. 42 Operational...

No. 25 Squadron operates the BAE Systems Hawk T.2. It provides Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT) for pilots of the RAF and Royal Navy, as part of No....

Force (RAF) pilots in elementary flying training (EFT) as part of No.1 Elementary Flying Training School (1EFTS). From 2005 to 2008, the unit was previously...

and turned into No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF ((P)AFU). No. 18 ((P)AFU) flew Oxfords and Boulton Paul Defiants using RAF Church Lawford as...

School RAF but changed to the current name on 13 January 1941. On 27 October 1942 1FIS was disbanded and turned into No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF...

at RAF Ansty but Southam was used as a satellite station and operated from 3 September 1939 until 31 March 1944. No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF...

commence in 2025. No. 42 Squadron is the operational conversion unit for the Poseidon and Wedgetail. There are a number of non-flying units at RAF Lossiemouth...

nicknamed the Flying Tigers, was formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Operating in 1941–1942, it was composed of pilots from the United...

No. 260 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron formed as a reconnaissance and anti–submarine unit in World War I and a fighter unit in World War II...

who also started as a pilot with the ATA. The first ATA pilots were introduced to military aircraft at the RAF's Central Flying School (CFS), but the...

of victory claims by German pilots. Shared victories were either credited to one of the pilots concerned or to the unit as a whole – the destruction...

Unit RAF No. 2 (Pilots) Refresher Flying Unit RAF No. 5 Group Pool RAF No. 5 Group Training Flight RAF No. 6 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit RAF No. 7 Anti-Aircraft...

Tornado jets". The Guardian. "RAF Typhoons patrol Libyan no-fly zone." mod.uk. Retrieved: 23 March 2011. "Shortage of RAF pilots for Libya as defence cuts...

Service Flying Training School RAF No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF No. 20 Service Flying Training School RAF No. 41 Gliding School RAF No. 60 OTU...

Battle of Britain being fought, No. 609 Squadron RAF, flying the Supermarine Spitfire Ia, and No. 238 Squadron RAF flying the Hawker Hurricane I were moved...

in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and...

Kidlington in Oxfordshire where the No. 20 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF (AFU) gave refresher or advanced training to pilots. Established in 1942, the AFUs...

confusion with RAF Cardington in Bedfordshire. The station's first unit, No. 2 Flying Training School (No. 2 FTS) transferred from RAF Digby in Lincolnshire...

Second World War on 4 November 1940 under No. 5 Group, part of RAF Bomber Command. The first flying unit, No. 106 Squadron with the Handley Page Hampden...

operated the BAE Hawk T2 from RAF Valley, Anglesey, Wales. The squadron provides weapons and tactics training for student pilots after they have completed...

The RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF) comprised the light bombers of 1 Group RAF Bomber Command, which took part in the Battle of France during the...

photographic reconnaissance. This work gradually led RFC pilots into aerial battles with German pilots and later in the war included the strafing of enemy...