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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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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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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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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of No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF caught fire on landing at RAF Coltishall and was not repaired. 7 September 1967 - Lightning F6 XR766 of No. 23...
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Squadron RAF Two other units were also based at Bentwaters, these were No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF and No. 7 Fighter Command Servicing Unit. In...
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1949 – June 1954) No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF (March 1948 – August 1949) No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (August 1949) No. 1484 (Target Towing)...
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RAF No. 208 Advanced Flying School RAF No. 210 Advanced Flying School RAF No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit...
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226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF No. 1419 (Special Duties) Flight RAF No. 1427 (Ferry Training) Flight RAF No....
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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)
1 No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF — land strike, Jaguar GR1 (unit was part of No. 1 Group)note 1 No. 237 Operational Conversion Unit RAF — maritime...
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Central Fighter Establishment (redirect from Fighter Leaders School RAF)
St. George and merged with the Lightning Conversion Squadron to become No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF. Fighter Command Instrument Training Flight...
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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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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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role. The Jaguar Conversion Team (designated No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit on 1 October 1974) arrived in May 1973 to train the RAF's first SEPECAT...
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Squadron RAF Valley (Firestreak Trials) No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Javelin FAW9 XH768 as XH707 at Cerbaiola...
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61 OTU. It was disbanded to become No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF at RAF Stradishall but reformed at RAF Driffield one day later. It was finally...
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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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Lightning Conversion Squadron) using English Electric Lightnings. The IRS and LCS were later merged to form 226 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU). In...
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the Jaguar Conversion Team at RAF Lossiemouth in June 1973, station commander at RAF Lossiemouth in August 1975 and station commander at RAF Bruggen in...
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De Havilland Hornet (section Operational history)
Squadron RAF (1946–1951) No. 65 Squadron RAF (1946–1951) No. 80 Squadron RAF (1951–1955) No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Royal Navy: Fleet Air Arm...
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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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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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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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Pembrey Sands Air Weapons Range (redirect from RAF Pembrey Sands)
143. "RAFHT – No.233 Operational Conversion Unit". RAF Heraldry Trust. Retrieved 26 July 2023. "226 - 235 Operational Conversion Units". Air of Authority...
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four T.55s delivered in early 1968 to the Royal Air Force 226 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Coltishall, the four T.55s were used to train Saudi aircrew...
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Operational conversion unit for the Panavia Tornado F.2 and F.3 interceptor, with the alternative identity of No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF...
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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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arriving the year before. No. 74 (F) Squadron relocated to RAF Leuchars in Scotland on 2 March 1964. No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) arrived at the...
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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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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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