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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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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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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April 1947. No. 28 Gliding School RAF between February 1948 and February 1949 Relief Landing Ground for No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF from 1 April...
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through RAF Lyneham as they were released including Terry Waite and Jackie Mann. In 1992, No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (242 OCU) was renamed No. 57...
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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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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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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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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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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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2019 as the F-35 operational conversion unit (OCU). Opened in August 1916 close to the former Royal Naval Air Station Narborough, later RAF Narborough, the...
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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)
C3 No. 70 Squadron RAF — tactical airlift, Hercules C1 / C3 No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF, (Hercules C1 / C3 RAF Marham No. 27 Squadron RAF —...
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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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Dishforth Airfield (redirect from RAF Disforth)
merged into the new No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (at the station from 16 April 1951 – 29 January 1962). No. 30 Squadron RAF arrived on 14 April...
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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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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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Argosy 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...
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No. 41 Operational Training Unit at RAF Hawarden and RAF Poulton with Mustang & Hurricane No. 42 Operational Training Unit at RAF Ashbourne and RAF Darley...
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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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Hawker Siddeley Andover (section Operational history)
from 1976 in the radio aids calibration role. No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Queen's Flight RAF Empire Test Pilots' School Royal Aircraft Establishment...
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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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No. 149 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron between 1918 and 1956. Formed 1918 in the Royal Flying Corps as a night-bomber unit, it remained in...
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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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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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sent to RAF Strubby for an all-weather jet refresher course, flying the Gloster Meteor, then to No. 231 Operational Conversion Unit RAF at RAF Bassingbourn...
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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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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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Argosy E.1) No. 215 Squadron RAF (based in Singapore) No. 267 Squadron RAF (based in United Kingdom) No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 6 Flying...
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