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Squadrons

Active squadrons are the full and part-time units of personnel and equipment that carry out the RAF's mission. RAF squadrons can fly aircraft or be ground based carrying out many different roles.

UK Mobile Air Movements Squadron

n/a

Operational Support Squadron

n/a

Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron

n/a

Air Movements Squadron

n/a

Airborne Delivery Wing

Air Transport

RAF Mountain Rescue Service

Operation Support

RAF Leeming

1 (F) Squadron

0001

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Lossiemouth

1 Squadron RAF Regiment

0001

Force Protection

RAF Honington

1 Tactical Police Squadron

0001

n/a

RAF College Cranwell

1 Engineering Support Squadron

0001

n/a

II (AC) Squadron

0002

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Lossiemouth

II Squadron RAF Regiment

0002

Force Protection

RAF Brize Norton

2 Field Communications Squadron

0002

n/a

3 (F) Squadron

0003

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Coningsby

3 Tactical Police Squadron

0003

Force Protection

RAF Honington

3 Field Communications Squadron

0003

n/a

IV Squadron

0004

Flying Training

RAF Valley

4 RAF PoliceĀ (Typhoon) Squadron

0004

n/a

RAF Lossiemouth

4 Capability and Innovation Squadron

0004

n/a

5 RAF Police (ISTAR) Squadron

0005

n/a

RAF Waddington

5 Information Services Squadron

0005

n/a

6 Squadron

0006

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Lossiemouth

6 RAF Police (Lightning) Squadron

0006

n/a

RAF Marham

6 Cyber Reserve Squadron

0006

n/a

7 Squadron

0007

Support Helicopter

RAF Odiham

8 Squadron

0008

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Waddington

IX (B) Squadron

0009

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Lossiemouth

10 Squadron

0010

Air Refuelling,Air Transport

RAF Brize Norton

XI (F) Squadron

0011

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Coningsby

12 Squadron

0012

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Coningsby

13 Squadron

0013

Reconnaissance

RAF Waddington

14 Squadron

0014

Reconnaissance

RAF Waddington

15 Squadron RAF Regiment

0015

Force Protection

RAF Marham

16 Squadron

0016

Flying Training

RAF Wittering

17 Squadron

0017

Test and Evaluation

18 Squadron

0018

Support Helicopter

RAF Odiham

19 Squadron

0019

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Boulmer

20 Squadron

0020

Air Defence and Airborne Early warning

RAF Boulmer

22 Squadron

0022

n/a

RAF Benson

XXIV Squadron

0024

Operational Conversion Unit

RAF Brize Norton

XXV (F) Squadron

0025

Flying Training

RAF Valley

27 Squadron

0027

Support Helicopter

RAF Odiham

28 Squadron

0028

Operational Conversion Unit

RAF Benson

29 Squadron

0029

Operational Conversion Unit

RAF Coningsby

30 Squadron

0030

Air Transport

RAF Brize Norton

32 Squadron

0032

Air Transport

RAF Northolt

33 Squadron

0033

Support Helicopter

RAF Benson

34 Squadron RAF Regiment

0034

Force Protection

RAF Leeming

39 Squadron

0039

Reconnaissance

RAF Waddington

41 Squadron

0041

Test and Evaluation

RAF Coningsby

45 Squadron

0045

Flying Training

RAF College Cranwell

47 Squadron

0047

Air Transport

RAF Brize Norton

51 Squadron RAF Regiment

0051

Force Protection

RAF Lossiemouth

51 Squadron

0051

Reconnaissance

RAF Waddington

54 Squadron

0054

Operational Conversion Unit

RAF Waddington

56 Squadron

0056

Flying Training

RAF Waddington

LVII Squadron

0057

Flying Training

RAF College Cranwell

60 Squadron

0060

Flying Training

RAF Shawbury

63 Squadron RAF Regiment

0063

Force Protection

RAF Northolt

LXX Squadron

0070

Air Transport

RAF Brize Norton

71 (Inspection & Repair) Squadron

0071

n/a

72 Squadron

0072

Flying Training

RAF Valley

84 Squadron

0084

Support Helicopter

RAF Akrotiri

92 Squadron

0092

Test and Evaluation

RAF Waddington

93 (Expeditionary Armaments) Squadron

0093

n/a

99 Squadron

0099

Air Transport

RAF Brize Norton

100 Squadron

0100

Flying Training

101 Squadron

0101

Air Refuelling,Air Transport

RAF Brize Norton

115 Squadron

0115

Flying Training

RAF Wittering

CXX Squadron

0120

Reconnaissance

RAF Lossiemouth

201 Squadron

0201

Reconnaissance

RAF Lossiemouth

202 Squadron

0202

Flying Training

RAF Valley

206 Squadron

0206

Test and Evaluation

RAF Brize Norton

207 Squadron

0207

Operational Conversion Unit

RAF Marham

230 Squadron

0230

Support Helicopter

RAF Benson

501 Squadron RAuxAF

0501

n/a

RAF Brize Norton

502 Squadron RAuxAF

0502

n/a

JHC FS Aldergrove

504 Squadron RAuxAF

0504

n/a

RAF Wittering

505 Squadron RAuxAF

0505

n/a

RAF St Mawgan

591 Signals Unit

0591

n/a

600 Squadron RAuxAF

0600

n/a

RAF Northolt

601 Squadron RAuxAF

0601

Operation Support

RAF Northolt

602 Squadron RAuxAF

0602

n/a

603 Squadron RAuxAF

0603

Force Protection

605 Squadron RAuxAF

0605

n/a

RAF Cosford

606 Squadron RAuxAF

0606

n/a

RAF Benson

607 Squadron RAuxAF

0607

n/a

RAF Leeming

609 Squadron RAuxAF

0609

Force Protection

RAF Leeming

611 Squadron RAuxAF

0611

n/a

RAF Woodvale

612 Squadron RAuxAF

0612

n/a

Leuchars Station

614 Squadron RAuxAF

0614

n/a

616 Squadron RAUXAF

0616

n/a

RAF Waddington

617 Squadron

0617

Offensive Support

RAF Marham

622 Squadron RAuxAF

0622

n/a

RAF Brize Norton

2503 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

2503

Force Protection

RAF Regiment

2620 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

2620

n/a

RAF Marham

2622 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

2622

Force Protection

RAF Lossiemouth

2623 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

2623

Force Protection

RAF Honington

2624 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment

2624

Force Protection

RAF Brize Norton

4624 Squadron RAuxAF

4624

n/a

RAF Brize Norton

4626 Squadron RAuxAF

4626

n/a

RAF Brize Norton

5001 Squadron

5001

n/a

7006 Squadron RAuxAF

7006

n/a

RAF Waddington

7010 Squadron RAuxAF

7010

n/a

RAF Waddington

7630 Squadron RAuxAF

7630

n/a

RAF Waddington

7644 Squadron RAuxAF

7644

n/a

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