Part of the Northern Quick Reaction Alert securing the skies in the RAF's mission to defend the UK's airspace.
"First in all things"
1 (F) Squadron is based at RAF Lossiemouth, one of two Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) stations in the UK. It's the world's oldest flying squadron in service and former Squadron aircraft have included the Bristol Scout, Hurricane I, Spitfire IX and the Harrier GR5. 1 (F) Squadron introduced the Typhoon's Paveway IV capability to the front-line.
1912 Founder squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, the RAF's predecessor.
1940 Took part in the Battle of Britain.
1969 World's first Harrier 'jump-jet' squadron.
2012 Stood up as the RAF's fourth Typhoon squadron.
2019 NATO Air Policing in Iceland
1915-1918* Western Front
1915* Ypres
1915 Neuve Chappelle
1915 Loos
1916 Somme
1916 Arras
1917 Ypres
1917 Lys
1917 Amiens
1918 Somme
1918 Hindenburg Line
1918* Independent Force and Germany
1922-1925 Kurdistan
1923-1925 Iraq
1939-1940* France and Low Countries
1940* Battle of Britain
1941-1945 Channel and North Sea
1940-1945 Home Defence
1941-1944* Fortress Europe
1941-1944* Arnhem
1944 Normandy
1944-1945* France and Germany
1944-1945 Biscay
1944-1945 Rhine
1982* South Atlantic
1982* Kosovo
2003* Iraq
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard).
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