1 Squadron RAF Regiment falls under 7 Force Protection Wing. They aim to provide a highly-trained Active Defence Squadron that is employable across a wide spectrum of threat environments in order to enable UK Air and Space Power.
The Squadron comprises of nearly 170 personnel including RAF Police, Mechanics, Chefs, Clerks and Paramedics, with regular training exercises across the UK and overseas in support of RAF Operations.
The Squadron specialises in operating with wheeled Armoured Vehicles such as Jackal, Foxhound. They are highly trained in dismounted close combat, Ground Extraction Force, Close Quarter Battle and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear operating environments.
1921 Formed as 1 Armoured Car Company at Heliopolis, Egypt.
1941 Defended RAF Habbaniya, Iraq, from pro-Nazi Iraqi forces.
2007 The first Military Cross was awarded to an Airman of the RAF during the Battle of Al Waki Market.
1922-23 Kurdistan
1930-31 Kurdistan
1936 Palestine
1941 Habbaniya, Iraq
1941-43 Egypt & Libya
1991 Gulf
1995 Former Yugoslavia
1997 Bosnia
1999 Kuwait
2003 - 2011 Iraq
