State of the art air-tanker and transport capability on operations and in support of UK Quick Reaction Alert.
Mind over matter
101 Squadron is based at RAF Brize Norton, home of the RAF's transport and air-to-air refueling capability. Aircraft flown include the Lancaster, Canberra B2, Vulcan B1 and the VC10. The Squadron provides RAF and Coalition forces vital air-to-air refueling in support of Operation SHADER.
1917 Formed at South Farnborough.
1942 Flew all three 1,000-bomber raids without loss.
1951 Became the RAF's first Jet Bomber squadron in battle when it used the Canberra over Malaya.
2011 Supported Operation ELLAMY.
1917-1918* Western Front
1917* Ypres
1918* Somme
1940-1944* Lys, Hindenburg Line, Fortress Europe
1940* Invasion Ports
1940-1945* Ruhr
1941* Berlin
1941-1944 Channel and North Sea
1941-1944 Biscay Ports
1941-1945 German Ports
1942-1945 Baltic
1943-1944 Berlin
1944-1945 France and Germany
1944* Normandy
1982 Walcheren, South Atlantic
1991 Gulf
1991 Kosovo
2003-2011 Iraq
2011 Libya
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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