State of the art air-tanker and transport capability on operations and in support of UK Quick Reaction Alert.
Mind over matter
Issuant from the battlements of a tower, a demi lion rampant guardant - approved by King George VI in February 1938. The battlements symbolise the Squadron's pioneering role in the development of power-operated gun turrets, while the lion indicates the unit's fighting power and spirit.
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.
Western Front 1917-1918*
Ypres 1917*
Somme 1918*
Lys, Hindenburg Line, Fortress Europe 1940-1944*
Invasion Ports 1940*
Ruhr 1940-1945*
Berlin 1941*
Channel and North Sea 1941-1944
Biscay Ports 1941-1944
German Ports 1941-1945
Baltic 1942-1945
Berlin 1943-1944
France and Germany 1944-1945
Normandy 1944*
Walcheren, South Atlantic 1982
Gulf 1991
Kosovo
Iraq 2003-2011
Libya 2011
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
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