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17 Squadron are based at Edwards Air Force Base in California. They became the RAF's first Typhoon squadron (in the operational evaluation role). Aircraft flown have included the Hurricane I & II, Canberra PR7 and the Tornado GR1. 17 Squadron are responsible for bringing the UK's first 5th generation combat aircraft into Royal Navy and Royal Air Force front-line service.
1915 Formed at Gosport and saw service in the Middle East.
1940 Took part in the Battle of Britain.
1941 Moved to the Far East, where it spent the rest of the War.
1991 Took part in the first Gulf War flying the Tornado GR1.
2003 The first RAF squadron to receive the Eurofighter Typhoon.
2014 The first UK squadron to take delivery of F-35B Lightning.
1915-1916* Egypt
1916* Palestine
1916-1918* Macedonia
1940* France & Low Countries
1940* Dunkirk
1940 Home Defence
1940* Battle of Britain
1942* Burma
1943 Arakan
1944-1945* Burma
1991* Gulf
(Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard)
