No. 22 Squadron re-formed at RAF Benson as the Operational Evaluation Unit of the Joint Helicopter Command under the Air Warfare Branch.
They are responsible for testing all new equipment to be used on eight helicopter types used across the three Services.
1915 Formed at Fort Grange.
1941 Flying Officer K Campbell was awarded the VC.
1955 Reformed as SAR squadron.
2015 Disbanded as a SAR squadron.
2020 Reformed at RAF Benson as an Operational Evaluation Unit.
1916 - 1918* Western Front
1916* Somme
1917* Ypres
1917 Cambrai
1918 Somme
1918 Lys
1918 Amiens
1918* Hindenburg Line
1939 - 1941* Channel and North Sea
1940 France and Low Countries
1940 Invasion Ports
1940 - 1941 Biscay Ports
1942* Mediterranean
1942 - 1944* Eastern Waters
1944 - 1945* Burma
*Honours marked with an asterisk, may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard.
