About
- Headquartered at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, but based at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, for RPAS training and operational missions
- Formed in 1916 as 39 (Home Defence) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
- Aircraft flown include the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2; Westland Wapiti; Bristol Blenheim and Beaufighter; de Havilland Mosquito; Gloster Meteor NF13; English Electric Canberra PR3, PR7 and PR9; and General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper
- In 2007, No. 39 Squadron became the RAF’s first RPAS squadron