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Welcome to my RAF Regiment Web site, this web site is dedicated to all who have served and who are still serving with the RAF Regiment, you will find information on the formation of the Royal Air Force Regiment on the 1st of February 1942 (including the Armoured Car Companies) to the present day.
 

Nickname: The Rock Apes  

Motto: Per Ardua (Through Adversity)

The Royal Air Force Regiment was formed for the same basic reason that the Army formed its own Air Corps and the Royal Navy its Royal Marines and Fleet Air Arm  ..Click here for More

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RAF Regiment Video, 1 Sqn RAF Regiment Fire Fight and interview

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R.A.F. REGIMENT OPERATIONS.
South East Asia Command.

If the R.A.F. Regiment in South East Asia had done nothing more than provide vital protection for our airfields, the record of its achievements would still read with commendable credit.

That it was able to perform further additional services and maintain a smartness and discipline which called forth praise from Army and Navy' alike, demonstrates the value of the Regiment

 In my many tours and inspections throughout this Theatre I have noted the almost "jealous-like" pride which the Regiment Squadrons have in their own service.

LONDON GAZETTE; 19 APRIL, 1951

 34 Sqn RAF Regiment Middlesbrough’s home game with Fulham last weekend.

34 Squadron, based at RAF Leeming, in North Yorkshire, were VIP guests at Middlesbrough’s home game with Fulham last weekend.

The troops, part of 2 Force Protection Wing, RAF Leeming, were invited to attend the match in recognition of 34 Sqn RAF Regiment’s, as well as the wider contribution of the RAF to the armed forces.

Before the match, were welcomed by parading around the football pitch as players warmed up.

They then took their places around the centre circle to the soak up cheers and applause of the crowd before watching the match, which finished goalless.

Wing Commander Shaun Ryles, commanding officer of 2 Force Protection Wing, said: "We are deeply grateful to the club and its supporters for the heartfelt appreciation they showed to the guys, some of whom will be going on operations to Afghanistan, in June, for the first time."
 

RAF Regiment recognised for defence of Kandahar - 2 March 2009

WO John Gall 1 SQN RAF Regiment 2009 return home

WO John Gall 1 Sqn RAF Regiment.

"The most gratifying part of this operation has been the implementation of the mortars counter-firing in response to IDF [indirect fire] attacks. This is the first time the RAF Regiment have engaged in this activity, probably since Aden"...more here

2 Sqn RAF Regiment Feb 2009 at Moody Air Force Base

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE,  Members of the 820th Security Forces Group and the II Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment  wait to board a C-17 Globemaster III during a joint exercise Feb. 5. Operation Winged Eagle covered training events ranging from simulated munitions to airborne operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Barker) More info click here

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15 Sqn RAF Regiment (April 2009 Basra) counter insurgency patrol as part of Operation Dagger, in the village of Al Houta.  more click here

 2 sqn raf regiment in a Snatch landrover

2 Sqn RAF Regiment in a WMIK 2008 (© UK Crown copyright 2008)

After the evacuation of Dunkirk, the invasion of Norway, Greece and the failure of Allied forces in Crete to successfully defend the airfields which led to the fall of the island, it became clear that the Army with it's resources severely stretched might not be able to cope with the added burden of defending RAF airfields and installations. It was decided to form a new corps to specialise in defensive operations to secure the airfields from attack and so by Royal Warrant from George VI on the 1st of February 1942 the Corps of the Royal Air Force Regiment was officially formed.

The roots of the Regiment go back even further than that to the 1920s with the introduction of the RAF Armoured Car Companies in the Middle East. No.1 AAC was formed at Heliopolis, Egypt in December 1921, for service in Iraq. No.2 ACC was also formed at Heliopolis on 7th April 1922 for service in Transjordan, and remained at Amman. The Armoured Car Companies were incorporated into the RAF Regiment in 1946.

RAF Armoured Car Companies

No II Armoured Car Company was incorporated into the RAF Regiment on 3 October1946. In doing so the Company was renumbered No.2702 Squadron RAF Regiment. This was not a popular decision as many of the Squadron were ex-aircrew who had been made redundant after the war, and who had joined the armoured car companies on the assumption that they would remain independent of the Regiment. A critical manning situation on the Squadron was experienced by the end of 1946 and this was attributed to the uncertainty of the Squadron’s future following its amalgamation into the RAF Regiment. After pressure by Squadron members and veterans it was renumbered as No II Armoured Car Squadron on 25 Feb 1947.

 

The RAF Regiment - Monte Cassino

The RAF Regiment Monte Cassino 1944

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CAN YOU HELP with information for the latest book by Nigel Warwick, (the author of the recently published Constant Vigilance. The RAF Regiment in the Burma Campaign) DID YOU serve with THE RAF ARMOURED CARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1921-1953. THE RAF REGIMENT IN THE UK, MIDDLE EAST, MEDITERRANEAN AND NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1942-1946....click here for more information

The RAF Regiment Through The Years

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Battle Honours

What is a Battle Honour? Battle Honours are an official acknowledgement of the part played in a successful campaign or engagement by the ships, units and squadrons which receive them. They serve as a permanent record of achievement of which past, present and future generations of Service personnel can be proud
Why does the RAF have two levels of Battle Honour? In 1987, Her Majesty The Queen approved a proposal by the Air Force Board to allow battle honours approved by Her Majesty to be emblazoned on squadron Standards. Those squadrons which were required to operate under constant threat of attack and had demonstrated gallantry and spirit during combat operations may be awarded a Battle Honour with the right to emblazon the honour on their squadron Standard. Squadrons which participated in operations, albeit at a slightly lower level of danger, are awarded the Battle Honour without the right to emblazon the honour on their Standards. Click here for more.

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