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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
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58 Sqn RAF Regiment reformed
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Two new Royal Air Force units have been formed: 58 Squadron RAF Regiment at RAF
Leuchars in Fife, and No 8 RAF Force Protection Wing Headquarters at RAF
Waddington in Lincolnshire. Both have been formed in response to high
operational demand in Afghanistan for the specialist Force Protection
capabilities they provide, and their formation will increase the time that their
personnel spend between operational deployments.
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to Follow
 Chemical,
Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Operations Squadron Renumbered
26 Squadron RAF Regiment
 
58 SQN RAF Regiment reformed 2010
RAF Regt LAA Gun Normandy 1944
RAF
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3 Sqn RAF Regiment
LCpl Michael Walsh of 3 Sqn RAF Regiment takes note as his Flt Cdr talks
to a local farmer in Helmand (©
UK Crown copyright 2008)
63 Sqn RAF Regiment
1967 Tengah Times
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"Celyforce" 1328 Wing "Special Duties section"
inspection before Prior to raiding operation on the Yugoslav coast
An RAF Regiment parachute force had been formed from 2721 and
2771 Field Squadrons to support RAF air liaison teams which were
intended to operate on the Yugoslav mainland. This Special Duties
Section later became part of 1328 Wing and was known as
Celyforce after its commander, Squadron Leader Cely¬Trevilian. Once
Tito had refused to allow British forces to operate with his partisans
inside Yugoslavia Celyforce lost its airborne role and was attached to
the Royal Marine Special Boat Squadron, taking part in a series
of cloak and dagger raids on the Yugoslavian coast with the Royal
Marines.
15 Squadron RAF Regiment
Gunners who made history by being the last British combat forces to
leave Iraq have been honoured at a medals ceremony.
Members of RAF Honington's 15 Squadron RAF Regiment, who returned from
Basra in May as the UK handed over the base to the American military,
were handed their medals at a special parade in front of friends and
family last Friday, The squadron's support weapons flight was also
honoured, after returning from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's southern
Helmand province
RAF Regiment recognised for defence of Kandahar - 2 March 2009
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
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2 Sqn RAF Regiment Afghanistan 2010
3 Sqn RAF Regiment Camp Bastion 2010
(© 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.
Wikipedia RAF
Regiment detail
2777 Sqn RAF Regiment Paris 1944
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RAF Regiment Association
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.
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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.
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The RAF Regiment.net web site
© and The RAF Regiment from
1984 © Web site have been created by
Glen Beavis, both sites contain pictures and information gathered from
many sources, including my own personal knowledge.
Where possible I have given credit to the originators of
the information, if I have infringed any copyright laws then please
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