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RAF Photographic Competition

SAC Scott Ferguson from RAF Lossiemouth scooped the top prize with 'Landing Zone'. He said:

"I was surprised at winning. There were a lot of good images in the competition. Mine was an opportunist image - I had to catch it while I could. I try to enter the competition every year."

THE RAF will be celebrating its freedom of the county town of North Yorkshire next month. The Standard Parties from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment and 100 Squadron will be on parade. more here

JC's (Jon Collins) Top Table click here or go to "Your Pictures page" and follow the link

Air Vice-Marshal Donald Pocock, who has died aged 88, was one of the founder members of the RAF Regiment on its formation in 1942 Click here for further information

51 Sqn RAF Regiment and 2622(Highland) Royal Auxiliary Air Force Sqn, have deployed to Basra click here  for more info

1 Sqn RAF Regiment from RAF Honington held a final parade before departing on an Operational tour to Kandahar in Afghanistan. At the parade the squadron was presented with the Higginson Trophy for 2007, awarded annually to the outstanding RAF Regiment Field Squadron, by the Officer Commanding RAF Honington Group Captain Russ La Forte.

This recognised their work during last year's tour in Iraq where, Group Captain La Forte said they faced "A relentless and determined enemy" and showed great courage in the face of some of the most vicious fighting since the Second World War.

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2 Sqn RAF Regiment in a Snatch 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.

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