"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

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.

"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

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 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.

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