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The squadron became the RAF Tornado GR4 Operational Conversion Unit, training pilots and weapon systems operators for posting to front-line Tornado squadrons at Lossiemouth and RAF Marham. The squadron accepted aircrew straight from advanced flying training at RAF Leeming and RAF Valley and provided refresher courses for experienced aircrew ...
Eurocopter Squirrel HT1 at RAF Shawbury. RAF front-line operations are centred on seven main operating bases (MOBs): RAF Coningsby, RAF Marham, and RAF Lossiemouth — Air Combat; RAF Waddington — Combat Intelligence, Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance; RAF Brize Norton — Air Transport
In June 1982, it became the first front-line squadron in the world to operate the Panavia Tornado GR.1. In May 1998, No. IX (B) Squadron received the RAF's first Tornado GR.4, which it operated until reequipping with the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 at its present home base of RAF Lossiemouth on 1 April 2019.
The RAF’s new fleet of surveillance aircraft will be based at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, the UK Government has said. The E-7 Wedgetail planes are due to arrive in 2023, replacing the existing E ...
No. 2622 (Highland) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment, is a Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAF Regiment reserve squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth. It is the northernmost RAuxAF Unit in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1979 to assist with the ground defence of that airfield. Initially, personnel were recruited solely from the local area but recruiting now ...
Two Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray took to the skies over the North Sea to closely monitor an approaching Russian Bear-F aircraft on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence said.
Number 2 Squadron, also known as No. II (Army Co-operation) Squadron, is the most senior squadron of the Royal Air Force. [1] It is currently equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, since reforming there on 12 January 2015.
RAF Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1 Apr 1946: 18 Jan 1949: RAF Calshot, Hampshire (Det. at Finkenwerder, West-Germany) 18 Jan 1949: 28 Feb 1957: RAF Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1 Oct 1958: 1 Jul 1965: RAF St Mawgan, Cornwall: 1 Jul 1965: 26 May 2011: RAF Kinloss, Moray, Scotland 7 Aug 2021: present: RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland