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No. 2791 Squadron RAF Regiment
This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfields against enemy attack, the Regiment's motto is ''Per Ardua'' - Through Adversity. They are also known as ''Rock Apes''. Current field squadrons *No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 1 Squadron RAF Regiment is a field squadron of the RAF Regiment in the Royal Air Force. Its mission is protection of RAF bases from ground attack, and patrolling a large area around main operating bases abroad, in order to defend aircraft o ... *No. II Squadron RAF Regiment *No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment *No. 34 Squadron RAF Regiment *No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment *No. 63 Squadron RAF Regiment (Queen's Colour Squadron) RAuxAF Regiment RAuxAF Regiment Squadrons : = Active squadron according to: RAuxAF Regiment Wings Disbanded Units Wings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Air Force Regiment
The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by royal warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out soldiering tasks relating to the delivery of air power. Examples of such tasks are non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO), recovery of downed aircrew (joint personnel recovery – JPR), and in-depth defence of airfields by way of aggressively patrolling and actively seeking out infiltrators in a large area surrounding airfields. In addition the RAF Regiment provides Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to the British Army and Royal Marines, and provides flight size commitment to the Special Forces Support Group. The RAF Regiment Gunners are personnel trained in various disciplines such as infantry tactics, force protection, field craft, sniper, support special forces operations, CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) defence, equipped with advanced vehicles and detection measures. RAF Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
