No. 1 Squadron, RAF Regiment | |
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Active | 1921 - present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Air Force Infantry |
Role | Ground Defence |
Garrison/HQ | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Motto(s) | Swift and Sudden[1] |
Battle honours | Kurdistan 1922-23 Kurdistan 1930-31 Palestine 1936 Habbaniya, Iraq 1941 Egypt & Libya 1941-43 Gulf 1991 Former Yugoslavia Jun 95 Bosnia - Jun 97 Kuwait - Feb 99 (Op DESERT FOX) Iraq 2003 - 2011 Afghanistan 2001-2014 |
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 on ingress and egress from surface to air attack. It is currently based at RAF Honington.