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| No. 26 Sqn RAF Regiment | |
|---|---|
 Soldiers from the 11th Chemical Company train jointly with Airmen from No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment in Washington State | |
| Active | Aug 1951 - Mar 2008 May 2010 - present |
| Type | Air Force Infantry |
| Role | Biological Warfare Detection Squadron |
| Parent Station | RAF Waddington 2008 RAF Honington 2010-present |
| Motto(s) | "Action - Reaction"[1] |
| Battle honours | Gulf 1991[2] Iraq 2003–2011*[3] Honours marked with an asterisk* are those emblazoned on the Squadron Standard |
No. 26 Squadron RAF Regiment was an RAF Regiment Field Squadron between 1951 and 2008. It was reformed in 2010 as a specialist Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Squadron initially based at RAF Honington in Suffolk. When it was a Field Squadron, it served at locations such as RAF Abu Sueir, RAF Habbaniya, RAF Amman, RAF Tymbou, RAF Nicosia, RAF Changi, RAF Bicester, RAF Gutersloh and RAF Laarbruch. It took part in Operation's Granby and Desert Storm in 1990-91 and latterly it was based at RAF Waddington as a Rapier Squadron.
- ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 4. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
- ^ "Gulf battle honours". The Independent. 20 October 1993. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Mander, Simon (20 October 2017). "Royal honours for heroes of Libya and Iraq". RAF News (1429). High Wycombe: Royal Air Force: 5. ISSN 0035-8614.