No. 70 Squadron RAF

No. LXX Squadron RAF
No. LXX Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	22 Apr 1916 – 2 Jan 1920; 1 Feb 1920 – 31 Mar 1946; 15 Apr 1946 – 1 Apr 1947; 1 May 1948 – 8 Sep 2010; 1 Oct 2014 – present;
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Strategic and tactical air transport
Part of	No. 2 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Brize Norton
Nickname(s)	Usquam; (Latin for 'Anywhere')
Aircraft	Airbus A400M Atlas C1
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918); Somme (1916); Arras; Ypres (1917); Somme (1918); Kurdistan (1922-1924); Iraq (1918–1929); Kurdistan (1930–1931); Northern Kurdistan (1932); North West Frontier (1937); Mediterranean (1940–1943); Egypt and Libya (1940–1943); Greece (1940–1941); Syria (1941); Iraq (1941); El Alamein; North Africa (1942–1943); El Hamma; Sicily (1943); Italy (1943–1945); Salerno; Anzio and Nettuno; Gustav Line; Gothic Line; South East Europe (1944–1945); South Atlantic (1982); Gulf (1991); Iraq (2003–2011); Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Commanders
Current; commander	Wing Commander Calvin Bailey M.B.E.
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A demi-wing lion erased. Developed from an unofficial winged lion badge probably derived from the squadron's long dependence on the Napier Lion engine during the 1920s.

No. 70 or LXX Squadron RAF operates the Airbus A400M Atlas C.1 to provide strategic air transport worldwide and is based at RAF Brize Norton.^[2]

No. LXX Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	22 Apr 1916 – 2 Jan 1920 1 Feb 1920 – 31 Mar 1946 15 Apr 1946 – 1 Apr 1947 1 May 1948 – 8 Sep 2010 1 Oct 2014 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Flying squadron
Role	Strategic and tactical air transport
Part of	No. 2 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Brize Norton
Nickname(s)	Usquam (Latin for 'Anywhere')^[1]
Aircraft	Airbus A400M Atlas C1
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918)* Somme (1916)* Arras Ypres (1917) Somme (1918) Kurdistan (1922-1924) Iraq (1918–1929) Kurdistan (1930–1931) Northern Kurdistan (1932) North West Frontier (1937) Mediterranean (1940–1943) Egypt and Libya (1940–1943)* Greece (1940–1941) Syria (1941) Iraq (1941)* El Alamein North Africa (1942–1943)* El Hamma Sicily (1943) Italy (1943–1945)* Salerno Anzio and Nettuno Gustav Line Gothic Line South East Europe (1944–1945)* South Atlantic (1982) Gulf (1991) Iraq (2003–2011) * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Commanders
Current commander	Wing Commander Calvin Bailey M.B.E.
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A demi-wing lion erased. Developed from an unofficial winged lion badge probably derived from the squadron's long dependence on the Napier Lion engine during the 1920s.