No. 18 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 11 May 1915 | – present
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Flying squadron |
Role | Helicopter heavy-lift support |
Part of | Joint Aviation Command |
Home station | RAF Odiham |
Nickname(s) | Burma |
Motto(s) | Animo et fide (Latin for 'With courage and faith')[1] |
Aircraft | Boeing Chinook |
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Insignia | |
Squadron badge heraldry | Pegasus rampant, commemorating the squadron's co-operation with the Cavalry Corps on the Somme during the First World War. Approved by King Edward VIII in May 1936. |
No. 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook from RAF Odiham. Owing to its heritage as a bomber squadron, it is also known as No. 18 (B) Squadron.