No. 24 Squadron RAF

No. XXIV Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	21 September 1915 (1915-09-21) – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Operational Conversion Unit
Role	Air mobility fleet training
Part of	No. 1 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Brize Norton
Nickname(s)	Commonwealth
Motto(s)	In omnia parati (Latin for 'Prepared for all things' / 'Ready for anything')[1]
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918)* Somme (1916)* Somme (1918) Amiens (1918)* Hindenburg Line* France and Low Countries (1939–1940)* Malta (1942)* North Africa (1942–1943)* Italy (1943–1944) Burma (1944–1945)* Gulf (1991) Kosovo (1999) Afghanistan (2001–2014)[2] Iraq (2003–2011)* * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Commanders
Current commander	Wing Commander G T M Anderson
Notable commanders	Major L G Hawker
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A blackcock, selected because of its speed and strength on the wing, the cock is in fighting attitude to suggest the squadron's ability to turn itself into a war fighting unit at short notice, despite a peacetime training role. Approved by HM King George VI in June 1937.
Aircraft flown
Transport	Airbus A400M Atlas C1 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AM OCU). Based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, 24 Squadron is responsible for aircrew training on A400M Atlas and C-17 Globemaster. The squadron also delivers or oversees engineer training for these aircraft.