No. 29 Squadron RAF

No. 29 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	7 November 1915 (1915-11-07) – 1919 1923–1974 1975–1998 2003 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Operational Conversion Unit
Role	Typhoon training
Part of	No. 1 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Coningsby
Motto(s)	Impiger et Acer (Latin for 'Energetic and keen')[1]
Aircraft	Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918)* Somme (1916)* Arras (1917) Ypres (1917)* Somme (1918)* Lys (1918) Channel & North Sea (1939–1940)* Battle of Britain (1940)* Home Defence (1940–1945)* Fortress Europe (1943–1945) Normandy (1944) France and Germany (1944–1945)* Arnhem (1944) * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron tail badge
Squadron badge heraldry	An eagle in flight, preying on a buzzard - representing air combat.
Squadron roundel
Squadron Codes	YB (Dec 1938 – Sep 1939) RO (Sep 1939 – Apr 1951) BA–BZ (1987 – present)

No. 29 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was first raised as a unit of the Royal Flying Corps in 1915, and is one of the world's oldest fighter squadrons. The second British squadron to receive the Eurofighter Typhoon, it is currently the operational conversion unit (OCU) for the Typhoon.