No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment

No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment
Squadron badge
Squadron badge
Active21 August 1947 (1947-08-21) – September 1957
13 July 1964 – 31 March 1993
8 May 2001 – present
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeAir Force Infantry
RoleForce protection
Part ofNo. 5 Force Protection Wing
Home stationRAF Lossiemouth
Motto(s)Celeriter defendere
(Latin for 'Swift to defend')[1]
Battle honours
  • France and Low Countries (1944–1945)
  • Iraq (2003–2011)*
*Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
BadgeIn front of a curved sword with a notched blade is a cheetah depicted at full stride.
Badge heraldryApproved in November 1975. The cheetah, a swift, aggressive animal capable of being controlled, is depicted in full stride and the sword with its cutting edge to the right emphasises its military use and refers to the County of Middlesex where the unit was formed.[2]

No. 51 Squadron RAF Regiment is a field squadron of the RAF Regiment in the Royal Air Force. Its mission is protection of RAF bases from ground attack.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1st publish. ed.). London [u.a.]: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 32. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
  2. ^ "51 Squadron RAF Regiment". RAF Heraldry Trust. Retrieved 8 January 2018.