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
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
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^[a] RAF operates the Airbus A400M Atlas C.1 to provide strategic air transport worldwide and is based at RAF Brize Norton.^[2]

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 243. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ "LXX Squadron | Royal Air Force".

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[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 243. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[3] "LXX Squadron | Royal Air Force".

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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
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
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.