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No. 15 Squadron RAF

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657:, for use in a similar role from early 1984. Because of the UK's commitment to SACEUR, this involved the use of the "Designate" process whereby a Tornado squadron was formed and worked up at Honington and once operational moved to Laarbruch and assumed the No.15 Squadron identity from the Buccaneer unit. This made the squadron the first Tornado unit in Germany - a force that would grow to eight squadrons - and remained in the nuclear delivery role for SACEUR with an increased allocation of 18 weapons owing to the Tornado's ability to carry two bombs. The squadron's nuclear delivery role assigned to SACEUR continued at this strength until 1991, when it disbanded. 624: 107: 1427: 93: 764: 646:, was the support of the army in a European land battle, first in a conventional role, and later in a tactical nuclear delivery role, if required. RAF planning staff expected the squadron's twelve Buccaneer S2B aircraft to suffer attrition of one third their strength, leaving sufficient survivors, with those held back in reserve from the conventional phase, to deliver the squadron's allocation of eighteen 489: 666: 31: 709:. Mason (along with many other RAF tornado crews) flew a total of 24 bombing missions in Desert Storm, from ultra-low-level daylight, medium-level night bombing and, on 2 February 1991, the first-ever Buccaneer/Tornado attack using 4759: 332:
for the Tornado GR4 which taught pilots and Weapon Systems Officers (WSO) how to fly the aircraft and what tactics to use to best exploit the performance of their aircraft and its weapons.
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and was based at RAF Mildenhall. In mid-1945 the squadron was involved in Operation mana dropping food to Dutch civilians and later in repatriation flights for returning allied POWs.
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The squadron disbanded on 31 March 2017 in preparation for the retirement of the Tornado GR4 in 2019. The squadron aircraft and crews will be absorbed into front-line squadrons at
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erased at the neck between wings elevated and conjoined in base. The badge was a modification of the hart emblem used previously, changed to highlight the fact that the
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who will carry out refresher training when required. The squadron completed its final operational flying on 17 March 2017.
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changed its "shadow" identity to No.15 (Reserve) Squadron, remaining at RAF Honington until 1993 assigned to
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in summer 1916, suffering heavy losses from both ground fire and German fighter aircraft. It was praised by
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Still equipped with Fairey Battle light bombers, the squadron flew to France in September 1939 as part of
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on 22 December 1915, undertaking a reconnaissance role in support of the Army. It operated in support of
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in 1999, 15(R) Squadron assumed responsibility for both conversion to the Tornado and weapons training.
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and dropped the most bombs in the eighteen days of conflict. The Squadron disbanded on 15 April 1957.
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in June 1917, retaining the "Harry Tate" (a rhyming-slang term for the aircraft) until the end of the
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circa 2 September. After returning to the UK, the following year it re-equipped first with
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Oxford's Own: The Men and Machines of No.15/XV Squadron Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force
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in the maritime strike role, armed with a variety of conventional weapons and eighteen
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The squadron moved back to the United Kingdom in February 1919, and was disbanded at
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One of the officers who began his career in the squadron during this era was future
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In 1983, the squadron exchanged their twelve Buccaneer S2s for the same number of
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was in service with the squadron when the badge was authorised. Approved by
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Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
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in 1963, it was on hand as a show of force to deter Indonesia during the
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The Fifty Sixth Division, 1st London Territorial Division, 1914–1918
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as a temporary replacement for the Harts before re-equipping with
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Weapon overview @ www.nuclear-weapons.info/vw.htm#WE.177 Carriage
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in Germany. From 1971 their task at RAF Laarbruch, assigned to
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in memory of her three sons killed in RAF service and named
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It was again heavily committed to action in support of the
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Air of Authority – Sqn Histories (11, 12, 13, 14, 15 sqns)
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leading a flight of four Tornados, his number two crew of
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nuclear bombs. After the closure of the Cottesmore-based
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bomber squadrons. One famous Stirling was donated by
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in northern France from 7 July until 18 August 2017.
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S.2B at RAF Honington, shortly afterwards moving to
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In 1970, the Squadron was finally reformed with the
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It was the RAF's 1151:Weapon detail and No.15 Squadron data for 1971 16:Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force 4775:Military units and formations of the Gulf War 1410: 771:List of aircraft operated by No. 15 Squadron. 453:as a light bomber squadron equipped with the 8: 989: 987: 1348:, March 1971. Vol 33 No 3. pp. 98–100. 1182: 1180: 1173:http://nuclear-weapons.info/images/1984.PNG 728:in the role it had performed when based at 545:In 1947, the Lancasters were replaced with 4627: 4369: 4148: 3975: 3971: 3966: 3564: 1417: 1403: 1395: 1042: 1040: 1038: 908:List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons 4780:1915 establishments in the United Kingdom 584:. The Canberra was used in combat in the 396:in spring 1917. It re-equipped with the 937: 1106: 1104: 1102: 20: 852:Avro Lancaster B.I/B.I(Special)/B.III 812:Various types for testing (1924–1934) 556:No. XV Squadron re-equipped with the 7: 345:No. 15 Squadron was first formed at 178:France and Low Countries (1939–1940) 1188:"121 Sqn. ATC – News – Pablo Mason" 669:Tornado GR4 ZA463 at Kemble in 2004 560:B.2 bomber in June 1953, whilst at 533:In 1943, the squadron converted to 72:1 September 1983 – 18 December 1991 4765:Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons 353:training unit, commanded by Major 68:1 September 1958 – 31 October 1964 14: 516:before becoming one of the first 411:For the great tank attack at the 60:1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 ( 1425: 736:in 1994 brought reassignment to 605:Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation 492:MacRobert's Reply, N6086 c1941-2 441:It reformed on 20 March 1924 at 320:. It most recently operated the 105: 91: 29: 1302:"Bomber Command No.15 Squadron" 1083:"No 11 – 15 Squadron Histories" 836:(December 1939 – November 1940) 789:Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d/e 381:for its work in support of the 359:Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2cs 357:. It was mainly equipped with 217:France and Germany (1944–1945) 1: 1073:. 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