No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit which was formed by a series of mergers, it then became...
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Conversion units and operational conversion units (OCUs) were training units of the Royal Air Force (RAF). With the introduction of new heavy bombers,...
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VC10 RAF Coningsby No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF - Phantom RAF Lyneham No. 216 Squadron RAF - Comet RAF Northolt No. 32 Squadron RAF - Andover...
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No. 242 Operational Conversion Unit RAF is a former Royal Air Force Operational conversion unit which operated between 16 April 1951 and 1 July 1992 when...
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Missile) Wing RAF No. 151 (SAM) Servicing Wing RAF No. 151 (Surface to Air Missile) Wing RAF No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF No. 1382 (Transport)...
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Boeing Chinook (UK variants) (redirect from RAF Chinook)
RAF Odiham No. 7 Squadron – Part of the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing No. 18(B) Squadron No. 27 Squadron No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF...
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to RAF Odiham and became No. 27 (Reserve) Squadron, the Chinook/Puma Operational Conversion Unit, formerly No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF (OCU)...
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RAF Lossiemouth as No. XV (Reserve) Squadron. It was the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Tornado GR4 which taught pilots and Weapon Systems...
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Dishforth Airfield (redirect from RAF Disforth)
August 1949; No. 297 Squadron RAF from 1 November 1948 to 22 August 1949; and then conversion units again, No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF briefly...
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changed, to avoid confusion with RAF units. * = RAAF/RCAF unit that was not under RAF operational control. Transport Command RAF applied the following three...
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various roles. Between 1992 and 2010, it was based at RAF Kinloss as the Operational Conversion Unit for the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2, until the retirement...
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No. 234 Squadron RAF had a long career within the RAF, being operational on flying boats in World War I and on fighter aircraft in World War II. After...
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Westland Wessex (section Operational history)
Squadron RAF No. 103 Squadron RAF The Queen's Flight No. 2 Flying Training School RAF No. 202 Squadron RAF No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Search...
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before, 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit and 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit. No. 1321 (Valiant/Blue Danube Trials) Flight RAF was reformed at RAF Wittering on 3 August...
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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...
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Outline of the British Royal Air Force at the end of the Cold War (category Military units and formations of the Royal Air Force)
RAF — air assault, Chinook HC1 No. 33 Squadron RAF — tactical airlift, Puma HC1 No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF — Puma HC1, Chinook HC1 Support...
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at RAF Benson, it serves as the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Boeing Chinook HC5/6/6A helicopters. No. 28 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps...
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and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operational Conversion Unit, and is now the Advanced Air ISTAR Academy, responsible for training all RAF crews assigned to the MQ-9A...
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month No. 616 moved to RAF Leconfield and by the end of November conversion to the modern fighter was complete. The squadron's first operational sorties...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons (redirect from List of RAF squadrons)
became No. 24 Squadron Air Despatch Letter Service Squadron (1944–46) Air Training Squadron (1971–72) – became No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit All-Weather...
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No. 20 Squadron is the Royal Air Force's Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) for ground-based Tactical Air Command and Control, and Air Battle Management...
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According to the squadron's entry in Flying Units of the RAF by Alan Lake, No. 617 Squadron was allocated the unit identification code MZ for the period April...
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the Eurofighter Typhoon, it is currently the operational conversion unit (OCU) for the Typhoon. This unit was first raised as a reserve squadron at Fort...
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April 2004 started its conversion to role. The first phase of this completed in October 2004. The squadron was the first operational Apache squadron in the...
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aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth. The squadron motto, In omnibus princeps ("First in all things") reflects the squadron's status as the RAF's oldest unit, having...
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British Aerospace Harrier II (redirect from RAF Harrier GR9A)
March 2010, No. 20 Squadron RAF, the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit (OCU), was disbanded; No. 4 Squadron also disbanded and reformed as No. 4 (Reserve)...
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T.55s delivered in early 1968 to the Royal Air Force 226 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Coltishall, the four T.55s were used to train Saudi aircrew...
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3 Squadron, also known as No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron, of the Royal Air Force operates the Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, since...
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Operational conversion unit for the Panavia Tornado F.2 and F.3 interceptor, with the alternative identity of No. 229 Operational Conversion Unit RAF...
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Wittering, taking over from No. 20 (R) Squadron as the Harrier Operational Conversion Unit. As a result of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review...
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