No. 15 Squadron RAF Regiment

For other squadrons with this name, see 15 Squadron (disambiguation).

No. 15 Squadron, RAF Regiment
A member of 15 Squadron RAF Regiment responds to a staged attack at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk during the final exercise before deploying to Afghanistan
Active	1946 - present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Force Protection
Role	Ground Defence
Garrison/HQ	RAF Honington, Suffolk
Motto(s)	Yang Pertama Di Mana Mana (Malayan "To Be Reckoned With Anywhere")
Battle honours	Gulf 1991 Former Yugoslavia Jun 95 Bosnia - Jun 97 Kuwait - Feb 99 (Op DESERT FOX) Iraq 2003
Commanders
Ceremonial chief	ACM Sir Stephen Dalton

No. 15 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. The Squadron's headquarters is at RAF Honington.

History

The squadron was formed (as No. 15 Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) Squadron) from No. 2700 LAA Squadron in 1947. From 1959 the Squadron served in the Far East, and was deployed to Seletar, Singapore between 1964 and 1969. In the 1970s it was active in the Middle East, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, Malta and Cyprus.^[1]

From 1982 until 1990, No. 15 became a light armour squadron, equipped with CVR(T) vehicles, then took an air defence role using the Rapier missile. Since 2006 the Squadron has had a ground defence role and has served in Afghanistan and Iraq.^[1]

References

1 2 "15 Sqn RAF Regt History". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

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Active

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Inactive

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