This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties.
First formed in 1942 to protect the airfields against enemy attack, the Regiment's motto is Per Ardua - Through Adversity. They are also known as Rock Apes.
Current field squadrons
RAuxAF Regiment
RAuxAF Regiment Squadrons
- = Active squadron according to:[7]
RAuxAF Regiment Wings
Disbanded Units
Wings
Armoured Car Companies
Armoured Car Squadrons
RAF Regiment Squadrons
001-200
2700-2799
2800-2899
2900-2999
Flights
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "1 Squadron RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "II Squadron RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "15 Squadron RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "34 Squadron RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "51 Squadron RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "63 Squadron RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Squadrons - Force Protection". RAF. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "2503 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "2620 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "2622 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "2623 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "2624 Squadron RAuxAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Regiment SQNS 1-533".
Bibliography
- Finlayson, R. (2019). Operation 'Diver' - The campaign against the German Flying Bombs 1944. UK: RFFA. ISBN 978-1977009-548.
- Isby, D. Charles Kamps Jr, 'The Armies of NATO's Central Front,' Jane's Publishing Company, 1985. ISBN 0-7106-0341-X.
- Halpenny, B.B. Action Stations: Military Airfields of Yorkshire v. 4 Patrick Stephens, 1985. ISBN 978-0-85059-532-1.
- March, P. (1990). Royal Air Force Yearbook 1990. Fairford, UK: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
- March, P. (1993). Royal Air Force Yearbook 1993. Fairford, UK: Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.
- Oliver, K. (1997). Through Adversity - The History of the Royal Air Force Regiment 1942-1992. UK: Forces & Corporate Publishing. ISBN 0-9529597-0-4.
- Oliver, K. (2002). The RAF Regiment at War 1942-1946. UK: Leo Cooper. ISBN 9780850528527.