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No. 14 Squadron RAF
14 Squadron badge
Active February 3 1915
Role Strike/attack
Garrison/HQ RAF Lossiemouth
Motto In Arabic (an extract from the Qur'an): "I spread my wings and keep my promise"
Equipment Tornado GR4
Battle honours Egypt 1915-1917, Gaza, Megiddo, Arabia 1916-1917, Palestine 1917-1918, Transjordan 1924 (Origin of motto), Palestine 1936-1939, East Africa 1940-1941, Mediterranean 1941-1943, Egypt and Libya 1941-1942, Sicily 1943, Atlantic 1945, Gulf 1991, Kosovo
Insignia
Identification
symbol		 A winged plate charged with a cross throughout and shoulder pieces of a suit of armour

No. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1915: Events January January 19 - First Zeppelin raid on the RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A battle honour is a military tradition practised in the Commonwealth countries of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. 14 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Panavia Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland.

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History

No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on the 3rd of February 1915 at Shoreham with Royal Aircraft factory B.E.2s, it departed for the middle east in November of the same year for Army co-operation duties. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In July 1916 the squadron's B. E. 2s were supplemented with a small number of D.H.1A two seat fighters for escort duties. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In November 1917 the squadron was equipped with Royal Aircraft factory R.E.8s to perform reconnaissance duties. The Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 was a British two-seat Biplane Reconnaissance and Bomber aircraft of the First World War. It was recalled to the UK in January 1919 and disbanded the following month.

On the 1st of February 1920 the squadron was reformed in Ramleh by renumbering No. 111 Squadron. Ramla (רַמְלָה Ramlāh; الرملة also Ramle and sometimes Rama) is a city in central Israel with a mixed Arab and No 111 (Fighter Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Panavia Tornado F3 from RAF Leuchars The squadron operated Bristol Fighters and used them for various duties including photo surveying and air policing. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The squadron patrolled Trans-Jordan and Palestine for the next 20 years, it was during this period that the squadron gained its Arabic motto. The Emirate of Transjordan ( Arabic: ar إمارة شرق الأردن) was a former Ottoman territory incorporated into the British Mandate of Palestine Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. When World War II broke out the squadron was transferred to Egypt but soon returned to Amman. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Amman (ɑˈmɑːn sometimes spelled Ammann ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān) is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom In September 1940 the squadron started converting to Bristol Blenheims, these were employed in bombing missions over the Western Desert. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout B-26 Maruaders were received in 1942 and used in bombing, mine-laying and shipping reconnaissance missions. See A-26 Invader for the plane known as the B-26 from 1948 to 1962 In March 1943 it started performing anti-submarine missions out of Algeria before transferring back to the UK in October 1944. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's

On its return to the UK the squadron was based at Chivenor and carried out anti-submarine mission using Vickers Wellington XIVs. Royal Marines Base Chivenor is a British military base used primarily by the Royal Marines. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The squadron was again disbanded on the 1st of June 1945 but was reborn the same day, when No. 143 Squadron was renumbered. 143 Squadron were based at Banff at the time and were operating the De Havilland Mosquito V1. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This incarnation of the squadron was short lived, being disbanded on the 31st of march 1946. However, the following day No. 128 Squadron, operating Mosquito FB16s at RAF Wahn in Germany, was renumbered 14 and the squadron lived again. In December 1947 the Mosquito FB16s were replaced with B35 variants. The squadron moved to Celle in September 1949, this was a short placement as they moved again in November 1950, this time to Fassberg.

In June 1970 the squadron was move to RAF Bruggen and operated Phantom FGR.2s until April 1975, when they were replaced with the SEPECAT Jaguar. The former Royal Air Force Station Brüggen, more commonly known as RAF Brüggen, in Germany was a major station of the Royal Air Force until WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

In August 1990, the squadron was dispatched to Bahrain in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as part of Operation Granby along with two other squadrons from Bruggen, no. 9 and no. 31 Squadrons. The Kingdom of Bahrain (in مملكة البحرين,, literally Kingdom of the Two Seas) is an Island country in the Persian Gulf The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Operation Granby was the name given to the British military operations during the Gulf War in 1991 No IX (Bomber or 9 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was the first in the service to receive the Panavia No 31 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, known as the 'Goldstars' currently operates the Tornado GR4 from

Current Role

The squadron returned to the UK in January 2001 and current operates from RAF Lossiemouth undertaking precision bombings by utilising the TIALD system. RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station to the west of the town of Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland. TIALD, the Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator pod is manufactured by SELEX Galileo and is the UK's laser designator for Laser-guided bombs

Aircraft Operated

14 Sqn Trivia

See also

This is a list of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons. It includes Royal Flying Corps (RFC and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS squadrons incorporated into the
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