No. IX Squadron RAF - Citizendia

No. IX Squadron RAF

Active	8 December 1914
Role	Strike/attack/SEAD
Garrison/HQ	RAF Marham
Motto	"Per noctem volamus (We fly through the night)"
Equipment	Tornado GR4
Battle honours	Western Front 1915- 1918, Somme 1916, Ypres 1917, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Channel and North Sea 1939-1945, Norway 1940, Baltic 1939-1945, France and Low Countries 1940, German Ports 1940-1945, Fortress Europe 1940-1944, Berlin 1941-1945, Biscay ports 1940-1945, Ruhr 1941-1945, France and Germany 1944-1945, Tirpitz, The Dams, Rhine, Gulf 1991, Kosovo, Iraq 2003
Insignia
Identification symbol	A Bat

No. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year SEAD (pronounced see-add or seed or Suppression of Enemy Air Defences, also known as " Wild Weasels quot and "Iron Hand" operations in the USA are Royal Air Force Station Marham, commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station, a Military Airbase, near the 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 Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Operational history This battleship was launched on 1 April 1939 and she was planned to be deployed in a manner similar to the ''Bismarck'', as a Commerce raider IX (Bomber) or 9 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was the first in the service to receive the Panavia Tornado, which it currently operates from RAF Marham, Norfolk. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Royal Air Force Station Marham, commonly known as RAF Marham, is a Royal Air Force station, a Military Airbase, near the Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom.

History

No. IX (B) Squadron was formed and disbanded twice during the First World War. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The first incarnation was formed in France from a detachment of the RFC HQ; this lasted less than a year. The Royal Flying Corps (RFC was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. Re-formed at Brooklands a few weeks later as a fighter squadron, No. There is also a type of Windscreen known as "Brooklands" or "Brookland screen" 9 was equipped with an assortment of different types; it was disbanded again after the war, in 1919. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

The squadron's life as a bomber unit began on 1 April 1924, reforming at Upavon, later RAF Manston, with the Vickers Vimy. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Upavon is a Rural Village in the English County of Wiltshire, England RAF Manston was an RAF station in the north-east of Kent, at on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Less than a year later, the squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Virginia heavy bomber, which it retained until this was replaced by the Handley Page Heyford in 1936. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Handley Page Heyford was a twin-engine British Biplane bomber of the 1930s World War II began with the unit one of the few equipped with modern aircraft, the Vickers Wellington bomber, flying out of RAF Honington; the Wellington later gave way to the Avro Lancaster, with which the unit would complete its most famous sorties. 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 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station 6 miles south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England. "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction

On 4 September 1939, the squadron’s Wellington aircraft and crews were the first to hit the enemy, the first to get into a dogfight, possibly the first to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first to be shot down by one and, towards the end of the war, the first to hit the German battleship Tirpitz with the Tallboy 12,000 pound bomb, an achievement by the crew of a Lancaster on her 102nd operation with the squadron. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Operational history This battleship was launched on 1 April 1939 and she was planned to be deployed in a manner similar to the ''Bismarck'', as a Commerce raider The Tallboy was an Earth quake bomb developed by Barnes Wallis and brought into operation by the British in 1944

No. 9 fought with RAF Bomber Command in Europe all the way through World War Two, took part in all the major raids and big battles, pioneered and proved new tactics and equipment, produced several of the leading figures in The Great Escape, became one of the two specialised squadrons attacking precision targets with the Tallboy bomb, and led the final mainforce raid, on Berchtesgaden, 25 April 1945. RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAF 's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968 Stalag Luft III ( Sta mm' lag' er Luft, or Permanent Camp for Airmen #3 was a German Air Force Prisoner-of-war camp during Berchtesgaden (bɛʁçtəsˈgaːdən is a municipality in the German Bavarian Alps. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar

The battleship Tirpitz had been moved into a fjord in Northern Norway where she threatened the Arctic convoys and was too far north to be attacked by air from the UK. A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were Operational history This battleship was launched on 1 April 1939 and she was planned to be deployed in a manner similar to the ''Bismarck'', as a Commerce raider Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The Arctic Convoys of World War II travelled from the United Kingdom and the United States to the northern ports of the Soviet She had already been damaged by a Royal Navy midget submarine attack and a second attack from carrier born aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Specification The craft were about 51 feet (155 m long 55 feet (1 The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships But both attacks had failed to sink her. The task was given to No. 9 and No.617 Squadrons who, operating from a base in Russia, attacked the Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs which damaged her so extensively that she was forced to head south to Tromsö fjord to be repaird. No 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is better known as the "Dambusters" squadron Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Tallboy was an Earth quake bomb developed by Barnes Wallis and brought into operation by the British in 1944 This fjord was in range of bombers operating from Scotland. There in October from a base in Scotland she was attacked again. Finally on November 12, 1944, the two squadrons attacked the Tirpitz and she capsized. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. All three RAF attacks on the Tirpitz were led by Wing Commander JB "Willy" Tait, who had succeeded Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire as CO of No. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 617 Squadron in July 1944.

After the War, the Lancasters were replaced by Avro Lincolns until 1952, when the Squadron re-equipped with English Electric Canberra jet-bombers. The Avro Type 694 Lincoln was a British four-engined Heavy bomber of the Second World War, first flying on 9 June 1944 and entering service in August WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout These aircraft were used during three months of operations in Malaya in 1956 and during the Suez Crisis. The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, (أزمة السويس - العدوان الثلاثي Crise du canal de Suez מבצע קדש Kadesh In March 1962, the squadron converted to the Avro Vulcan and became part of the V-Force, spending six years in Cyprus as part of the Near East Air Force Wing (NEAF). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Cyprus (Κύπρος transliterated: Kýpros,; Kıbrıs officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía The squadron were also part of the RAF Coningsby, RAF Waddington & RAF Cottesmore Wings before disbanding in April 1982.

The IX squadron badge was approved by King Edward VIII in 1936.

Current role

IX Squadron reformed in August 1982, becoming the world's first operational Tornado squadron at RAF Honington with the Panavia Tornado GR1, moving to RAF Bruggen in 1986. RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station 6 miles south of Thetford near Ixworth in Suffolk, England. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 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 The squadron deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1990 as part of Operation Granby, the first Gulf War, leading a number of bombing raids, delivering JP 233 and 1000 lb bombs. This article is about Dhahran the city For the Saudi Aramco residential compound see Dhahran Aramco Camp. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Operation Granby was the name given to the British military operations during the Gulf War in 1991 The squadron has conducted operations over southern Iraq in support of UN resolutions and over Kosovo in 1999.

IX Squadron continued its pioneering history by becoming the first squadron to receive the Tornado GR4 in 1999. A formal ceremony at RAF Brüggen on June 15 2001 officially ended a continuous RAF presence in Germany since World War II; on July 17 the squadron completed its move to RAF Marham and all of the remaining Tornados had left by September 4 2001. 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 Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history This is a list of Aviation -related events from 2001 Events March March 29 - An Avjet charter flight, a Gulfstream III 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 Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself

The squadron formed a part of the RAF contribution to the 2003 Iraq War (Operation Telic). Operation (or Op TELIC is the codename under which all British operations of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted Nos. II, IX, XIII, 31 and 617 Squadrons contributed to Tornado GR4 Wing 1 based at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. Ali Al Salem Air Base is an airfield situated in Kuwait approximately 23 Miles from the Iraqi border The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed IX Squadron suffered a devastating loss on March 23 2003 when one of their aircraft was engaged by a Patriot battery in Kuwait while returning from a mission. The MIM-104 Patriot is a Surface-to-air missile (SAM system the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations The pilot and navigator were both killed. Immediately after the incident it was claimed that the RAF crew had failed to switch on their IFF beacon. In Telecommunications, identification friend or foe (IFF is a Cryptographic identification System designed for command and control However a US journalist embedded with the U.S. Army unit operating the Patriot battery said the "army Patriots were mistakenly identifying friendly aircraft as enemy tactical ballistic missiles. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. "

While all Tornado GR. 4s are capable of carrying the ALARM Anti Radiation Missile, IX and 31 Sqns specialise in the role. ALARM ( Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile) is a British Anti-radiation missile designed primarily to destroy enemy radars for the purpose of An anti-radiation missile (ARM is a Missile which is designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source In this role they are known as "Pathfinder" squadrons.

In 2007 IX B Squadron were the lead squadron in celebrating 25 years of the Tornado GR in service with the Royal Air Force. A special tail-fin design was applied to one of the squadrons Tornado GR's ZA469.

History

Current role

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