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Latest update: August 2018
 
Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy (RN) and Army Air Corps (AAC)
 
Squadron Wing Aircraft Tailcode Base
1(F) squadron   Typhoon T3/FGR4   RAF Lossiemouth
II (AC) squadron   Typhoon T3/FGR4   RAF Lossiemouth
3(F) squadron   Typhoon T3/FGR4   RAF Coningsby
IV squadron    Hawk T2   RAF Valley
V (AC) squadron   Sentinel R1   RAF Waddington
6 squadron   Typhoon T3/FGR4   RAF Lossiemouth
7 squadron   Chinook HC4/HC5/HC6   RAF Odiham
8 Squadron   E-3D (Sentry AEW1)   RAF Waddington
IX squadron   Tornado GR4   RAF Marham
10 squadron   Voyager K2/K3   RAF Brize Norton
XI squadron   Typhoon FGR4   RAF Coningsby
XIII squadron   MQ-9 Reaper   RAF Waddington
14 squadron   Shadow R1   RAF Waddington
16 squadron   Tutor T1   RAF Cranwell
XVII T&E squadron   F-35B Lightning II   Edwards AFB
18 squadron   Chinook HC4/HC5/HC6   RAF Odiham
XXIV squadron   Hercules C4 / C5   RAF Brize Norton
27 squadron   Chinook HC4/HC5/HC6   RAF Odiham
XXVIII (AC) squadron   Chinook HC4   RAF Benson
XXVIII (AC) squadron   Puma HC2   RAF Benson
29 squadron   Typhoon FGR4   RAF Coningsby
30 squadron   Hercules C4 / C5   RAF Brize Norton
31 squadron   Tornado GR4   RAF Marham
XXXII (TR) squadron   BAe146CC2/CC3   RAF Northolt
XXXII (TR) squadron   A-109E/SP   RAF Northolt
33 squadron   Puma HC2   RAF Benson
39 squadron   MQ-9 Reaper   Creech AFB
XLI squadron   Typhoon T3/FGR4   RAF Coningsby
45 squadron   Beech King Air B200   RAF Cranwell
47 squadron   Hercules C4/C5   RAF Brize Norton
51 squadron   Rivet Joint (RC-135)   RAF Waddington
54 squadron   E-3D   RAF Waddington
54 squadron   Sentinel R1   RAF Waddington
56 squadron   No aircraft assigned   RAF Waddington
60 squadron   Griffin HT1   RAF Shawbury
LXX squadron   Atlas C1   RAF Brize Norton
72 squadron   Tucano T1   RAF Linton-on-Ouse
78 squadron   Merlin HC3/HC3A   RAF Benson
84 squadron   Griffin HT1   RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus
99 squadron   C-17A   RAF Brize Norton
100 squadron   Hawk T1/T1A   RAF Leeming
101 squadron   Voyager K2/K3   RAF Brize Norton
120 Squadron   P-8A Poseidon MPA   RAF Lossiemouth
230 squadron   Puma HC2   RAF Benson
617 squadron   F-35B Lightning II   RAF Marham
Red Arrows   Hawk T1/T1A   RAF Scampton
BBMF   Dakota   RAF Coningsby
BBMF   Hurricane   RAF Coningsby
BBMF   Lancaster   RAF Coningsby
BBMF   Spitfire   RAF Coningsby
1310 Flight   Chinook HC4/HC5/HC6   Mount Pleasant
1312 Flight   Atlas C1   Mount Pleasant
1312 Flight   Voyager KC2/KC3   Mount Pleasant
1435 Flight   Typhoon FGR4   Mount Pleasant
705 squadron   Squirrel HT1   RAF Shawbury
727 NAS   Tutor (Grob 115E)   RNAS Yeovilton
736 NAS   Hawk T1   RNAS Culdrose
750 NAS   Avenger   RNAS Culdrose
771 NAS   Sea King Mk5   RNAS Culdrose
814 NAS   Merlin HM2   RNAS Culdrose
815 NAS   Lynx Mk8   RNAS Yeovilton
820 NAS   Merlin HM2   RNAS Culdrose
824 NAS   Merlin HM2   RNAS Culdrose
825 NAS   Wildcat   RNAS Yeovilton
845 NAS   Merlin HC3   RNAS Yeovilton
846 NAS   Merlin HC3   RNAS Yeovilton
847 NAS   Wildcat   RNAS Yeovilton
848 NAS   Sea King HC4   RNAS Yeovilton
849 NAS   Sea King ASaC7   RNAS Culdrose
854 NAS   Sea King ASaC7   RNAS Culdrose
857 NAS   Sea King ASaC7   RNAS Culdrose
25 Flt AAC   Bell 212   Kenya
651 squadron AAC   Islander AL.2   FS Aldergrove
652 squadron AAC   Wildcat AH.1   RNAS Yeovilton
653 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Wattisham
654 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Wattisham
655 squadron AAC (V)   Gazelle AH.1   FS Aldergrove
656 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Wattisham
660 squadron   Squirrel HT1   RAF Shawbury
661 squadron AAC   Wildcat AH.1   RNAS Yeovilton
662 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Wattisham
663 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Wattisham
664 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Wattisham
670 squadron AAC       Middle Wallop, AAC
671 squadron AAC   Bell 212   Middle Wallop, AAC
671 squadron AAC   Gazelle   Middle Wallop, AAC
671 squadron AAC   Lynx   Middle Wallop, AAC
672 squadron AAC   Lynx AH.9A   Dishforth
673 squadron AAC   Apache AH.1   Middle Wallop, AAC
659 squadron AAC   Wildcat AH.1   Dishforth
669 squadron AAC   Wildcat AH.1   Dishforth
 
Comment(s):

IX (B) squadron: Will be deactivated as Tornado squadron in 2019 and reform as Typhoon FGR4 squadron.

12 squadron: was officially deactivated on February 14, 2018 (its 103rd anniversary) after flying its last mission on the Tornado which it flew for 25 years on December 14, 2017. The squadron will be reactivated as a Typhoon FGR.4 squadron at RAF Coningsby in the future.

25 (F) squadron: will be reactivated at RAF Valley as Hawk T.2 squadron responsible for Advanced Fast Jet Training (AFJT).

31 squadron: Will be deactivated as Tornado squadron in 2019 and reform as RQ-9B Protector squadron.

120 squadron: reactivated on March 27, 2018 as the first P-8A Poseidon squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth.

201 squadron: will be activated in 2021 to operate the Poseidon at RAF Lossiemouth.

207 Squadron will form in 2019 and become the F-35B Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) based at RAF Marham.

617 Squadron activated at RAF Marham in 2018. The F-35Bs were delivered in the USA and assigned to the squadron, remaining F-35Bs are operating within VMFAT-501 at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina.
 
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