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RAF Regiment recruits under training at Gatow, Berlin, 1947
Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6158/1
The RAF Regiment was formed on 1 February 1942 in response to the RAF being given responsibility for defending its own airfields after the disastrous campaign in Crete. Its role was to seize, secure and defend airfields to enable air operations to take place.
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- Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF)
- 16 Squadron (RAF) [2]
- 617 Squadron (RAF) [2]
- Air Warfare Centre (RAF) [2]
- 1 Radio School (RAF) [1]
- 12 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 15 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 18 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 2 Tactical Weapons Unit (RAF) [1]
- 208 Squadron (RAF) [1]
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- Cold War, 1946-1989
- Falklands Conflict, 1982 [4]
- Gulf War, 1990-1991 [4]
- Granby, 1990-1991 [3]
- Red Flag [2]
- Belize Border Operations, 1960-1993 [1]
- Herrick, 2002-2014 [1]
- Kuwait City, Invasion of, 1990 [1]
- Operation Burberry [1]
- Terrorist attacks on the United States, 11 September 2001 [9/11]. [1]