| No. 29 Squadron RAF |
| | Active | 7 November 1915 | | Role | Operational Conversion Unit (air defence) | | Garrison/HQ | RAF Coningsby | | Motto | "Impiger et Acer" (Energetic and keen) | | Equipment | Eurofighter Typhoon | | Insignia | Identification
symbol | An eagle in flight preying on a buzzard - symbolising air combat | No. 29 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the second UK squadron to receive the Eurofighter Typhoon. The squadron is the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) for the Typhoon. This image is Crown copyright protected. ...
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RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. ...
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
Official Eurofighter logo. ...
An Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) is a unit within an air force whose role is to support preparation for the operational missions of a specific aircraft type by providing trained personnel. ...
The squadron previously operated the English Electric Lightning until 1974 and the F-4 Phantom. A detachment was provided for the defence of the Falklands after the Falklands War following repairs to the airfield at Stanley. In 1987, 29 Sqn was one of the first units to receive the Tornado F3. It flew the Tornado until disbanding in 1998, as part of the Strategic Defence Review. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x472, 60 KB) Taken and donated by John Mullen I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x472, 60 KB) Taken and donated by John Mullen I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
The English Electric Lightning (later the BAC Lightning) was a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, particularly remembered for its great speed, and its natural metal exterior that was used throughout much of its service life with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. ...
The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ...
Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders Presidente Leopoldo Galtieri Vice Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier General Ernesto Crespo Brigade General Mario Menéndez Prime minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral Sandy Woodward Major General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed wing...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Panavia Tornado. ...
The Strategic Defence Review (or SDR) was a policy document produced by the Labour Government that came to power in 1997. ...
The first Typhoon T1 entered service with No. 17 Squadron in mid 2003. Both squadrons moved to RAF Coningsby in 2005, where No. 3 Squadron is to establish an initial operational capability by 2006/2007. Coningsby has received massive infrastructure upgrades prior to the type's arrival. For history and background of the Eurofighter programme please see Eurofighter Typhoon. ...
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RAF Coningsby, is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England. ...
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When the squadron number is written in roman numerals it is traditionally misspelled as XXX (30) rather than XXIX (29). Although the exact circumstances of how this originated are unclear, squadron tradition dates the practice to during the First World War or shortly after, and it is most often attributed to a mis-understood instruction to paint "2 X's in front of the roundel and 1 X behind it" meaning "XX(roundel)IX" but resulting in "XX(roundel)X". As with most such traditions, several minor variations on this story exist. The official reason as to why 29(R) Squadron has the symbols XXX on its insignia, is because of a simple mistake. The Squadron asked for X, X and one X on the insignia (in otherwords XXIX), and the designer put XX and one X (XXX). Another explanation is that the XXX on the squadron badge originally had nothing to do with Roman numerals, but was a reference to the brewers mark for "extra strong". Roman numerals are a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
The modern proportion RAF roundel A roundel in heraldry is any circular shape; in military use it is a distinctive, mostly round insignia or identifying emblem, commonly painted today on military aircraft to indicate which nations air force or navy they belong to. ...
Previous Aircraft Operated General History The Bristol Bulldog was a Royal Air Force (RAF) single-seat biplane fighter designed during the 1920s by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, with over three hundred Bulldogs produced, that arguably became the most famous aircraft during the RAFs inter-war period. ...
The Bristol Beaufighter is also the name of a car produced by Bristol Cars in the 1980s. ...
The de Havilland Mosquito[1] was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. ...
The Gloster Meteor was the Allies first operational jet fighter. ...
The Gloster Javelin was an interceptor aircraft that served with Britains Royal Air Force in the late 1950s and most of the 1960s. ...
The English Electric Lightning (later the BAC Lightning) was a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, particularly remembered for its great speed, and its natural metal exterior that was used throughout much of its service life with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. ...
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[2] is a two-seat supersonic long-range all-weather fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Douglas. ...
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine fighters, which was jointly developed by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. ...
See also This is a list of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons. ...
External links - [1]
- RAF Squadron page
- Official Eurofighter site
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