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No. IV Squadron Information Role Offensive Support Aircraft Operated Harrier GR7 Home Station RAF Cottesmore Motto "In futurum videre" History Date Founded September 1912 (RFC) Badge "A sun in splendour divided per bend by a flash of lightning" Notable Battle Honours Western Front 1914-1918, Mons, Ypres 1917 Somme 1918, France and Low Countries 1939-1940, France and Germany 1944-1945, Normandy 1944, Arnhem No. IV Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Harrier GR7 from RAF Cottesmore. History Previous Aircraft Operated See also List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons Categories: Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons

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	news.mod.uk - Latest News (1975 words) RAF squadrons which were required to operate under constant threat of attack and demonstrated gallantry and spirit under fire during the campaign over Iraq and Kuwait or on the ground in the same territories have been awarded the Battle Honour 'IRAQ 2003' with the right to emblazon the honour on their Standards. No 1 (Fighter) Sqn, No 3 (Fighter) Sqn and No IV (Army Co-operation) Sqn from RAF Cottesmore were operating Harrier GR7 and were deployed in coalition air operations in the close air support and air interdiction roles. No 216 Sqn from RAF Brize Norton, operating the Tristar KC1/K1/C2 and C2A, were deployed in coalition air operations in the strategic and in-theatre Air Transport and Air Refuelling roles. 71 Squadron (2783 words) The RAF picked an Englishman, W. Churchill, to be Squadron Leader and the squadron was declared operational on 8 October 1940 and assigned the squadron code XR. The 3 squadrons based at North Weald flew as a Wing and by this time the fight was shifting from purely defensive to taking the fight to the Germans in Northern France. No. 71 took part in the Dieppe raid of 19 August and this proved to be their last operation of any significance.
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