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No. 204 Advanced Flying School RAF: 204 AFS FN: No. 125 Squadron RAF: 125 Sqn FN: No. 331 (Norway) Squadron RAF: 331 Norwegian Sqn FN: No. 453 Squadron RAAF (June–August 1942) 453 Sqn RAAF (sometimes 453 RAAF Sqn) in Malaya/Singapore FO: No. 1665 Conversion Unit RAF: 1665 CU FO: No. 75 Squadron RAF: 85 Sqn FO: Station Flight RAF Wick: FP: No ...
Ground-controlled interception. Ground-controlled interception ( GCI) is an air defence tactic whereby one or more radar stations or other observational stations are linked to a command communications centre which guides interceptor aircraft to an airborne target. This tactic was pioneered during World War I by the London Air Defence Area ...
Automatic Gun-Laying Turret. The AGLT Village Inn FN 121 tail turret as fitted on a Lancaster – the bulbous radome covers the parabolic scanning aerial. The Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT), also known as the Frazer-Nash FN121, was a radar -directed, rear gun turret fitted to some British bombers from 1944. AGLT incorporated both a low ...
The FN SCAR (Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle) is a family of gas-operated short-stroke gas piston automatic rifles developed by Belgian manufacturer FN Herstal (FN) in 2004. It is constructed with modularity for the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) to satisfy the requirements of the SCAR competition. [6]
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This is a list of equipment currently used by the Royal Air Force Regiment.The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and contributes to the defence of RAF airfields in the UK and overseas, and provides Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to the British Army and Royal Marines, and a contingent to the Special Forces Support Group from No. II (Parachute) Squadron.
The Panavia Tornadois a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wingmulti-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. [a]There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) SEADaircraft and the ...
Length and surface. 04/22. 2,740 metres (8,990 ft) Asphalt. Royal Air Force Scampton or RAF Scampton (formerly IATA: SQZ, ICAO: EGXP) is a former Royal Air Force station located adjacent to the A15 road near to the village of Scampton, Lincolnshire, and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of the city of Lincoln, England.