List of RAF Regiment units


This is a list of units of the Royal Air Force Regiment. The RAF Regiment is the ground fighting force of the Royal Air Force and is charged mainly with protecting military airfields, among other duties.
First formed in 1942 to protect the airfields against enemy attack, the regiment's motto is Per Ardua - Through Adversity. They are also known as Rock Apes.

Current field squadrons

SquadronDatesLocationsNotes
No. 1 Squadron1921 -Honington
No. II Squadron1922 -Brize Norton
No. 15 Squadron1946 - 1990
Unknown -
Marham
No. 34 Squadron1951 -LeemingC-UAS role
No. 51 Squadron1947 - 1957
1964 - 1993
2001 -
Lossiemouth
No. 63 Squadron 1960 -Northolt

Current RAuxAF Regiment squadrons

SquadronDatesLocationsNotes
2503 (County of Lincoln)1 July 1979 -Waddington
2620 (County of Norfolk)1 March 1983 -Marham
2622 (Highland)1 July 1979 -Lossiemouth
2623 (East Anglian)1 July 1979 -Honington
2624 (County of Oxford)1 November 1982 -Brize Norton

Disbanded units

Armoured Car Companies

Armoured Car Squadrons