No. 23 Squadron RAF
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Number 23 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force responsible for 'day-to-day space operations', having been reformed in January 2021, as the first "space squadron".[5][6] Up until its disbandment in October 2009, it operated the Boeing Sentry AEW1 Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
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No. 23 Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 1 September 1915 – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF) 1 July 1925 – 25 September 1945 1 September 1946 – 31 October 1975 1 November 1975 – 31 October 1988 1 November 1988 – 2 October 2009 January 2021[1][2] – Present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Motto(s) | Latin: Semper Aggressus ("Always on the attack")[3] |
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Squadron badge | An eagle preying on a falcon. Approved by King George VI in April 1937.[4] |
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Squadron Codes | MS Sep 1938 – Sep 1939 YP (Sep 1939 – May 1945;Sep 1946 – Apr 1951) EA–EZ (Nov 1988–Feb 1994) |
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