No. 28 Squadron RAF
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Number 28 Squadron, also known as No. 28 (Army Co-operation) Squadron or No. 28 (AC) Squadron, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. Based at RAF Benson, it serves as the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Westland Puma HC2 and Boeing Chinook HC5/6/6A helicopters.
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No. 28 (AC) Squadron RAF | |
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Active | 7 November 1915 (1915-11-07) – 1 April 1918 (RFC) 1 April 1918 – 20 January 1920 (RAF) 1 April 1920 – 2 January 1967 1 March 1968 – 3 June 1997 17 July 2001 – present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Operational Conversion Unit |
Role | Support helicopter training |
Part of | Joint Aviation Command |
Home station | RAF Benson |
Motto(s) | Quicquid agas age (Latin for 'Whatsoever you may do, do')[1] |
Aircraft | Boeing Chinook HC6A Westland Puma HC2 |
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Squadron badge heraldry | In front of a demi-Pegasus, a fasces. The demi-Pegasus represents the white horse on the downs near Yatesbury, the squadron's first operational base, while the fasces commemorates service in Italy during the First World War. Approved by King Edward VIII in October 1936. |
Post-1950 squadron roundel |
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