No. 70 Squadron RAF
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No. 70 or LXX Squadron RAF operates the Airbus A400M Atlas C.1 to provide strategic air transport worldwide and is based at RAF Brize Norton.[2]
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No. LXX Squadron RAF | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Air Force |
Type | Flying squadron |
Role | Strategic and tactical air transport |
Part of | No. 2 Group RAF |
Home station | RAF Brize Norton |
Nickname(s) | Usquam (Latin for 'Anywhere')[1] |
Aircraft | Airbus A400M Atlas C1 |
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Current commander | Wing Commander Calvin Bailey M.B.E. |
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Squadron badge heraldry | A demi-wing lion erased. Developed from an unofficial winged lion badge probably derived from the squadron's long dependence on the Napier Lion engine during the 1920s. |
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