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No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing
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No. 140 Expeditionary Air Wing is a deployable Expeditionary Air Wing of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, UK.
The current wing was established on 1 April 2006 the wing has history dating back to May 1944:
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Second World War
No. 140 Airfield RAF
The wing was originally No. 140 Airfield RAF.[2]
No. 140 (Bomber) Wing RAF
No. 140 Wing RAF was a formation of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It comprised No. 21 Squadron RAF, No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron RAF and No. 487 (RNZAF) Squadron RAF.[3] It carried out many notable low-level bombing operations, including Operation Jericho (Amiens prison) and Operation Carthage in Copenhagen.
No. 464 and No. 487 Squadrons were Article XV Squadrons, i.e. they were Commonwealth squadrons which operated under the operational control of the Royal Air Force, which also was responsible e.g. for their pay.
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Deployments
- Deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia from April to September 2023 for Operation Azotize with Typhoon FGR4 of No. 9 Squadron[4]
- Deployed to the 22nd Air Base, Poland from April 2025 for Operation Chessman with Typhoon FGR4 of No. II (AC) Squadron[5]
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