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with Spitfire Mk.14s and later the Mk.11 photo-recce version as part of the Army of Occupation.


Through the 1950s the Squadron flew Meteors, Swifts and Hunters which remained until replaced by Phantoms in 1971. During 1976 these were replaced by Jaguars whilst the Squadron was based at Laarbruch, Germany. Drawdown of the RAF in Germany saw II(AC) Sqn return to the UK. It is now based at Marham and was originally equipped with the reconnaissance version of the Tornado, the GR1A, but now flies


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the GR4A version. In 2015 the Squadron converts to the multi-role Typhoon and moves to RAF Lossiemouth.


Operational tours have seen the squadron concentrating on the unique capabilities of its aircraft in the low-level reconnaissance role, where their equipment is particularly suitable for hunting small, mobile, targets such as Scud missile launchers as was the case in Operation Telic.


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