Number 8 Squadron (sometimes written as No. VIII Squadron) is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It is based at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland and is expected to take delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW1 during 2025. The Wedgetail is the replacement for the Boeing E-3D Sentry which the squadron operated from until 1991 to 2021.

VIII Squadron was relocated to RAF Lossiemouth, from RAF Waddington after the retirement of the E-3D Sentry AEW Mk1 in 2021. The Squadron will be taking delivery of the E-7 Wedgetail AEW Mk1 in 2024. Aircraft flown have included the Vincent, Liberator, Hunter FGA9, Shackleton AEW MK 2 and the E-3D Sentry AEW MK 1.

Boeing’s Poseidon MRA1 (P-8A) is a multi-role maritime patrol aircraft, equipped with sensors and weapons systems for anti-submarine warfare, as well as surveillance and search and rescue missions.

2018年8月10日 · No. 8 Squadron was formed at Brooklands on 1 January 1915. It served throughout the war on the Western front, initially in artillery observation and reconnaissance. From 1918 it specialised in providing support to tank brigades …

No. 8 Group RAF (8 Gp) was a Royal Air Force group which existed during the final year of the First World War and during the Second World War. No. 8 Group was formed in April 1918 as a training unit and designated 8 Group (Training). It remained in this function throughout the rest of the war and was disbanded in May 1919.

Number 8 Squadron (sometimes written as No. VIII Squadron) of the Royal Air Force last operated the Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 (AWACS) from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. As of 2020, the RAF AWACS fleet was made up of three Sentry AEW1s, down from seven originally ordered in the late 1980s.

No. 8 Squadron was formed at Brooklands on 1 January, 1915, as part of the Royal Flying Corps, and proceeded to France later in that year equipped with B.E.2c aircraft. The Squadron took an active part in the Battles of the Somme and Arras, and built up an excellent reputation for its co-operation with the Tank Corps.

No. 8 Squadron (sometimes written as No. VIII Squadron) of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing E-3D Sentry (AWACS) from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. The RAF AWACS fleet is made up of seven E-3Ds, with the UK designation Sentry AEW1 and the aircraft were pooled between 8 Squadron and No. 23...

Number 8 RAF Police & Security Squadron is unique in that, unlike its sister Squadrons, it is focussed entirely on protecting people from their first entry into the RAF at either RAF Halton or RAF Cranwell, through phase 2 training and onto their first assignments.

2023年2月25日 · No. 8 Squadron RAF is a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force that specializes in airborne early warning and control. The squadron was established in 1915 and has seen service in several conflicts, including World War I, the …