No. 15 Squadron RAF

No. XV Squadron RAF
XV Squadron badge
Active1 March 1915 (1915-03-01) – 1 April 1918 (RFC)
1 April 1918 – 31 December 1919 (RAF)
24 March 1924 – 15 April 1957
1 September 1958 – 31 October 1964
1 October 1970 – 1 July 1983
1 September 1983 – 18 December 1991
1 April 1992 – 31 March 2017
Disbanded31 March 2017
CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeFlying squadron
Motto(s)Aim Sure[1]
Battle honours * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldryA hind's head affrontee erased at the neck between wings elevated and conjoined in base. The badge was a modification of the hart emblem used previously, changed to highlight the fact that the Hawker Hind was in service with the squadron when the badge was authorised. Approved by King Edward VIII in May 1936.
Squadron codesEF (Nov 1938 – Sep 1939)
LS (Sep 1939 – Apr 1951)
DJ (1943)
EA–EZ (Sep 1983 – Dec 1991)
D (Tornados)
TA–TZ (Apr 1992 – 2006)

Number 15 Squadron, sometimes written as No. XV Squadron, was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It most recently operated the Panavia Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth as No. XV (Reserve) Squadron. It was the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Tornado GR4 which taught pilots and Weapon Systems Officers (WSO) how to fly the aircraft and what tactics to use to best exploit the performance of their aircraft and its weapons.

  1. ^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 8. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

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