No. 20 Squadron RAF

No. 20 Squadron RAF
No. 20 Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	1 September 1915 - 1 August 1947; 11 February 1949 - 16 September 1951; 14 June 1952 - 30 December 1960; 1 September 1961 - 13 February 1970; 1 December 1970 - 31 July 1992; 1 September 1992 - 31 March 2010; 1 June 2021 - Present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Operational Conversion Unit
Role	Air Surveillance and Control System training
Home station	RAF Boulmer
Motto(s)	Latin: Facta non verba; ("Deeds not Words")
Battle honours	Western Front (1914–1918); Somme (1916); Arras (1917); Ypres (1917); Somme (1918); Lys (1918); Hindenburg Line; Mahsud (1919–1920); Waziristan (1919–1925); Mohmand (1927); North-West Frontier (1930–1931); Mohmand (1933); North-West Frontier (1935–1939); North Burma (1943–1944); Arakan Campaign (1943–1944); Manipur (1944); Burma (1944–1945); Gulf (1991);
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	In front of the rising sun, an eagle, wings elevated and perched on a sword. The rising sun is intended to commemorate the unit's long association with the Asia. The eagle is perched on 'Talwar' indicative of the Squadron's work with the Army in India.
Squadron Roundel

No. 20 Squadron is the Royal Air Force's Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) for ground-based Tactical Air Command and Control, and Air Battle Management. It is part of the RAF's Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS) and is based at RAF Boulmer. It was allocated the role on 1 June 2021.^[2]

The squadron had previously been a flying squadron. In its last role, it was the Operational Conversion Unit for the UK's Joint Force Harrier; from September 1992 until March 2010 the squadron operated the BAE Harrier at RAF Wittering.^[3]

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 71. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ "Royal Air Force". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
^ "RAF - 20 Squadron". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 71. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[2] "Royal Air Force". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

[3] "RAF - 20 Squadron". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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No. 20 Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	1 September 1915 - 1 August 1947 11 February 1949 - 16 September 1951 14 June 1952 - 30 December 1960 1 September 1961 - 13 February 1970 1 December 1970 - 31 July 1992 1 September 1992 - 31 March 2010 1 June 2021 - Present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Operational Conversion Unit
Role	Air Surveillance and Control System training
Home station	RAF Boulmer
Motto(s)	Latin: Facta non verba ("Deeds not Words")^[1]
Battle honours	Western Front (1914–1918) Somme (1916) Arras (1917) Ypres (1917) Somme (1918) Lys (1918) Hindenburg Line Mahsud (1919–1920) Waziristan (1919–1925) Mohmand (1927) North-West Frontier (1930–1931) Mohmand (1933) North-West Frontier (1935–1939) North Burma (1943–1944) Arakan Campaign (1943–1944) Manipur (1944) Burma (1944–1945) Gulf (1991)
Insignia
Squadron Badge heraldry	In front of the rising sun, an eagle, wings elevated and perched on a sword. The rising sun is intended to commemorate the unit's long association with the Asia. The eagle is perched on 'Talwar' indicative of the Squadron's work with the Army in India.
Squadron Roundel