No. 24 Squadron RAF

No. XXIV Squadron RAF
No. XXIV Squadron RAF
	Squadron badge
Active	21 September 1915 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Operational Conversion Unit
Role	Air mobility fleet training
Part of	No. 1 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Brize Norton
Nickname(s)	Commonwealth
Motto(s)	In omnia parati; (Latin for 'Prepared for all things' / 'Ready for anything')
Aircraft	Airbus A400M Atlas C1; Boeing C-17 Globemaster III;
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918); Somme (1916); Somme (1918); Amiens (1918); Hindenburg Line; France and Low Countries (1939–1940); Malta (1942); North Africa (1942–1943); Italy (1943–1944); Burma (1944–1945); Gulf (1991); Kosovo (1999); Afghanistan (2001–2014); Iraq (2003–2011); Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Commanders
Current; commander	Wing Commander G T M Anderson
Notable; commanders	Major L G Hawker
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A blackcock, selected because of its speed and strength on the wing, the cock is in fighting attitude to suggest the squadron’s ability to turn itself into a war fighting unit at short notice, despite a peacetime training role. Approved by HM King George VI in June 1937.

No. 24 Squadron (also known as No. XXIV Squadron) of the Royal Air Force is the Air Mobility Operational Conversion Unit (AM OCU). Based at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, 24 Squadron is responsible for aircrew training on A400M Atlas and C17 Globemaster. The squadron also delivers or oversees engineer training for these aircraft.

^ Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 110. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ "RAF Squadrons Receive Battle Honours from Her Majesty The Queen". Royal Air Force. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[1] Pine, L.G. (1983). A dictionary of mottoes (1 ed.). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 110. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[2] "RAF Squadrons Receive Battle Honours from Her Majesty The Queen". Royal Air Force. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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No. XXIV Squadron RAF
Squadron badge
Active	21 September 1915 (1915-09-21) – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Operational Conversion Unit
Role	Air mobility fleet training
Part of	No. 1 Group RAF
Home station	RAF Brize Norton
Nickname(s)	Commonwealth
Motto(s)	In omnia parati (Latin for 'Prepared for all things' / 'Ready for anything')^[1]
Aircraft	Airbus A400M Atlas C1 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
Battle honours	Western Front (1916–1918)* Somme (1916)* Somme (1918) Amiens (1918)* Hindenburg Line* France and Low Countries (1939–1940)* Malta (1942)* North Africa (1942–1943)* Italy (1943–1944) Burma (1944–1945)* Gulf (1991) Kosovo (1999) Afghanistan (2001–2014)^[2] Iraq (2003–2011)* * Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard
Commanders
Current commander	Wing Commander G T M Anderson
Notable commanders	Major L G Hawker
Insignia
Squadron badge heraldry	A blackcock, selected because of its speed and strength on the wing, the cock is in fighting attitude to suggest the squadron’s ability to turn itself into a war fighting unit at short notice, despite a peacetime training role. Approved by HM King George VI in June 1937.