No. 8 Squadron RAF

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No. 8 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit best known for its long-standing role in airborne surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations.

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No. 8 Squadron RAF canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron
aircraftOperated Airco DH.9A
Avro Shackleton AEW.2
linked to: Avro Shackleton

Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1
Boeing E-7 Wedgetail
Bristol Blenheim
Fairey Gordon
Hawker Audax
Hawker Hart
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
Vickers Wellington
Westland Wapiti
aircraftRole airborne early warning and control
maritime patrol and reconnaissance (historical)
allegiance British Crown
conflict First World War
linked to: World War I

Gulf War
Iraq War
Second World War
linked to: World War II

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
operations against ISIL
country United Kingdom
formationDate 1915
garrison RAF Waddington
hasEmblem badge featuring an Arabian dagger and three stars
militaryBranch Royal Air Force
motto “Videmus”
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation “We see”
nickname Shiny Eight
notableFor intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions
long-standing airborne surveillance operations
operatedBy Royal Air Force Air Command
partOf Royal Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Force
previousGarrison RAF Aden
linked to: RAF Khormaksar

RAF Habbaniya
RAF Khormaksar
RAF Kinloss
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Sharjah
role airborne early warning
airborne surveillance
intelligence-gathering
reconnaissance
service Royal Air Force
Royal Flying Corps (historical)
linked to: Royal Flying Corps
theatre European theatre of World War II
Middle East
North Africa
Persian Gulf region
linked to: Persian Gulf

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RAF Waddington garrison No. 8 Squadron RAF
RAF Lossiemouth homeToMilitaryUnit No. 8 Squadron RAF