RAF Patch j 11 Fighter Squadron Royal Air Force Lightning QRA

RAF Patch 11 Fighter Squadron Royal Air Force Lightning Air Defence QRA Early 1980s RAF Binbrook Embroidered on twill merrowed edge 91mm three and one half inches diameter.

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Badge  Two eagles volant in pale  approved by King George VI in May 1937. The badge commemorates the Squadrons First World War operation in two seater fighter reconnaissance aircraft eagles symbolising speed and strength 

Motto  Ociores acrierosquaquilis   Swifter and keener than eagles

Unit history 1967-2015 

No XI F Fighter Squadron reformed at RAF Binbrook in early 1967 with Lightning fighter aircraft for UK air defence operating QRA against Soviet intrusions. The Squadron disbanded in May 1988.  

In August 1988 the Squadron reequipped with the twin seat Panavia Tornado F3 at RAF Leeming. Some of No XI Squadrons Tornado F3s were modified to carry the ALARM missile as EF3s to widen their capabilities to include suppression of enemy air defense SEAD in 2003. No XI F squadron disbanded in October 2005. 

The Squadron reformed at RAF Coningsby on 29 March 2007 dropping the Fighter F designation in recognition of its new tasking as the RAFs lead Typhoon multi-role squadron. In March 2011 XI Squadron deployed to Gioia Del Colle with assets from 29R and 3F Squadrons to police the no fly zone over Libya. 

This patch dates from the early 1980s.