RAF Patch b 31 Squadron Royal Air Force Crest Tornado Strike Deployment

RAF Patch 31 Squadron Royal Air Force Crest Patch Tornado Strike Attack 2006 Tornado RAF Marham Deployed Al Udeid AB Qatar 111mm by 88mm four and three eighth inches by three and one half inches

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Squadron history 1984-2013

No 31 Squadron replaced its Jaguars in 1984 at RAF Bruggen with the Tornado GR1 retaining its role with tactical nuclear strike capability until nuclear weapons were withdrawn from RAF service in 1994.

The Squadron led the RAFs detachment in Dhahran as part of Operation Granby 1990-1991. During 1999 the Squadron re-equipped with the Tornado GR4 and participated in air operations over the Former Republic of Yugoslavia as part of Operation Allied Force and Operation Endgadine flying Air Interdiction and Close Air Support sorties.

With the withdrawal of RAF forces from Germany the Goldstars were the last unit to leave relocating to RAF Marham in 2002. Iraq air policing operations continued with annual deployments to Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait with these eventually escalating into the Iraq conflict of March 2003 Operation Telic during which the Squadron was a part of the Tornado GR4 Combat Air Wing. No 31 AC Squadron continued its army support work operating from Al Udeid airbase in Qatar until 2009 as British forces continued their mission to return Iraq to a state of normality.

On withdrawal from Operation Telic the Squadron was assigned to replace Harriers in Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick. 

This patch dates from the 1990s.