RAF Patch b 99 Squadron Royal Air Force Crest C17 Brize Norton a

RAF Patch 99 Squadron Royal Air Force Crest C 17 Globemaster III 2001 RAF Brize Norton Embroidered on twill merrowed edge 110mm by 87mm four and five sixteenth inches by three and three eighth inches.

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Badge  A puma salient – the design embodies firstly the Squadrons history as a unit of the Independant Air Force and later as a Night Bombing Squadron. Secondly Tenacity of Purpose illustrated by the gallantry of daylight raids on Germany during the First World War and the tenacity required by aircrew of Night Bombing aircraft. Hence the selection of the Black Puma as the main emblem independant in its habits and credited as being of the nobler beast of prey. 

Motto  Quisque tenax Latin – Each tenacious 

Squadron History 

99 Squadron disbanded on 15 November 1945 following WWII service bombing targets in Europe and Asia. The Squadron reformed on 17 November 1947 at RAF Lyneham equipped with York transport aircraft and during the Berlin Airlift operated from RAF Wunstorf West Germany. The Squadron converted to Hasting transport aircraft in August 1949 and in addition to transport duties the Squadron had a tactical support mission and dropped paratroops on Gamil Airfield during the Suez crisis in 1956 while deployed to Cyprus.  

99 Squadron reequipped with Britannia transport aircraft in June 1959 and commenced worldwide strategic transport operations including evacuation of citizens from Congo 1960 Kuwait 1961 Belize 1961 and Aden 1967. The Squadron relocated to RAF Brize Norton in June 1970 and disbanded on 7 January 1976. 

Following the Department Of Defences requirement for an aircraft capable of deploying the Joint Rapid Reaction Force 99 Squadron reformed at RAF Brize Norton in November 2000 receiving its first four C 17 Globemaster III transport at RAF Brize Norton on 23 May 2001. The Squadron first high profile mission was Operation Bessemer the deployment of Lynx helicopters and support equipment to Macedonia as part of a NATO peacekeeping force. Since then the Squadron has supported military exercises including Saif Sareea II in Oman the War on Terror with Operation Telic in Iraq Operation Herrick in Afghanistan. The Squadron has also carried out Specialist Aeromedical Evacuation Repatriations and Humanitarian Relief including the 2004 Asian Tsunami the 2010 Chilean earthquake and the 2010 Pakistan floods. More routine transport tasks including the replacement of 1435 Flights Tornado F 3 fighters with Typhoons in the Falkland Islands have been undertaken and the C 17 has become an essential component of the UK Strategic Airlift requirement and an additional four C 17s have joined the fleet. 

This patch dates from 2001.

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