RAF Patch j 29 Squadron Royal Air Force Phantom AC XXX a

RAF Patch 29 Squadron Royal Air Force XXX 1980 Phantom FGR 2 RAF Coningsby Printed on twill merrowed edge 101mm by 116mm four inches by four and one half inches.

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Unit history 1967 2015

In May 1967 29 F Squadron returned to the UK to reequip with Lightnings at RAF Wattisham disbanding on 31 December 1974. No 29 reformed at RAF Coningsby with Phantom FGR2 on 1 January 1975. In August of 1982 a detachment was provided for Air Defense of the Falklands Islands as soon as the airfield at Stanley was capable of operating Phantoms. This detachment became 23 F Squadron in March 1983.

29 F Squadron swapped its Phantoms for Tornado F3 fighters in 1987 at RAF Coningsby. The Squadron deployed to Saudi Arabia after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 and flying throughout the campaign in the air-defense role. The Squadron was disbanded in October 1998.

The squadron was reformed in 2003 as the 29 R Squadron Typhoon OCU Operational Conversion Unit based at BAE Systems Warton airfield and worked closely with 17 R Squadron the Operational Test and Evaluation Unit to familiarise with the aircraft and to evaluate its capabilities. In June 2005 the Squadron officially moved to its home base at RAF Coningsby and by July it was teaching new pilots for 17R Squadron on a formal course. 29 R Squadron officially stood up for operational service on 4 November 2005. 

This patch dates from 1980.