No. 84 Squadron RAF
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No. 84 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is at present a Search and Rescue Squadron based at RAF Akrotiri, using the Westland/Airbus Helicopters Puma HC Mk.2 helicopter. The squadron transitioned from the previously operated Bell Griffin HAR.2 to the Puma HC.2 in 2023.[1]
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Type | Flying squadron |
Role | Multi-role helicopter support |
Part of | British Forces Cyprus |
Home station | RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus |
Motto(s) | Scorpiones pungunt (Latin for 'Scorpions sting') |
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Squadron badge heraldry | A scorpion, reflecting the squadron's long association with the Middle East. Approved by King George VI in December 1936. |
Squadron codes | UR (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939) VA (Sep 1939 – Mar 1941) PY (Jan 1945 – Dec 1946) ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ (Wessex and Griffin) |
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Multirole helicopter | Westland/Airbus Helicopters Puma HC.2[1] |
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As of 2016[update], 84 Squadron is the only serving RAF squadron never to have been based in the United Kingdom.[2] It is currently one of the two operational parts of the RAF Search and Rescue Force left in service (the other being the RAF Mountain Rescue Service) after the stand-down of the UK effort on 5 October 2015.[3]