The Royal Air Force Regiment is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by Royal Warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out soldiering tasks relating to the delivery of air power. Examples of such tasks are non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO), recovery of downed aircrew, and in-depth defence of airfields by way of aggressively patrolling and actively seeking out infiltrators in a large area surrounding airfields. In addition the RAF Regiment provides Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to the British Army in the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) role, and provides flight size commitment to the Special Forces Support Group.
An RAF Humber LRC in Middelburg, Netherlands, during Operation Infatuate, November 1944
RAF Regiment Otter at Prkos Airfield in Yugoslavia 1945
A recruiting poster from the 1950s
RAF Regiment in 1988 on tour in Belize with Rapier missile system
Special Forces Support Group
The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces. The SFSG was formed officially on 3 April 2006 to provide support to the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment on operations. It is a tri-service unit, composed of the 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, a company of Royal Marine Commandos, and a flight (platoon) from the Royal Air Force Regiment.
The Special Forces Support Group Inaugural Parade at RAF St Athan on 11 May 2006
SFSG members in a CH-53D Sea Stallion during a joint UKSF/US Marine mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 27 April 2011
An SFSG member and a US Marine disembarking from a CH-53 Sea Stallion after a joint operation in Helmand Province 31 August 2013