No. 31 Squadron RAF
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Number 31 Squadron, known as the Goldstars, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. The Squadron lays claim to being the first military unit to fly in India, where it was based from 1915 to 1947. Throughout the Cold War, No. 31 Squadron was based in West Germany, flying from RAF Laarbruch and RAF Brüggen. Between September 1984 and March 2019, the Goldstars operated the Panavia Tornado GR1/4, initially from RAF Brüggen and after August 2001 from RAF Marham, Norfolk. No. 31 Squadron was disbanded on 14 March 2019 at RAF Marham and reformed on 11 October 2023 at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, equipped with the General Atomics Protector RG1.
Squadron badge
A Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, similar to what No. 31 Squadron flew from 1915 to 1920.
No. 31 Squadron Jaguar GR.1 XZ387 strike aircraft at the Queen's Silver Jubilee Review in July 1977.
Tornado GR.1 ZD811 of No. 31 Squadron at RAF Waddington, August 1986.
RAF Laarbruch
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Royal Air Force Laarbruch, more commonly known as RAF Laarbruch ICAO EDUL was a Royal Air Force station, a military airfield, located in Germany on its border with the Netherlands. The Station's motto was Eine feste Burg.
A Panavia Tornado GR1 of No. 16 Squadron. The unit was based at Laarbruch between 1958 and 1991.
Eine feste Burg ("A Mighty Fortress")