RAF Regiment

The Royal Air Force Regiment
The Royal Air Force Regiment
	Badge of the RAF Regiment
Active	1 February 1942 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Air Force
Type	Air Force Security Forces;
Role	Force protection;
Size	1,850 regulars (2021), 570 reserves (2016)
Part of	No. 2 Group, Air Command
Garrison/HQ	Depot: RAF Honington
Nickname(s)	"The Rock Apes";; "Rocks"
Motto(s)	Per Ardua (Latin for "Through Adversity"); (Individual squadrons also have their own motto.)
March	Quick: Holyrood; Slow: Centurion
Commanders
Commandant-General	Air Vice-Marshal Michael Smeath
Honorary Air Commodore	Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
Air Commodore-in-Chief	King Charles III
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Shoulder Flash

The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by Royal Warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out basic security tasks relating to the [protection of] delivery of air power.

The RAF Regiment Gunners are personnel trained in various disciplines such as infantry tactics, force protection, field craft, sniper, support to special forces operations, CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) defence, equipped with advanced vehicles and detection measures. RAF Regiment instructors are responsible for training all Royal Air Force personnel in basic force protection such as first aid, weapon handling and CBRN skills.

The regiment and its members are known within the RAF as "The Regiment", "Rock Apes" or "Rocks".

^ "RAF Regiment Gunner". www.raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ Brown, Larisa (ed.). "Royal Marines and RAF Regiment face job cuts". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of Mottoes. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 169. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.
^ "Appointment of Commandant General of the RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[raf-regiment-gunner-1] "RAF Regiment Gunner". www.raf.mod.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[:0-2] Brown, Larisa (ed.). "Royal Marines and RAF Regiment face job cuts". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[3] Pine, L G (1983). A Dictionary of Mottoes. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 169. ISBN 0-7100-9339-X.

[4] "Appointment of Commandant General of the RAF Regiment". Royal Air Force. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

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