No. 6 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force squadron military aviation unit

No. 6 Squadron RAF is a long-established Royal Air Force fighter squadron known for operating modern multi-role combat aircraft and serving in various conflicts since the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
No. 6 Squadron RAF canonical 9
No. 6 Sqn 1
No. 6 Squadron 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
military aviation unit ⓘ
aircraftType multi-role combat aircraft ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
basedIn Scotland ⓘ
branch Royal Air Force ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Libya intervention ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
First World War era ⓘ
Second World War era ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
post–Cold War period ⓘ
formationDate 1914 ⓘ
formedAs No. 6 Squadron RAF self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: No. 6 Squadron RFC
garrison RAF Lossiemouth ⓘ
mission air defence ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
reconnaissance operations ⓘ
strike operations ⓘ
motto Oculi Exercitus (The Eyes of the Army) ⓘ
nickname Shiny Six ⓘ
notableFor ground-attack missions ⓘ
long continuous service since early 20th century ⓘ
operations in the Middle East ⓘ
tactical reconnaissance ⓘ
operatedAircraft Eurofighter Typhoon ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Hawker Tempest ⓘ
Hawker Typhoon ⓘ
Panavia Tornado ⓘ
SEPECAT Jaguar ⓘ
operationalStatus active ⓘ
operationalTheatre Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
partOf Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
role fighter squadron ⓘ
multi-role combat squadron ⓘ
reconnaissance squadron ⓘ
service Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
serviceBranchHistory Royal Flying Corps to Royal Air Force transition ⓘ
type front-line flying unit ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FGR4 → usedBySquadron → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 6 Squadron RAF → formedAs → No. 6 Squadron RAF self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: No. 6 Squadron RFC
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 → operator → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Leuchars → formerStationedUnit → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Coltishall → hostedUnit → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Lossiemouth → homeToMilitaryUnit → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
SEPECAT Jaguar → operator → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Shiny Six → refersTo → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Shiny Six → appliesToUnitName → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
this entity surface form: No. 6 Squadron
Shiny Six → hasAbbreviation → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
this entity surface form: No. 6 Sqn
Oculi Exercitus (The Eyes of the Army) → usedBy → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Oculi Exercitus
Oculi Exercitus (The Eyes of the Army) → usedBy → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Oculi Exercitus
this entity surface form: No. 6 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Oculi Exercitus (The Eyes of the Army) → mottoOf → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Oculi Exercitus
Oculi Exercitus (The Eyes of the Army) → partOfHeritageOf → No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Oculi Exercitus
this entity surface form: No. 6 Squadron RAF traditions