No. 47 Squadron RAF

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No. 47 Squadron RAF
Active	1 March 1916
Role	Air Transport
Garrison/HQ	RAF Lyneham
Motto	"Nili nomen roboris omen" (The name of the Nile is an omen of our strength)
Equipment	C-130 Hercules
Battle honours	Iraq 2003
Insignia
Identification symbol	In front of the white and blue which represent the meeting place of the White and Blue Nile rivers where the squadron was first based, a demoiselle crane's head

No. 47 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Hercules from RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire.

Contents 1 RAF Hercules units 1.1 C4/C5 1.2 C1/C3 2 See also

[edit] RAF Hercules units

[edit] C4/C5

• No. 24 Squadron
• No. 30 Squadron

[edit] C1/C3

• No. 47 Squadron
• No. 70 Squadron

[edit] See also

• List of RAF squadrons