It was during this time that the squadron derived its Hornet insignia and motto for the squadron badge, after overhearing a Belgian General refer to the squadron's defence of his trenches, " Like angry hornets attacking the enemy aircraft ".

The squadron's official motto became, " Irritatus Lacessit Crabro " ( The Hornet Attacks When Roused ).

A Squadron History by Norman Franks was published in 1991, titled Forever Strong ( a translation of the squadron's Maori motto, Ake Ake Kia Kaha ).

With the hornet as its motif, the squadron's motto is " Swift & Valiant ".

The squadron's Māori motto was " Taniwha kei runga " which translates as " Taniwha in the air ".

The squadron's flight plan was scheduled to take them due east from Fort Lauderdale for 141 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 140-mile leg to complete the exercise.

Commander Tony Less was the squadron's first official commanding officer.

His involvement with this group led to his losing academic credits (" The First Duty "), when a squadron-mate was killed attempting a dangerous and prohibited flight maneuver and, under pressure from the team leader Nick Locarno, Crusher abetted the squadron's efforts to cover up the truth.

Unlike all other D-M aircraft at the time, the 23rd TASS fleet's tail flash read " NF ", for " Nail FAC "; the squadron's radio call sign was " Nail.

The refueling squadron's first KC-135A aircraft arrived Aug. 4, 1960, and the unit was declared fully combat ready in November of that year.

As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.

That month the squadron's F-5 training program terminated after having produced 1, 499 graduates, and the 425th was inactivated 1 September 1989

The squadron's new mission was to test and evaluate TCTO ( Time Change Technical Order ) modifications to Tactical Air Command fighter aircraft prior to those hanges being released to operational wings.

In particular, none of the Far East squadron's four ironclads was immediately available.

The attack, which resulted in the deaths of both the squadron's other officers, was unsuccessful, and fighting continued, with Byng's horse being killed under him on 13 March at the Battle of Tamai.

Transferred to NAS Sanford, Florida, VAH-6 was redesignated RVAH-6 in September, 1965, commencing the squadron's transition to the A-5 Vigilante.

With the fall of Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, Semmes supervised the destruction of all the squadron's nearby warships and was then appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army.

Of the squadron's thirty pilots and radiomen, Gay was the only survivor.

In the late 1950s the squadron's inventory comprised only Dakotas and Devons, and in the mid 1960s the Dakota fleet was enlarged to six aircraft.

The squadron's most famous flight commander was the legless fighter ace Flight Lieutenant Douglas Bader.

Markham used his family's influence to secure a place in this venture, and on 1850 was informed of his appointment to, one of the squadron's two principal vessels.

Of this number, LtCol Harold " Indian Joe " Bauer, the squadron's first Commanding Officer, was credited with 11 kills and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor.

At 0940 AM on January 24, 1945, while taking off, 1stLt Karl Oerth of VMF-222 hit a lump in the runway, blew a tire and his Corsair careened wildly into his own squadron's revetment area, which was shared with VMF-212.

The squadron's assigned role was high-level strategic bombing with a variety of free fall nuclear bombs.

The squadron's Vulcans were configured for the Blue Steel stand-off bomb and 617 Squadron was the first to be declared operational with it in August 1962. until in January 1970 the squadron's eight Vulcan B2 aircraft were re-equipped with the new strategic laydown bomb, WE. 177B which improved aircraft survivability by enabling aircraft to remain at low-level during weapon release.

In a high-intensity European war the squadron's role was to support land forces on the Continent by striking deep into enemy-held areas

The squadron's eight aircraft were allocated eight WE. 177 nuclear bombs and as the Vulcan bomb bay was configured to carry only one and assuming that RAF staff planners had factored in their usual allowance for attrition in the early conventional phase of a Continental war, leaving sufficient surviving aircraft to deliver the full stockpile of nuclear weapons, it is a reasonable conclusion that the Vulcan force was held in reserve for nuclear strike duties only.

After one year the squadron's aircraft, weapons, personnel, equipment, assignment to SACLANT, and its maritime strike role were taken over by 12 Squadron and relocated at RAF Lossiemouth.

After the advent of effective Soviet SAMs forced Bomber Command to re-assign V bombers from high-altitude operations to low-level penetration operations in March 1963, the squadron's Vulcans adopted a mission profile that included a ' pop-up ' manouvre from 500-1 ' 000 ft to above 12 ' 000 ft for safe release of Yellow Sun Mk2.

After the battle, he took the squadron's wounded on board and carried them back to Erie for medical attention.

After losing several of the squadron's veteran pilots, the ranks become increasingly made up of new recruits, who have absolutely no chance against the Germans.

After deactivation of VF-84 in 1995, the VF-103 Sluggers changed their squadron's name and insignia to that of the Jolly Rogers.

After deactivation of VF-61 in 1959, VF-84's commanding officer, formerly with VF-61, requested to change his squadron's name and insignia to that of the Jolly Rogers.

This ironic situation is epitomized in the single appearance of German personnel in the novel, who act as pilots employed by the squadron's Mess Officer, Milo Minderbinder, to bomb the American encampment on Pianosa.

Stackpole went on to novelize the squadron's tale in his X-wing book series, which initially spanned four volumes.

The carrier-based night-fighter squadron, nicknamed the " Tomcatters ," remained active under various designations continuing through the present day and Felix still appears on both the squadron's cloth jacket patches and aircraft, carrying his bomb with its fuse burning.

At 1800 on 15 May, at a meeting in Whitworth's house, Gibson and Wallis briefed four key officers: the squadron's two flight commanders, Squadron Leader Henry Maudslay and Sqn Ldr H. M. " Dinghy " Young ; Gibson's deputy for the Möhne attack, Fl. Lt.

He left the Air Force after budget cuts reduced his squadron's flying time and earned a degree in medicine, hoping to earn a spot as a civilian on a space mission.

The squadron began almost immediately to upgrade yet again to the Vulcan B2, taking delivery of the first on 1 September 1961, although its high-level strategic bombing role remained unchanged until the advent of effective Soviet Surface-to-Air Missiles forced Bomber Command to re-assign V-bombers from high-altitude operations to low-level penetration operations in March 1963, when the squadron's Vulcans adopted a mission profile that included a ' pop-up ' manoeuvre from 500 – 1, 000 ft to above 12, 000 ft for safe release of Blue Steel.

The squadron's Vulcan B2s served mainly in that low-level penetration role until disbandment on 31 December 1981

squadron's role assigned to SACEUR remained one of support for land forces on the Continent.

The squadron's life as a bomber unit began on 1 April 1924, reforming at RAF Upavon, quickly moving to RAF Manston, with the Vickers Vimy.

The squadron's Gunbuses were soon pressed into service, with Second Lieutenant G. S. M. Insall of the squadron being awarded a Victoria Cross for an action on 7 November 1915 in which he forced down and destroyed a German Aviatik observation aircraft.

The bird depicted on the squadron badge is a falcon, with the snake serving two purposes, one the then ( World War I ) obvious anti-Central Powers symbolism, the second to circumvent the rules about squadron badges featuring a squadron's number.

However this was delayed until 2010, with the squadron reforming at RAF Leuchars on 6 September 2010, when a closed standing-up ceremony was performed to mark the squadron's reforming, including the arrival of the new Typhoon aircraft in 6 Squadron colours from RAF Coningsby.

On September 8, 1923, dead reckoning navigation errors on his flagship resulted in the loss of seven of the squadron's destroyers through stranding on the rocky coast at Honda Point, California.

As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.

As a GCI station, the squadron's role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit's radar scopes.

The latest chapter in the squadron's history began on 1 January 1964, when it was recreated at AFB Ysterplaat as 22 Flight and equipped with the newly-delivered Westland Wasp helicopter, becoming a full squadron in May 1976.

In a high-intensity European war the squadron's new role was to support land forces on the Continent resisting an assault on Western Europe by the Red Army, by striking deep into enemy-held areas beyond the forward edge of the battlefield, striking at enemy concentrations and infrastructure, first with conventional weapons and secondly with WE. 177 tactical nuclear weapons as required, should a conflict escalate to that stage.