air defence exercises

It is used for a variety of training tasks, including helicopter and air defence exercises, infantry and driver training.

In addition to routine training flights, the Phantoms participated in major air defence exercises and also flew practice sorties against warships.

While operating Sabres the squadron made a number of deployments to Darwin for air defence exercises which often involved RAF units.

The squadron's aircraft have been involved in almost all PAF air defence exercises, as well as various joint Army and Navy exercises.

Meteor F.8s were received in September 1951 and these were flown in the annual UK air defence exercises and at annual summer training camps.

Such was the performance of the Fox that 12 Squadron was instructed to fly no faster than 140 mph (225 km/h) during annual Air Defence Exercises in order to give the defending fighters a chance.

In recent years the Squadron has been involved in Operation Deny Flight over Bosnia, Operations Bolton and Resinate in the Middle East and regularly participates in major Air Defence exercises, both in the UK and abroad.