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- No. 60 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport. It is currently part of No. 1 Flying Training School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire flying the Airbus H135 Juno HT1. The squadron badge is a markhor's head and was approved by King George VI in December 1937. Chosen to commemorate many years of service in North-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting the Khyber Pass. The horns of a markhor were presented to the squadron in 1964. The squadron motto is Per ardua ad aethera tendo - 'I strive through difficulties to the sky'. (en)
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- *Arakan(1942–1944)
- *Arras
- *Burma(1914–1942)*
- *Burma(1944–1945)
- *Hindenburg Line*
- *Malaya(1941–1942)*
- *Manipur(1944)*
- *Mohmand (1927)
- *Mohmand (1933)
- *North Burma (1944)
- *North West Frontier(1925–1939)
- *North West Frontier(1930–1931)
- *Somme(1916)*
- *Waziristan(1920–1925)
- *Western Front(1914–1918)*
- * (Honours marked with an asterisk are emblazoned on the squadron standard)
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- AD (Apr 1939 – Sep 1939)
- A–Z (Wessex)
- MU (Sep 1934 – Feb 1942, Aug 1943 – Oct 1946)
- Amarkhor'shead, commemorating many years of service inNorth-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting theKhyber Pass. Approved byKing George VIin December 1937.
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- Per ardua ad aethera tendo
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- Advanced helicopter flying training
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- *Western Front *
*Somme *
*Arras
*Hindenburg Line*
*Waziristan
*Mohmand
*North West Frontier
*Mohmand
*North West Frontier
*Burma *
*Malaya *
*Arakan
*North Burma
*Manipur *
*Burma
* (Honours marked with an asterisk are emblazoned on the squadron standard) (en)
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- Squadron Leader Nick Summers (en)
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- *30 Apr 1916 – 22 Jan 1920
*1 Apr 1920 – Apr 1968
*3 Feb 1969 – 1 Apr 1992
*Jun 1992 – present (en)
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- 150 (xsd:integer)
- MU (en)
- AD (en)
- A–Z (en)
- A markhor's head, commemorating many years of service in North-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting the Khyber Pass. Approved by King George VI in December 1937. (en)
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- Squadron badge heraldry (en)
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- Post-1950 squadron roundel (en)
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- (en)
- Per ardua ad aethera tendo (en)
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- Advanced helicopter flying training (en)
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- Flying training squadron (en)
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- No. 60 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport. It is currently part of No. 1 Flying Training School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire flying the Airbus H135 Juno HT1. The squadron badge is a markhor's head and was approved by King George VI in December 1937. Chosen to commemorate many years of service in North-West India, the markhor being a mountain goat frequenting the Khyber Pass. The horns of a markhor were presented to the squadron in 1964. The squadron motto is Per ardua ad aethera tendo - 'I strive through difficulties to the sky'. (en)
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