No. 25 Squadron RAF
| No. XXV (F) Squadron RAF | |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Type | Flying training squadron |
| Role | Advanced fast jet flying training |
| Part of | |
| Station | RAF Valley |
| Mottos | Feriens tego (Latin for 'Striking I defend') |
| Aircraft | BAE Systems Hawk T2 |
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| Tail codes | RX (Dec 1938 – Sep 1939) ZK (Sep 1939 – Apr 1951) FA–FZ (Jul 1989 – Apr 2008) FA–FM (Sep 2018 – present) |
No. 25 (Fighter) Squadron, also known as No. XXV (F) Squadron, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It operates the BAE Systems Hawk T2 and provides advanced fast jet training for pilots of the RAF and Royal Navy, as part of No. 4 Flying Training School based at RAF Valley, Anglesey.
During the First World War, No. 25 Squadron operated in the fighter-reconnaissance role and later as a bomber squadron. In the inter-war years, the squadron was based at RAF Hawkinge in Kent, from where No. 25 Squadron's badge originated. Throughout the Second World War, the unit flew both bombers and escorted bombers. In the 1950s, it became took on the night-fighter role and between 1963 and 1989 it operated the Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile from RAF Brüggen, West Germany and later RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire. The squadron regained its wings in July 1989, operating the Panavia Tornado F3 interceptor, until April 2008 when it disbanded. It was dormant until it reformed on 8 September 2018 in its current training role.