No. 9 Squadron RAF

File:R.E.8 (Presentation).jpg, similar to what No. 9 Squadron operated between 1917 and 1918.]]

No. IX (B) Squadron was formed on 8 December 1914 at Saint-Omer in France, the first outside of the UK, from a detachment of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) Headquarters Wireless Flight.{{cite web |url=http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn006-10.htm#9 |title=No IX Squadron |website=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation |access-date=4 April 2019}} Known as No. 9 (Wireless) Squadron, it was tasked with developing the use of radio for reconnaissance missions through artillery spotting. This lasted until 22 March 1915 when the squadron was disbanded and had its equipment dispersed amongst No. 2 Squadron, No. 5 Squadron, No. 6 Squadron and No. 16 Squadron.{{cite web |url=https://www.crossandcockade.com/StOmer/Operations1914-1916.asp |title=St. Omer Operations 1914-1916 |website=The First World War Aviation Historical Society |access-date=4 April 2019}}{{harvnb|Ashworth|1989|p=46}}.

The squadron reformed at Brooklands in Surrey on 1 April 1915, under the command of Major Hugh Dowding (later commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain) as a radio-training squadron, flying the Farman MF.7, Blériot XI and Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2. The squadron moved to Dover in Kent on 23 July, re-equipping with the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8a, Avro 504 and a single Martinsyde S.1, before returning to Saint-Omer on 12 December as an army co-operation squadron.{{sfn|Rawlings|1985|p=250}} Moving to Bertangles on 24 December, No. 9 Squadron commenced bombing missions on 17 January 1916 with the B.E.2c.{{sfn|Thorburn|2014|p=37}} It flew reconnaissance and artillery spotting missions during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, assisting the British Army's XIII Corps on the first day.{{sfn|Thorburn|2014|p=46-47}} It later operated during the Second Battle of Arras in 1917.

It re-equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 in May 1917, using them for artillery spotting and contact patrols during the Battle of Passchendaele, during which it suffered 57 casualties, and carrying out short range tactical bombing operations in response to the German spring offensive in March 1918.{{sfn|Rawlings|1985|pp=251–252}} While it started to receive Bristol Fighters in July 1918, it did not completely discard the R.E.8 until after the end of the war. No. 9 Squadron returned to the UK in August 1919, arriving at Castle Bromwich where it remained until disbanding on 31 December 1919.

The squadron's life as a bomber unit began on 1 April 1924, reforming at RAF Upavon in Wiltshire, quickly moving to RAF Manston in Kent, flying the Vickers Vimy.{{sfn|RAF staff|2015|loc="9 Squadron"}} Less than a year later, the squadron re-equipped with the Vickers Virginia heavy bomber, occasionally supplemented by Vickers Victoria transports, which it retained until this was replaced by the Handley Page Heyford in 1936.{{sfn|Eden|2016|p=34}}

On 31 January 1939, No. IX (B) Squadron became the third RAF squadron to receive the modern Vickers Wellington monoplane, when their first Wellington arrived at RAF Stradishall in Suffolk – reaching full strength by April.{{sfn|Rawlings|1985|p=252}}{{cite web |url=http://www.9sqn.co.uk/history/squadron-history/ |title=Squadron History – Important Dates |website=IX(B) Squadron Association |access-date=4 April 2019}}

File:9 Squadron in Formation 1939-45.jpg of No. 9 Squadron, on a mission in WW2, flying in formation.]]

The Second World War began with the unit being one of the few equipped with modern aircraft, the Vickers Wellington bomber, flying out of RAF Honington in Suffolk; the Wellington later gave way to the Avro Lancaster in September 1942 upon the squadron's move to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, with which the unit would complete its most famous sorties.

On 4 September 1939, the squadron's Wellington aircraft and crews were the first to hit the enemy; the first to get into a dogfight; possibly the first to shoot down an enemy aircraft; the first to be shot down by one; and towards the end of the war, the first to hit the German battleship Tirpitz with the Tallboy 12,000-pound bomb, an achievement by the crew of an Avro Lancaster on her 102nd operation with the squadron.{{cite web |url=http://www.9sqn.co.uk/history/sep-1939-may-1945/ |title=WW2 Facts & Figures |website=IX(B) Squadron Association |access-date=4 April 2019}}

File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10405.jpg, of No. 9 Squadron taking off from RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a raid on the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen in Germany.]]

No. IX (B) Squadron fought with RAF Bomber Command in Europe throughout the Second World War; took part in all the major raids and large battles; and pioneered and proved new tactics and equipment. It also produced several of the leading figures in The Great Escape, such as Les 'Cookie' Long, as well as Colditz inmates – including the legendary 'Medium Sized Man' Flight Lieutenant Dominic Bruce originator of the famous 'tea chest' escape. They became one of the two specialised squadrons attacking precision targets with the Tallboy bomb, and led the final main force raid, on Berchtesgaden in Germany on 25 April 1945.

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File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11972.jpgThe battleship {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz||2}} had been moved into a fjord in Northern Norway where she threatened the Arctic convoys and was too far north to be attacked by air from the UK. She had already been damaged by a Royal Navy midget submarine attack and a second attack from carrier born aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. Both attacks however had failed to sink her. The task was given to No. IX (B) Squadron and No. 617 Squadrons who, operating from a base in Russia, attacked Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs which damaged her so extensively that she was sent to Tromsø to be used as a floating battery. This fjord was in range of bombers operating from Scotland. There in October from a base in Scotland she was attacked again. Finally on 12 November 1944, the two squadrons attacked Tirpitz. The first bombs missed their target, but following aircraft scored three direct hits in quick succession causing the ship to capsize. All three RAF attacks on Tirpitz were led by Wing Commander J. B. "Willy" Tait. Both squadrons claim that it was their bombs that actually sank Tirpitz, however it was the Tallboy bomb dropped from No. IX (B) Squadron Lancaster WS-Y (LM220) piloted by Flying Officer Dougie Tweddle to which the sinking of the warship is attributed.{{sfn|IX(B) Squadron Association|2012|loc="Tirpitz Bulkhead"}} Tweddle was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his part in the operations against Tirpitz.{{cite web |url=https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/s,tweddle.html |title=Douglas Tweddle DFC |website=Bomber Command Museum of Canada |access-date=4 April 2019}}

Due to the sinking of Tirpitz having been attributed to the squadron, an intense rivalry developed between No. 617 (the junior squadron in terms of RAF squadron seniority) and No. IX (B) Squadron after the sinking of the warship. The Tirpitz bulkhead that was presented to Bomber Command by the Royal Norwegian Air Force, in commemoration of friendship and co-operation during the Second World War was of particular interest with both squadrons "owning" the bulkhead at various times until 2002, when the bulkhead was presented to the RAF Museum at Hendon.{{sfn|IX(B) Squadron Association|2012|loc="Tirpitz Bulkhead"}}

On 25 April 1945, No. IX (B) Squadron flew their last operational mission of the war when they, along with No. 617 Squadron, attacked Obersalzberg – targeting the Berghof, Eagle's Nest (residences of Adolf Hitler) and the local SS barracks.{{cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/apr45.html |title=Campaign Diary April and May 1945 |website=Bomber Command |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070706055121/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/apr45.html |archive-date=6 July 2007 |url-status=dead }} Seventeen Lancasters of No. IX (B) Squadron participated, with eleven bombing the primary target and one bombing a local bridge. With the end of the war in Europe, No. IX (B) Squadron was assigned to the 'Tiger Force', which was composed of multiple Bomber Command squadrons, with the intention of striking the Japanese Empire. However, due to the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the war was brought to an end before this could be carried out, although No. IX Squadron was deployed to India to carry out aerial survey work until April 1946.

File:XJ784 - Avro Vulcan.jpg at Offutt AFB, 1976.]]

After the War, the Lancaster was replaced by the Avro Lincoln until 1952, when the squadron re-equipped with English Electric Canberra B.2 jet-bombers. They were used during three months of operations in Malaya in 1956 and during the Suez Crisis. No. IX (B) Squadron was disbanded on 13 July 1961.

Reforming on 1 March 1962 at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, No. IX (B) Squadron converted to the Avro Vulcan B.2 and became part of the V-Force of RAF Bomber Command. Their Vulcans were equipped in late 1966 with WE.177 nuclear bombs at RAF Cottesmore in the low-level penetration role and assigned to NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), before spending six years in the same role 1969–74 at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, as part of the Near East Air Force Wing where the squadron formed part of the UK's commitment to Central Treaty Organization. Between 1975 and 1982 the squadron was based at RAF Waddington, again assigned to SACEUR, and still equipped with WE.177 in the low-level penetration role, before disbanding in April 1982.{{sfn|Burnell|2009}}{{sfn|Burnell|2015|loc=WE.177}}

No. IX (B) Squadron began to form at RAF Honington in Suffolk in early 1982 under Wing Commander P. J. Gooding, with the squadron receiving its first Panavia Tornado GR1 on 6 January.{{cite web |url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/aircraft/types/type-details/panavia-tornado-ids.htm#History |title=Panavia Tornado IDS – History |website=Aero Flight |access-date=8 February 2019}} The first IX (B) Squadron Tornado sortie was made from Honington on 6 April.{{sfn|Napier|2017|p=20}} The squadron was officially reformed on 1 June, becoming the world's first operational Tornado squadron. The squadron was again equipped with WE.177, handed down from the Vulcan force. The squadron was officially declared combat ready to SACEUR in January 1983.{{sfn|Napier|2017|p=23}} No. IX (B) Squadron suffered the RAF's first Tornado loss on 27 September 1983, when Tornado GR1 ZA586 suffered complete electrical failure causing the pilot Squadron Leader. M. Stephens to order ejection.{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/77186A18-0C22-43CA-AA81-4A64C4E600D8/0/maas83_22_tornado_gr1_za586_27sept83.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121109141349/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/77186A18-0C22-43CA-AA81-4A64C4E600D8/0/maas83_22_tornado_gr1_za586_27sept83.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2012 |title=Accident To Royal Air Force Tornado GR1 ZA586 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=31 May 1985 |access-date=8 February 2019 }} The navigator, Flight Lieutenant N. Nickles, safely ejected from the aircraft however Stephens failed to eject and was lost in the crash.{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=55461 |title=Accident Panavia Tornado GR1 ZA586, 27 Sep 1983 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=8 February 2019}}

During their time at RAF Honington, the squadron featured in the RAF recruitment film Tornado, produced in 1985 by the Central Office of Information. The film features a training exercise in which Tornado crews prepare and execute a strike on a coastal surface-to-air missile site.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de86210|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103013111/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8de86210|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2018|title=Tornado (1985)|work=BFI|access-date=2 January 2018|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHjU0sdHRV8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rHjU0sdHRV8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=RAF Tornado GR1 - Recruitment Video - IX Squadron Training Flight|date=3 August 2011|website=Youtube|access-date=2 January 2018}}{{cbignore}} On 1 October 1986, No. IX (B) Squadron moved to RAF Brüggen as part of RAF Germany, becoming the fourth Tornado squadron to be based there.{{sfn|Napier|2017|p=68}}

File:Panavia Tornado GR1, UK - Air Force AN0857185.jpg, 1991.]]

In the build up to the First Gulf War in 1990, personnel of No. IX (B) Squadron were deployed to Tabuk Air Base and Dhahran Airfield in Saudi Arabia, as well as Muharraq Airfield in Bahrain. As part of Operation Granby, crews from these bases flew their first sorties on 17 January 1991 to gain air superiority over Iraqi airspace.{{cite web |first= Alfred |last=Price |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1991/1991%20-%202768.PDF |title=Tornado Storm |publisher=Flight International |date=23 October 1991 |page=42 |access-date=8 February 2019}} Initial bombing raids were focused on Iraqi air bases with the Tornado using unguided 1000lb bombs and JP233 submunition delivery systems to knock out runways. On 20 January, the squadron lost Tornado GR1 ZD893 near Tabuk when its control column failed to respond properly shortly after takeoff. After jettisoning their external stores, the crew attempted two landings to no avail, forcing the crew to eject.{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=55430 |title=Accident Panavia Tornado GR1 ZD893, 20 Jan 1991 |website=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=8 February 2019}} Over the course of the campaign, No. IX (B) Squadron flew two-hundred sorties dropping three-hundred 1000lb bombs.{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/9/ |title=No.9 Squadron |website=www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org |publisher=Royal Air Force Museum |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180938/https://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/research/squadrons/9/ |archive-date=9 February 2019}} The squadron suffered no loses in combat throughout the conflict, only losing ZD893 outside of combat.{{cite web |first=Tony |last=Wilkins |url=https://defenceoftherealm.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/raf-tornado-losses-during-desert-storm/ |title=RAF Tornado Losses During Desert Storm |website=Defence of the Realm |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=8 February 2019}}

In the aftermath of Operation Granby, no-fly zones were set up over Iraq, with Operation Warden beginning in 1991 in the north and Operation Jural in the south in 1992.{{cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmdfence/453/0041910.htm |title=Memorandum submitted by the Ministry of Defence (20 March 2000) |publisher=Ministry of Defence |website=www.parliament.uk |date=20 March 2000 |access-date=8 February 2019}} No. IX (B) Squadron along with other RAF Brüggen-based squadrons, each conducted four month long tours of duty as part of Operation Jural.{{sfn|Napier|2018|p=281}} Returning home to RAF Brüggen after Operation Granby, No. IX (B) Squadron continued to maintain their nuclear delivery role until 1994.{{sfn|Burnell|2009a}}

On 11 May 1998, the first Tornado GR4 was delivered to No. IX (B) Squadron at RAF Brüggen.{{sfn|Napier|2017|p=220}} As a result of the Strategic Defence Review in 1998 it was planned decided that in 2001, No. IX (B) Squadron and No. 31 Squadron, would relocate from RAF Brüggen to RAF Marham, Norfolk.{{cite web |url=https://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/RP98-91#fullreport |title=The Strategic Defence Review White Paper |publisher=House of Commons |date=15 October 1998 |access-date=9 February 2019}}

File:Panavia Tornado GR.4, United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF) JP6706927.jpg in 1998.]]No. IX (B) Squadron participated in the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia to liberate Kosovo as part of Operation Engadine, the British contribution to NATO's Operation Allied Force. Initial sorties were flown from RAF Brüggen but the squadron later deployed to Solenzara Air Base, Corsica, along with No. 31 Squadron.{{sfn|Napier|2018|p=293}} In 1999, No. IX (B) Squadron became the first operational Tornado GR4 squadron.{{cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/9sqnhistory.cfm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121021221043/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/9sqnhistory.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2012 |title=9 Squadron (Archived) |publisher=Royal Air Force |website=raf.mod.uk |access-date=9 February 2019 }}

Under the command of Wing Commander Derek Watson, the squadron formed part of Operation Telic, the British involvement in the Iraq War, after being deployed in February 2003. No. 2 Squadron, No. IX (B) Squadron, No. 13 Squadron, No. 31 Squadron and No. 617 Squadron contributed to Tornado GR4 Wing 1 based at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait.{{cite magazine |last1=Thomas |first1=Pete |last2=Newdick |first2=Beilby |date=February 2019 |title=Telic's 'Young Gun' |magazine=Air Forces Monthly |publisher=Key Publishing Ltd |page=41}} No. IX (B) Squadron suffered its only loss of the war on 22 March 2003, when a Tornado was shot down by an American Patriot surface-to-air missile system in Kuwait while returning from a mission. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Kevin Barry Main, and navigator, Flight Lieutenant David Rhys Williams, were both killed. Immediately after the incident it was claimed that the RAF crew had failed to switch on their identification friend or foe system. However a US journalist embedded with the U.S. Army unit operating the Patriot battery said the "army Patriots were mistakenly identifying friendly aircraft as enemy tactical ballistic missiles."{{cite journal |title=First Gulf War 25th Anniversary - Special Edition |journal=Air Power Review |date=2016 |volume=Summer |page=261 |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/centre-for-air-and-space-power-studies/documents1/air-power-review-vol-19-no-2-first-gulf-war-25th-anniversary-special/}}

While the Tornado GR4 was capable of carrying the ALARM anti-radiation missile, No. IX (B) Squadron and No. 31 Squadron specialised in the role, in which they were known as "Pathfinder" squadrons. From 2004 to 2010, The squadron annually deployed in support of Operation Telic.{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/9sqnhistory.cfm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20171011170253/https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/9sqnhistory.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2017 |title=IX (B) Squadron - History (Archived) |publisher=Royal Air Force |website=raf.mod.uk |access-date=9 February 2019 }}

File:Tornado - RIAT 2007 (2348465284).jpg in 2007. (This aircraft is today preserved at IWM Duxford).]]No. IX (B) Squadron saw its first tour of duty in Afghanistan, on Operation Herrick at Kandahar Airfield in early January 2010, taking over from No. 31 Squadron. The squadron's Tornados flew both close air support (CAS) missions in support of ground forces, as well as flying multiple reconnaissance missions using the Raptor and Litening III pods.{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/RafIxbSquadronShowTheirForceInKandahar.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121109170520/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/RafIxbSquadronShowTheirForceInKandahar.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2012 |title=RAF IX (B) Squadron show their force in Kandahar |publisher=Ministry of Defence |website=mod.uk |date=4 February 2010 |access-date=9 February 2019 }} The squadron handed over their duties to No. 2 (AC) Squadron on 13 April after a three-month deployment. In that time the squadron launched 450 times, amassed nearly 1,600 flying hours and undertook almost forty CAS missions.{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/RafTornadoSquadronHandsOverDutiesInAfghanistan.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121109160704/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/RafTornadoSquadronHandsOverDutiesInAfghanistan.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2012 |title=RAF Tornado Squadron hands over duties in Afghanistan |publisher=Ministry of Defence |website=mod.uk |date=14 April 2010 |access-date=9 February 2019 }} The penultimate leg of the squadron's journey home was completed aboard HMS Albion from Santander in Spain, due to air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8636171.stm|title=Stranded Britons home on warship|date=2010-04-21|access-date=2017-11-13|language=en-GB}}

In March 2011, No. IX(B) Squadron was the first RAF Tornado squadron to participate in Operation Ellamy, the British involvement in Libyan Civil War.{{sfn|Eden|2016|p=37}} The squadron performed the second-longest ranged attack sorties in the history of the RAF and the first to be launched from the UK mainland since the Second World War, launching from the squadron's home base at RAF Marham and carrying out Storm Shadow cruise missile strikes, hitting targets deep inside Libya. The squadron then deployed forward to continue operations from Gioia del Colle in Southern Italy. After a brief respite from the action, during which it was relieved by No. 2 (AC) Squadron, the squadron was selected to return to Gioia del Colle. Squadron aircrew of No. IX (B) Squadron were inside Libyan airspace on 20 October 2011 when the conflict came to an end with the capture of Colonel Gaddafi by National Transitional Council fighters. The squadron returned to Marham on 1 November 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf-tornados-return-home-from-libya-operations |title=RAF Tornados return home from Libya operations |publisher=Ministry of Defence |website=gov.uk |date=2 November 2011 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140328221650/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf-tornados-return-home-from-libya-operations |archive-date=28 March 2014 |access-date=8 May 2020 |url-status=live }} The squadron was one of only three in the RAF awarded the right to emblazon the battle honour Libya 2011 on their squadron standard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-air-force-squadrons-recognised-for-gallantry|title=Royal Air Force squadrons recognised for gallantry - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|date=2017-10-11|access-date=2017-11-13}}

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No. IX (B) Squadron returned to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick in December 2012, taking over from No. 2 (AC) Squadron. No. IX (B) Squadron was deployed for four months before returning to RAF Marham on 18 March 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-forces-operations-in-afghanistan#chronology-of-events---2013 |title=Chronology of events - 2013 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |website=gov.uk |access-date=9 February 2019}} The squadron participated in Exercise Red Flag 14-1 at Nellis Air Force Base in the United States between 27 January and 14 February 2014, operating alongside and against units of the US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf-takes-to-the-skies-in-the-us |title=RAF takes to the skies in the US |publisher=Ministry of Defence |website=gov.uk |date=28 January 2014 |access-date=4 April 2019}}{{cite web |first=Steven |last=Valinski |url=http://aviationphotodigest.com/red-flag-14-1/ |title=Red Flag 14-1 |website=Aviation Photography Digest |date=20 February 2014 |access-date=4 April 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/665117/red-flag-14-1-goes-full-throttle/ |title=Red Flag 14-1 goes full throttle |website=Nellis Air Force Base |date=29 January 2014 |access-date=4 April 2019}}

No. IX (B) Squadron's last deployment to Afghanistan was in June 2014 when they again took over from No. 2 (AC) Squadron before being replaced by No. 31 Squadron in September – the last RAF Tornados to be deployed.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAirForceMarham/posts/ixb-squadron-prepare-for-forthcoming-deployment-to-afghanistana-small-corner-of-/541704529283212/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/353862721400728/541704529283212 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=IX(B) Squadron prepare for forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan |publisher=RAF Marham (Facebook) |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}{{cite book |title=AirForces Monthly |date=July 2014 |publisher=Key Publishing Ltd |location=Stamford |page=7}} To celebrate 100 years of No. IX (B) Squadron, Tornado GR4 ZA356 was painted in a special commemorative scheme to mark the occasion.{{cite web |first=Ben |last=Montgomery |url=http://www.aeroresource.co.uk/operational-reports/raf-special-paint-schemes-2015/ |title=RAF Special Paint Schemes 2015 |website=AeroResource |date=13 September 2015 |access-date=9 February 2019}}

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On 11 August 2014, the British government decided to deploy RAF Tornados from RAF Marham to RAF Akrotiri to help support aid efforts to refugees in the Iraqi Sinjar Mountains, who were under attack by terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS).{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28758370 |title=RAF Tornado jets in Cyprus for Iraq aid mission |work=BBC News |date=12 August 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}}{{cite web |first=Beth |last=Stevenson |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uk-to-deploy-tornados-in-support-of-iraq-operations-402592/ |title=UK to deploy Tornados in support of Iraq operations |date=12 August 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}} On 26 September, the UK Parliament voted in favour of airstrikes against IS,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29385123 |title=MPs support UK air strikes against IS in Iraq |work=BBC News |date=26 September 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}} with the first strikes occurring on the 30 September.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/raf-conducts-first-air-strikes-of-iraq-mission--2 |title=RAF conducts first air strikes of Iraq mission |website=gov.uk |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=9 February 2019}} No. IX( B) Squadron contributed to the 1,300 missions conducted by RAF Tornados and the General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers during the first year of action against IS.{{cite web |url=https://social.shorthand.com/DefenceHQ/nykRkuxBgf/op-shader |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927160708/https://social.shorthand.com/DefenceHQ/nykRkuxBgf/op-shader |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2015 |title=Op SHADER One Year On After |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=9 February 2019}}

On 8 December 2014, squadron members both past and present held a service at Saint-Omer to mark 100 years since No. 9 Squadron was first formed.{{cite web |url=http://www.9sqn.co.uk/ixb-squadron-100th-anniversary/ |title=IX(B) Squadron 100th Anniversary |website=IX (B) Squadron Association |access-date=8 May 2020}} After Parliament approved strikes in Syria on 2 December 2015, the squadron's aircraft carried attacks the same day on IS owned oil fields in al-Omar, Syria.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34992032 |title=Syria air strikes: RAF Tornado jets carry out bombing |work=BBC News |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=9 February 2019}}{{cite web |first=David |last=Cenciotti |url=https://theaviationist.com/2018/11/06/raf-tornado-gr4-in-special-color-scheme-celebrates-36-years-of-tonka-ahead-of-retirement-in-2019/ |title=RAF Tornado GR4 In Special Color Scheme Celebrates +36 Years Of Tonka Operations (Ahead Of Retirement in 2019) |website=The Aviationist |date=6 November 2018 |access-date=9 February 2019}}

On 14 April 2018, the squadron's aircrew participated in the missile strikes against Syria in response to the Syrian government's suspected chemical attack in Douma.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43763605 |title=Syria air strikes: UK confident strikes were successful, says PM |work=BBC News |date=14 April 2018 |access-date=9 February 2019}}{{cite news |first=Jonathan |last=Beale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43769322 |title=Syria air strikes: RAF used 'fire and forget' missiles to minimise risk |work=BBC News |date=14 April 2018 |access-date=9 February 2019}}

On 10 July 2018, nine Tornados of No. IX (B) Squadron and No. 31 Squadron participated in a flypast over London to celebrate the Royal Air Force's 100th anniversary.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44775939 |title=RAF centenary: Thousands watch flypast |work=BBC News |date=10 July 2018 |access-date=9 February 2019}} On 6 November 2018, the RAF unveiled Tornado GR4 ZG775 in a special commemorative No. IX (B) Squadron scheme to celebrate the squadron's 37 years of Tornado operations, the first of three Tornado retirement schemes to be made public.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/royalairforce/photos/a.263638134884/10156906180829885/?type=3&theater |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/26035834884/10156906180829885 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=To mark over 36 years of Tornado operations, IX(B) Squadron based at RAF Marham have painted a Tornado GR4 in this spectacular colour scheme.|date=6 November 2018|website=Royal Air Force (Facebook)|access-date=9 February 2019}}{{cbignore}}

On 4 and 5 February 2019, the eight Tornados of No. IX (B) Squadron and No. 31 Squadron that had been deployed to RAF Akrotiri returned home to RAF Marham ahead of the Tornado's retirement on 31 March 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-47137790 |title=Tornado fighter jets return to RAF Marham for retirement |work=BBC News |date=5 February 2019 |access-date=9 February 2019}} The squadrons held a joint parade at Marham on 14 March 2019 to mark the impending disbandment of the Tornado force.{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/tornado-squadrons-disbandment-parade/|title=Tornado Squadrons Disbandment Parade|last=Royal Air Force|date=14 March 2019|website=Royal Air Force}} Although the parade flypast was the Tornado's last planned sortie in RAF service, both squadrons maintained readiness for operations until the type's out-of-service date of 31 March 2019. The two squadron commanders simultaneously lowered their pennants at 09:31 on the following day, making No. IX(B) Squadron the world's first and the RAF's joint-last operational Tornado squadron.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RoyalAirForceMarham/videos/2237733536443380/|title=Pennant lowering (see video caption)|last=RAF Marham|date=1 April 2019|website=Facebook}}

File:2019 Royal International Air Tattoo 1P4A6215 (48379481306).jpg FGR.4 at RIAT, 2019.]]

Four Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 were assigned to No. IX (B) Squadron (Designate) at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray in February 2019,{{cite web |url=http://www.militaryaircraftmarkings.co.uk/updates/MAMupdate165-2019.pdf |title=Military Aircraft Markings Update Number 165, February 2019 |publisher=Military Aircraft Markings |access-date=13 February 2019}} the first appearing in squadron markings on 13 February.{{cite web |url=https://combataircraft.keypublishing.com/2019/02/14/bats-re-born/ |title='Bats' re-born |website=Combat Aircraft |publisher=Key Publishing |date=14 February 2019 |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102133008/https://combataircraft.keypublishing.com/2019/02/14/bats-re-born/ |archive-date=2 November 2019}} No. IX (B) Squadron re-equipped as an aggressor and air defence squadron operating the Typhoon at 09:31 on 1 April 2019, thereby continuing in unbroken service upon Tornado's retirement.{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/tornado-squadrons-disbandment-parade/ |title=Tornado Squadrons Disbandment Parade |website=RAF |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/royalairforce/posts/10157256597854885 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/26035834884/10157256597854885 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=On its 101st birthday the Royal Air Force now has an additional squadron equipped with the Typhoon FGR4. |publisher=Royal Air Force (Facebook) |date=1 April 2019 |access-date=1 April 2019}}{{cbignore}} The squadron marked its change of aircraft, role and location with a further parade on 2 May 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/fourth-quick-reaction-alert-squadron-for-raf-lossiemouth/|title=Fourth Quick Reaction Alert Squadron for RAF Lossiemouth|date=2 May 2019|website=Royal Air Force|access-date=4 May 2019}} having formally reformed on 1 April.{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/ix-b-squadron/ |title=IX (Bomber) Squadron |website=Royal Air Force |access-date=20 March 2025}}

On 24 March 2020, due to its participation in Operation Herrick, No. IX (B) Squadron was awarded the battle honour 'Afghanistan 2001–2014' (without the right to emblazon on the squadron standard) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-squadrons-receive-battle-honours-from-her-majesty-the-queen/ |title=RAF Squadrons Receive Battle Honours from Her Majesty The Queen |publisher=Royal Air Force |date=24 March 2020 |access-date=27 March 2020}} To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8 May 2020, a pair of No. IX (B) Squadron Typhoons performed a flypast over Edinburgh.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/RAFLossiemouth/posts/3303881229644676 |title=The RAF Red Arrows in London, #TeamLossie Typhoons over Edinburgh, flypasts by Royal Air Force Coningsby over Belfast and Cardiff |publisher=RAF Lossiemouth (Facebook) |date=8 May 2020 |access-date=15 May 2020}}

On 16 November 2020, the squadron deployed Typhoons to Konya Air Base in Turkey to conduct training alongside locally based General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/royalairforce/posts/10159034782394885 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/26035834884/10159034782394885 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=As part of the UK commitment to our NATO allies, RAF aircraft and personnel will be exercising alongside our Turkish colleagues this week. |publisher=Royal Air Force (Facebook) |date=16 November 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020}}{{cbignore}} On 23 April 2021, four Typhoons from No. IX (B) Squadron deployed to Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, to carry out enhanced Air Policing on behalf of NATO.{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-typhoons-arrive-in-romania-to-resume-nato-air-policing-mission/ |title=RAF Typhoons arrive in Romania to resume NATO Air Policing Mission |publisher=Royal Air Force |date=23 April 2021 |access-date=23 April 2021}} In March 2023, No. IX (B) Squadron deployed to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, in support of Operation Azotize, operating in tandem with TLG 71 of the German Air Force.{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-train-to-conduct-first-joint-nato-air-policing-mission/ |title=RAF train to conduct first Joint NATO Air Policing Mission |publisher=Royal Air Force |date=25 February 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-typhoons-policing-natos-eastern-border/ |title=RAF Typhoons policing NATO's Eastern border |publisher=Royal Air Force |date=10 April 2023 |access-date=10 May 2023}}

Aircraft operated include:{{sfn|Napier|2017|p=220}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn%20Markings/SqnMark009.htm |title=No 9 Squadron Aircraft & Markings 1914–1916 |website=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation |access-date=11 February 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn%20Markings/SqnMark009A.htm |title=No 9 Squadron Aircraft & Markings 1917–current |website=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation |access-date=11 February 2019}}

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• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a (December 1914 – February 1915)
• Farman MF.7 (December 1914 – February 1915; April 1915 – November 1915)
• Blériot XI (December 1914 – March 1915; April 1915 – August 1915)
• Farman MF.11 (December 1914 – March 1915)
• Blériot XI Parasol (January 1915 – March 1915)
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2b (January 1915 – February 1915)
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c (January 1915 – February 1915; August 1915 – October 1916)
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 (April 1915 – July 1915)
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8a (July 1915 – November 1915)
• Avro 504 (July 1915 – November 1915)
• Martinsyde S.1 (July 1915 – November 1915)
• Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7 (November 1915)
• Bristol Scout (December 1915 – June 1916)
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d (June 1916 – September 1916)
• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e (August 1916 – June 1917)
• Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (May 1917 – May 1919)
• Bristol F.2b (July 1918 – October 1918; February 1919 – July 1919)
• Vickers Vimy (April 1924 – October 1925)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.IV (September 1924 – March 1927)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.V (January 1925 – May 1926)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.VI (June 1925 – April 1927)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.VII (July 1926 – June 1930)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.VIII (January 1927 – March 1927)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.IX (July 1927 – February 1932)
• Vickers Virginia Mk.X (January 1929 – April 1936)
• Handley Page Heyford Mk.III (March 1936 – May 1939)
• Vickers Wellington Mk.I (January 1939 – December 1939)
• Vickers Wellington Mk.Ia (September 1939 – September 1940)
• Vickers Wellington Mk.Ic (February 1940 – October 1941; May 1942–Jun 1942)
• Vickers Wellington Mk.II (March 1941 – August 1941)
• Vickers Wellington Mk.III (July 1941 – August 1942)
• Avro Lancaster Mk.I (September 1942 – December 1945; May 1946 – July 1946)
• Avro Lancaster Mk.III (September 1942 – December 1945; May 1946 – July 1946)
• Avro Lancaster Mk.VII (November 1945 – April 1946)
• Avro Lincoln B.2 (July 1946 – May 1952)
• English Electric Canberra B.2 (May 1952 – June 1956)
• English Electric Canberra B.6 (September 1955 – July 1961)
• Avro Vulcan B.2 (April 1962 – April 1982)
• Panavia Tornado GR.1 (January 1982 – 1999)
• Panavia Tornado GR.4 (May 1998 – March 2019)
• Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 (February 2019 – present)

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The squadron's badge features a green bat with wings extended, the bat reflecting the squadron's previous night-bombing. The badge was approved by King Edward VIII in November 1936.{{Cite web |date= |title=9 Squadron |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/9squadron.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304161956/http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/9squadron.cfm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Royal Air Force}}

The squadron's motto is {{Language with name/for|la|Per noctem volamus|We fly through the night|break=}}.{{cite book|last1=Pine|first1=L.G.|title=A dictionary of mottoes|date=1983|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London|isbn=0-7100-9339-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/172 172]|edition=1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmott00tion/page/172}}

No. IX (B) Squadron is affiliated to:

• {{HMS|St Albans|F83|6}} – Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy
• the King's Royal Hussars – Royal Armoured Corps regiment of the British Army{{Cite web |title=Allied Regiments and Affiiliations |url=https://krh.org.uk/allied-regiments-affiliations/ |access-date=20 March 2025 |website=King's Royal Hussars}}
• the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers – livery company of the City of London{{Cite web|url=https://haberdashers.co.uk/our-affiliations|title=Our Affiliations|website=Haberdashers' Company|access-date=26 April 2019}}
• No. 9 Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1371957/paf-elite-squadron-declared-twin-rafs-illustrious-squadron/|title=PAF Elite Squadron declared twin of RAF's Illustrious Squadron - The Express Tribune|date=2017-04-02|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=2017-11-13|language=en-US}}

File:9 Squadron Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 954427.jpg at Bardney, Lincolnshire|left]]

A memorial to members of No. IX (B) Squadron who were killed or went missing during the Second World War is located in the village of Bardney, Lincolnshire. The memorial was unveiled on 19 October 1980 and features an engine propeller from an Avro Lancaster bomber mounted on a brick wall. The wall includes a piece of stone from Norway, reflecting the role of the Norwegian Resistance in the squadron's attack on the Tirpitz.{{cite web |title=9 Squadron RAF Propellor WW2 |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/20270 |access-date=23 March 2023 |publisher=Imperial War Museum}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=IX (Bomber) Squadron RAF War Memorial |url=https://bardney-group.parish.lincolnshire.gov.uk/homepage/31/ix-bomber-squadron-raf-war-memorial |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Bardney Group Parish Council |language=en}}

A memorial to all who have served on No. IX (B) Squadron was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in October 2017. The memorial was designed by John Fox, an honorary member of the IX (B) Squadron Association. It takes the form of an pyramid, constructed from sandstone at its base, polished green granite in the middle and polished brown granite at its peak.{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Chris |date=2017-10-17 |title=New memorial unveiled at National Memorial Arboretum for RAF Marham's IX(B) Squadron |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20823998.new-memorial-unveiled-national-memorial-arboretum-raf-marhams-ix-b-squadron/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Eastern Daily Press |language=en}}

File:New Stained glass window, St Lawrence church, Bardney - Flickr - Jules ^ Jenny.jpg window celebrating the history of No. IX (B) Squadron at St Lawrence Church, Bardney. ]]

On 10 November 2024, a three-panelled stained glass window celebrating the history of No. IX (B) Squadron was installed at St Lawrence Church, Bardney. The window was designed by artist Claire Williamson and features a range of aircraft and emblems relating to the squadron's history.{{Cite web |title=IX(B) Squadron window |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/110623 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}

No. IX (B) Squadron has received the following battle honours. Those marked with an asterisk (*) may be emblazoned on the squadron standard.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2020 |title=RAF Squadrons Receive Battle Honours from Her Majesty The Queen |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-squadrons-receive-battle-honours-from-her-majesty-the-queen/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Royal Air Force |language=en-gb}}

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• Western Front (1915–1918)*
• Somme (1916)*
• Ypres (1917)*
• Amiens
• Hindenburg Line
• Channel & North Sea (1939–1945)
• Norway (1940)
• Baltic (1939–1945)
• France & Low Countries (1940)
• German Ports (1940–1945)
• Fortress Europe (1940–1944)*
• Berlin (1941–45)*
• Biscay Ports (1940–1945)
• Ruhr (1941–1945)
• France & Germany (1944–1945)
• Tirpitz*
• The Dams*
• Rhine
• Gulf (1991)*
• Kosovo*
• Afghanistan (2001–2014)
• Iraq (2003)*
• Iraq (2003–2011)
• Libya (2011)*

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• List of RAF squadrons
• Armed forces in Scotland
• Military history of Scotland

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{{Commons category|No. 9 Squadron RAF}}

• {{Official website|https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/ix-b-squadron/}}
• [http://www.9sqn.co.uk/ IX(B) Squadron Association]

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