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No. 230 Squadron is an RAF squadron, currently based at RAF Benson. The squadron was part of Royal Air Force Germany, operating the Puma HC.1 there from 1980. Following the drawdown at the end of the Cold War, the squadron disbanded on 30 April 1992. This was short-lived however and the squadron reformed at RAF Aldergrove on 4 May 1992, again with the Puma HC.1. The squadron is well experienced in night flying, almost a third of flights are undertaken after dark. The 2004 ''Future Capabilities'' chapter of the UK Defence White Paper, ''Delivering Security in a Changing World'' announced a plan to reduce the squadrons Puma force by 6 helicopters. It was announced in late 2008 that the squadron was to move to RAF Benson by 2010. The Squadron re-equipped with Puma HC Mk2 in 2014 following removal from service of the Puma HC Mk1. On 11 October 2015, one personnel member of the squadron was killed in an accident in Kabul, Afghanistan. The incident is still under investigation. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「No. 230 Squadron RAF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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