Number 1 Squadron was the first RAF squadron to fly a VTOL aircraft. It currently operates Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth.
The squadron motto, In omnibus princeps (“First in all things”) reflects the squadron’s status as the RAF’s oldest unit, having been involved in almost every major British military operation from the First World War.
The squadron became the world’s first operator of a V/STOL aircraft with the arrival of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier in 1969. It replaced its these with Harrier IIs from November 1988, being declared fully operational on the Harrier GR.5 in November 1989. In September 2012, the squadron reformed on the Eurofighter Typhoon.
In this series I show the current aircraft in colour (acrylic and oil) with previous type sin pencil. I needed to show two types of Harrier as the squadron is much remembered for the type. The earliest shown is a Hawker Fury.