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No. 27 Squadron Raf | bgcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|No. 27 Squadron | olspan="3" align="center"|
Squadron badge | | gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"|Information | | b>Role | colspan="2"|Transport and search and rescue | | b>Aircraft Operated | colspan="2"|Chinook HC.2 | | b>Home Station | colspan="2"|RAF Odiham | | b>Motto | colspan="2"|"Quam celerrime ad astra" | | gcolor="lightskyblue" colspan="3"|History | | b>Date Founded | colspan="2"|5 November 1915 | | b>Badge | colspan="2"|An elephant | | b>Notable Battle Honours | colspan="2"| | No. 27 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the CH-47 Chinook HC.2 from RAF Odiham. History The squadron received its Chinooks HC.1s in 1993 and today operates 18 of the helicopters. The Chinook HC.2, equivalent to the US Army CH-47D standard, began to enter RAF service in 1993. Chinook squadrons See also 027 squadron
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