No. 5 Group RAF effective squadrons of Bomber Command, personified by No 617 Squadron the "Dambusters", formed from 5 Group aircrew in March 1943. Most of the group's main airfields were around Lincoln, including RAF Scampton. By the end of the war the group had grown to 15 squadrons. The group was noted for its high accuracy bombing, being involved the sinking of the "Tirpitz" in November 1944 and the shattering of the strategic Bielefeld railway viaduct in March 1945. The Group introduced new weapons operationally, including Barnes Wallis's "bouncing" and his Tallboy and Grand Slam "earthquake" bombs. The group was disbanded on 15
No. 9 Squadron RAF Syrian Civil War. No. 9 Squadron will disband temporarily in late 2018 once the Tornado GR4 is retired. The squadron is expected to reform the same year at RAF Lossiemouth, equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1. IX(B) Squadron is affiliated to , the King's Royal Hussars and the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. In March 2017, the Squadron was twinned with No.9 Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force. No. 9 Squadron RAF No. 9 Squadron (otherwise known as No. IX (Bomber) Squadron or IX(B) Squadron) of the Royal Air Force was the first in the service to receive the Panavia