No. 617 Squadron RAF at Marham. On the 6th August 2018 5 more F-35B's arrived at RAF Marham in Norfolk for 617 Squadron. List of aircraft operated by No. 617 Squadron. Fortress Europe 1943-1945, The Dams, Biscay Ports 1944, France and Germany 1944-1945, Normandy 1944, "Tirpitz", Channel and North Sea 1944-1945, German Ports 1945, Gulf 1991, Iraq 2003-2011. The following men have commanded 617 Squadron: No. 617 Squadron RAF Number 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk. It is commonly known as the "Dambusters", for its actions during Operation Chastise against German dams during the Second
No. 17 Squadron RAF 617 Squadron and No. 207 Squadron; the second and third RAF squadrons to operate the F-35B in 2018 and 2019. Equipped with 3 F-35B aircraft (ZM135, ZM136 and ZM138), it continues to be the first UK Lightning squadron and is tasked with full time operational test and evaluation of the F-35B, required to bring the aircraft and its weapons into UK service. It operates within the Joint Operational Test Team for F-35 at Edwards AFB, flying operational test sorties alongside all variants from the USAF, USN, USMC and Royal Netherlands Air Force, as part of the UK Partnership within the