No.56 SQN The Firebirds - T-shirt Colour:White GCI in now supported with

GCI in now supported with Airborne Early Warning and Control systems

Vickers Type 464 'Upkeep' Bouncing bomb

Douglas C-47 Skytrain / Dakota

The last flight (STS-135) was on 21 July 2011

based in Cheltenham

No.56 SQN The Firebirds - T-shirt Colour:White GCI in now supported withNo. 56 Squadron The Firebirds No. 56 Squadron is one of the RAFs senior squadrons with many battle honours with notable airmen including James McCudden and Albert Ball among the ranks. In the 1960s the Squadron had an aerobatic team called the Firebirds, consisting of nine Lightning F. 1As. Phantom FGR. 2s and Tornado F3s followed as its operational aircraft. 56 Squadron now serves as the Air Command and Control Intelligence, Surveillance and