Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role is of the RAF Regiment.

The role of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment is to provide highly specialised Air-minded, ground combat forces to enable the delivery of Air and Space power.

As specialists in Air Force Protection, who are optimised for operations in the Complex Air Ground Environment, the RAF Regiment contributes to the defence of RAF air assets and their bases in the UK Homeland and overseas. Additionally, the RAF Regiment delivers offensive air and space capabilities, leads on the delivery of RAF State and ceremonial duties and is responsible for the provision of fixed-site counter-uncrewed air systems. The RAF Regiment also delivers all initial and continuation force protection training to the wider RAF. The RAF Regiment constitutes a Regular and an Auxiliary Reserve Force.

The RAF Regiment has been involved in operations across the globe since its inception in 1942, where more recent examples include the Falklands, the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and broader Middle East. Most recently they have supported non-combatant evacuations from Sudan and the Middle East.