Current Role
On 3 December 2007 the squadron was broken up to form the RAF Merlin Force which comprises 28 (AC) Squadron, the newly reallocated 78 Squadron and the Merlin Force Engineering Squadron. This followed the additional purchase of six Merlin HC3A from Denmark via AgustaWestland. The commensurate increase in aircrew and engineering personnel would have made a single Merlin squadron too unwieldy.
The squadron now consists of an HQ Flight, two Operational Flights and the Merlin Operational Conversion Flight. The current Squadron Commander is Wing Commander Simon Patterson RAF.
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