Allied forces squadrons such as British, Italian and Greek forces who actually had their own aviation units, also helped the formation.

The squadron was reformed again as an airborne forces squadron on 10 September 1947 at RAF Station Fairford, again flying Halifaxes, but of the type A.9 now.

The standby special forces squadron and 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) were both ordered to prepare for a potential operation in Sierra Leone; and several RAF transport aircraft were taken off other duties and ordered to be prepared to airlift special forces and/or 1 PARA to Lungi airport.

Thus, the enhanced 1 PARA was flown to Dakar on 7 May, where C Company and the special forces squadron were almost immediately put aboard RAF Hercules C-130s with orders to secure the airport.

No. 296 Squadron RAF was an airborne forces squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War II.

It maintained mail and passenger routes in India until it became an airborne forces squadron in September 1943.

Designated Dateland Air Force Auxiliary Field in 1948, in the early 1950s Dateland AFAS was used by various special forces squadrons of the MATS Air Resupply And Communications Service for training.

A group of ace helicopter pilots are secretly amassed in a special forces squadron called ZERO to travel around the world and destroy the occupied terrorist forces.

It was notable for being the first airborne forces squadron formed.

He was arrested by the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE) special forces squadron on 24 October 2004.