No. 8 Squadron RAF

No. 8 Squadron RAF
Active
  • 1915–1918 (RFC)
  • 1918–1920
  • 1920–1945
  • 1945
  • 1946–1971
  • 1972 – present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Air Force
TypeFlying squadron
RoleAirborne early warning and control
Part ofNo. 1 Group (Air Combat)
StationRAF Lossiemouth (after reforming 2024)
Motto(s)Uspiam et passim
(Latin for 'Everywhere unbounded')
Mascot(s)Augustus (A European eagle owl)
AircraftE-7 Wedgetail (entering service from 2025)
Insignia
Squadron roundel

Number 8 Squadron (sometimes written as No. VIII Squadron) is a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It is based at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland and is expected to take delivery of the Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW1 during 2025. The Wedgetail is the replacement for the Boeing E-3D Sentry which the squadron operated from until 1991 to 2021.