8 December 2016. It then took on an administrative role and later reformed on 28 September 2021 to become the second frontline squadron operating the Airbus A400M Atlas. Aircraft operated Farman Longhorn 1915 Farman Shorthorn 1915–1916 Voisin LAS 1915–1916 Henry Farman F27 1915 Caudron G.3 1915 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 1915–1917 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 1917–19 Airco D.H.9 1921–1929 Westland Wapiti 1929–1935 Hawker Hardy 1935–1938 Bristol Blenheim 1938–1941 Hawker Hurricane 1941–1944 Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 1944–1946 Hawker Tempest F2 1946 Douglas Dakota 1947–1950 Vickers Valetta 1950–1957 Blackburn Beverley 1957–1967 Lockheed C-130 Hercules 1968–2016 Airbus A400M Atlas 2021 – present Memorials There is a Royal Air Force (RAF) memorial in Crete to the airmen of 30 and 33 Squadrons who died during the Battle of Crete. The memorial is located () behind the roadside hedge between Maleme and Tavronitis overlooking the () Iron Bridge across the Tavronitis River and the end of Maleme Airport runway. Another memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire in September 2008. Battle honours From Ashworth except where stated. Honours marked with an asterisk may be emblazoned on the Squadron Standard. Egypt (1915)* Mesopotamia (1915–1918)* Iraq (1919–1920) North West Persia (1920) Kurdistan (1922–1924) Iraq (1923–1925) Iraq (1928–1929) Kurdistan (1930–1931) Northern Kurdistan (1932) Egypt and Libya (1940–1942)* Greece (1940–1941)* Mediterranean (1940–1941)* Ceylon (April 1942)* Arakan (1944)* Burma (1944–1945)* South Atlantic (1982) Gulf (1991) Afghanistan (2001–2014) Iraq (2003–2011) Libya (2011) References Notes Citations Bibliography Tennant, Lieutenant Colonel J. E. In the Clouds above Baghdad. London: Cecil Palmer, 1920. Further reading External links 30 Squadron Webpage 30 Squadron Webpage 2 Military units and formations established in 1915 030 Squadron Military of British Ceylon 030 Squadron 1915 establishments in the United Kingdom Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II