Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII (April 1944 – September 1945) Hawker Tempest Mk.II (November 1945 – October 1946) de Havilland Vampire Mk.I (October 1946 – August 1948) de Havilland Vampire F.3 (April 1948 – November 1949) de Havilland Vampire FB.5 (October 1949 – April 1952) Gloster Meteor F.8 (April 1952 – March 1955) Hawker Hunter F.1 (February 1955 – September 1955) Hawker Hunter F.4 (September 1955 – January 1957) Hawker Hunter F.6 (January 1957 – March 1960) Hawker Hunter FGA.9 (March 1960 – September 1969) McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 (September 1969 – April 1974) SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 (April 1974 – 1999) SEPECAT Jaguar GR.3 (June 1999 – March 2005) Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW.1 (September 2005 – September 2021) Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 (September 2005 – June 2011) Raytheon Sentinel R.1 (2008 – February 2021) Beechcraft Shadow R.1 (2009 – present) Boeing RC-135W Airseeker R.1 (2011 – present) Boeing Poseidon MRA.1 (October 2019 – present) See also Former RAF Jaguar units II(AC) Sqn 6 Sqn 14 Sqn 16(R) Sqn – OCU 17 Sqn 20 Sqn 31 Sqn 41 Sqn No. 226 Operational Conversion Unit RAF List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons References Notes Bibliography Halley, James J. Famous Fighter Squadrons of the RAF: Volume 1. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Hylton Lacey Publishers Ltd., 1971. . Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918–1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. . Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). . Rawlings, John. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1969 (second edition 1976). . Rawlings, John. "History of No. 54 Squadron". Air Pictorial, August 1971, Vol 33 No 8. pp. 294–297. External links RAF Official 54(R) Sqn Website 54 Squadron Association 54 Squadron History Autobiography of Bill Wood Military units and formations established in 1916 054 Squadron 054 Squadron 1916 establishments in the United Kingdom