16 Squadron is stationed at RAF Wittering in Cambridgeshire and trains students on the Grob 115E Tutor.
In 1915 it was the first air unit to use wireless technology to report troop movements.
Aircraft flown have included, the Canberra, Buccaneer and Tornado GR1. It was a Jaguar Operational Conversion Unit until 2005.
The Squadron is one of the two RAF Elementary Flying Training squadrons. Students fly courses of up to 70 hours, learning basic aircraft handling, instrument flying, navigation, and formation skills before progressing to the fast-jet, multi-engine and rotary streams for advanced flying training.
1915 No 16 Squadron was formed at St Omer and immediately began fighting in the First World War in Northern France, flying offensive patrol and tactical reconnaissance missions.
1918 Flew the Armistice Patrol on 11 November 1918. The Squadron disbanded in Dec 1919.
1924 - 1942 Flew aircraft ranging from the Bristol Fighter, Hawker Audax, and Westland Lysander in Army Co-operation roles.
1942 - 1945 The Squadron was equipped with the Mustang and Spitfire XI, mainly flying photographic reconnaissance sorties.
1958 Contributed to the Tactical Nuclear Strike role flying Canberra, Buccaneer, and Tornado GR1 aircraft.
1991 Gulf War, flying the Tornado GR1 from Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. The Squadron was disbanded as a front-line unit and subsequently operated as the Jaguar operational conversion unit until 2002.
2008 No 16 Squadron was reformed as one of the Elementary Flying Training squadrons at RAF Cranwell, before moving to RAF Wittering in 2015.
1915 - 1918 Western Front
1915 - 1918 Neuve Chappelle
1915 - 1918 Loos
1916* Somme
1916* Arras
1917* Ypres
1940 France and Low Countries
1940* Dunkirk
1943 - 1944 Fortress Europe
1944 France and Germany
1944* Normandy
1944 - 1945* Arnhem, Ruhr
1991 Gulf
*Honours marked with an asterisk, are emblazoned on the Squadron Standard.
