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Motion · S6M-13316 · 21 May 2024

Royal Auxiliary Air Force 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Marks 100th Anniversary with Parade at Buckingham Palace

Lodged by Annie Wells Standard Motion 22 supporters

The motion

That the parliament congratulates the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron on participating for the first time in a unique parade at the Sovereign’s Colour of the RAuxAF at Buckingham Palace; understands that the parade celebrated 100 years of the volunteer reserve service in the RAF; recognises that the new RAuxAF military march was premiered before the His Royal Highness Duke of Gloucester, and its composer, Squadron Leader Sellers, Director of Music of the Band of the RAuxAF; notes that the RAuxAF is the reserve element of the Royal Air Force (RAF), whose members contribute their spare time to the defence of the UK; acknowledges that it can trace its roots back to the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF) and RAF Special Reserve, founded in 1924 to provide trained personnel to support the RAF wherever it is deployed; understands that the 1924 founder of the RAF, Lord Trenchard, believed that the reserves should capture a sense of adventure and that spirit was very much in evidence from the earliest days when, in 1933, two pilots of 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron were the first to fly an aircraft over Mount Everest; considers that people are joining the RAuxAF to lend their civilian experience, skills and expertise to the RAF in such diverse fields as medicine, media, intelligence, music, cyber and even space, as 2024 saw the first RAuxAF space flights stand up to support the work of UK Space Command, and believes that the service has clearly come a long way in 100 years and is as important and relevant today as it ever has been to the defence of the nation’s interests.

Supporters (22)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.