Nimrod Major Servicing Unit, Royal Air Force

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NIMROD MAJOR SERVICING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE

History: formed at Kinloss in 1970 but become an indenpendent Unit only on February 1, 1972.


Coat of arms (crest) of the Nimrod Major Servicing Unit, Royal Air Force

Official blazon

Badge: Rising from a circle of spent arrows sable a phoenix sable rising from flames gules/Or holding in ht ebeak an arrow point upwards Or flighted azure.
Motto: Comhnadh do'n t-sealgair = Succour to the hunter.

Origin/meaning

The Spent Arrows symbolises the rebrith of the nimrod Aircraft after it has undergone Major servicing. The Phoenix further symbolises rebirth and a martial spirit. The BAdge was granted in April 1979.

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