Category: Armed Forces Police

RAF Police with a spitfire in the background

Royal Air Force Police
Ford Focus

Royal Air Force Police
Toyota Hilux

Royal Air Force Police
Toyota Hilux

LF65 JLO, OY65 XES, LF69 DVL
RAF Police
A posed photo of three RAF Police vehicles and officers

OU15 KTE
RAF Police
Ford Transit

LF65 JLO
RAF Police
Toyota Hilux

RAF Police
Land Rover Series II
Dating from 1960. This vehicle spent most of its life in the Middle East in Jordan, Aden and Cyprus. In 1993 the Queen road in the back to the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in Cyprus. It was used as a VIP escort vehicle in Cyprus before being sold to a private owner in Cyprus. Later it was handed back to the RAF who transported it to the UK and used it at RAF Halton in Aylesbury. Following a move to Portsmouth and 12 years stored in a damp garage it was most recently moved to RAF Honington in Suffolk where it has been partly restored.

OU15 KTE
RAF Police
Ford Transit

35 AX 22
RAF Police
WD B40
Introduced in 1968 and now in preservation.

BX17 HWH
RAF Police
Ford Ranger

YJ65 WFL
RAF Police
Ford Transit

28 KK 06
RAF Police
Land Rover Defender
Showing RAF Police from 2 Tactical Police Squadron during Operation Herrick 15 in Afghanistan

YD59 BTF
RAF Police
Vauxhall Astra
Providing support to North Yorkshire Police during parades in 2013. The vehicle has a custom custody fit back seat for transporting prisoners

RAF Police
Toyota Auris

AF15 YUT RAF Police Citroen Relay dog unit

A Royal Air Force Police Honda Crossrunner VFR800X motorbike



A closer look at the windshield



The rear

Two RAF demo police bikes are shown here. The VFR1200 is liked for its power, but the 780cc Crossrunner was criticised for its plastic and ill fitting dash, and the seat not being grippy, throwing the rider forward into the tank under braking!



A close look at the RAF Police badge on the front. The motto ‘fiat justitia’ translates from Latin as ‘let justice be done’.

An RAF Police Land Rover in desert camouflage colours. The photograph is taken at Basrah International Airport in Iraq during operations there.

HTT429 This is an Isuzu Trooper that is used by the RAF Police dog section in Cyprus. It carries a local registration plate and a simple livery of blue stripes and blue chequers. Cages are fitted in the rear for the dogs.

This is a Royal Air Force Police Land Rover ‘Snatch Wagon’. The vehicle is carrying desert camouflage colours with a blue light on the roof. Union Jack and RAF Police signs can also be seen. This picture was taken in Basra, Iraq in 2008.



The side view of the same Snatch Wagon, showing how it is stuck in the mud after responding to a indirect rocket attack.

A Royal Air Force Police Land Rover 110, which was also in Iraq during 2008. This vehicle was hit by indirect fire and the damage to the windscreen can be seen.



The side view of the same Land Rover showing the flat front tyre which was also damaged by enemy fire. The vehicle is fitted with a full-width blue light bar and RAF Police signs.

A police Hyundai Santa Fe. This vehicle is used by Cyprus Joint Police Unit which is manned by Royal Navy Police, Royal Air Force Police and Royal Military Police. This vehicle has a civilian Cypriot registration.

97 KE 52 This RAF Police Land Rover was in service during the 1990s. Notice the very simple livery and only one blue flashing light, mounted on a pole because of the canvas roof.

BU53 KWX This is one of a fleet of identical Vauxhall Astra estates that are used by the Royal Air Force police. They have amber flashing lights included in the roof light bar for use on airfields.



The rear view, showing the simple but effective livery.

Here we have a Ford Transit used by the RAF Police for the transport of dogs. The vehicle is unregistered and is not equipped with any blue lights. Notice how the space remains on the drivers door for the addition of the RAF insignia.

30 AY 04 This is a RAF Police Landrover Defender 110 Hardtop, FFR (Fitted For Radio). It is in service with the Tactical Provost Wing of the RAF Police, based at RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire.

18 KA 17 This RAF Police Landrover Series 3 is a 109″ long wheelbase hard top example from the early 1980s. Notice the distinctive red ‘police’ sign on the grille.

00 AF 48 This is a black RAF Police Ford Escort 1300L estate patrol car. Again from the early 1980s, it was based at RAF Odiham.

ND 49 AA This RAF Police Landrover Discovery is from the late 1990s and features a forward-facing floodlight on the roof.



The rear view of the same car shows a telescopic floodlight which passes through the roof.

JM 37 AA A RAF Police Landrover Defender 110 in Sunderland.