The rise in Arab nationalism and abrogation of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 by the Egyptian Government in late 1951, led to increased civil unrest and a heightened threat to British installations.

In 1954, the British withdrew from the Canal Zone and the squadron redeployed to Cyprus to provide low-level air defence to airfields at Akrotiri and Nicosia to counter the EOKA terrorist campaign.

Strained relations between the Greek and Turkish communities flared into open conflict in 1963 and the squadron deployed to protect British lives and property.

In addition to its role at RAF Akrotiri, it was tasked to deploy at short notice to Northern Europe in case the threat from the Eastern Bloc evolved.

With further tensions in Iraq, the squadron deployed in 1998 under Operation BOLTON to Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait located close to the Iraqi border.

Early 1999 saw an element of the squadron assisting the RAF Support Helicopter Force during Operation AGRICOLA in the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia.

The intelligence threat picture clearly highlighted enemy capability and intent to attack and disrupt coalition operations in the vicinity of Kandahar, Camp Bastion and Kabul.

This threat reporting was confirmed throughout Operation HERRICK with countless routine Improvised Explosive Device (IED) finds and harassing Indirect Fire attacks against all squadron locations.

In October 2009, Acting Corporal Marcin Wojtak of 34 Squadron was killed by a bomb blast whilst out on patrol near to Camp Bastion in Helmand province.

[6] Throughout Operation HERRICK, squadron personnel were tasked to provide the helicopter Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) with on-board organic FP, exposing gunners and aircrew to anti-aircraft threat.

In total, 34 Squadron gunners flew on 159 MERT missions into numerous violent fire fights, recovering 474 casualties.

The ‘War on terrorism’, the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria and a resurgent Russia demanded flexible FP of RAF assets.

3 Squadron Typhoons conducting enhanced forward presence operations in Romania in order to deter Russian aggression in the Baltic States.

They also have communications systems experts and a highly effective surveillance and night observation equipment complete the squadron's inventory to make it a flexible and powerful force capable of deploying anywhere in the world to defend British air assets or to take part in wider military action.