It was formed as part of the Royal Flying Corps at London Colney as a fighter squadron on 1 September 1917.

During the conflict it flew both air superiority and direct ground support missions.

92 (F) Squadron was the RAF's official aerobatic team, flying 16 Hawker Hunter F.6s known as the Blue Diamonds.

19 (F) Squadron, flying the English Electric Lightning F.2/F.2A and from January 1977, the McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2.

92 (Reserve) Squadron at RAF Chivenor flying the British Aerospace Hawk until October 1994.

92 Squadron then lay dormant for the next 14 years before being reformed at Royal Air Force College Cranwell on 30 June 2009.

During the Somme Offensive of 1918 the squadron was heavily involved, and continued to operate over the Western Front until the Armistice.

Eight aces had served in the squadron, including Oren Rose, Thomas Stanley Horry, William Reed, Earl Frederick Crabb, future Air Chief Marshal James Robb, Evander Shapard, Herbert Good, and future Air Marshal Arthur Coningham.

[5] Initially it flew Bristol Blenheim Mk.IFs but in March 1940 they were replaced by the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I, which became operational on 9 May.

92 Squadron first saw action over the Dunkirk evacuation beaches flying from RAF Croydon.

[8] In February 1942, the Squadron was posted to Egypt to join Air Headquarters Western Desert to support the Allies on the ground.

92 Squadron provided air cover at the Battle of El Alamein and on 18 April 1943, 11 Spitfires from the squadron flew top cover at the Palm Sunday Massacre during which approximately 75 axis aircraft were disabled or destroyed.

It went on to provide air cover for the 8th Army during the campaigns in Sicily and Italy, arriving on Italian soil on 14 September 1943.

During World War II the Squadron claimed the highest number of victories scored, 317, in the RAF.

19 (F) Squadron were sent to RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, to provide air defence due to the deployment of No.

[18] Due to the rundown of RAF Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall the Squadron disbanded on 1 July 1991.

[11][19] In November 2008, it was announced that the Tactics and Training Wing of the Air Warfare Centre was to become No.

The Squadron officially stood up after 14 years on 30 June 2009 at the College Hall at RAFC Cranwell.

92 Squadron helped design and carry out Exercise Cobra Warrior 2019 for units of the RAF, Luftwaffe, Italian and Israeli Air Forces.

[21] Aircraft operated include:[22] In 1950 the Battle of Britain class steam locomotive No.