A DZ Flash is a badge or patch worn by the Airborne forces of the British Army and all squadrons of the RAF Regiment.[1] DZ stands for 'drop zone'. In RAF Regiment use, these flashes distinguish between squadrons, although within the RAF Regiment only II Squadron has a parachute capability.
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| 10th Battalion, Parachute Regiment | 15th Battalion, Parachute Regiment | Depot, Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces | |||
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| Other units of the 16th Air Assault Brigade | |||||
| 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | 23rd Air Assault Engineer Regiment | 13th Air Assault Regiment Royal Logistics Corps | 16th Medical Regiment | ||
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| 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment | 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland | 7th Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | D Squadron, Household Cavalry Regiment | 156th Provost Company Royal Military Police | |
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| 216th Parachute Signals Squadron | 9th Parachute Squadron, 23rd Engineer Regiment | EOD Troop 33rd Engineer Regiment | Brigade Pathfinder Platoon | Brigade HQ | |
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- ↑ "AP 1358, CHAP 7". http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/9647CE1A_E2F1_FD48_EE58A77DCDE87EBE.pdf. "0733. RAF Regiment. Members of the RAF Regiment wear distinguished arm badges and shoulder slides as follows:
a. RAF Regiment Shoulder Badge.
b. Shoulder/Chest Epaulette Rank Slides
c. Sqn Drop Zone (DZ) Patches. Sqn DZ patches may be worn on the CS 95 jacket with the sqn cdrs permission. They are to be OG with the centrepiece of the authorised Sqn badge embroidered in black, coloured versions are not to be worn. They are worn centrally mid-way up the right sleeve of the field jacket (or parachute smock if appropriate), positioned below parachutist wings if awarded. RAF Regt personnel not serving on sqns may wear the RAF Regt DZ patch with embroidered crossed rifles and astral crown instead."
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