Veteran Bandit [SEP] inception
Veteran Bandit
Veteran Bandit (or The Veteran Bandit) is a UK-based team of volunteers who raise both money and awareness for a wide variety of Armed Forces charities through roadshow appearances, fundraising events and information and publicity generated on their own website and via social media.
History.
Veteran Bandit, which is not a charity itself, was formed in June 2011 by former RAF servicemen and their families – all long-time fundraisers. The team came together as a response to the death in Afghanistan of a
components of the 57th Operations Group, placing them all under a single organization. Has trained combat aircrews in adversary threat tactics since its inception.
History Lineage.
- Established as 57th Adversary Tactics Group on 31 Aug 2005
History Assignments.
- 57th Wing, 15 Sep 2005–Present
History Components.
- 64th Aggressor Squadron: 15 Sep 2005–Present
- 65th Aggressor Squadron: 15 Sep 2005–26 September 2014
- 527th Space Aggressor Squadron: 14 Apr 2006–Present
- 547th Intelligence Squadron, 15 Sep 2005–2014
- 57th Adversary Tactics