OP Rancor

OP RANCOR During the first week of April 2022, the RAF Police (RAFP) from No 4 (Typhoon) RAF Police Sqn T he RAFP worked alongside RAF Regiment from QCS, conducted an enhanced security and policing operation at RAF

RAF Northolt, providing a Force Protection presence Coningsby known as Op RANCOR. in order to detect, deter and deny any hostile action against areas that deliver key support to ongoing operations. Examples of hostile action can include terrorism, espionage, sabotage, and subversion and organised crime (TESSOC). Op RANCOR saw the RAFP, MPGS and RAF

Regiment deliver security effects across RAF Coningsby and in the local area. This included conducting vehicle searches on Vehicle Check

Points (VCPs), internal and external patrols of the base, enhanced control of exit and entry points with Military

Working Dogs (MWDs), and security testing of certain areas on the base. Op RANCOR demonstrated the capability of the Force Protection within the RAF. With RAF

Police and Regiment working alongside one another, an effective and successful operation was produced which is hoped to be replicated again at

RAF Coningsby. This operation incorporated several different RAFP specialisms, including the use of military working dogs. RAF Coningsby MWDs provided specially trained dogs that can detect explosives, drugs, and potential intruders. These dogs were utilised at the control of entry points of RAF Coningsby, to detect anything that shouldn’t be coming onto the base and anything that shouldn’t be leaving the base. Patrol dogs were utilised whilst internally patrolling to act as a deterrent from any potential outsider threats trying to gain access. The Protective Security element at RAF Coningsby identified key areas within the base that required a heightened security presence. This led to the Police and Regiment providing a larger Force Protection output in that area to detect, deter and deny. The security and Force Protection effect is a force multiplier which allows RAF Coningsby to conduct vital military outputs, such as QRA, without being perturbed from traditional or non-traditional security threats. This ultimately aids the further output from not only the RAF but also NATO.