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The original No. 12 Squadron was formed in 1915. Between 1926 and 1931 they were equipped with the Fairey Fox bomber that had a very shiny cowling so they earned the nickname “Shiny Twelve”. Their fox head squadron badge also came from the Fox. In July 2018 No. 12 Squadron traded their Panavia Tornado GR4 for the Eurofighter Typhoon to become a joint RAF/Qatari Emri Air Force squadron tasked with training QEAF staff to be proficient when Qatar received their 24 Typhoons. Typhoon ZK361 was built in 2014 c/n BS122.