Edited sentence: The RAF Regiment claim a capability of parachuting into and taking control of enemy airfields, however this notion is widely regarded as more of a recruiting aide than a realistic operational capability.The RAF Regiment is employed as a guard force, similar to the civilian MOD Guard Service (MGS), although the RAF Regiment are significantly better equipped.The UK government has been unwilling to use the RAF Regiment as spearhead troops in any past conflict, such tasks are usually shared between the Royal Marines and The Parachute Regiment, with regular infantry battalions taking responsibilty for most high priority tasking.Their role is to guard and patrol airfields from which RAF aircraft may be operating, such as Basrah Air Station in Iraq, the perimeter of which the RAF Regiment patrol.These lofty claims have earned the regiment a mixed reputation, especially whilst genuine combat units struggle to attract new recruits.Unfortunately, the RAF Regiment has recently received mostly third-rate tasking usually reserved for part-time Territorial Units.Within the UK armed forces, the RAF Regiment is best known for its dramatic TV advertising campaigns, in which it claims to be "often first into battle" and "an elite fighting force"