Royal Air Force

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air force military branch organization

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom’s aerial warfare service branch, renowned for its decisive defensive role during World War II and its continued operation as a modern, technologically advanced air force.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Air Force canonical 2,542
British Royal Air Force 3
Royal Air Force (intended) 2

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
organization ⓘ
abbreviation Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RAF
allegiance British monarch ⓘ
Prince Charles ⓘ
surface form: King Charles III
color air force blue ⓘ
commanderTitle Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
conflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
Libya intervention 2011 ⓘ
Operation Shader ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employerOf RAF personnel ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
garrison RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
hasAerobaticDisplayTeam RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows ⓘ
surface form: Red Arrows
hasComponent Royal Auxiliary Air Force ⓘ
surface form: RAF Reserves

Regular forces ⓘ
Royal Auxiliary Air Force ⓘ
headquartersLocation Buckinghamshire ⓘ
RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
inception 1918-04-01 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
motto Per Ardua ad Astra ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Through adversity to the stars ⓘ
notableAircraft Airbus ⓘ
surface form: A400M Atlas

C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ
F-35B Lightning II ⓘ
Hurricane ⓘ
Lancaster ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
surface form: Spitfire

Typhoon FGR4 ⓘ
Voyager KC2 ⓘ
notableFor defensive role in Battle of Britain ⓘ
strategic bombing in World War II ⓘ
notableUnit RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows ⓘ
RAF Police ⓘ
RAF Regiment ⓘ
operatesIn air domain ⓘ
space domain ⓘ
partOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
primaryMission air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ
nuclear deterrent support ⓘ
power projection ⓘ
strategic airlift ⓘ
role aerial warfare ⓘ
serviceBranchOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
symbol RAF Ensign ⓘ
RAF roundel ⓘ
technologyLevel modern ⓘ
technologically advanced ⓘ
usesAircraftType fighter aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
tanker aircraft ⓘ
training aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
unmanned aerial vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (2,576)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin Airlift → involvedMilitaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Britain → combatant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Britain → airForceOfUnitedKingdom → Royal Air Force ⓘ
George VI → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force → abbreviation → Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF
Luftwaffe → opposedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Dowding system → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hugh Dowding → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Observer Corps → serviceBranchAssociation → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (for operational purposes)
Secretary of State for War → notResponsibleFor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Secretary of State for Air → hasResponsibility → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Secretary of State for Air → hasJurisdictionOver → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Luftbrücke → carriedOutBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service → mergedInto → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service → resultingOrganization → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Per Ardua ad Astra → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Per Ardua ad Astra → mottoOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hurricane → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hawker Hurricane
Hurricane → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hawker Hurricane
Typhoon FGR4 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 → user → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 → introducedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
F-35B Lightning II → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Voyager fleet
Voyager KC2 → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF roundel → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 26 → engagedAgainst → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica → translatedName → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Chain Home radar network → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Chain Home
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Stuffy → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Dowding
Stuffy → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Air Force Fighter Command
Bentley Priory → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Bentley Priory → formerOwner → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gold Beach → airSupport → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Prince Charles → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
West Berlin → airliftOrganizedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Merlin → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Narvik → airSupport → Royal Air Force ⓘ