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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Observed surface forms (20)

Surface form Occurrences
Royal Air Force High Speed Flight 2
British Royal Air Force 1
RAF 1

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 (627)

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

Royal Air Force → abbreviation → Royal Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF
RAF Ensign → adoptedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Arnold Wilkins → affiliation → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (civilian scientific work)
Frederick Sykes → affiliation → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Narvik → airSupport → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gold Beach → airSupport → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Siege of Tobruk → airSupport → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gold → airSupportFrom → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Dracula → airSupportFrom → Royal Air Force ⓘ
West Berlin → airliftOrganizedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
China Burma India Theater → alliedForce → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Packard V-1650 → alliedService → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Australian Flying Corps → alliedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Fifteenth Air Force → alliedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Kuwait Air Force → alliedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Ninth Air Force → alliedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Twelfth Air Force → alliedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Commando Helicopter Force → allies → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress → alsoUsedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Council → appliesTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Armed Forces Act → appliesTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Chief of the Air Staff → appliesTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force heraldry → appliesTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
ZZ → appliesTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force aircraft
Snowdrops → appliesToBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
15 Squadron RAF Regiment → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Defence of the Realm → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
DSO → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Distinguished Service Order
Let Justice be Done → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Club → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
ROC → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Observer Corps
Snowdrops → associatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Diamond Nine → associatedWithServiceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Eder Dam → attackedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Möhne Dam → attackedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Hamburg → belligerent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Malaya → belligerent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Big Week → belligerent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Desert Fox → belligerent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Ploiești raid → belligerent → Royal Air Force ⓘ