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 units → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Sholto Douglas
Sopwith Pup → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Observer Corps → serviceBranchAssociation → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (for operational purposes)
Brimstone → serviceBranchUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
PJHQ → serviceBranches → Royal Air Force ⓘ
UK Space Command → serviceBranchesInvolved → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Fury → serviceEntryOperator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
David Craig → serviceIn → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Timothy O'Brien
RAFVR → serviceTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine → spitfireUsedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Air Cadets → sponsor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps → successor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Cape Matapan → supportedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Mareth Line → supportedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Mareth Line
Fezzan campaign → supportedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Cobra → supportedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Goodwood → supportedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Vittles → supportedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Sword Beach → supportingUnit → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Ensign → symbolizes → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF ensign → symbolizes → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF → transitionedTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica → translatedName → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Schwalbe → usedAgainst → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF ensign → usedAt → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force museums
40 mm Bofors autocannon → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
AMRAAM air-to-air missile → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: AMRAAM
AOC-in-C Fighter Command → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: ASRAAM
Air Chief Marshal → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Ministry → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Ministry building, London → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Airbus Voyager → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Airco DH.4 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Aldergrove → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Allied strategic bombers → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Avro Shackleton → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Boeing P-8 Poseidon → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Boeing X-32 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (intended)
Brimstone → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Brimstone 2 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ