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.

Brimstone missile → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
C-17 Globemaster III → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
CAPTOR radar → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
DFC → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Douglas C-47 Skytrain → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Dowding system → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Fairey Battle → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
GAU-12 Equalizer 25 mm cannon → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: GAU-12 Equalizer
Gatow Airfield → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gazelle helicopter → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gee → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gee navigation system → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gibraltar Airport → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gloster Meteor → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
H2S radar → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Handley Page Halifax → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Handley Page O/400 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Fury → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hart → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hunter → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hurricane → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hawker Hurricane
L.F. Wade International Airport → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (historical)
Lockheed C-130 Hercules → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hercules → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
Lockheed P-38 Lightning → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
MC → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Mauser BK-27 27 mm cannon → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mauser BK-27
Meteor missile → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Meteor
Netheravon Airfield → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Oboe → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
PV-12 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (via Merlin derivatives)
Per Ardua ad Astra → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Akrotiri → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Ensign → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
RAF ensign → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF roundel → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RM Chivenor, Devon → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RM Chivenor
RNAS Yarmouth → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Republic F-84 Thunderjet → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Griffon → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Merlin → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ