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 Queen’s Colour → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
SA80 assault rifle → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Shaibah Logistics Base → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Short 184 → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Short Stirling → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Sopwith Camel → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Speke Airport → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Storm Shadow cruise missile → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Storm Shadow
Storm Shadow → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
The Hump → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 mission systems → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
UK Ministry of Defence estate → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Upkeep bouncing bomb → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Vickers Wellington → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Lynx helicopter → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Westland Lynx
ZZ → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito → usedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
AOC-in-C → usedIn → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief → usedIn → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Defensive Aids Sub-System → user → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 → user → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAuxAF → usesInsigniaOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force with auxiliary distinctions
Walcheren → wasBombedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
St Omer → wasMilitaryHeadquartersOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ