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.

27 Squadron RAF Regiment → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
34 Squadron RAF Regiment → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 10 Group RAF → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAF → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF No. 111 Squadron → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
No. 13 Group RAF → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 302 Polish Fighter Squadron → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 6 Squadron RAF → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Telic → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Bentley Priory → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Cranwell → branch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 2 Group RAF → branchOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFAT → branchOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Bomber Command → branchOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Luftbrücke → carriedOutBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Short Brothers → collaboratedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Bardia → combatant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Britain → combatant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
British Armed Forces → component → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → controlledBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
Czechoslovak Air Force → cooperatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Flag Officer, Dover → cooperatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Qatar Emiri Air Force → cooperatesWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Allied air forces → coordinatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
British India Command → coordinatedWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force in India
Permanent Joint Headquarters → coordinates → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force operations (overseas joint)
Strategic Command → coordinatesWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre
Battle of Malta → defendedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
bombing of Coventry → defensiveForce → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Flare Path → depicts → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine → designedFor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Window radar countermeasures → developedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Window (radar countermeasures)
Supermarine Swift → developedFor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gee → developer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gee navigation system → developer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
H2S radar → developer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Anthony Skingsley → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Marshal Brian Burridge → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Burridge
Charles Portal → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ