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.

subject surface form: Christopher Hartley
Clive Loader → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
David Craig → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
David Lee → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Frederick Rosier → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Frederick Sykes → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Guy Gibson → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
James Robb → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
John Day → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir John Grandy → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: John Grandy
Roderic Dallas → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Roderic Hill
Sholto Douglas → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Timothy O'Brien → employer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Timothy O'Brien
Jagdgeschwader 26 → engagedAgainst → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Hungarian Air Force → engagedAgainst → Royal Air Force ⓘ
JG 52 → engagedOpponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: ASRAAM
BAE Systems Hawk T1 → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Eurojet EJ200 → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Panavia Tornado → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Panavia Tornado GR4 → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Voyager KC2
Raytheon Sentinel R1 → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → enteredServiceWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Bentley Priory → formerOwner → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Thornhill Air Base → formerlyUsedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF High Wycombe → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
RAF Kemble → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Leeming → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Marham → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Marham
RAF Rochford → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Scampton → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Upavon Aerodrome → garrison → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Council → governs → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Ministry → hasAuthorityOver → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force organization
Upavon → hasLongAssociationWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces → hasMember → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Iraq campaign (1941) → hasParticipant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
The Fatal Englishman → hasSubject → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Brimstone 3 → intendedUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ