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.

Martin-Baker MB 5 → intendedUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Spiteful → intendedUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
FGR4 → introducedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF VC10 → introducedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Typhoon FGR4 → introducedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Dynamo → involved → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Falklands War → involvedBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Berlin Airlift → involvedMilitaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Battle of Crete → involvedUnit → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm → involvedUnit → Royal Air Force ⓘ
East African campaign → involves → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAuxAF → isReserveOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Chief of the Air Staff → jurisdiction → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom armed forces air component
AirTanker Services → longTermContractWith → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → memberOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps → mergedInto → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service → mergedInto → Royal Air Force ⓘ
51 Squadron RAF Regiment → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Anthony Skingsley → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Arthur C. Clarke → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Arthur Harris → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Arthur Tedder → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Tedder
Tedder → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Tedder
John Tedder → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Tedder
subject surface form: Basil Embry
Bawdsey Research Station → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Billy Bishop → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Burridge
Brian Lane → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Lane (RAF officer)
Charles Portal → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Christopher Hartley
Christopher Lee → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Clive Loader → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
David Craig → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
David Lee → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Denis Smallwood
Derek Dowding → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (through Army service, historically)
Douglas Bader → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Edward VIII → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Frederick Rosier → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ