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.

Frederick Sykes → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gatow Airfield → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
George VI → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Guy Gibson → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Horace Rumpole
Hugh Dowding → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Stuffy → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Dowding
Muriel Whiting → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
J. G. Ballard → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
James McCudden → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
James Robb → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
John Alcock → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
John Day → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
John Daykin → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: John Grandy
Joint Forces Cyber Group → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Joint Helicopter Command → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Julian Amery → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Lord Trenchard → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 2 Squadron RAF → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 29 Squadron RAF → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 41 Squadron RAF → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 617 Squadron RAF → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Corporate → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Granby → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Pacific theater commands → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Peter Harding → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Peter Townsend
Prince Charles → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Cranwell → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF HW → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
RAF Kemble → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAuxAF → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Raymond Collishaw → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Red 1 → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Richard Attenborough → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Roderic Dallas → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Roderic Hill
Royal Auxiliary Air Force → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Sholto Douglas
Sir Bernard Lovell → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Tactical Police Wing → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pike