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: Timothy O'Brien
subject surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Upavon Aerodrome → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
William Faulkner → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: United Kingdom
The Rocks → militaryBranchOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Joseph Smith → militaryBranchSupported → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Aden Emergency → militaryForceUsed → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 1 Group RAF → militaryFormationOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Alan Hodgkin → militaryService → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Christopher Cockerell → militaryService → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Dyson → militaryService → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Freeman Dyson
Richard Burton → militaryService → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Per Ardua ad Astra → mottoOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Vickers-Armstrongs → notableClient → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Dieppe Raid → notableUnit → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Bawdsey Research Station → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
British expeditionary forces → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: British Expeditionary Forces
Chain Home radar network → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Chain Home
Chain Home Low → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Diamond Nine → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Handley Page O/100 → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Middle East Command → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 1 Squadron RAF → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 2 Squadron RAF → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Bentley Priory → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Chicksands
RAF Cranwell → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF HW → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF HW → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
RAF Honington → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Marham → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Marham
RAF Rochford → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Scampton → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFAT → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RNAS Calshot → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force stations → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Air Force station
Supermarine S.4 → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (for Schneider Trophy team)
Supermarine Swift → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Upavon Aerodrome → operatedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Royal Air Force
Airbus Voyager → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ