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.

Airco DH.4 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Allison T56 turboprop → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Allison T56
Avro Lancaster → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Vulcan bomber → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Vulcan
Bentley Priory → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Boeing KC-46 Pegasus → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (on order)
E-3 Sentry → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 1 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
F-35B Lightning II → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
FGR4 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Gatow Airfield → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Tempest → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Typhoon → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Nimrod MR2 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
North American F-86 Sabre → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Chastise → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Halberd → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Herrick → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Hydra → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Millennium → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Shader → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Panavia Tornado GR4 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Akrotiri → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Ascension Island → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Brize Norton → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Fairford → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF High Wycombe → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe
RAF Kemble → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Leeming → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Tristar → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF VC10 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Voyager KC2 aircraft → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Voyager KC2
RAF Waddington → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Raytheon Sentinel R1 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Red 1 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
SCALP EG → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Sopwith Pup → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine S.5 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force High Speed Flight
Supermarine S.6 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force High Speed Flight
Typhoon FGR4 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → operator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Panavia Tornado → operators → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Baedeker Blitz → opponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ