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.

Battle of Surabaya → opponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Defense of the Reich → opponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
JG 26 → opponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Moonlight Sonata → opponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
The Blitz → opponent → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Mondscheinsonate → opponentForce → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force (RAF) air defences
Royal Romanian Air Force → opposed → Royal Air Force ⓘ
German occupation of Dunkirk → opposedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Luftwaffe → opposedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion → opposedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Unternehmen Seelöwe → opposedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
doodlebug → opposedBy → Royal Air Force ⓘ
STN → originalOperator → Royal Air Force ⓘ
AOC-in-C Fighter Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Marshal of the Royal Air Force → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 1 Group RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 1 Squadron RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 10 Group RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 2 Group RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 2 Squadron RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
No. 41 Squadron RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Aerobatic Team Red Arrows → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Air Mobility Force → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Coastal Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Home Commands → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Police → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Regiment → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Second Tactical Air Force → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF Strike Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAFVR → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAuxAF → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Air Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Bomber Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Stuffy → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Air Force Fighter Command
Royal Air Force Fighter Command → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force administration → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force personnel → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force stations → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Air Force station
Royal Air Force units → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Auxiliary Air Force → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Voyager KC2 → partOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Voyager fleet
Allied bombing of Hungary → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Baltic Air Policing → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Black Buck raids → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ