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.

Iraq revolt of 1920 → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Agreement → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Banner → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Operation Corporate → participant → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps → predecessorOf → Royal Air Force ⓘ
AirTanker Services → primaryCustomer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Aircraft → primaryCustomer → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Lancaster → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
Avro Manchester → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Avro Shackleton → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Vulcan bomber → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Vulcan
B-29 Superfortress → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
BAE Systems Hawk T1 → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Boulton Paul Defiant → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Consolidated B-24 Liberator → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
E-3 Sentry → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Fairey Battle → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Folland Gnat T.1 → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Handley Page Halifax → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Handley Page O/100 → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Handley Page O/400 → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Fury → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hart → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hunter → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hurricane → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Tempest → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
North American P-51 Mustang → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
RAF VC10 → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Raytheon Sentinel R1 → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce LiftSystem
Sopwith Camel → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Southampton → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Supermarine Walrus → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Vickers Wellington → primaryUser → Royal Air Force ⓘ
AW101 helicopter → primaryUsers → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Airbus A400M Atlas → primaryUsers → Royal Air Force ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito → primaryUsers → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley → producedFor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
AirTanker Services → providesServiceTo → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Air Ministry → responsibleFor → Royal Air Force ⓘ
Raytheon Sentinel R1 → retiredFromService → Royal Air Force ⓘ