RAF

American

Or R.A.F.

Royal Air Force.

RAF British

/ ræf /

abbreviation

Royal Air Force

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RAF Cultural

Abbreviation for the British Royal Air Force.

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RAF Chinook crews have already helped respond, external to wildfires in Cyprus.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Two men have been re-arrested after an incident near RAF Fairford last month, counter-terrorism police have said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The UK will also deploy military advisers and an RAF A400M transport aircraft.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

U.K. counterterrorism police are questioning two Latvian men who broke into RAF Molesworth, a British military base used as a U.S. intelligence hub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

When the big war broke out in 1939, I was in Dar es Salaam, and from there I went up to Nairobi to join the RAF.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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