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

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

RAF Fairford, in the Cotswolds, has been used as a forward operating location by the US air force for decades.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The foreign secretary has summoned the Iranian ambassador to make clear that "Britain will not tolerate threats on our soil" following last month's incident at RAF Fairford.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

RAF Molesworth is an intelligence hub for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Then she was posted to RAF Maidsend, an operational base for a squadron of new Spitfire fighter planes, not far from Canterbury, near the Kentish coast.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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