RAF

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Royal Air Force.

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Words nearby RAF

radwaste, Rae, Raeburn, RAEC, Raetic, RAF, raff, raffee, rafferty, Rafferty rules, raffia

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How to use RAF in a sentence

The Queen sent her first email at an RAF base in 1976 and she made the first direct-dial trunk call from the UK in 1958.
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The Crown Prince in waiting, Muqrin, is also a former fighter pilot and trained at RAF Cranwell.
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He even took paternity leave from his role as an RAF rescue pilot.
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When the RAF wanted reliable, soldier-proof helicopters, they bought Westland-built Sikorskys.
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After the war Valerie married Peter Middleton, a wartime RAF flying ace.
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Den I gin 'm ten cents apiece, en dey 'uz mighty well satisfied, en wisht some mo' raf's 'ud come along en make 'm rich agin.
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Raf stared up at the sky in which stars were sprinkled like carelessly flung dust motes.
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The com-tech was answering the question Raf had almost forgotten that he had asked the moment before.
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Raf's eyes met Soriki's, and the com-tech's hand dropped to hook fingers in his belt within touching distance of his side arm.
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Raf watched the muscles stand up on his slender arms as he exerted strength.
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British Dictionary definitions for RAF

RAF

/ (Not standard ræf) /

abbreviation for

Royal Air Force

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for RAF

RAF

Abbreviation for the British Royal Air Force.