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RAF

American  
Or R.A.F.

  1. Royal Air Force.

RAF British  
/ ræf /

abbreviation

  1. 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
RAF Cultural  

  1. Abbreviation for the British Royal Air Force.

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Mr. Allport, a historian at Syracuse University, found this lovely missive in the digital archive of RAF Bomber Command, one of the many archives he has culled to put this book together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Heavy B-1 bombers have been photographed loading munitions and fuel at RAF Fairford in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Along with RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, the UK has given the US permission to use Diego Garcia to conduct these bombing raids.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The UK bases used by the US have been RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

It was still light when we landed at RAF Special Duties.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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