Royal Air Force
Britishnoun
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About 25,000 people signed a petition against the move, including Royal Air Force veteran Paul Cornhill, who visits the site in Alrewas, Staffordshire, to remember his stillborn daughter.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The report said there has never been "a single store of records" relating to every service person, mainly because the Army, Navy and Royal Air Force were each run by separate government departments until 1964.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Russia has now lost both its operational and its strategic depth,” said retired Royal Air Force Air Marshal Edward Stringer, who ran operations in the British Ministry of Defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Theo joins the Royal Air Force and takes to the skies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
And Britain’s Royal Air Force, in a gallant and furious fight against the Luftwaffe, turned out to be a stronger opponent than Germany had expected.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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