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Royal Air Force

British  

noun

  1. RAF. the air force of the United Kingdom

"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

Royal Air Force Cultural  
  1. The British air force, most famous for its performance in the Battle of Britain and other campaigns of World War II. Known as the RAF.


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This section leaves us with the idea that something was slowly going wrong with Ewan, who had joined the Royal Air Force Regiment a few years before his death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

As armed guards maintained a cordon around a nearby village, Washington questioned the decision to release on bail five men arrested near the Royal Air Force Fairford base in southwest England.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 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

A Royal Air Force plane carrying 68 personnel and equipment including sniffer dogs and drones took off from Brize Norton airbase on Friday evening to join an international rescue operation.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 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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