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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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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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