Royal Air Force

British  

noun

1.  RAF.  the air force of the United Kingdom

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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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Example Sentences

He served in the Royal Air Force as a pilot in the 1950s, and later worked as a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, reporting from Nigeria on the Biafran War.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Brits agreed to make the Jewish commandos part of the Royal Air Force, training them to parachute into enemy territory to rescue pilots and POWs as well as Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I am hugely grateful to the Irish authorities, the RNLI, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy who have responded rapidly to this incident and have worked tirelessly on the search."

From BBC

The plane was off the coast of southern Ireland when it decided to turn back and landed at Royal Air Force Mildenhall.

From BBC

Not long after, he was tapped by the intelligence branch of the Royal Air Force and sent to Cairo and Beirut to interrogate Nazi prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal