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	Royal Air Force Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Air Force Ensign is the official flag which is used to represent the Royal Air Force.
		Although the Admiralty were initially opposed to granting the RAF its own flag, after considerable pressure from the Air Council, they reluctantly agreed to the introduction of such a flag, stating that the Air Force should adopt the Union Flag defaced with a suitable device.
		Air Vice Marshal Sir John Salmond suggested that the Union Flag be placed in the canton in order that the design carry the mark of British authority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Ensign (676 words)

	Australian Defence Force Ensign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Defence Force Ensign is a flag of Australia which represents the tri-service Australian Defence Force.
		The Royal Australian Navy and Air Force have ensigns, the Royal Australian Navy Ensign and the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign.
		The Defence Ensign is supposed to be used in the case of joint activities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_Ensign (220 words)

	Royal Air Force - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces.
		The RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, formed on April 1, 1918.
		The Air Force Board (AFB) is the management board of the RAF and consists of the Commanders-in-Chief of the Commands, together with several other high ranking officers.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (4058 words)

	Royal Air Force - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces.
		The RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, first formed on April 1, 1918.
		The decision to merge the two units and create an independent air force was a response to the events of World War I which was the first war in which air power proved to be decisive.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (3909 words)

	Ausflag - Air Force Ensign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Air Force Ensign is for use by the Royal Australian Air Force at its facilities in Australia and overseas.
		The RAAF used the ensign of the Royal Air Force of Britain until 1949, whereupon the Southern Cross and Commonwealth star were added to the ensign and the British roundel (military aircraft insignia) was moved to the lower fly.
		The new Air Force ensign with the Australian roundel was proclaimed as an official Australian flag under Section 5 of the Flags Act 1953 on 6 May 1982.
	www.ausflag.com.au /flags/air.html (216 words)

	flag of United Kingdom: Royal Air Force flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		An interim flag was produced to represent the Royal Air Force at the armistice celebrations; a 'white ensign' with an overall dark blue St George's Cross, the Royal Air Force eagle in the centre of the cross, and a royal crown above it on the vertical arm of the cross.
		The new ensign was described as, "the Ensign of the Royal Air Force defaced by the addition of the letters N Z superimposed in white upon the red roundel of the ensign" (AIR 30/140).
		In February 1943 Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshall Sir Charles Portal, obtained the informal agreement of Buckingham Palace, to an Air Council request, that the Royal Air Force should be represented on the Cenotaph by the addition of an RAF Ensign on each side of the monument.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/gb-raf.html (3880 words)

	Royal Australian Air Force Flags
		The current RAAF Ensign is a "light blue Australian ensign" with the southern cross tilted and the RAAF roundel featuring a leaping kangaroo in the lower fly.
		The 'Flags of Australia' chart [vau83] said that the new RAAF ensign was approved by King George VI in December 1948 to replace the RAF Ensign in use in Australia since 1922.
		At courts martial, the RAAF ensign and Australian national flag are both displayed in synthetic silk "suitably fringed and tasselled" mounted on crossed pikes.
	www.fotw.net /flags/au^airfe.html (841 words)

	Australian White Ensign - General RAN History (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		The representatives from Australia and Canada proposed that the ensign should be a white ensign defaced by the emblem of the particular dominion.
		Australian opinion favoured a uniquely Australian ensign but the Admiralty continued to resist and insisted that the Dominion Navies use the white ensign.
		The ensign was described as being a "white flag with the Union Flag in the upper canton at the hoist with six blue stars positioned as in the Australian flag".
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/general/ensign.html (512 words)

	australia flag history, Artisan Flags Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The flying of the Ensign of land by an individuals and non-government bodies was discouraged, although in 1941 the Prime Minister, Mr.
		By a Proclamation under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953 the Governor-General appointed the Australian White Ensign to be the ensign of the Royal Australian Navy.
		By a Proclamation under section 5 of the Flags Act 1953 the Governor-General appointed the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign to be the ensign of the Royal Australian Air Force.
	www.artisanflags.com.au /Protocol_Australia_History.aspx (883 words)

	Royal Australian Air Force Staff Flags
		The Chief of Air Force (formerly Chief of Air Staff) flag is a vertical tricolour air force blue-dark blue-air force blue fimbriated red, with a gold wedge-tailed eagle overall.
		(An officer of air rank is an air commodore, air vice marshal, air marshal, air chief marshal, or marshal of the RAAF--equivalent of a general officer in the army or flag officer in the navy).
		The flag of the former Minister of Air was air force blue, with air force emblem (in full colour?) at the centre.
	www.fotw.net /flags/au^afst.html (394 words)

	Joint Service Flags (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The white and RAAF ensigns could be seen as flags representing Australia, as used by the navy and air force respectively, rather than flags specifically representing the navy or the air force.
		This flag is flown with the Chief of Navy, Chief of Army and Chief of Air Force flags outside the Department of Defence in Canberra almost daily.
		The flag of the Chief of Australian Imperial Military Force (WWII) was the Australian National Flag with the army 'Rising Sun' in gold at the centre of the lower half of the flag.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/au^trisv.html (784 words)

	United Kingdom: Civil Air Ensign
		Its field is light blue (strictly the shade known in the UK as 'air force blue' as it is used in the ensign of the Royal Air Force) with a dark blue cross, fimbriated white, overall.
		The colour of the field is the same as that of the RAF Ensign which is officially described as "Air Force Blue".
		"An ensign called the Civil Air Ensign is the proper national colour to be flown by aircraft and air transport undertakings and at aerodromes." It was promulgated by a Notice to Airmen issued in September.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/gb-ciair.html (980 words)

	Protection of Australian Flags (Desecration of the Flag) Bill 2003 (Bills Digest, no. 42, 2003-04)
		An ‘Australian Ensign’ was defined as the Australian White Ensign, the Australian Red Ensign or the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign.
		The Civil Air Ensign is a light blue flag with a dark blue cross, the Union Jack, the Federation Star and the South Cross.
		It is an offence to fly or display the Civil Air Ensign except in the circumstances specified in section 19 of the Civil Aviation Act.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/bd/2003-04/04bd042.htm (7374 words)

	Ausflag - Questions and Answers
		Australians have rarely "fought under" the present flag.
		Also, the Australian Naval Ensign and Australian Air Force Ensign have been changed since these major wars - the Australian Naval Ensign was changed in 1967 and the Australian Air Force Ensign has been changed twice, the last change was in 1982.
		One of the most common suggestions Ausflag receives for a new Australian flag is to replace the Union Jack on the current Australian flag with the Aboriginal flag.
	www.ausflag.com.au /ausflag/qa.html (1066 words)

	Flag Burning, National Symbols and Free Speech: Australia
		It declares the Australian Blue Ensign to be the Australian National Flag.
		It re-designates the Australian Red Ensign to be the Australian marine flag.
		Australians do not always fully realise the seriousness with many countries view their national flag, and the way in which they take the burning of their flag as a direct insult and attack on their national pride and dignity.
	www.caslon.com.au /flagfiresnote1.htm (2065 words)

	Royal Air Force - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With some 942 aircraft and a manpower of 49,280 (in 2004), the RAF is one of the largest air forces in the world.
		The professional head of the RAF is known as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), currently Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup.
		JFACHQ Joint Force Air Component Headquarters is the Deployable Air HQ for the RAF.
	royalairforce.quickseek.com (4033 words)

	The Australian Flag
		The Australian Flag came into being after the the federation of the Australian States into the Commonwealth of Australian on 1 January, 1901.
		The outer diameter is 3/5 the width of the Union Jack (3/10 the width of the fly) and the inner diameter is 4/9 the outer diameter.
		This is a famous but unofficial Australian flag, that features a white vertical cross on a blue background five whsite, blue-margined, 8-pointed stars superimposed at the end of each arm of the cross and at the intersection of the arms, a stylized Southern Cross.
	www.anbg.gov.au /oz/flag.html (1022 words)

	Air Force Combat Units of World War II - Part 6
		Contributed vital assistance to ground forces during the Battle of the Bulge by attacking heavily defended positions such as bridges and viaducts, 23-26 Dec 1944; for these missions, performed without fighter escort in the face of intense flak and overwhelming attacks by enemy aircraft, the group was awarded a DUC.
		Engaged in bombardment of German forces in the region of St Lo during the Allied breakthrough in Jul. After moving to the Continent in Aug, struck enemy positions at St Malo and Brest and bombed targets in the Rouen area as Allied armies swept across the Seine and advanced to the Siegfried Line.
		Part of the group, the air echelon with A-24's, was stationed in Alaska during Jul and Aug 1943 for operations against the Japanese in the Aleutians.
	libraryautomation.com /nymas/usaaf6.html (14889 words)

	Czechoslovak airmen in the wartime Royal Air Force
		For its part, the Royal Air Force needed as many trained aircrew as it could muster as what was to become known as the Battle of Britain was about to commence.
		The agreement confirmed the employment of the Czech airmen with the Royal Air Force, the personnel being members of both the RAFVR and the Czechoslovak Armed Forces, subject to the laws of both forces.
		He joined the Czechoslovak Air Force when he was 18 and clocked up some 2,200 flying hours before the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939 and disbanded the Czechoslovak armed forces.
	www.rogerdarlington.co.uk /czechsinraf.html (4338 words)

	United Kingdom: Royal Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Royal Air Force: Timeline for introduction of the flag
		Although the decision by the Air Council to restrict the issue of standards to 'operational' squadrons was not unanimous when they were introduced in 1943, that became the rule (National Archives AIR 6/74).
		Many of its squadrons were coming close to qualifying under the 25-year rule, but the Air Ministry deemed that there were breaks in their service when they had been renumbered, once during the Second World War, and again in 1947.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-raf.html (4161 words)

	Australian flag - australia flag
		Federal Parliament passed a resolution on the 2 June 1904 to fly the flag 'upon all forts, vessels, saluting places and public buildings of the Commonwealth upon all occasions when flags are used' giving it the same status as the Union Flag in the UK.
		In 1908 it was used to represent Australian athletes at the London Olympics, and by 1911 it was also used as the saluting flag for the Army.
		The number of points on the stars of the Southern Cross on today's Australian flag differs from the original competition-winning design in that the stars varied between five and nine, reflecting the relative brightness of each in the night sky.
	www.observerdirect.com (2236 words)

	Air Force News :: Top Stories
		The weather was perfect – a dappled blue sky the ideal backdrop for a fantastic air show which showcased the capabilities of both aircrew and aircraft.
		The Roulettes aerobatic team was also impressive, ending their show with a missing man formation as a mark of respect to those people who were injured or killed in the Bali terrorist attack.
		The Air Force ensign is prominently displayed by a parachutist.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/raafnews/EDITIONS/4421/topstories/story14.htm (593 words)

	Aussies encouraged to fly flag "proudly". (However, not allowed by Bondi council} (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The council's director, Warren Pearson, said Newspoll figures showed 13.5 million Australians were expected to celebrate on January 26, and they should all fly the national flag with pride.
		The call comes after Australian flags were waved in a race riot by more than 5,000 people at the southern Sydney beach of North Cronulla on December 11.
		On Thursday, 24-year-old Sydney man Hadi Khawaja was sentenced to three months jail for burning an Australian flag after the riot, in which people of Middle Eastern background were chased and attacked.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1557267/posts (519 words)

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