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	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.
		RAF squadrons are somewhat analogous to the regiments of the British army, in that they have histories and traditions going back to their formation, regardless of where they are currently based, which aircraft they are operating, etc. They can be awarded standards and battle honours for meritorious service.
		British aircraft in the early stages of the First World War carried the Union Flag as an identifying feature, however this was easy to confuse with the German Iron Cross motif.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (4058 words)

	Royal Canadian Air Force - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The RCAF Roundel is based on that of the British Royal Air Force with a maple leaf, a symbol of Canada, in the centre.
		The infant Canadian Air Force had planned to form six additional squadrons in Europe, but the Armistice also disrupted these plans and in late November, the existing two squadrons were merely upgraded with new aircraft.
		On February 1, 1968, the Royal Canadian Air Force was merged with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army to form the Canadian Armed Forces.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/RCAF (1863 words)

	Royal Air Force - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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 (3919 words)

	Zimbabwe : Air Force flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Southern Rhodesian Air Force was established in 1947 and initially used the (British) Royal Air Force (RAF) ensign.
		A new air force roundel was adopted in the new Rhodesian colours of green and white containing a lion (in gold) and tusk in the centre of the white.
		Following the independence of Zimbabwe in April 1980, the air force was renamed the Air Force of Zimbabwe and adopted a new emblem being a Bateleur eagle in flight.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/zw-air.html (1025 words)

	United Kingdom: Royal Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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.
		Royal Air Force Ensign is to be hoisted daily at the Headquarters of the force, Headquarters of area and independent commands, from airships, and at stations and units given in the appendix to this Order.
		The Queen's Colour for the Royal Air Force is in the form of the Royal Air Force Ensign, with the Royal Cypher in gold, ensigned with the Royal Crown in proper colours in the centre.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-raf.html (4502 words)

	British Colonialism and repression in Iraq- Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		Air attacks were used to shock and awe, to teach obedience and to force the collection of taxes.
		The armored and air units operated jointly under the command of the fledgling Royal Air Force.
		Referring to the British occupation of Iraq, Lawrence of Arabia wrote that the public had been led "into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor." Veteran Middle East journalist John Kifner draws on the history of British colonialism in the Middle East to comment on the US occupation.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/iraq/history/britishindex.htm (873 words)

	Royal Air Force
		The British government grew increasingly concerned about the growth of the Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany and in 1938 Vice Marshal Charles Portal, Director of Organization at the Air Ministry, was given the responsibility of establishing 30 new air bases in Britain.
		During the conflict the Royal Air Force lost 792 planes and the Luftwaffe 1,389.
		Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal and the new head of Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, developed the policy of area bombing (known in Germany as terror bombing) where entire cities and towns were targeted.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWraf.htm (7422 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sri Lanka - The Air Force \| Sri Lankan Information Resource
		In its early years, the air force was engaged primarily in immigration patrol, with occasional assistance in emergency relief.
		The air force had a fleet of approximately eighty aircraft, of which sixty-four were reported to be operational in early 1988.
		Government forces reportedly also used helicopters on "bombing" missions; frequently operating without conventional bombs, air force troops reportedly dropped hand grenades stuffed in wine glasses so that the lever would not be released until the glass shattered on the ground.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/sri-lanka/sri-lanka167.html (1239 words)

	Canada, Air Force Ensign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On that date in 1921, the Royal Air Force (RAF) Ensign was hoisted for the first time in Canada, as officers and airmen of the newly formed Canadian Air Force (CAF) were asked to salute "their new flag".
		At the time, the ceremony was an attempt to establish the Air Force' unique identity as a separate service from the Army and the Navy, and to reinforce its links to the RAF.
		A group of senior officers of the CAF were present, as Air Vice-Marshal Gwatkin, member of the Air Board and at the same time Inspector-General of the CAF, had requested that the ceremony be made "as pompous as possible".
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/ca^airfe.html (1009 words)

	Royal Malaysian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Royal Malaysian Air Force (Malay: Tentera Udara DiRaja Malaysia) was formed in 1958 as the Royal Malayan Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan).
		After the withdrawal of British military forces from Malaysia and Singapore at the end of 1971, a five-nation agreement between Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom was concluded to ensure defense against external aggression.
		The Royal Australian Air Force maintained a Mirage IIIO squadron at the Butterworth Air Base as part of its commitment to the Five Power Defence Agreement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force (792 words)

	Royal New Zealand Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The early lend-lease aircraft were obsolete and incapable of holding their own against the highly skilled and well-equipped Japanese air forces, but nothing else was available and the RNZAF flew with the tools they had to hand, notably at Guadalcanal where No 15 and No 14 squadrons equipped with Kittyhawks, fought with distinction in mid-1943.
		The rest of the air force rapidly divested itself of aircraft and manpower and settled mainly into training and transport mode before the advent of rejuvenated 14 and 75 squadrons.
		The force was equipped from 1946 with De Havilland Mosquito before the arrival of De Havilland Vampire which were used in peacekeeping in Cyprus, De Havilland Venoms and English Electric Canberras which saw action in the Malayan Emergency and subsequent confrontation with Indonesia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force (2674 words)

	CNN.com - First British fallen return home - Mar. 29, 2003
		A coffin draped in the British flag is carried from a military cargo plane at Brize Norton Royal Air Force Base.
		The bodies of ten British military service members killed in a "friendly fire" incident and accident in the Persian Gulf region returned to British soil Saturday, in a solemn ceremony at a Royal Air Force Base in Gloucestershire.
		Two of the dead were British Royal Air Force pilots, killed March 23 when their British Tornado GR4 aircraft was mistakenly shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile, the ministry said.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/03/29/sprj.irq.british.return/index.html (264 words)

	RAAF History starting with the Australian Flying Corps
		It is one of the world's oldest independent air forces, having been established in 1921, three years after the first, the (British) Royal Air Force.
		While officially the Australian Flying Corps' main role was army co-operation, its squadrons inevitably became involved in air to air combat and bombing attacks, as the full potential of the air weapon became apparent.
		For example, Australia's first Chief of the Air Staff, Wing Commander (later Air Marshal Sir) Richard Williams, found himself repeatedly under attack from his army and navy counterparts who persistently argued there was no place for independent air power, that air forces would always exist only to support armies and navies.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-air-support/raaf-history.htm (1005 words)

	Royal Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the 'Junior Service', the RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, formed on April 1, 1918.
		The Tornado, in service in the air defence role since the late 1980s, is due to be replaced by the state of the art, Typhoon F.2.
		Colonel Tim Collins, the former Army officer described as a hero during the Iraq war, prompted controversy by calling for the RAF to be disbanded as a separate arm; allowing the Fleet Air Arm and Army Air Corps to absorb aircrew and aircraft dedicated to specific sea and ground roles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Air_Force (3957 words)

	Air Force Special Operations Command - AFSOC CSAR Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		By the end of August 1940, the British Royal Navy and RAF were forming a joint organization, utilizing systematic communications, and devising search and survival procedures to rescue downed aircrew at sea.
		During 1960, 14 air rescue squadrons were inactivated and by the end of the year ARS had three squadrons and 1,450 personnel.
		Air Force SOF and ARRS worked hand in hand preparing for Operation HONEY BADGER, a second attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran, but the raid was cancelled when the hostages were released.
	www2.afsoc.af.mil /library/afsocheritage/afsoccsarheritage.asp (4414 words)

	RAAF Badge and Roundel: Royal Australian Air Force
		The motto was derived from Sir Henry Rider Haggard’s famous novel, “The People of the Mist” and was selected and approved as a motto for the (British) Royal Flying Corps on 15 March 1913 and remains with the Royal Air Force today.
		When the Royal Australian Air Force was formed on 31 March 1921, it adopted the existing red, white and blue Roundel of the (British) Royal Air Force to identify its aircraft.
		Because of the kangaroo, the RAAF Roundel is readily recognised worldwide as the symbol of the Australian Air Force and has been displayed with pride ever since.
	www.raaf.gov.au /history/badge.htm (324 words)

	Royal Norwegian Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luftforsvaret or the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) is the air force of Norway.
		Norwegian air and ground crews operated as part of the British Royal Air Force, in both wholly Norwegian squadrons and also in other squadrons and units such as Ferry Command and Bomber Command.
		The Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) was established by a royal decree on November 1, 1944, thereby merging the Army and Navy air forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force (1094 words)

	NATO/SFOR: Press Release - 23 April 2003
		The aim of the mission is to transport building material from Sarajevo Airport to the roof of the Unis Towers as part of the ongoing reconstruction work being carried out there.
		The helicopter and crew for this mission are from the Royal Air Force and are based in Banja Luka as part of SFOR.
		A spokesperson for the RAF said the crew were very happy to help with the reconstruction work going on in Sarajevo and could also benefit from this training opportunity.
	www.nato.int /sfor/trans/2003/p030423a.htm (147 words)

	RAF Royal Air Force Museum - aircraft, military aviation pictures & information (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Royal Air Force Museum London is situated on the historic site of the London Aerodrome and houses over 100 aircraft from around the world.
		The Royal Air Force Museum's American Foundation keeps alive the shared aviation heritage of the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
		RAF Museum London is Britain's only national air museum dedicated to aviation and has a total collection of well over two hundred aircraft; over a hundred full-size aircraft from all over the world are displayed under cover on the historic site of the original London Aerodrome.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk.cob-web.org:8888 (305 words)

	Royal Air Force Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Constructed in September, 1994 in memory of the Royal Air Force.
		A bronze plaque was purchased by Branch #56 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
		On Sunday, May 7, 1995, as part of the Federal Goverment's "Canada Remembers" program marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the cairn was dedicated by Arnold's widow, Ruby, and their daughters, Bonnie, Toni, and Yvonne.
	www.cdli.ca /monuments/sk/swift4.htm (175 words)

	British Royal Air Force
		Royal Air Force held on and kept Germany from completing the preliminary stages of what was planned to be "Operation Sealion", the German invasion
		Also pictured is an original pair of WWII British fireman's goggles and a small, A.R.P., silver hallmarked lapel badge issued to and worn by the
		British civilians had been killed by aerial bombings, with another 32,000 civilians having been wounded.
	www.danielsww2.com /page3.html (1343 words)

	FOXNews.com - British: Two Killed as U.S. Patriot Shot Down Fighter Jet - U.S. & World
		A statement from the Royal Air Force base at Marham, in Britain, confirmed the men were dead.
		The downing of the RAF Tornado GR4 near the Iraq-Kuwait border brings to 16 the tally of British servicemen who have died in the U.S.-led war on Iraq.
		Lockwood acknowledged the bad start for the British so far in the campaign, saying it was "not one we would have chosen, I have to say, but this you must remember is high-intensity conflict.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,81903,00.html (791 words)

	The Royal Air Force in Texas
		With the outbreak of World War II, British Royal Air Force (RAF) officials sought to train aircrews outside of England, safe from enemy attack and poor weather.
		Most of the early British students had never been in an airplane or even driven an automobile before arriving in Texas to learn to fly.
		The cadets trained in the air on aerobatics, instrument flight, and night flying, while on the ground they studied navigation, meteorology, engines, and armaments— even spending time in early flight simulators.
	www.tamu.edu /upress/BOOKS/2003/killebrew.htm (262 words)

	UFOs and the British Royal Air Force-UFO Casebook Files
		Because of his keen interest in aviation, he chose the Royal Air Force.
		The remainder of the journey was made in silence; me trying to take in these remarkable facts and my father recalling his long-gone days with the Royal Air Force.
		Today, more than half a century after his weird experience, my father still vividly recalls the events of September 1952 and is convinced that something truly strange did indeed occur to both him and his colleagues on those fateful nights.
	www.ufocasebook.com /ufobritishraf.html (835 words)

	Jonsson Library: Collections: British Documents: Royal Air Force
		For example, "Air.14/3408-3412" indicates Stanford holds volumes 3408-3412 of Royal Air Force record class 14.
		Microfilm, microfilm n.s.,microfiche, and microcard materials are shelved in the Media-Microtext Room of the Cecil H. Green Library unless otherwise indicated.
		Royal Air Force, final reports on operations: night raids.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/jonsson/collections/brit/raf.html (151 words)

	Armenian Pilot Awarded For Service In British Royal Air Force - Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Yerevan, October 30: On behalf of her government, UK Ambassador to Armenia Thorda Abbott-Watt, awarded American Armenian Harutiun Shilkhanian two medals for his long service in the British Royal Air Force.
		Shilkhanian joined the Royal Air Force in 1943 as ground and air photographer in the Middle East; he was also a photo analyst for the army.
		The retired Royal Air Force officer lived in the United States for many years, and permanently relocated to Armenia in 2002.
	www.armeniadiaspora.com /js/031030arm_pilot.html (262 words)

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