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	List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It includes Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed in 1918, during World War I.
		The list also includes squadrons from British Empire and Commonwealth air forces which have served within RAF units.
		Squadrons with Roman numerals instead of Arabic numerals are identified in that fashion traditionally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_aircraft_squadrons (292 words)

	Royal Air Force
		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.
		Defence against air attacks required the production of thousands of anti-aircraft guns, the stockpiling of tremendous quantities of ammunition over the country, and holding in readiness hundreds of thousands of soldiers, who in addition had to stay in position by their guns, often totally inactive, for months at a time.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWraf.htm (7422 words)

	United States Army Air Force oddd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1941, the Army Air Corps became the U.S. Army Air Force and the GHQ Air Force was redesignated the Air Force Combat Command.
		The Department of the Air Force consists of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), the Air Staff, and field units.
		Air Force personnel assigned to honor guard duties wear, for dress occasions, a modified version of the standard service dress uniform, but with silver trim on the sleeves and trousers, with the addition of medals, sword belt, and a silver shoulder cord.
	oddd.org /en/United+States+Army+Air+Force (9747 words)

	SAW Polish Air Force
		The Polish Air Force was recreated in France from air crews who had managed to make their way via Rumania and other routes to French soil and by June 1940 it numbered 7,000 personnel and about 90 operational aircraft.
		The squadron with a mixture of Lysanders and Mustangs was based at Kirknewton from March 1943, before heading south to England at the beginning of June.
		Air Force studies ran from April 1943 to the beginning of 1944 at the Polish Military Staff College near Peebles.
	www.ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk /PolishAirForce.html (2084 words)

	Air Force
		The story of the rise of the American Air Force is one of the classic stories of the war.
		Further early reconnaissance balloons, the work of the Wright brothers, the Zeppelins, the aircraft of both World Wars, those of the post 1945 cold war, and the sophisticated weaponry of the nuclear age, record the inexorable development of air power.
		Flying at 602 squadron against the enemy from Westhampnett, Johnstone kept a diary between his flying duties and being the commander of the squadron.
	oskam-neeven.nl /airforce.html (2673 words)

	Royal Flying Corps/BALLOON CORPS/BOER WAR/WWI
		In 1910 he appears on the list of the Balloon School as Cpl. In 1911-12 he is in 3rd Balloon Coy., RE.
		Although there was a balloon factory and school at Chatham, and balloons had been used in the Bechuanaland (South Africa) Expedition of 1884, and in the Sudan Campaign of 1885, no establishment was authorized until 1890.
		During that year the factory and school were moved from Chatham to Aldershot, and a balloon section and depot were formed as permanent units, thus recognizing balloons as part of the equipment of the British Army.
	www.historikorders.com /ballooncorps.htm (6484 words)

	List of Royal Air Force major commands - TheBestLinks.com - RAF Coastal Command, RAF Far East Air Force, RAF Fighter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		List of Royal Air Force major commands - TheBestLinks.com - RAF Coastal Command, RAF Far East Air Force, RAF Fighter Command, RAF Second Tactical Air Force,...
		List of Royal Air Force major commands, RAF Coastal Command, RAF Far East Air...
		This is a list of Royal Air Force major commands.
	www.thebestlinks.com /List_of_Royal_Air_Force_major_commands.html (87 words)

	Whiteman Air Force Base Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cannon Air Force Base's inability sealed its fate with the Pentagon as the dreaded list of military installation closures was formed.
		Air Force base closings, described as the "most contenious" facing the Base Realignment and Closure commission, will be the subject of today's voting, and the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will be on the...
		News that Fort Leonard Wood and Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster are not among the bases on the chopping block prompted a sigh of relief from the area's Washington, D.C., lawmakers.
	www.everything-airresource.info /whiteman-air-force-base (1756 words)

	Air Force Combat Units of World War II - Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the spring of 1945, when America's air strength in the overseas theaters of operations reached its peak, the 243 combat groups of the AAF were divided as follows: 25 very heavy, 72 heavy, 20 medium, and 8 light bombardment groups; 71 fighter groups; 29 troop carrier groups; 13 reconnaissance groups; and 5 composite groups.
		That squadron was assigned to the 19th Bombardment Group, of the 314th Bombardment Wing, of the XXI Bomber Command, of the Twentieth Air Force.
		A new Air Force had to be built on the ruins of demobilization, the goal being 70 groups, the strength that was authorized for peacetime.
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	Randolph Air Force Base Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. Thirty-one members of the Offutt Air Force Base's 55th Wing Security Forces Squadron are leaving this morning for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast.
		Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has been pulled back from the grave by the base closing commission, thwarting Pentagon plans to consolidate the Air Force's small B-1 bomber fleet at a single air base.
		A military judge at Randolph Air Force Base halted the rape trial Friday of an officer accused in the assault of an Air Force Academy classmate.
	www.everything-airresource.info /randolph-air-force-base (1950 words)

	Royal Air Force Waddington Station Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		First squadron service was with 55 Sqn in December 1916 and it finally left service in late 1932 (from the US Army).
		Many variants of the series were made including long range reconnaissance, balloon busters with upward firing 1.5lb guns,and the DH-4A airliner, which must have been a far cry from our idea of an airliner!
		The official list of flying units shows no DH9s based here after 1919 but the picture to the left clearly shows one here with a Lynx-Avro 504, a type that was not built till the mid-1920s.
	www.raf.mod.uk /rafwaddington/dh9.html (1017 words)

	Military Aviation Movie List
		Current TV versions of many movies frequently have much 'air' footage seen in stills and film history books cut, hence their may aircraft listed that are no longer viewable.
		During the war actor Walter Matthau was a Sgt., in the 453 BG 8th Air Force, under Jimmy Stewart.
		Lay was part of the first 7 8 Air Force officers that arrived in UK in early 1942.
	www.coastcomp.com /av/fltline2/avmovie.htm (10984 words)

	Cannon Air Force Base Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, The 428th Fighter Squadron, comprised of air force members from the Republic of Singapore and Cannon Air Force Base, was deactivated Wednesday after almost seven years of training at the...
		Slated for closure by the Department of Defense, Cannon Air Force Base was granted a temporary reprieve by a federal commission on Friday.
		New Mexico's Cannon Air Force Base could be kept open by taking in some of the thousands of Army soldiers who are supposed to be moving to Fort Bliss, a New Mexico congressional aide suggested Friday.
	www.ez-air.info /cannon-air-force-base (1603 words)

	Royal Air Force Heraldry Trust, the Squadron Badges List
		Royal Air Force Heraldry Trust, the Squadron Badges List
		902 County of London Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force
		918 County of Derby Balloon, Auxiliary Air Force
	www.griffon.clara.net /rafh/sqns.htm (141 words)

	Royal Naval Air Stations of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 Contents Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		RAF Airfields The Bases and their records contained herein are not detailed, if you require the conplete record of a particular airfield's activites, Please try the Action Stations series of Books, published by Patrick Stephens Limited between 1980 and 1990.
		At the close of 1918 the Royal Naval Air Servive continued its naval patrols from 126 coastal air stations.
		However with the establishment of the Fleet Air Arm in 1937, the Royal Navy again was able to use its own air stations, howver for much of the war the FAA had to lease RAF Air Stations, many of which were former RNAS stations.
	fleetairarmarchive.net /Aircraft/Airstations/FAAAirStationsHomepage.htm (3446 words)

	eBay.co.uk - raf, ww2, Militaria, Great Britain items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		FIGHERS — NO 1 SQUADRON RAF VHS (HARRIER JET AIRCRAFT)
		Flying Ace Pin Badge RAF Air Balloon School ???
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	The Royal Air Force - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On this site you will find a wealth of information about today's Royal Air Force including:
		If you are looking for information on Careers in the RAF, please click
		A list of the Latest Updates to the site is available HERE.
	raf.mod.uk /rafhome.html (78 words)

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