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	Royal Air Force - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		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.
		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.
		RAF personnel who have risen to prominence either by their actions whilst serving, or subsequently, are detailed at List of famous Royal Air Force members.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force (3746 words)

	Numbered Air Forces Index
		Following World War II this air force was involved in air defense and reserve training and concentrated entirely upon air defense in the latter 1960s and again after 1985.
		Neither the Air Field Forces nor the Air Force, Alaskan Defense Command, were legitimate War Department establishments and must be classified in the same category as provisional units, although the term "provisional" was never used in connection with them.
		The new air force drew its operational forces from existing air forces in the European and Mediterranean theaters and commenced combat operations the day after it was formed.
	www.au.af.mil /au/afhra/rso/numbered_airforce_index.html (4679 words)

	British jets at Duxford
		Royal Australian Air Force Meteors served in the Korean war and are credited with shooting down three MiGs, but in fact the Meteor was seriously outclassed by both the MiG 15 and the American F-86 Sabre.
		Despite the Royal Air Force's initial hostility towards using a naval plane, they eventually procured them, but only after the TSR.2 programme was cancelled and a long drawn-out arrangement to buy the American F-111 also came to nothing.
		However the F-111 was itself an over-ambitious project spawned by politicians, being intended for both navy and air force use, and was eventually delivered at a cost several times greater than that projected for the TSR.2 and ten years past schedule.
	www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/Museums/Duxford/BritishJets/index.html (1884 words)

	DROHENDE GEFAHR WEST THE PRE-NORMANDY AIR CAMPAIGN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The primary intermediate objective of the CBO was the destruction of the Luftwaffe and the achievement of air superiority.
		Finally, air planners were faced with the difficulty of isolating the beaches from immediate reinforcement by German troops in the vicinity of Normandy and of securing key bridges that would be necessary for the Allied advance inland.
		Air Chief Marshal Leigh-Mallory was officially designated air commander for Overlord and was given control of USSTAF and RAF Bomber Command's heavy bombers on 1 June 1944 for the invasion.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj94/mccrabb2.html (7412 words)

	1 January 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This was the Luftwaffe's Operation HERMANN intended to destroy Allied tactical fighter and bomber aircraft close to the front lines.
		The weather cleared on 1 January and 700 to 800 Luftwaffe aircraft hit RAF Second Tactical Air Force and USAAF Ninth Air Force airfields in Belgium, France and the Netherlands between 0800 and 1000 hours.
		In South-east Asia air mastery over the Japanese has long been established, and the Allied air forces maintain relentless pressure on the retreating enemy in Burma.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1945/01/01.htm (893 words)

	The Royal Auxiliary Air Force Recruitment web site
		The Squadron, one of a force of 5 similar units, was the first OSS to be declared fully operational during April 2002.
		Indeed, during Operation TELIC, Squadron auxiliary RAF Regiment personnel formed the bulk of the first fully auxiliary RAF Regiment field squadron to be deployed on operations since the end of the second world war; operating from Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait and Basrah airport in Southern Iraq.
		The bulk of the Squadron are RAF Regiment personnel.
	www.rafreserves.com /the_units/UnitDetails.aspx?unit=87 (1274 words)

	Royal Air Force at AllExperts
		With some 940 aircraft and a manpower of 49,210 (in 2005), the RAF is one of the largest air forces in the world.
		The RAF has two primary missions; to defend the United Kingdoms people and interests, and to act as a force for good by strengthening international peace and security.
		They recently operated surface-to-air missiles [Rapiers] to defend against air attack [This role, against the wish of the RAF, was given to the Royal Artillery in 2005], and have infantry and light armoured units to protect against ground attack.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/royal_air_force.htm (3619 words)

	HyperWar: The US Army Air Forces in WWII: D-Day 1944
		By D minus 21, Allied air forces were attacking German airfields within a radius of 130 miles of the battle area and these operations too continued up to the assault on the beachhead.
		The Allied air forces had radar available to them from the very first day of Normandy operations, and it was soon incorporated into tactical air control as well as for early warning and air defense purposes.
		German forces were being hastily transferred from the Russian Front (brightening the prospects of an eventual Soviet triumph in the East) and from within the critical bone marrow of the Third Reich itself.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/AAF-H-DDay (12608 words)

	Naval Technology - Rafale - Multirole Combat Fighter
		The Rafale is produced in three variants - M, B and C. The Rafale M variant is a single-seater carrier-based version for the navy, while B and C are two-seat and single-seat versions respectively for the Air Force.
		An order for 59 F3 aircraft, 47 for the Air Force (11 two-seat and 36 single-seat) and 12 (single-seat) for the Navy, was placed in December 2004.
		The Rafale has a TACAN tactical air navigation receiver for en route navigation and as a landing aid.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/rafale (1050 words)

	Background : Second Tactical Air Force - D-Day - World War Two
		Formed after Rommel's defeat in the deserts, 1st and 2nd Tactical Air Forces were created to provide air support for ground troops.
		A sign of its importance was the choice of commander: Air Marshall Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, DSO, MC, DFC, previously commander of the Western Desert Air Force.
		He demanded control of the air forces and he obtained it.
	www.valourandhorror.com /DB/BACK/Tac_Air.php (1446 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		Army Air Forces in World War II The RAF’s nighttime raid against Peenemünde on August 17–18, 1943, and the USAAF’s daylight raid against Watten ten days later marked the start of an aerial offensive against the V-weapons that did not cease until May 1945.
		Lewis Brereton, commanding the U.S. Ninth Air Force, to prepare for strikes using Martin B–26 Marauder and Douglas A–20 medium bombers, joined by Mosquitoes, Marauders, and Havocs of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force.
		The air leaders’ problem was not only to determine what to strike and how to strike it, but also how often to strike—a problem the Allies never really solved because it was impossible to know whether specific raids were effective.
	www.usaaf.net /ww2/preemptivedefense/pdpg4.htm (3478 words)

	R.A.F. IBSLEY HISTORICAL GROUP
		R.A.F. Situated on the Western edge of the New Forest, between Ringwood and Fordingbridge, Ibsley was a busy RAF and USAAF Fighter airfield during World War II, after which it became an accommodation base for personnel from another nearby R.A.F. station, Sopley.
		R.A.F. Iblsey opened on 15th February 1941, flying activities ceased in 1946, and the station finally closed in 1952.
		It was at Ibsley, during the late summer of 1941, that the flying sequences for the classic film 'First of the Few' starring David Niven, Leslie Howard and Rosamund John, the story of the development of the Spitfire by Reginald J. Mitchell were filmed, with pilots of No's.
	www.rafibsley.co.uk (359 words)

	MAJOR GENERAL KENNETH D. BURNS
		General Burns returned to the United States in June 1963 and was assigned to the 476th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George Air Force Base, Calif., as an F-104 Starfighter flight commander.
		General Burns was assigned to the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing in June 1969, first as chief, Wing Standardization and Evaluation Branch, and later as commander of the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
		After attending the Royal Air Force College of Air Warfare at Royal Air Force Station Manby, Lincolnshire, from June to December 1970, he became assistant deputy commander for operations for the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Station Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, in January 1971.
	www.raf-upper-heyford.org /burns_kd.html (798 words)

	Aircraft Page
		The F-15 Eagle is an all weather, extremely manuverable, tactical fighter designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat.
		The F-111 Aardvark is a multipurpose tactical fighter bomber capable of supersonic speeds.
		The A-10 Thunderbolt and OA-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces.
	www.europa.com /~ab/aircraft (536 words)

	264 Squadron Association - Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		RAF Fighter Command's Battle of Britain Squadrons - 264 Squadron
		Aircraft of the Royal Air Force - Boulton Paul Defiant
		Aircraft and Air Forces - De Havilland Mosquito
	www.264sqnraf.org.uk /links.html (132 words)

	MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM H. HOLT
		Returning to the United States in August 1951, he was assigned to Air Defense Command as operations officer for the 83d Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Hamilton Air Force Base, Calif., and later served as commander.
		General Holt returned to the United States in August 1960 for assignment to Tactical Air Command, initially as director of inspection at Headquarters Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. In September 1962 he was assigned to George Air Force Base, Calif., as deputy commander for operations, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing.
		General Holt was assigned as assistant deputy chief of staff, operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Lindsey Air Station, Germany, in August 1969.
	www.raf-upper-heyford.org /holt_wh.html (636 words)

	RAF Squadron Crests and Badges 16 - RAF Marham Crests Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is a gallery of Squadron, Station, Section and Unit crests and RAF badges available for personal use only, to anyone interested in crests and badges, they are not to be used for commercial gain, without permission.
		If you wish to use the crests or badges please gain permission in the first instance and denote that the images are Crown Copyright.
		Royal Air Force University Air Squadrons (UAS), RAF Hospitals, Squadron Crests and Badges
	www.rafmarham.co.uk /gallery/crests16.htm (165 words)

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