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  Royal Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The RAF is the oldest independent air force in the world, formed on April 1, 1918.
The Royal Flying Corps was a division of the Royal Engineers, under the control of the British Army.
The CAS heads the Air Force Board, which is a committee of the Defence Council.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Air_Force   (3895 words)

  
 Royal Air Force article - Royal Air Force force United Kingdom History Formation Early History Inter-War - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom.
The RAF was under the supervision of the Air Ministry and was the world's second independent air force, after the German Luftwaffe, though because of the Luftwaffe was disbanded after the end of World War I, the RAF is technically the current oldest.
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 Air Officers.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Air_Force   (1801 words)

  
 Air Force Museum - AskTheBrain.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Museum was created in 1985 on the former Royal Air Force Elvington Bomber Base as a living memorial to the Allied Air Forces who served in Yorkshire during WWII.
The Air Force Museum plans to move most of its Cold War aircraft and exhibits when the Cold War expansion project is completed in the year 2003.
Air Force Museum at the Wright -Patterson Air Force Base, is the state’s number 1 free visitor attraction with more than 200 aircraft and missiles on display.
www.askthebrain.com /air_force_museum-.html   (288 words)

  
 United States Air Force - Iridis Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Secretary of the Air Force is Dr. James G. Roche.
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is General (Gen) John P. Jumper.
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.
www.iridis.com /US_Air_Force   (1441 words)

  
 RAF Royal Air Force Museum - aircraft, military aviation pictures & information
Royal Air Force Museum London is situated on the historic site of the London Aerodrome and houses over 100 aircraft from around the world.
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.
RAF Museum Cosford aims to preserve an important part of Britain's national aviation heritage and to display it for future generations.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk   (338 words)

  
 Your total air force guide - air force museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The 8th Air Force museum is also commemorating the anniversary by adding postcards and signed pictures of General Eubank to its inventory.
1943 the air echelon of the Group was assigned to the 8th Air Force and dispatched to Station...
The Air Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, restoring, displaying, and preserving aircraft and memorabilia for the...
totallyairforce.info /air-force-museum   (923 words)

  
 Royal Air Force Museum, Aircraft Attraction, Cosford, Shropshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford is an award-winning attraction.
From the early days of aviation through two world wars to the present day, the story of man's successes and failures in flying and missile development is told in vivid and exciting displays covering war planes, civil aviation and the development of guided missiles and jet aircraft, displayed in three wartime hangars.
The museum attracts more than 200,000 visitors a years, and groups the exhibits into different sections, including the warplane section, the transport collection and the research and development section.
www.stmem.com /royalairforcemuseum   (242 words)

  
 Air & Space Museums > Museums, Historical Sites, & Similar Institutions > Arts, Recreation, & ...
The Museum acts as the Finnish Air Force Museum.
Air Force Space and Missile Museum at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL - Preserves both the hardware and the spirit of United States' ventures into space.
Museum and collections are a part of the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, between Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
www.1800miti.com /league/arts/museum/museum-trans-air.html   (5050 words)

  
 royal air force at JobsWizz.com
Provides assistance to those of the extended Royal Air Force Family who need support as a consequence of sickness, disability, accident, infirmity,...
Includes details of recruitment, the history of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and a description of its role.
As a new member of Air Force Special Operations Command, one of my first duties was to travel to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, to help...
www.jobswizz.com /royal-air-force.html   (470 words)

  
 CBC News: Museum to bring back Canada's 'Air Force One'
A museum in Ontario is hoping to raise enough money to bring home the aircraft once known as Canada's "Air Force One," which is now rotting away at the end of a runway in Latin America.
Chris Colton, the executive director of the Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum, said the plane is a piece of aviation history that should not be lost.
The museum said it will need at least $500,000 to bring the plane back to Canada and is forming a committee to raise the money.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2005/06/02/canada-plane050602.html   (434 words)

  
 Cosford Air Show 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
RAF Cosford Air Show 2005 is the Midlands premier air event.
There is non-stop entertainment on the ground with hundreds of exhibits, colourful stalls and trade stands, military demonstrations and roadshows — plus food, craft fair, bands, children’s entertainment and much more, which makes the air show an attractive day out for all ages and interests from aviation enthusiasts to families.
The RAF Museum’s full facilities — restaurant, souvenir shop and display hangars with over 70 aircraft on display are fully open.
www.cosfordairshow.co.uk   (214 words)

  
 The Royal Air Force
Handley Page Hastings TG579 Mark C-1 was commissioned to be built for the Royal Air Force by the Air Ministry under contract number 4186 at the Handley Page Headquarters and aircraft factory at Cricklewood, Hertfordshire as part of an order of some 200, which was later cut by 25%.
The Operations Record Book (ORB), RAF Form 541, for Royal Air Force Changi, Singapore of 48 Squadron dated February and March 1960 is marked `secret with a three lined entry inked out between the period 25th to 29th February (leap year) 1960.
John Bawden worked in Air Traffic Control on Gan and recalls that we were all taken to Station Sick Quarters (SSQ) and apart from some that had ingested fuel, oil and sea water that fortunately no serious injuries were sustained.
splashdown2.tripod.com   (11114 words)

  
 Royal Thai Air Force Museum
The Air Force Division was renamed the Royal Thai Air Force in 1937, and early in 1941 entered combat to defend its own country's borders for the first time.
The RTAF was active both in air combat and in support of its ground-based forces.
When Japan finally surrendered in 1945, the Allied forces that entered Thailand were mostly American in origin, and the American influence within the country increased from this time.
members.tripod.com /peterlewisdesign/thaimuseum/aviation.htm   (640 words)

  
 Royal Air Force Museum - 1st 4 London Guide - Museums
The Royal Air Force Museum, Britain's National Museum of Aviation, celebrates the story of aviation from before the Wright Brothers to the RAF of the 21st Century with one of the world's finest collections of legendary aircraft and associated exhibits.
The Museum stands on 15 acres of the historic former Hendon Aerodrome at RAF Hendon, one of the oldest aviation centres in the country.
It was home to the famous Hendon Air Displays and RAF Pageants of the 1920's and 1930's and the airfield was used as a fighter station during the Battle of Britain and then a transport station for the remainder of World War II.
www.1st4londonhotels.co.uk /395019.htm   (246 words)

  
 National Museum of the United States Air Force - Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The USAF Museum Foundation - a private non-profit organization supporting the mission and goals of the National Museum of the USAF.
The National Aviation Hall of Fame - not part of the National Museum of the US Air Force but located adjacent to the Main Museum complex with its entrance in the hallway to the Modern Flight Hangar.
Royal Air Force Museum - Britain's National Museum of Aviation at RAF Hendon and RAF Cosford.
www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/related.htm   (486 words)

  
 RAF Service Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Royal Air Force personnel records are held at RAF Innsworth.
Records for the precursors of the RAF (the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service) are held at The National Archives, as are RAF records for service during the First World War.
The Royal Air Force Museum has First World War casualty records, and also holds limited records of individual aircraft.
www.mod.uk /contacts/raf_records.htm   (432 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum
The RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton, Ontario has been named by the Chief of the Air Staff as the National museum of the Air Forces of Canada; to be the major repository of heritage artifact's including the Colours and the Trust Funds of disbanded units.
This museum, with its central Canadian location, presents a distinctive facility to display the memorabilia associated with the many aircraft and support elements that ensure effective operations in both war and peace.
The RCAF Memorial Museum, as the official museum of the Air Forces of Canada, fulfills that mandate with its broad collection of personal and squadron memorabilia.
www.avroarrow.org /RCAFMM.asp   (810 words)

  
 Royal Thai Air Force Museum
Most of the major Air Force museums throughout the western world are well patronised and documented, and we know what exhibits are held there.
The collection assembled by the Royal Thai Air Force is one of these.
However, details provided are usually sketchy, and the maps (as in the case of the well-known Nancy Chandlers map, 2000 version) sometimes show it in the wrong location.
members.tripod.com /peterlewisdesign/thaimuseum   (722 words)

  
 RTAF
Two-seat bomber/reconnaissance aircraft used by the French Air Force from 1917.
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force trainer, derived from the two-seat Ki-36 close support aircraft.
The AT-6 Texan or Harvard has served with a number of air forces, including the RTAF as a two-seat basic trainer.
pages.intnet.mu /warbirds/rtaf.htm   (315 words)

  
 Royal Australian Air Force Squadrons - History & Codes [Australian War Memorial]
Royal Australian Air Force Squadrons - History and Codes [Australian War Memorial]
Royal Australian Air Force Squadrons - History and Codes
During the Second World War RAAF flying squadrons were identified by an alphabetic code.
www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/raaf_codes/index.htm   (256 words)

  
 Royal Thai Air Force Museum in Bangkok, Thailand
RTAF Headquarters, Royal Thai Air Force Academy, Army Air Defense Command Museum.
The Royal Thai Air Force Museum displays one of the world's finest collections of rare and antique military aircraft.
The museum souvenir shop is a treasure of air force mementoes such as model aircrafts, books, T-shirts, watches etc.
www.bangkokguidebook.com /museums/air_force_museum.php   (305 words)

  
 Royal Thai Air Force Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Report from visit to Royal Thai Air Force Museum 23 Aug 1993 If you are in Bangkok, and have the time, you really should visit this very good museum.
The museum seems to host other activites as well, R/C models were in clear evidence, and I'm pretty sure it was a regular squadron briefing room I saw in action on the top florr of Hangar 1.
Lots of parts to make a Spitfire, probably the PM 630 PR.XIX (or maybe the PM 836) which were "found" when the Swedish AF museum were looking for a Mk XIX, and then promptly confiscated by the Thai Air Force.
travels.larp.se /thailand/rtaf_mus.htm   (1523 words)

  
 Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London NW9 : tourist information from TourUK
The Royal Air Force Museum is housed at RAF Hendon in north London.
A training school was established here in 1910 by Claude Graham White of the Royal Naval Air Service, inspired by Louis Blériot's historic flight over the English Channel in 1909.
In 1972 the museum was opened in two hangars dating from World War I. Hendon Aerodrome is the birthplace of aviation in Britain and the museum illustrates the history of flying in war and peace.
www.touruk.co.uk /london_museums/raf_museum1.htm   (252 words)

  
 BRITISH & IRISH REGIMENTAL MUSEUMS
The Royal Scots ( The Royal Regiment) Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh
The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment Museum, Salisbury
www.victoriacross.org.uk /ccregmus.htm   (381 words)

  
 RCAF.com :: The History & Heritage
The Air Force formally accepted the modified aircraft from contractor Lockheed Martin Canada upon completion of a rigorous joint testing program with the company and Air Force members.
It takes a special aircraft to log enough time in the air to fly the equivalent of 60 round trips to the moon.
This site is a personal site designed to promote the history of Canada's Air Forces and is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the Department of National Defence or the Air Force Association of Canada.
www.rcaf.com   (472 words)

  
 World War II Links on the Internet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Naval Air War In The Pacific is a visual history of U.S. Navy and Marine air units in WWII Pacific.
Liberation Museum and Timberwolf Album from Bart and Teun Oostvogels in Achtmaal, The Netherlands, in the Schelde estuary near Antwerp that was liberated in November 1944 by the 104th Infantry Division, the Timberwolves, under the command of General Terry Allen.
Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for Air Force historical documents.
history.acusd.edu /gen/ww2_links.html   (4873 words)

  
 Royal Air Force Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Royal Air Force Museum was looking for a long-term solution to its Internet requirements, in the form of a website to satisfy its diverse set of educational, charitable, commercial and corporate requirements.
With a wealth of information to publish, from curatorial research to corporate brochures, the Museum needed a robust content management system that enabled authors throughout its departments to maintain the integrity and accuracy of information.
Communication with the audience is a two-way process, and streamlining procedures for dealing with public feedback and enquiries was also a primary concern.
www.petewilkins.net /projects/royal-air-force-museum.asp   (239 words)

  
 Your total air force guide - royal airforce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
This is a national advocacy group to support the Royal Canadian Air Force (the Air element of the Canadian Forces), and to unite Air Force veterans...
The Royal Airforce responded and escorted the plane until the incident was over.
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund provides assistance to anyone serving or previously served in the Air Forces – and their families...
totallyairforce.info /royal-airforce   (1134 words)

  
 Hotels near The Royal Air Force Museum
The Royal Air Force Museum also has easy access for all visitors, with lifts, wide spaced walkways and wheelchairs which can be booked in advance.
Entrance to the museum is free and there is plenty of free parking.
Located in the heart of Shropshire, the hotel is ideally suited as a location to explore the birth of the Industrial Revolution or to attend a meeting in one of the 12 dedicated conference rooms accommodating a maximum of 475 delegates Enjoy the excellent...
www.activereservations.com /hotel/en/hotels-near-attractions/973.html   (1000 words)

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