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[[Image:GASJV.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A restored RAF Supermarine Spitfire. This type of aircraft played a major role in World War II (photo copyright Ian Older -- Used with permission)]]
 
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the flying branch of the British military. The RAF is most notably known for defending the [[British Isles]] against the German [[Luftwaffe]] during the early stages of [[World War II]]. Of their role in the [[Battle of Britain]], [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] said:
 
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:Never in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few.
 
  
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The RAF, in World War II, was also known as "the thin blue line" due to having planes and men thinly spread out all over the British coast to defend against the [[Luftwaffe]]. The RAF was founded on April 1st, 1918, and is still in existence today, with just shy of 1000 aircraft in April of 2006.
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The '''Royal Air Force''' is one of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[military]] [[service]]s.
  
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[[Category:Military]]
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==History==
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On November 29, 1917 an Act of Parliament establishing an [[Air Force]] and an Air Council received the Royal Assent.  The Royal Air Force came into existence on April 1, 1918.  It was preceded by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.<ref>http://www.airwar1.org.uk/</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[World War II in the Air]]
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* [[Arthur Harris]]
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==References==
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{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Air Power]]
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[[Category:World War II]]
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[[Category:World War I]]
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[[Category:British Armed Forces]]

Latest revision as of 20:42, August 26, 2019

A restored RAF Supermarine Spitfire. This type of aircraft played a major role in World War II (photo copyright Ian Older -- Used with permission)

The Royal Air Force is one of the United Kingdom's military services.

History

On November 29, 1917 an Act of Parliament establishing an Air Force and an Air Council received the Royal Assent. The Royal Air Force came into existence on April 1, 1918. It was preceded by the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.airwar1.org.uk/
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