The Royal Auxiliary Air Force ( RAuxAF ), formerly the Auxiliary Air Force ( AAF ), together with the Air Force Reserve, is a component of His Majesty's Reserve Air Forces ( Reserve Forces Act 1996, Part 1, Para 1, (2), (c)). It provides a primary reinforcement capability for the regular service, and consists of paid volunteers who ...
- October 1924; 98 years ago
- United Kingdom
- 1,940 personnel
AuxilIary Air Force. In 1918, Sir Hugh Trenchard had originally decreed that a Reserve Air Force should be set up on a Territorial basis. An order in Council, made in the name of the King, was signed on the 9 th October 1924 to establish the Auxiliary Air Force. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron became the first Auxiliary Air Force Squadron to be ...
11 giu 2023 · The Royal Auxiliary Air Force ( RAuxAF ), formerly the Auxiliary Air Force ( AAF ), together with the Air Force Reserve, is a component of His Majesty's Reserve Air Forces ( Reserve Forces Act 1996, Part 1, Para 1, (2), (c)).
Origins While the British were not the first to make use of heavier-than-air military aircraft, the RAF is the world's oldest independent air force: that is, the first air force to become independent of army or navy control. [12]
- 32,180 active personnel (2023), 3,200 reserve personnel (2022)
3 set 2023 · The Auxiliary Air Force becomes royal In December 1947, His Majesty King George VI bestowed the prefix 'Royal' to the Auxiliary Air Force in recognition of its wartime achievements; thus, it became the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.
No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment is a Royal Auxiliary Air Force RAF Regiment reserve squadron based at RAF Waddington, in Lincolnshire, [1] fairly close to the city of Lincoln and RAF Cranwell. Gunners are recruited both from ex-regulars in the RAF Regiment and civilians in a 50 miles radius surrounding RAF Waddington. [2]