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1 giorno fa · The Royal Air Force ( RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [5] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [6]
- 31,710 active personnel (July 2023), 3,080 reserve personnel (July 2023)
2 giorni fa · Formerly the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC) before moving to RAF Cranwell in the early 1990s, now Biggin Hill Airport. RAF Binbrook: BK England Lincolnshire: 1940 1992 Site sold, technical buildings and hangars in use as an industrial park, domestic site established as Brookenby village. RAF Binsoe: England North ...
5 giorni fa · In Iraq, between 1920 and 1932, the RAF exercised military control of the country with a force of eight squadrons of aircraft and two or three companies of armoured cars. To train permanent officers for the flying branch of the service, a cadet college was established at Cranwell, Lincolnshire, in 1920.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 giorni fa · The original proposed opening date of 10 November 1942 proved very much a false start, and it was not until after the official reopening in June 1943 that No 3 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit could at last transfer from its previously cramped base, Cranwell.
3 giorni fa · The march, called Comitamur, was recorded by Royal Air Force musicians at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, on 12 March. The march was composed by Sqn Ldr Ted Sellers, director of music for the Band of ...
5 giorni fa · After the end of the Second World War, St. Athan remained an important engineering training centre for the RAF, a role that it continues as of today (2015). The airfield was the site of the Head Office of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) and later the Defence Support Group which was responsible for the maintenance and repair of RAF, Royal Navy and Army aircraft.
5 giorni fa · The new march, Comitamur, was recorded by Royal Air Force musicians at RAF Cranwell. The title of the march comes from the motto of the RAuxAF, Comitamur ad Astra – We go with them to the stars – which alludes to the role of the RAuxAF in supporting the operational work of the RAF, whose motto is Per Ardua ad Astra – Through adversity to the stars.
