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22 November 1943. Rhodes. Part of the Dodecanese campaign, World War II. [11] Newcombe. 13 January 2013. 14 November 2022. West Africa. Operation Newcombe was the code name for two separate and concurrent RAF non-combat military operations in Mali.
The planning for the future of the Royal Air Force involves supporting ongoing British military operations and the introduction of new aircraft types including unmanned aerial vehicles and the BAE Systems Tempest sixth-generation fighter in the 2030s. [1][2] Priorities include greater focus on network enabled capability and mixing crewed ...
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 second independent air force in the world after the Finnish Air Force [6] merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [7]
This list of Royal Air Force stations is an overview of all current stations of the Royal Air Force (RAF) throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. This includes front-line and training airbases, support, administrative and training stations with no flying activity, unmanned airfields used for training, intelligence gathering stations and an ...
[2] Used by the RAF Air Experience Flight. 28 Tutors have been sold to the Finnish Air Force as of 2018. [42] Grob Viking T.1: Germany: Glider: Trainer: 1990: 52: 91: The Grob Viking T1 is the RAF's primary aircraft for delivering basic glider and flight training to the RAF Air Cadets. [2] Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance UAVs; General Atomics MQ ...
Attleboro (1966) — U.S. and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) air mobile operations in Tây Ninh. Babylift (1975) — mass evacuation/airlift of orphans from South Vietnam to the U.S. and other countries; Barrel Roll (1964–73) — the bombing of Laos by U.S. forces, to support the Royal Laotian Army and CIA-trained Hmong. Steel Tiger ...
No. 2 Group is the other operations group within Air Command, providing aircraft that support the Royal Navy and RAF front line aircraft, the Royal Air Force Police, and the Royal Air Force Regiment. The group is headquartered at RAF High Wycombe. Air Vice-Marshal Jason Appleton was appointed Air Officer Commanding 2 Group in February 2024.
Oculi Propter Ungues. (Latin for 'The Eyes Guide the Talons') No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing (1 ISR Wing) is a wing of the Royal Air Force and is part of the ISTAR Force in No. 1 Group based at RAF Waddington. 1 ISR Wing is responsible for producing intelligence from imagery intelligence and electronic surveillance. [2]