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The '''Royal Air Force''' ('''RAF''') is the air force of Britain. It was formed in 1918 by a merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). DIvided between Fighter Command and Bomber Command, the RAF was a vitally important factor of World War II. Fighter Command won the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940 and, from 1941 to 1945, Bomber Command was in frequent operation over enemy territory.
The '''Royal Air Force''' ('''RAF''') is the youngest military service of the United Kingdom; the RAF and Women's Royal Air Force were formed on 1 Apr 1918.<ref name=RAF-TL->{{citation
| url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/raftimeline19181929.cfm
| title = RAF Timeline 1918-1929
| author = Royal Air Force}}</ref>
==Current operations==
RAF units are both permanently and temporarily assigned to locations worldwide.
===Locations===
Permanent deployments include:
*UK Air Defence
*[[Gibraltar]]
*[[Ascension Island]]
*[[Falkland Islands]]
*[[Cyprus]]
*[[Nevada]] (joint training facility in the [[United States]]


Major temporary operations have included:
*[[Operation Telic]] (Iraq)
*[[Operation Herrick]] (Afghanistan)
*[[United States Central Command]], [[Tampa, Florida]]
*[[Balkans]]
*[[Sierra Leone]]
*[[Diego Garcia]]
*[[Persian Gulf]]
*[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
*[[Sudan]]
===Equipment===
===Offensive===
The RAF operates two series of [[Harrier (fighter)]] [[STOVL]] (short takeoff and vertical landing) aircraft, from both land and sea bases. It also uses the [[Tornado GR4]] version of the [[Panavia]] for strike missions, and will be adopting the [[Eurofighter Typhoon]]. The Typhoon replaces the air defense variant of the Tornado, called the F2 or F3in British service, as well as the Jaguar ground support aircraft.
===C3I-ISR===
Tornado and Harrier aircraft can mount tactical reconnaissance pods, and the RAF increasingly uses [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s such as the [[MQ-9 Reaper]]. Other aircraft include the R1 [[signals intelligence]] and [[imagery intelligence]] variant of the [[BaE Systems Nimrod]], as well as the [[Sentinel R1]] [[synthetic aperture radar]] surveillance aircraft, derived from the Bomardier Global Express business jet.
==References==
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force of Britain. It was formed in 1918 by a merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). DIvided between Fighter Command and Bomber Command, the RAF was a vitally important factor of World War II. Fighter Command won the Battle of Britain in 1940 and, from 1941 to 1945, Bomber Command was in frequent operation over enemy territory.

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