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Per ardua ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" [1] or "through struggle to the stars" [2] that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces such as the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the Royal Indian Air Force until 1947. The Royal Canadian ...
Royal Canadian Air Force: Sic itur ad astra (Latin for "such is the pathway to the stars") Royal Canadian Navy: Ready aye ready; Canadian Joint Operations Command: Unanimi cum ratione (Latin for "united in purpose") Canadian Special Operations Forces Command: Viam inveniemus (Latin for "we will find a way")
Mock-Latin motto of The Addams Family. sic infit: so it begins: sic itur ad astra: thus you shall go to the stars: From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions, including the Royal Canadian Air Force. sic parvis magna: greatness from small beginnings: Motto of Sir Francis ...
Defender of the Force: Official motto of the United States Air Force Security Forces (Security Police). Dei gratia: By the grace of God: Part of the full style of a monarch historically considered to be ruling by divine right, notably in the style of the English and British monarch since 1521 Dei gratia regina: By the Grace of God, Queen
Motto of the Royal, Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand Air Forces, the U. S. State of Kansas and of several schools. The phrase is used by Latin Poet Virgil in the Aeneid; also used in H. Rider Haggard's novel The People of the Mist. per aspera ad astra: through hardships to the stars
Royal Air Force: Motto(s) Latin: Rerum Cognoscere Causas ("To know the causes of things") [1: No. 168 Squadron RAF was a Second World War Royal Air Force ...
Royal Air Force: Role: various: Motto(s) Latin: Diu noctuque pugnamus ("We fight by day and night"). [1] Battle honours: Palestine 1916- 1918 - Turks, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain 1940, Fortress Europe, Egypt and Libya, North Africa, El Alamein, El Hamma - Mareth Line, Sicily, Gothic Line, Italy: Commanders; Notable commanders: Peter Drummond ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) developed a distinctive slang which has been documented in works such as Piece of Cake and the Dictionary of RAF slang. [ 1 ] The following is a comprehensive selection of slang terms and common abbreviations used by Royal Air Force from before World War II until the present day; less common abbreviations are not included.