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The Royal Air Force Ensign is the official flag which is used to represent the Royal Air Force. The ensign has a field of air force blue with the United Kingdom's flag in the canton and the Royal Air Force's roundel in the middle of the fly. The RAF Ensign was introduced in 1921 after some opposition from senior members of the Royal Navy.
1901 29 October – The Aero Club of Great Britain is established. In the following years many early military pilots are trained by members of the Club. 1905 27 April – Sapper Moreton of the British Army's Balloon Section is lifted 2,600 ft (792 m) by a kite at Aldershot under the supervision of the kite's designer, Samuel Cody.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [ 8 ]
List of Royal Air Force groups; List of Royal Air Force stations; List of titles and honours of Charles III; List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II; List of titles and honours of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; Marshal of the Royal Air Force; No. 206 Squadron RAF; Norman Tebbit; Olav V; Peter Caddy; Peter Emery; Pierre Clostermann; Prince ...
The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918, towards the end of the First World War by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service .
Flag of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom: A fouled anchor on a crimson background Flag of the Corps of His Majesty's Royal Marines: A dark blue field with unequal horizontal yellow, green and red stripes, and the crest of the Royal Marines. Flag of the Commandant General Royal Marines: A dark blue field with a fouled anchor, lion and ...
The Royal Flying Corps and its successor the Royal Air Force have employed numerous versions of the roundel since then. By 1917, a thin white outline was usually added to the roundel, to make the blue of the outer circle easier to distinguish from the dark PC.10 and PC.12 protective dope.
The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment, or RAF Rgt) was headed by the Commandant-General, RAF Regiment and Director-General of Security with the rank of air vice-marshal, [41] [42] who was responsible for security at all Royal Air Force installations. The RAF Regiment served as the Royal Air Force's airbase defence corps. The regiment ...