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  2. Personnel numbers in the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    At this time, numbers of personnel were over one million The Vulcan at RAF Waddington, 1982. Post the Falklands Conflict, the RAF had just over 89,000 people in service. RAF 7 Force Protection Wing delivers training to support mass school testing in 2021. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, personnel numbered around 33,000

  3. Flying officer - Wikipedia

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    The starting salary for a flying officer is £39,671 per year. [ 4 ] In many cases the rank of flying officer is the first rank an air force officer holds after successful completion of his professional training.

  4. Pilot officer - Wikipedia

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    Pilot officer (Plt Off or P/O) is a junior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. [1] The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence.

  5. Flight lieutenant - Wikipedia

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    Flight lieutenant is the most common officer rank in the RAF; in April 2013, for example, there were 8,230 RAF officers, of whom 3,890 (47.3%) were flight lieutenants. [8] In RAF informal usage, a flight lieutenant is sometimes referred to as a "flight lieuy". A Flight Lieutenant's starting salary is £42,008.48 as of 2019. [9]

  6. List of active United Kingdom military aircraft - Wikipedia

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    [2] Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by RAF. BAE Systems Hawk T.2: United Kingdom: Jet: Jet trainer: 2009: 28: 28 [2] Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by No. IV (R) Squadron & No. XXV(F) Squadron; aircraft to remain in service until 2040. [39] [40 ...

  7. Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Reports of RAF pilots teaching in China spark national ... - AOL

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    The MoD reportedly sent serving RAF pilots to Beijing to teach their Chinese counterparts in 2016. ... We should not be surprised by China’s audacity in luring UK pilots to learn about our tactics.

  9. Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Air Force Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC), at Adastral Hall, RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, is the centre through which every potential RAF officer must go to be selected for Initial Officer Training (IOT) and through which potential non-commissioned aircrew must go to be selected for the Direct Entry Senior Non-commissioned Officer (DE-SNCO) course.