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By 1921, the RAF "Telephony Spelling Alphabet" had been adopted by all three armed services, and was then made mandatory for UK civil aviation, as announced in Notice to Airmen Number 107. [15] In 1956, the NATO phonetic alphabet was adopted due to the RAF's wide commitments with NATO and worldwide sharing of civil aviation facilities. [16]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Letter names for unambiguous communication Not to be confused with International Phonetic Alphabet. Alphabetic code words A lfa N ovember B ravo O scar C harlie P apa D elta Q uebec E cho R omeo F oxtrot S ierra G olf T ango H otel U niform I ndia V ictor J uliett W hiskey K ilo X ray L ...
The following are the lyrics to be sung to the Trio section of the march (composed by George Dyson). It references the motto of the RAF, "Per Ardua Ad Astra" (Latin, "Through adversity to the stars"). RAF March Past Through adversities we'll conquer. Blaze into the stars, A trail of glory We'll live on land and sea 'Til victory is won.
Based at RAF Northolt (previously at RAF Uxbridge) and RAF Cranwell, it forms the central administration of one hundred and seventy musicians divided between The Band of the Royal Air Force College, The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, Central Band of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Air Force Salon Orchestra and Headquarters Music Services ...
Also, the Allied spelling alphabets were all defined soley by military agencies, while the NATO phonetic alphabet article is incorrectly named--it talks about the spelling alphabet designed and defined by the (non-military) international civil aviation organization under the UN. Different alphabets, different owners, and military vs. civilian.
1924–1942 1942–1943 1943–1956 Ace Apple Able-Affirm Beer Baker Charlie Dog Edward Easy Freddie Freddy Fox George Harry How Ink In Item/Interrogatory
It was established by the RAF as base for 367 Signals Unit in the early 1950s. [34] In 1964, following a review by Sir Gerald Templer, control of the site passed to Government Communications Headquarters. [35] No. 388 Signals Unit RAF: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: Unknown: No. 399 Signals Unit RAF: Unknown: Unknown: RAF Digby: 1 September 1998
The Conet Project was rereleased in a five-disc 15th anniversary edition in April 2013. The rerelease comes with a new booklet that features detailed photographs of a numbers station voice sample controller, a Sprach-Morse-Generator der HVA des MfS (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit der DDR) and one-time pad samples of the type used by the East German Stasi.