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The Royal Air Forces Association branch & club in Hexham, Northumberland. The Royal Air Forces Association, also known as RAF Association or RAFA, is a British registered charity. It provides care and support to serving and retired members of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth, and to their dependents.
The Royal Air Force Club, or RAF Club in short-form, is a club located at 128 Piccadilly, London.. Membership is open to those who hold, or have held, commissions in the RAF, PMRAFNS, Reserve Forces and Commonwealth and friendly foreign air forces, Members of the British Army and Royal Navy who are serving on secondment with the RAF are also eligible for membership.
The Royal Air Force Motor Sports Association (RAFMSA) is the officially recognised sports body of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that encourages participation in motor sports.As well as running its own competitions and championships, its members variously compete and officiate in other motor sports events at local, national, and international level.
Royal Air Force Club: 1918 128 Piccadilly: 1922 RAF officers Admitted Royal Automobile Club: 1897 89–91 Pall Mall: 1911 Social and automobile enthusiasts Since 1998 Royal Ocean Racing Club: 1925 20 St James's Place, St James's Street: 1942 Yachting enthusiasts Admitted Royal Over-Seas League (formerly the Over-Seas Club) 1910 4 Park Place, St ...
In August 1946, the Air Force Association organized a coast-to-coast radio broadcast featuring Jimmy Stewart, who was made a vice president of the organization, and Ronald Reagan, who was a Hollywood actor and Army Air Force captain and AFA charter member. [10] The Air Force Association made good on its promise to publish an airpower magazine ...
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCAs) are Crown bodies in the United Kingdom which give advice and assistance to the Defence Council, and to the Army, Royal Navy and RAF, on matters that concern reserves and cadets. They are contracted by the Ministry of Defence to provide services including management of the volunteer estate ...
International air cadets at the Britannia Royal Naval College (2003). The International Air Cadet Exchange is an annual student exchange program designed to promote character, good-will, and cooperation among the world's civilian auxiliary aviation programs.
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]