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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]
The majority of officers in the Royal Air Force Air Cadets (the Air Training Corps and the RAF section of the Combined Cadet Force) are volunteers commissioned into RAF Air Cadets and then appointed to service with the Air Training Corps or Combined Cadet Force (RAF). They are no longer Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training Branch) (RAFVR ...
A Royal Air Force flight sergeant. Flight sergeant (commonly abbreviated to Flt Sgt, F/Sgt, FSGT or, currently correctly in the RAF, FS [1]) is a senior non-commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force [2] and several other air forces which have adopted all or part of the RAF rank structure.
Name of royal: Rank: Naval Roles: Army Roles: Air Force Roles: Uniform: In Household Cavalry uniform, as Colonel of Blues and Royals. Anne, Princess Royal: Admiral (2012), General, Air Chief Marshal: Chief Commandant for Women in the Royal Navy, Commodore-in-Chief of HMNB Portsmouth, Admiral of the SCC. Colonel-in-Chief of the following: 2nd ...
The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps.Founded by Royal Warrant in 1942, the Corps carries-out security tasks relating to the protection of assets and personnel dedicated to the delivery of air power.
Flying officer (Fg Offr or F/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. Flying officer is immediately senior to pilot officer and immediately below flight lieutenant.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Trenchard.. Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF). [1] In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff (CAS), who were promoted to it on their last day of service.
Royal Air Force Police member with distinctive armband and white cap in 2011. A Royal Air Force Police Dog Handler attached to 42 Commando, on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan (2011). The RAF Police are responsible for the policing and security of all service personnel, much like their Royal Navy and British Army counterparts.