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Parent topics
- Air force [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. [e]
Subtopics
Historic
Leadership
- Hugh Dowding [r]: Commander of Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain [e]
- Arthur Harris [r]: Sir Arthur Harris, or Bomber Harris, headed the Royal Air Force Bomber Command during World War Two. [e]
- Sydney Cotton [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charles Portal [r]: Add brief definition or description
Aircraft
- Avro Lancaster [r]: The principal British heavy bomber in WWII. [e]
- Supermarine Spitfire [r]: A British fighter with exceptional high-altitude performance, serving in air superiority and photoreconnaissance roles from the beginning to the end of the Second World War, and retiring in 1955 [e]
- DC-3 (airliner) [r]: Probably the most successful propeller-driven transport aircraft design, used in civilian service, and with military variants, for over 60 years [e] called the Dakota in RAF service
Technology
- Chaff (electronic warfare) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- H2S (military) [r]: An early imaging radar used, by the Royal Air Force, for the night bombing of Germany [e]
Operations
- Battle of Britain [r]: Those German offensive air strikes, and British defense, with which the Germans had intended to establish air supremacy for their proposed invasion of Britain [e]
- Battle of the Beams [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Berlin Blockade [r]: The period, from June 24, 1948 to May 11, 1949, when the Soviet Union cut all land routes to Berlin [e]
- Operation Chastise [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 617 Squadron [r]: Royal Air Force squadron, the "Dam Busters", formed for precision bombing, originally Operation Chastise, in WWII; continues in attack roles [e]
- Operation Hydra [r]: The Royal Air Force bombing of the missile research center at Peenemunde [e]
Modern
Leadership
- Greg Bagwell [r]: Air Vice Marshal and Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, Royal Air Force, its senior combat command and RAF air commander in Operation Odyssey Dawn [e]
Technology
- BaE Systems ALARM [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter [r]: Add brief definition or description
- F-4 Phantom II [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MQ-9 Reaper [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Brimstone missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stormshadow missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Panavia Tornado [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eurofighter Typhoon [r]: Add brief definition or description