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Parent topics
- Air force [r]: The part of a nation's military that is responsible, at the least, for long range air warfare. [e]
- 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]: (1894-1969) Australian-born aviation pioneer and adventurer; developed British Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; arms trade after WWII [e]
- 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]: A passive, disposable radar countermeasure using strips of metal foil or aluminized plastic, cut to match the wavelength of the expected radar, and used to send false reflections back to the radar receiver [e]
- 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]: German attacks on Britain after the end of the Battle of Britain. [e]
- 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]: The Royal Air Force operation against German dams, by the "Dam Busters" of 617 Squadron [e]
- 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]: A anti-radiation missile developed by the Royal Air Force, with direct attacks and parachute-borne loiter mode, slower than the U.S. AGM-88 HARM but with more advanced search and suppression capabilities [e]
- F-35 Joint Strike Fighter [r]: A family of 5th generation multirole fighter, being developed in versions to operate from conventional airfields, in short takeoff and vertical landing for small carrier and forward-based land operations, and in carrier-capable conventional takeoff and landing. [e]
- F-35B Lightning II [r]: Short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, to be used on small carriers (i.e., without catapults and from minimal forward airfields [e]
- F-4 Phantom II [r]: An extremely successful third-generation fighter, the first effective multirole fighter, which, even after its replacement as a first-line fighter, continued in reconnaissance and suppression of enemy air defense roles well into the 1990s. [e]
- 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