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==Current operations== | ==Current operations== | ||
RAF units are both permanently and temporarily assigned to locations worldwide. | RAF units are both permanently and temporarily assigned to locations worldwide. | ||
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Permanent deployments include: | Permanent deployments include: | ||
*UK Air Defence | *UK Air Defence | ||
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*[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] | *[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] | ||
*[[Sudan]] | *[[Sudan]] | ||
===Equipment=== | |||
===Offensive=== | |||
The RAF operates two series of [[Harrier (fighter)]] [[short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing]] (STOVL) aircraft, from both land and sea bases. It also uses the GR4 version of the [[Tornado (fighter)]] for strike missions. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 09:43, 19 June 2009
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the youngest military service of the United Kingdom; the RAF and Women's Royal Air Force were formed on 1 Apr 1918.[1]
Current operations
RAF units are both permanently and temporarily assigned to locations worldwide.
Locations
Permanent deployments include:
- UK Air Defence
- Gibraltar
- Ascension Island
- Falkland Islands
- Cyprus
- Nevada (joint training facility in the United States
Major temporary operations include:
- Operation Telic (Iraq)
- Operation Herrick (Afghanistan)
- United States Central Command, Tampa, Florida
- Balkans
- Sierra Leone
- Diego Garcia
- Persian Gulf
- Georgia
- Sudan
Equipment
Offensive
The RAF operates two series of Harrier (fighter) short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft, from both land and sea bases. It also uses the GR4 version of the Tornado (fighter) for strike missions.
References
- ↑ Royal Air Force, RAF Timeline 1918-1929