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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.<ref name=RAF-TL->{{citation
The '''Royal Air Force''' ('''RAF''') is the air force of Britain. It was formed in 1918 by a merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). DIvided between Fighter Command and Bomber Command, the RAF was a vitally important factor of World War II. Fighter Command won the [[Battle of Britain]] in 1940 and, from 1941 to 1945, Bomber Command was in frequent operation over enemy territory.
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==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 (country)|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==
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The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force of Britain. It was formed in 1918 by a merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). DIvided between Fighter Command and Bomber Command, the RAF was a vitally important factor of World War II. Fighter Command won the Battle of Britain in 1940 and, from 1941 to 1945, Bomber Command was in frequent operation over enemy territory.

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