1) Branch of the armed services 
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed toward the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world. Following victory over the Central Powers in 1918 the RAF emerged – at the time – the largest air force in the world. Since its formation,... ==Summary== GNOME Desktop Environment on Ubuntu (Dapper) Linux. Taken by Andrés Ortiz ...
The air force of Britain. The RAF was formed 1918 by the merger of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps. ...
The RAF`s mission is: “To generate air power to meet the Defence Mission�.
[n] - the airforce of Great Britain
The Royal Air Force was created on April 1, 1918, by the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. Hitherto they had been separate air arms of the Army and the Royal Navy respectively, although some liaison was provided for when they had been originally formed in 1912. A Fleet Air Arm was provided by the RAF from 1923 ...
RAF noun the airforce of Great Britain
The air force of Britain. The RAF was formed 1918 by the merger of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps