RAF India, later called Air Forces in India (1938–47) was a command of the Royal Air Force (RAF) that was active from 1918 until Indian independence and...
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Rapid Action Force (redirect from RAF (India))
The Rapid Action Force (RAF), is a specialized rapid reaction wing of the Central Reserve Police Force of India established to deal with riot and crowd...
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inherited the rank of air chief marshal from the RAF. While the RAF air officers in command of RAF India were normally of a lower rank, Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt...
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Commanding RAF, India 1938–1947: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Forces in India Upon independence and the subsequent partition of the subcontinent, RAF India...
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Royal Indian Air Force (category 1931 establishments in India)
awarded the RAF’s new Distinguished Flying Cross. In the inter-war years, the idea of self-determination gained widespread support in British India. In keeping...
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Royal Air Force strikes of 1946 (redirect from RAF India mutiny)
either Maripur or nearby Karachi (RAF Drigh Road) and later spread to involve nearly 50,000 men over 60 RAF stations in India, Ceylon, Burma and as far away...
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the close of hostilities. Notably he served as Air Officer Commanding RAF India and Air Member for Personnel. He retired from the military in 1929, having...
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List of Royal Air Force groups (redirect from No. 63 (Western & Welsh) Group RAF)
org. Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 1 May 2015. "Reorganisation of the RAF in India". Flight. XIII (669): 686. 20 October...
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Hugh Walmsley (section RAF career)
War. He was the final commander of RAF India and the unified Royal Indian Air Force before its division upon India's independence and partition. Educated...
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and trained at RAF Cranwell. He was commissioned a pilot officer on 27 July 1935. On graduation, he joined No. 1 Squadron RAF at RAF Tangmere flying...
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Squadron RAF after the Battle of Britain. He served in North Africa and the Middle-East in the latter part of that year before returning to India to join...
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Squadron RAF was a photo-reconnaissance squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. It was formed out of No. 3 PRU, at Dum Dum in India on...
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up RAF, Raf, raf, or raf- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. RAF refers to the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom. RAF or Raf may...
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Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards...
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Richard Peirse (section RAF career)
dissolved. In March 1943 Peirse was appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF India and in November 1943 he was made Allied Air Commander in Chief, South-East...
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List of Royal Air Force Communication units (redirect from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (RAF) Communication Squadron RAF)
Air Force Communication Wing RAF, was established on 31 March 1945, and disbanded only three and a half months later at RAF Buckeburg on 15 July 1945, by...
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Folland Gnat (section India)
the display aircraft of the RAF's Red Arrows aerobatic team. The Gnat F.1 was exported to Finland, Yugoslavia and India. The Indian Air Force became...
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the following month he transferred to India as a Headquarters Staff officer at No. 2 (Indian Wing) Station, RAF Risalpur. Returning to the UK two years...
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2021-02-19. "Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-02-19. "Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf. (1838)". World Checklist of Selected...
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2 Squadron RAF No. 4 Squadron RAF No. 6 Squadron RAF No. 13 Squadron RAF No. 16 Squadron RAF No. 20 Squadron RAF - No. 221 Group RAF, India, 1942 No. 24...
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List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force (redirect from No. 3 Signals School (India) RAF)
included RAF Signals Command, which was later reduced to group status and incorporated into RAF Strike Command. Nos 26 and No. 60 Group RAF were established...
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create RAF Fighter Command, RAF Bomber Command, RAF Coastal Command and RAF Training Command. He then served as Inspector-General of the RAF until his...
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Ambala Air Force Station (redirect from RAF Ambala)
3 Squadron RAF, No. 5 Squadron RAF, No. 20 Squadron RAF, No. 28 Squadron RAF, No. 31 Squadron RAF, No. 60 Squadron RAF, No. 99 Squadron RAF, No. 114 Squadron...
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List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units (redirect from No. 1 Maintenance Unit RAF)
Storage Units (ASU)s. List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of RAF Regiment units List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft squadrons List of Army Air...
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Central Reserve Police Force (redirect from Central Reserve Police Force (India))
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is a Central Armed Police Force in India under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The CRPF's primary role lies in assisting...
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Force Santacruz or more simply RAF Santacruz was a Royal Air Force station in Bombay (now called Mumbai), then British India which saw extensive use in the...
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the Air Officer Commanding RAF India. Promoted to squadron leader on 5 November 1930, he remained on the staff at RAF India and was mentioned in despatches...
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List of Royal Air Force commands (redirect from List of RAF commands)
in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made...
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School RAF (1940–43) became No. 1 Radio School RAF No. 2 Signals School RAF (1940–43) became No. 2 Radio School RAF No. 3 Signals School (India) RAF (1943–44)...
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SEPECAT Jaguar (section India)
ground instructional airframes, most notably at RAF Cosford, used in the training of RAF fitters. India had been approached as a possible customer for...
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