• Air Chief Marshal Sir John Shakespeare Allison, KCB, CBE (born 24 March 1943) is a retired senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander. He was the Gentleman...
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  • Sir John Allison (RAF officer) (born 1943), Air Chief Marshal, RAF John A. Allison IV (born 1948), chairman and former CEO of BB&T John Allison (anthroposophist)...
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    Royal Air Force (redirect from RAF stations)
    2012 "Farewell to RAF UK Search & Rescue". raf.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015. Allison, George (1 March...
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    Command. It latterly consisted of two formations – No. 1 Group RAF and No. 2 Group RAF. The last Commander-in-Chief was Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French...
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  • John Wratten, GBE, CB, AFC (born 15 August 1939) is a retired senior commander in the Royal Air Force who was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Strike...
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  • 1972; FAI Lilienthal Medal 1972 Sir John Allison - RAF Officer, former Commander in Chief Strike Command James Allison - F1 Engineer, Technical Director...
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    Dawn McCafferty (category Women's Royal Air Force officers)
    Air Commodore Dawn Allison McCafferty CBE, is a former officer of both the RAF Reserve and the regular Royal Air Force. She was appointed as Commandant...
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  • Buckinghamshire. The other operational group is No. 2 Group RAF. The current Air Officer Commanding No 1 Group is Air Vice-Marshal Mark Flewin, who took...
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    Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. RAF Digby is also home to the Sector Operations Room Museum which was opened by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison on 30 May 1997. The...
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  • John Stewart Hart DFC (11 September 1916 – 18 June 2019) was a Canadian Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot from 1938 to 1946. He flew Lysanders in the RAF Army...
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    re-equipped with the early Allison V-1710 powered Mark I version of the North American Mustang in April 1942, continuing to operate within RAF Army Cooperation...
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    Wilfrid Freeman (category Manchester Regiment officers)
    Station Commander at RAF Leuchars in 1928. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Transjordan and Palestine in 1930, Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Andover...
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    appointed commanding officer of No. 3(F) Squadron flying Harriers from RAF Wildenrath and RAF Gütersloh in 1975. Johns was appointed an Officer of the Order of...
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  • at RAF Biggin Hill, 56/87 Squadron and 63 Squadron at RAF Waterbeach, 64 Squadron and 65 (East India) Squadron at RAF Duxford, 72 Squadron at RAF North...
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  • officer to sit on the Air Force Board. Additionally, Alcock continued to be designated as the RAF's Chief Engineer. Alcock was succeeded by Sir John Allison...
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    September, when a Bristol Blenheim (flown by Flying Officer Andrew McPherson of No. 139 Squadron RAF)—on a reconnaissance flight over the North Sea—spotted...
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    Calvin Bailey (category Royal Air Force officers)
    Operation SHADER". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air Force. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2024. "New Officer Commanding for LXX Squadron". raf.mod.uk. Royal Air...
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    made by RAF Spitfires were flown by 60 Squadron Mk XVIIIs over Malaya on 1 January 1951. The first Spitfire I to enter service with the RAF arrived at...
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    (1976), pp.56–57 Warrant Officer G Grimson RAF – casualty details Warrant Officer R Townsend-Coles RAF The Sergeant Escapers by John Dominy Cooper (2009)...
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  • logistics support for the RAF. The Command was formed on 1 April 1994 and its role was to provide logistics support to the RAF. The formation of Logistics...
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  • deemed to have been under the control of RAF Fighter Command. In 1955 Flt Lt John Holloway, a serving RAF officer, began a personal challenge to compile...
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  • Ministry of Defence in 1990. He went on to be Deputy Commander of RAF Germany in 1991, Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group in 1993 and Assistant Chief of Defence...
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    aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth. The squadron motto, In omnibus princeps ("First in all things") reflects the squadron's status as the RAF's oldest unit,...
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    Royal Air Force Coningsby or RAF Coningsby (IATA: QCY, ICAO: EGXC), is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located 13.7 kilometres (8.5 mi) south-west of Horncastle...
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  • reported that production had begun at Dalton Barracks (the former WWII airfield RAF Abingdon) in Oxfordshire, England. Retrospective temporary 12-month planning...
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    Mustang. Despite the limited high-altitude performance of the Allison V-1710 engine, the RAF was enthusiastic about its new mount, which "performed magnificently"...
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  • deemed to have been under the control of RAF Fighter Command. In 1955 Flt Lt John Holloway, a serving RAF officer, began a personal challenge to compile...
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    4 November 2021. "Further five F-35 fighter jets land at RAF Marham". 4 August 2018. Allison, George (17 March 2024). "Britain takes delivery of more...
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  • four-star officer rank and currently the highest rank to which RAF officers may be promoted to in a professional capacity. Throughout the history of the RAF there...
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  • A Bridge Too Far (film) (category Films scored by John Addison)
    bridges and reach Arnhem within two days. As General Urquhart briefs his officers, some are surprised that they are going to attempt a landing so far from...
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