Expand French topic geo date February 2010 Infobox settlement official name RafRaf other name native name nickname settlement type Commune and town motto image skyline RafRafbeachAndCapFarina.JPG imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map mapsize map caption pushpin map pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Tunisia subdivision type1 Governorates of Tunisia Governorate subdivision name1 Bizerte Governorate subdivision type2 subdivision name2 government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of 2004 population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone Central European Time CET utc offset 1 latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW W elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes RafRaf is a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate , Tunisia . As of 2004 it had a population of 9,839. ref name ins fr http www.ins.nat.tn fr rgph2.1.commune.php?code modalite 24417&Code indicateur 0301007&Submit3 Envoyer Recensement de 2004 au niveau municipal Institut national de la statistique ref See also List of cities in Tunisia References reflist coord 37.189 N 10.1946 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category Populated places in Tunisia Category Communes of Tunisia Communes of Tunisia Tunisia geo stub ar ca RafRaf de RafRaf el fr RafRaf ... more details
TOCright RAF or Raf may refer to Military and Paramilitary Organisations Royal Air Force , the air force of the United Kingdom Rapid Action Force , India s elite paramilitary police force Royal Aircraft Factory, former name of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Red Army Faction Rote Armee Fraktion , or Baader Meinhof Group a German left wing terrorist organisation active from 1970 to 1998 Russian Automobile Federation , a member of the FIA Other businesses and organizations Riga Autobus Factory R gas Autobusu Fabrika , a Latvian bus factory Biology Raf family of proto oncogenes see c Raf Technical terms and uses Retired after finishing , a sailing race term Individuals Raf is a diminutive form of the Italian name Raffaele, and of other forms of the name Raphael. It may refer to Raf de Gregorio , a New Zealand soccer player Raffaele Riefoli , an Italian singer, songwriter known as RafRaf Simons , a Belgian fashion designer Raf Vallone , an Italian actor and film star Other Road Accident Fund , a South African government compensation scheme Lookfrom RAF disambig be RAF ca RAF cs RAF da RAF de RAF Begriffskl rung et RAF el RAF es RAF eo RAF eu RAF fr RAF gl RAF ko RAF hr RAF razdvojba id RAF it RAF la RAF lv RAF lb RAF lt RAF hu RAF egy rtelm s t lap nl RAF no RAF nn RAF nds RAF pl RAF pt RAF ro RAF ru RAF sk RAF sl RAF sr fi RAF sv RAF tr RAF vi RAF ... more details
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RAF Gaza was a Second World War RAF airfield in the present day Gaza Strip , ref http www.rafweb.org Stations Stations G.htm A History of the RAF Stations G ref possibly on the site of the Gaza Airstrip . History During the Second World War RAF Gaza was used by a number of RAF squadrons, including 33 No. 33 Squadron RAF , 45 No. 45 Squadron RAF , 127 No. 127 Squadron RAF , 208 No. 208 Squadron RAF , 318 No. 318 Squadron RAF and 451 No. 451 Squadron RAF Squadrons. No.2 Air Crew Officers School was based on the airfield, and the Greek Training Flight was also based there from 1941 1942. The airfield was used as the Middle East ammunition depot from July to September 1942. It was in use by 1941, and may have first been used earlier. Whether or not RAF Gaza was on the site of the present day Gaza Airstrip is unclear, as it was likely only of a temporary nature. Some sources place RAF Gaza to the southeast of Gaza City ref http wikimapia.org 2191006 Former RAF Gaza Airfield RAF Gaza Airfield Wikimapia ref although there are no visible remains of the airfield there. See also Gaza Strip Gaza Airstrip List of RAF stations Royal Air Force References reflist Royal Air Force Category Royal Air Force stations Gaza ... more details
The former Royal Air Force Station Laarbruch , more commonly known as RAF Laarbruch ICAO EDUL from 1 ... Sure . RAF Laarbruch was home to various first line Squadron aviation squadrons , including No. 2 Squadron RAF II AC Squadron flying F 4 Phantom II and No. XV Squadron RAF 15 and No. 16 Squadron RAF ... by Panavia Tornado Tornadoes with four squadrons 2, 15, 16,and No. 20 Squadron RAF 20 resident. After the Gulf War first Gulf War , many of the squadrons were relocated, No. 2 Sqn going back to RAF Marham and 15, 16, and 20 becoming reserve squadrons. When RAF G tersloh closed, the RAF Harrier II Harriers of No. 3 Squadron RAF 3 F and No. IV Squadron RAF IV AC squadrons moved in along with the helicopters of No. 18 Squadron RAF 18 B Squadron . Laarbruch was also home to 1 and 26 Squadron RAF Regiment . 18 Squadron returned to RAF Odiham in 1997 with the remaining Harrier squadrons departing to RAF Cottesmore in 1999. After closing in 1999 the airfield found a new civilian lease of life ... Squadron RAF flying Phantom FGR.2 up to 1976 and the SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 T.2 from 1976 until the 1980s, then the Panavia Tornado GR.1A from the late eighties until the unit was re located to RAF Marham in the late 1990s. No. 3 Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra B I 8 68 72 , then again from here from 1992 until 1999 with the BAe Harrier GR.5, then GR.7 until the unit was re located to RAF Cottesmore in 1998. No 4 Squadron RAF flying the BAE Harrier GR.5, then the GR.7 version from 1992 until the unit was re located to RAF Cottesmore in 1998. No. 15 Squadron RAF flying the Blackburn ... Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra B I 8 58 72 , Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 72 83 Panavia Tornado GR1 83 91 No. 18 Squadron RAF flying Boeing Vertol Chinook HC.1 helicopters 92 97 No. 20 Squadron RAF flying Panavia Tornado GR.1 84 92 No. 31 Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra PR.7 No. 69 Squadron RAF flying English Electric Canberra PR.3 No. 80 Squadron RAF flying English Electric ... more details
RAF Haifa was a Royal Air Force station in Palestine between 1942 and 1948. Since 1948 it has been Haifa Airport . Haifa Airport had been established in 1934, as the first international airport in Palestine, originally serving the British Army and the Iraqi British oil company, APS. In 1940 civil flights were stopped due to the Second World War and it became RAF Haifa . The RAF station closed in 1948 and the airport re opened as Haifa Airport . Operational units No. 6 Squadron RAF detachment 1938 1939 Hawker Hardy No. 30 Squadron RAF detachment 1940 Bristol Blenheim No. 80 Squadron RAF 1941 Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane I No. 112 Squadron RAF detachment 1941 P 40 Tomahawk Curtiss Tomahawk I No. 142 Squadron RAF detachment 1918 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 No. 144 Squadron RAF detachment 1919 de Havilland DH.9 No. 208 Squadron RAF detachment 1941 Hawker Audax No. 213 Squadron RAF 1941 Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane I No. 260 Squadron RAF 1941 Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane I No. 261 Squadron RAF 1942 Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane I No. 450 Squadron RAAF 1941 Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane I No. 651 Squadron RAF 1948 Auster AOP6 References Notes reflist Bibliography refbegin Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., Order of the British Empire MBE ,BA,RAF Retd . RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 . Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK Airlife Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1 84037 141 2. Sturtivant, Ray, Imperial Service Order ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912 . Tonbridge, Kent, UK Air Britain Historians Ltd., 2007. ISBN 0 85130 365 X. refend See also List of RAF stations Category Royal Air Force stations in the Middle East Haifa ... more details
coord 54.520 0.710 display title region GB scale 10000 RAF Goldsborough was an Royal Air Force RAF base situated in North Yorkshire , England . RAF stub Category North Yorkshire Category Royal Air Force stations in Yorkshire Goldsborough ... more details
RAF Ventnor was an Royal Air Force RAF base situated on the Isle of Wight , England . References reflist coord 50 36 0 N 1 11 0 W region GB type city display title RAF stub Category Isle of Wight Category Royal Air Force stations in England Ventnor ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2007 RAF Kilchiaran was an Royal Air Force RAF base situated on the Isle of Islay in Scotland . See also Islay Airport RAF stub coord 55.765 6.454 type landmark region GB display title Category Islay Category Royal Air Force stations in Scotland ... more details
RAF Kingsnorth may refer to one of two separate military airfields in Kent, which were located at two different places in Kent and operated in two distinct periods. RAF Kingsnorth WWI , 1918 24 formerly RNAS Kingsnorth 1914 1918 on the Isle of Grain RAF Kingsnorth WWII , 1943 45 at Kingsnorth near Ashford, Kent dab ... more details
coord 51 23 48 N 03 20 36 W type airport display title RAF Rhoose was a World War II Royal Air Force airfield, opened 7 April 1942 as an RAF training base for Supermarine Spitfire pilots. No 53 Operational Training Unit RAF Llandow Llandow was the parent station, and Rhoose was a satellite landing ground. See also Cardiff International Airport , which now occupies the site RAF St. Athan , a separate but close by RAF station RAF stub DEFAULTSORT Rhoose Category Royal Air Force stations in Wales ... more details
RAF Wilmslow was a Royal Air Force station that existed from 1938 ? to 1962 in Wilmslow , Cheshire . It was known as No. 4 School of Recruit Training. References The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force 1918 1988 , J.J. Halley, Air Britain, Tonbridge, 1988, ISBN 0 85130 164 9 External links http www.wilmslow.org.uk wilmslow raf wilmslow raf.html RAF Wilmslow http www.rafweb.org index.htm Air of Authority An Organisational History of the RAF For further information see this http www.wilmslow.org.uk wilmslow raf wilmslow raf.html site RAF stub coord 53.336 2.204 type landmark region GB display title Category Royal Air Force stations in Cheshire Wilmslow ... more details
Cleanup date February 2008 RAF Milltown was a Royal Air Force station and second world war RAF Coastal Command airfield on the Moray Firth , Scotland . History RAF Milltown, lying to the southeast of Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth, began life as a bombing decoy for nearby RAF Lossiemouth . ref name sectret cite web url http www.secretscotland.org.uk index.php Secrets RAFMilltown title RAF Milltown publisher Secret Scotland format wiki accessdate 2009 08 22 ref Between 1981 and 1943, three runways and two hangars were constructed and the airfield became a satellite of RAF Lossiemouth . ref name sectret In July 1946, along with RAF Lossiemouth, Milltown was officially handed over to the Royal Navy ... some 50 masts visible. It has been an RAF signals transmitter station transmitting RAF VOLMET using a 600W transmitter and RAF STCICS. Since the award of the MOD HF signals contract to VT Communications ... August 2009 RAF units and aircraft class wikitable Unit Dates Aircraft Variant Notes No. 224 Squadron RAF 1944 1945 B 24 Liberator Consolidated Liberator V, VI and VIII Coastal Command List of Royal Air Force heavy conversion units No. 1674 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF 1945 B 24 Liberator Consolidated Liberator Coastal Command No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF 1943 1945 Vickers Wellington Satellite with main base at RAF Lossiemouth No. 111 Coastal Operational Training Unit RAF 1945 1946 B 24 Liberator Consolidated Liberator Satellite with main base at RAF Lossiemouth No. 663 Volunteer Gliding Squadron RAF 1974 1977 Air Training Corps glider training Footnotes reflist Bibliography refbegin Jefford, Wing Commander C.G., Order of the British Empire MBE ,BA,RAF Retd . RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 . Shrewsbury ... Service Order ISO and John Hamlin. RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912 . Tonbridge, Kent ... GB type landmark display title DEFAULTSORT Raf Milltown Category Royal Air Force stations in Scotland ... more details
12 Writtens 14.html ref . It was part of communications network linking RAF Chicksands RAF Mildenhall RAF Lakenheath RAF Feltwell RAF Molesworth via RAF Chelveston RAF Alconbury RAF Croughton In September ... cameracon.ning.com photo photo show?id 1970429 3APhoto 3A4734 Photo of RAF Barkway accessed 2008 ... width 8em liststyle width auto group1 United States Air Forces in Europe USAFE list1 RAF Alconbury RAF Barford St John RAF Blenheim Crescent RAF Croughton RAF Fairford RAF Feltwell RAF Upwood RAF Welford RAF Lakenheath RAF Molesworth RAF Mildenhall RAF Barkway group2 Other list2 RAF Menwith Hill AFISR ... Air Forces in Europe USAFE list1 RAF Bentwaters RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Wethersfield group2 SAC USAFE list2 RAF Bassingbourn RAF Brize Norton Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Chelveston RAF Greenham Common RAF Upper Heyford RAF Daws Hill RAF Little Rissington RAF Manston RAF Scampton RAF Sculthorpe RAF Waddington RAF Woodbridge RAF Wyton group3 Other list3 RAF Burtonwood small Air Force Materiel Command AFMC small RAF Chicksands small U.S. Air Force Security Service USAFSS small ... B RAF stub DEFAULTSORT Raf Barkway ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Gate Guardian RAF Stafford.jpg thumb RAF Stafford s gate guardian is a Hawker Siddeley Harrier . RAF Stafford was a non flying Royal Air Force station in Stafford Staffordshire , England . Originally home to No. 16 Maintenance Unit RAF No 16 Maintenance Unit as an Equipment Supply Depot, this part of the station is now run by the Defence Logistics Organisation . No 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron, part of Stafford based No. 85 Expeditionary Logistics Wing RAF 85 ELW , provides transport assistance for unit moves and deployments. Also at Stafford is the Tactical Supply Wing TSW , which operates mobile fuel handling facilities for helicopters deployed in the field. In April 2004 it was announced that units from RAF Stafford will be moved to RAF Wittering , effectively closing the base. However, in 2005, it emerged that the British Army Army was considering using the base for the newly reformed 22 Signal Regiment, TSW still remain at Stafford. RAF Stafford officially ceased to be an RAF station on 31 March to become MoD Stafford in 2006. Coord 52.8229 2.1035 type landmark region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Stafford Category Royal Air Force stations in England Category Royal Air Force stations in Staffordshire Category Stafford RAF Stafford RAF stub Staffordshire geo stub ... more details
Airport name RAF Nicosia nativename nativename a nativename r image RAF Nicosia crest.jpg image width caption RAF Nicosia crest IATA s NIC s ICAO s LCNC s type Military and formerly joint Military ... The former Royal Air Force Station Nicosia , commonly known as RAF Nicosia , was a Royal Air Force airbase in Cyprus . RAF Nicosia was Headquarters Royal Air Force Cyprus from 8 June to 29 July 1941 Originally, it was the main principal airport for Cyprus , being constructed in the 1930s as RAF Nicosia, and supported both civil and military aviation on the island. The RAF disestablished the station ... Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus and is used by United Nations peace keeping patrol helicopter s. RAF Nicosia squadrons and aircraft ref http www.britains smallwars.com cyprus cyprusunits.html raf British units serving Cyprus ref No. 6 Squadron RAF operating Spitfire Oct. 1946 de Havilland Venom from Aug. 1955 ??? No. 8 Squadron RAF operating Auster AOP6 from Jul. 1950 de Haviland Vampire from Jul. 1953 No. 29 Squadron RAF operating Gloster Javelin from Mar. 1963 No. 32 Squadron RAF operating English Electric Canberra B2 No. 33 Squadron RAF operating Gloster Javelin FAW7 No. 39 Squadron RAF operating Gloster Meteor NF13 No. 43 Squadron RAF operating Hawker Hunter FGA 9 from Jun. 1961 No. 70 Squadron RAF operating Vickers Valetta C1, Handley Page Hastings No. 73 Squadron RAF operating de Havilland Venom FB4 No. 74 Squadron RAF operating Spitfire V, later Mk IX from Sep. 1943 No. 80 Squadron RAF operating Hurricane MkI from Jun. 1941 No. 84 Squadron RAF operating Vickers Valetta C1 No. 103 Squadron RAF operating Bristol Sycamore HC1 No. 114 Squadron RAF operating Vickers Valetta C1, de Havilland Chipmunk T10 No. 185 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 202 Squadron RAF operating Hawker Hunter F6 No. 208 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 213 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 230 Squadron RAF operating Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC1 No. 234 Squadron RAF operating ??? No. 249 Squadron RAF operating ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Royal Air Force Regiment image Image RAFRegtbadge.png caption Crest of the RAF ... command structure No. 2 Group RAF No. 2 Group , RAF Air Command Air Command garrison Depot RAF ... Abbott S Abbott ref http www.rafweb.org AirMin3.htm ref commander1 label Commandant General of the RAF ... Insignia identification symbol Image RAF TRF.svg 65px identification symbol label Tactical ... Regiment RAF Regt is a specialist airfield defence Corps founded by Royal Warrant in 1942. After a 29 ... can continue without delay in the aftermath of an attack. The RAF Regiment are trained in CBRN ... measures and RAF Regiment instructors are responsible for training all Royal Air Force personnel ... are known within the RAF as The Regiment , Rock Apes or Rocks . History The genesis of the RAF Regiment was with the creation of Number 1 Armoured Car Company RAF No. 1 Armoured Car Company RAF in 1921 for operations in RAF Iraq Command Iraq , followed shortly afterwards by Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF and No. 3 Armoured Car Company RAF. These were equipped ... the Middle East in the 1920s and 1930s. The RAF Regiment came into existence, in name, on 5 February .... 284 Field Squadron was the first RAF unit to arrive in West Berlin in 1945, to secure RAF Gatow . Image Join the RAF Regt.jpg thumb 150px left A recruiting poster from the 1950s. The Regiment has a museum at RAF Honington near Bury St Edmunds . The RAF Regiment occasionally mounts the Queen ... first headquarters established at RAF Alma Park , Grantham , Lincolnshire and its first depot at nearby RAF Belton Park the RAF Regiment grew to a force of 66,000 men in 280 Squadrons of 185 men each ... response capability to several RAF station s. Light Armoured Squadrons, equipped with FV101 Scorpion and FV107 Scimitar light tank s, continued to be operated into the 1980s. Formerly the RAF s firefighter s were also members of the RAF Regiment, although they are now independent of it. Origin ... more details
, Gan, Cyprus, Ottawa and Malta. Other UK sites involved were the RN site at HMS Forest Moor and RAF Oakhanger with its satellite earth station. br RAF Bampton Castle was a technical site only, parented by RAF Brize Norton. br RAF Edlesborough was a technical site only, parented by RAF Halton. br RAF Stoke Hammond was a technical site only, parented by RAF Stanbridge. It closed in the mid 1970s and the site was returned to the owner. br RAF Greatworth had its own accommodation but was administratively parented from RAF Stanbridge. The site opened in the 1930s and finally closed in 1992. It is now ... Category Royal Air Force stations in Bedfordshire Stanbridge RAF stub ... more details
RAF Rhine was the name of the Royal Air Force command that comprised units posted to Germany in 1918 as part of the occupying forces following World War I . The RAF presence in Germany was wound down to a single squadron by 1920 and RAF Rhine was disbanded. External links http www.rafweb.org Command Dev.htm RAFWeb Category Royal Air Force commands Category Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in World War I RAF stub ... more details
RAF Sydenham was a Royal Air Force RAF station station in Northern Ireland . In the 1970s it was the main servicing base for Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft, employing 650 civilian workers. ref Northern Ireland Committee of Irish Congress of Trade Unions, The Defence Stations in Northern Ireland The Case for Retention , March 1976 ref Footnotes div class references small references div RAF stub coord 54.618 5.871 type landmark display title Category RAF stations in Northern Ireland Sydenham ... more details
coord 53 19 31 N 3 23 10 W display title RAF Prestatyn was an Royal Air Force RAF radar post situated near Prestatyn , in Denbighshire , north east Wales . The remains of some of the buildings are extant. ref http www.urbex.puffinpost.com prestatyn.php Remains of RAF Prestatyn ref References references RAF stub DEFAULTSORT Prestatyn Category Denbighshire Category Royal Air Force stations in Wales ... more details
Coord 51 49 59 N 004 57 40 W type airport display title RAF Haverfordwest was a Royal Air Force airfield in World War II . It was operational from 1943 to 1945. The airfield was located 2 miles North of Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire , Wales . It was under the control of No. 17 Group RAF 17 Group , RAF Coastal Command . See also Haverfordwest Aerodrome , a private airfield now operating the site RAF stub DEFAULTSORT Haverfordwest Category Royal Air Force stations in Wales ... more details
RAF Mauripur was a Royal Air Force station in British India outside of Karachi . It is now known as Masroor Airbase . British units continued to use the airfield after the creation of Pakistan in 1947, finally leaving in 1956 Pakistan becoming a republic at this time, and the RAF airfields at RAF Gan Gan and RAF Masirah Masirah taking over RAF Far East Air Force staging duties from Mauripur and RAF Habbaniya Habbaniya which closed at around the same time. Units and aircraft class wikitable Unit Dates Aircraft Variant Notes No. 5 Squadron RAF 1947 Hawker Tempest F2 Single engined piston fighter No. 10 Squadron RAF 1946 1947 C 47 Skytrain Douglas Dakota Twin engined piston transport No. 20 Squadron RAF 1947 Hawker Tempest F2 No. 31 Squadron RAF 1946 and 1947 Douglas Dakota Was 77 Sqn No. 62 Squadron RAF 1947 Douglas Dakota No. 77 Squadron RAF 1945 1946 Douglas Dakota Renumbered 31 Sqn No. 117 Squadron RAF 1943 Douglas Dakota No. 267 Squadron RAF 1945 1946 Douglas Dakota Detachments from Mingaladon No. 298 Squadron RAF 1946 Handley Page Halifax A7 Four engined piston heavy bomber transport conversion References reflist cite book last Jefford first C.G. title RAF Squadrons year 1988 publisher Airlife Publishing Ltd isbn 1 85310 053 6 External links http rafmauripur.org.uk http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 36 a4282436.shtml UK mil stub Category Royal Air Force stations ... more details
RAF Swingfield is a former Royal Air Force RAF airfield in Kent . It was used from February 1917 to 28 April 1945. ref cite web url http www.abct.org.uk airfields Swingfield.php title Swingfield Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust ref Reference reflist DEFAULTSORT Raf Swingfield Category Royal Flying Corps airfields RAF stub ... more details
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