The British Air Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_Air_Force

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer	3
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sir_Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:Boeing_P-8_Poseidon gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Grobs_G120_TP gptkb:Reaper_UAV gptkb:Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II gptkb:Lightning_II gptkb:Chinook_helicopter gptkb:Hawk_T2 gptkb:C-17_Globemaster_III gptkb:A330_MRTT gptkb:Global_Hawk_UAV gptkb:Voyager_tanker gptkb:A400_M_Atlas gptkb:C-130_Hercules gptkb:Eurofighter_Typhoon gptkb:helicopter gptkb:Sentinel_R1 gptkb:Shadow_R1 gptkb:Typhoon_fighter Tornado G R4
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Mike_Wigston
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:employees	approximately 40,000
gptkbp:established	1 April 1918
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Brize_Norton
gptkbp:historical_significance	First independent air force in the world
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The British Air Force
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_roundel
gptkbp:military_branch	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Reserve gptkb:Royal_Auxiliary_Air_Force
gptkbp:mission	Search and rescue Air superiority Close air support Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance Strategic airlift Air-to-air refueling Air mobility
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Per_Ardua_ad_Astra
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_RAF
gptkbp:operational_history	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Monarch gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Iraq_War gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:role	Aerial warfare
gptkbp:training	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell
gptkbp:website	www.raf.mod.uk