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The Royal Netherlands Air Force ( RNLAF; Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force") is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. It was created in 1953 to succeed its predecessor, the Luchtvaartafdeling (English: aviation department) of the Dutch Army, which was founded in 1913.
The Moroccan air force was formed on 14 May 1956 as the Sherifian Royal Aviation ( Aviation Royale Chérifienne ). [4] Its modern installations and bases were inherited from France ( Meknes, Rabat in tandem with the United States, Marrakech, Kenitra, Ben Guerir, Boulhault, Nouasseur, and Sidi Slimane ), [4] and later Spain ( Laayoune ). [5]
Media in category "Royal Air Force". The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Royal Air Force Banner.PNG 250 × 244; 6 KB. 90SUCrest.gif 115 × 161; 10 KB. Crest No 26 Squadron RAF.jpg 270 × 364; 44 KB. Royal Banner ROC.PNG 500 × 500; 107 KB.
Higher level communications formations in the Royal Air Force 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 in the 1940s. No. 26 Group was reformed on 12 February 1940 within RAF Training Command, and transferred to RAF Technical ...
The Royal Danish Air Force ( Danish: Flyvevåbnet, lit. 'The Flying weapon') ( RDAF) is the aerial warfare force of the Kingdom of Denmark and one of the four branches of the Danish Armed Forces. [6] Initially being components of the Army and the Navy, it was made a separate service in 1950. Its main purpose is to serve as enforcer of Danish ...
An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. [1] More specifically, it is the branch of a nation 's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviation or naval aviation units. Typically, air forces are responsible for gaining control of the air ...
History. DH.98 Mosquito NF.19 night fighter of the Swedish Air Force in 1949. The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded from four to seven squadrons.
