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Military unit
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
RAF_India
Wing of the Central Reserve Police Force of India
The Rapid Action Force (RAF), is a specialised rapid reaction wing of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of India established in October 1992 to deal
Rapid_Action_Force
Air officer rank in the Indian Air Force
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
Air_chief_marshal_(India)
Professional head of the Indian Air Force
designations: 1932–1938: Air Officer Commanding RAF, India 1938–1947: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Air Forces in India The selection of the first Commander-in-Chief
Chief of the Air Staff (India)
Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(India)
Small revolt in India
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
Royal Air Force strikes of 1946
Royal_Air_Force_strikes_of_1946
British flying squadron, 1943–1946
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
No._681_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1898-1985)
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
Hugh_Walmsley
Indian air force officer
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
Ranjan_Dutt
(1932–1947) military force
British India and the Dominion of India between 1932 and 1950. The Royal Indian Air Force's first flight came into being on 1 April 1933 with six RAF-trained
Royal_Indian_Air_Force
British Army Veteran (1876-1961)
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
Philip_Game
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
List of Royal Air Force groups
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_groups
Royal Air Force training station in Isle of Anglesey, Wales
Royal Air Force Valley or more simply RAF Valley (Welsh: Llu Awyr Brenhinol Y Fali) (IATA: VLY, ICAO: EGOV) is a Royal Air Force station on the island
RAF_Valley
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1886–1973)
of Operations and Intelligence in 1933 and Air Officer Commanding the RAF India in 1935. In 1937 Ludlow-Hewitt was promoted to Air Chief Marshal and appointed
Edgar_Ludlow-Hewitt
Royal Air Force air marshal (1892–1984)
December 1931. In December 1933, he was moved to the Air Staff, Headquarters RAF India. His promotion to wing commander came on 1 January 1934. Thomas returned
Meredith_Thomas
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1879-1956)
Officer Commanding South Eastern Area and then Air Officer Commanding RAF India. He was appointed Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group in 1923, Air Officer
Tom_Webb-Bowen
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
List of Westland Lysander operators
List_of_Westland_Lysander_operators
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1877–1965)
Officer Commanding the Wessex Bombing Area and then Air Officer Commanding RAF India. He was promoted to air marshal in 1932 and appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
John_Miles_Steel
RAF Tengah, Singapore Tornado F.3 Operational Evaluation Unit RAF at RAF Coningsby (1987-??) Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit RAF at RAF Honington/RAF
List of Royal Air Force units & establishments
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_units_&_establishments
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1898–1987)
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
William_Dickson_(RAF_officer)
British Army general and Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1877–1967)
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
Edward_Ellington
Royal Air Force air commodore
RAF India since November 1923, decided that the RAF would conduct operations alone, without ground support from the Army, the first time that the RAF
Richard_Pink
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1892-1970)
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
Richard_Peirse
Type of airplane
the display aircraft of the RAF's Red Arrows aerobatic team. The Gnat F.1 was exported to Finland, Yugoslavia, and India. On 31 July 1958, Lauri Pekuri
Folland_Gnat
Military unit
comprised No. 223 Group RAF on the North West Frontier at RAF Peshawar, No. 225 Group RAF (responsible for the "air defence of southern India and the whole coastline
Far East Air Force (Royal Air Force)
Far_East_Air_Force_(Royal_Air_Force)
Musical artist
(2024-10-10). "Raf-Saperra will make you groove to pure Punjabi Folk no matter where in the world you are". Vogue India. Retrieved 2025-06-28. "Raf-Saperra is
Raf-Saperra
Genus of flowering plants
Xantolis stenosepala (Hu) P.Royen – Yunnan Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf. – India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam (syn. X. dongnaiensis) Rafinesque
Xantolis
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1894–1966)
the RAF Staff College, Andover in 1929, Air Officer Commanding No. 1 (Indian) Group in 1931 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF India in 1932
Arthur_Barratt
Air base at Ambala, Haryana, India
Force and No. 28 Squadron RAF. Royal Air Force units based at Ambala during British India era included: No. 3 Squadron RAF between 1 April and 30 September
Ambala_Air_Force_Station
Military unit
men serving in RAF Middle East Command and served in Sicily and Italy. Formed in India No. 1 Servicing Party was formed from men in RAF Far East Command
Royal_Air_Force_Commandos
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1891–1971)
RAF short service commission in the rank of flying officer. In 1927, Carr and Flight Lieutenant L.E.M. Gillman attempted a non-stop flight to India,
Roderick_Carr
Royal Air Force air vice marshal (1881–1953)
Afghanistan. Later in 1919 he took up the post of Officer Commanding RAF India. In 1920 MacEwen returned to Great Britain. He was first appointed Commandant
Norman_MacEwen
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
the RAF's India-based aircraft was also poor, with many of the aircraft old and worn out. In an August 1922 report on the state of the RAF in India Air
No._28_Squadron_RAF
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1887-1965)
History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté https://www.nytimes.com/1965/01/22/archives/sir-philip-jotbert-of-raf
Philip_Joubert_de_la_Ferté
French/British attack aircraft
ground instructional airframes, most notably at RAF Cosford, used in the training of RAF fitters. India had been approached as a possible customer for
SEPECAT_Jaguar
Flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
in India, where it was based from 1915 to 1947. Throughout the Cold War, No. 31 Squadron was based in West Germany, flying from RAF Laarbruch and RAF Brüggen
No._31_Squadron_RAF
British bomber transport aircraft (1934–1944)
replaced as a transport in RAF service by the Bristol Bombay. Valentia Mk I : Military transport aircraft for the RAF. India Royal Indian Air Force South
Vickers_Type_264_Valentia
Indian record label
on 22 May 2025 and distributed via Mass Appeal India. In January 2026, British-Punjabi folk singer Raf Saperra released his EP Venomz Vol.II, featuring
Mass_Appeal_India
British Royal Air Force officer (1893–1952)
on the Defence of RAF Stations against Air Attack", which recommended an increase in resources. In 1936 he was stationed at RAF India. During the Second
Richard_Peck_(RAF_officer)
Lysander (RAF) Army cooperation Westland Wapiti (RAF) general purpose biplane used in India until 1940 Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle (RAF) Armstrong
List of aircraft of the United Kingdom in World War II
List_of_aircraft_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_World_War_II
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
List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force
List_of_communications_units_and_formations_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
Former operations group of the Royal Air Force
(221 Gp RAF) was a group of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War, active in various guises in Burma and north-eastern India from 21 April
No._221_Group_RAF
Military training aircraft family
Working on 'Advanced' Hawk Jet for India." Archived 13 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine AIN Online, 10 June 2016. "RAF Red Arrows – Team History." Archived
BAE_Systems_Hawk
Royal Air Force air marshal (1878–1933)
Central Africa. His idea was to send a demonstration flight or flights of RAF aircraft across Africa, thus providing the link of which Cecil Rhodes had
Geoffrey_Salmond
by two IAF MiG-21 jets killing all 16 aboard. Royal Air Force mutiny RAF India Singh, Jasjit (2013). "1. Birth of an Independent Air Force". Defence
History of the Indian Air Force
History_of_the_Indian_Air_Force
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up RAF, Raf, raf, or raf- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The RAF is the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom. RAF or Raf may also
RAF_(disambiguation)
British World War II flying ace (1914–1995)
and trained at RAF Cranwell. He was commissioned a pilot officer on 27 July 1935. On graduation, he was posted to No. 1 Squadron RAF at RAF Tangmere, flying
Peter_Townsend_(RAF_officer)
Central police force in India
is a central armed police force in India, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. It is India's national gendarmerie, assisting states
Central_Reserve_Police_Force
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Squadron RAF, though formed as a training unit in Egypt and ended as a casualty evacuation unit in Malaya, was for most of its active service life an RAF transport
No._194_Squadron_RAF
List of schools within the Royal Air Force
Gunners School RAF (1941–45) No. 2 Air Gunners School RAF (1941–45) No. 3 Air Gunners School RAF (1942–45) No. 4 Air Gunners School RAF (1942–44) No. 6
List of Royal Air Force schools
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_schools
Airport in Bengaluru, Karnataka
No. 30 Squadron RAF (1944) No. 42 Squadron RAF (1942 & 1943) No. 45 Squadron RAF (1944) No. 47 Squadron RAF (1944) No. 60 Squadron RAF (1943) & 1945) No
Yelahanka_Air_Force_Station
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1902-1994)
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
Richard_Jordan_(RAF_officer)
Indian Royal Air Force fighter pilot
and other locations in British India. On 20 December 1943, Pujji was dispatched as flight commander to No. 6 Squadron RAF at Cox's Bazar, this time flying
Mohinder_Singh_Pujji
Indians selected for RAF pilot training in 1940
British India as one group at the end of September 1940. The group arrived in England on the P&O liner SS Strathallan on 6 October 1940 and headed for RAF Uxbridge
24_Indian_pilots
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
List of Royal Air Force commands
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_commands
Military airbase in Karachi, Pakistan
British India in January 1946. The mutiny began at RAF Drigh Road, and later spread to involve nearly 50,000 men over 60 RAF stations in British India and
PAF_Base_Faisal
Air and space warfare force of the United Kingdom
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
Royal_Air_Force
1858–1947 Crown rule in India
is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included
British_Raj
Pakistan Air Force base in Islamabad
strategic operations. The base was originally operated by the Royal Air Force as RAF Chaklala and, during the Second World War, parachute training flights were
PAF_Base_Nur_Khan
American unmanned aerial vehicle
intelligence-led strike by an RAF Reaper near Raqqa, Syria, the first armed use of RAF assets in Syria during the civil war. By January 2016, RAF Reapers had flown
General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper
Gwalior Air Force Station in India. The second edition of the exercise was held at RAF Waddington in United Kingdom. India was represented by air superiority
Indradhanush (air force exercise)
Indradhanush_(air_force_exercise)
Royal Air Force Air Marshal (1886-1946)
senior air staff office at the headquarters of RAF India. With the pre-Second World War build up of the RAF, Sutton was recalled to Great Britain and served
Bertine_Sutton
Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 18 February 1948. Retrieved 19 July 2020. Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife.
Supreme Commander's Headquarters (India and Pakistan)
Supreme_Commander's_Headquarters_(India_and_Pakistan)
Former flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
Raipur, British India to provide transport support to the Army. In March 1946 the squadron was involved in rice-dropping sorties from RAF Meiktila, Burma
No._298_Squadron_RAF
British general-purpose military aircraft of the interwar era
in India and Iraq) and at home, remaining in RAF service until 1940, also being used by the Air Forces of Australia, Canada, South Africa and India. It
Westland_Wapiti
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1904-1993)
1931. He joined the Personnel Staff at Headquarters RAF India in April 1933 and then attended the RAF Staff College in 1936. Promoted to squadron leader
Dermot_Boyle
Military unit
No. 1340 (Special Duties) Flight RAF (1340 Flt) was a flight of the Royal Air Force. In its first formation in India it was equipped with Vultee Vengeance
No._1340_Flight_RAF
1928 bomber aeroplane family by Hawker
used by the RAF in India. Audax (Singapore) Tropicalised version for the RAF, powered by a Rolls-Royce Kestrel V piston engine, used by the RAF in Singapore
Hawker_Hart
Variants of the Eurofighter Typhoon
RAF Leeming, providing air combat training and dogfight training to RAF and Royal Navy pilots. In December 2021, the Ministry of Defence stated RAF Typhoons
Eurofighter_Typhoon_variants
Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile
designed for close-range combat. It is in service in the Royal Air Force (RAF), replacing the AIM-9 Sidewinder. The ASRAAM is designed to allow the pilot
ASRAAM
103. Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 224. Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6. Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007)
List of Reserve flying schools
List_of_Reserve_flying_schools
Species of tree
ces.iisc.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-02-19. "Xantolis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-02-19. "Xantolis tomentosa". World
Xantolis_tomentosa
1940 WWII air battle
military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom
Battle_of_Britain
Indian fighter pilot (1915–1952)
in August 1936 and posted to No. 1 Squadron, then the only squadron in RAF India. It was raised on 1 April 1933 at Karachi with four Westland Wapiti aircraft
Mehar_Singh_(commodore)
1000 foot parachute-less fall in 1942, Louis Mountbatten staff officer, RAF India historian. United Press International reporter. Warren Mitchell – Actor
List of Royal Air Force personnel
List_of_Royal_Air_Force_personnel
Military unit
Flight was formed at RAF Yelahanka, Karnataka, British India, on 31 July 1943 by re-designating No. 3 Meteorological Flight RAF. The flight was disbanded
No._1302_Flight_RAF
Military unit
19 Squadron RAF No. 65 (East India) Squadron RAF No. 122 (Bombay) Squadron RAF The wing moved to RAF Funtington on 13 May 1944 then to RAF Ford on 18 June
No. 122 Expeditionary Air Wing
No._122_Expeditionary_Air_Wing
RAF commander
to India to establish a GEE network there, before serving as aide-de-camp to Air Marshal Sir Hugh Walmsley, then Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, RAF India
Herbert_Durkin
Canadian journalist, historian, translator, and WWII pilot, (1907–1990)
promoted to Flight Lieutenant. In 1946, he created an official record of RAF India. On February 10, 1954, he relinquished his commission under the provisions
Laurence_Meredith
Royal Air Force air marshal
Pulford attended the RAF Staff College in 1922 and the Imperial Defence College in 1929. In 1941 he attempted to build up the RAF in the Far East to support
Conway_Pulford
Former command of the Royal Air Force
Group RAF; No. 44 Group RAF; No. 45 Group RAF; No. 46 Group RAF; No. 216 Group RAF; No. 229 Group RAF; No. 114 Wing RAF, and No. 116 Wing RAF at RAF Hendon
RAF_Transport_Command
1950s family of British fighter aircraft
aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage
Hawker_Hunter
South African aviator (1902–1942)
flight to India to put into effect a plan for which he had fought long and tenaciously - the establishment of an aircraft factory in India. The RAF Hudson
Nevill_Vintcent
1994 multi-role combat aircraft family by Eurofighter
stood up at RAF Leuchars on 6 September 2010, making Leuchars the second RAF base to operate the Typhoon. On 20 March 2011 ten Typhoons from RAF Coningsby
Eurofighter_Typhoon
Senior commander in the Royal Air Force
wars Elmhirst trialled the first gyroscopic compass for aircraft in the RAF and became Air Attaché to Turkey in the run up to the Second World War. In
Thomas_Elmhirst
RAF bombardment against the Mahsud
first air action of the RAF carried out independently of the British Army or Royal Navy. After the campaign was over, the India General Service Medal with
Pink's_War
Crew Pool Unit RAF Ferry Training and Despatch Unit RAF Ferry Training Unit RAF Overseas Ferry Unit RAF Service Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Lake 1999, p. 68
List of ferry units of the Royal Air Force
List_of_ferry_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
On 3 December Humphrys sent a message to the Air Officer Commanding RAF India, Geoffrey Salmond, asking him to maintain the air mail service to Kabul
Kabul_airlift_of_1928–1929
Airport in Maharashtra, India
1988, p. 77. Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since
RAF_Santa_Cruz
Military unit
unit (No. 1301 MU RAF) of the tactical air force. No. 227 Group RAF 227 group, based in Bombay, was the RAF training group based in India for the training
Third_Tactical_Air_Force
Defunct Airports in Odisha, India
station. The airfield was used by No. 136 Squadron RAF, No. 177 Squadron RAF and No. 607 Squadron RAF. The 'Air Fighting Training Unit', formed in February
Amarda_Road_Airstrip
Airfield in Pakistan
April 1936, the A Flight of No. 1 (India) Wing, based in India, took over the RAF Section from No. 5 Squadron RAF's prior occupation. The unit delivered
Miranshah_Airfield
British WW1 fighter ace (1891–1970)
served in India in 1920, and was promoted to squadron leader on 1 January 1921. He served in the RAF Coastal Area, and as a supernumerary at the RAF Depot
Geoffrey_Hilton_Bowman
Military unit
February 1942. During 1942, the Squadron was transported to India. There, it joined No. 166 Wing RAF on 25 May 1942. In September 1943, the Squadron's Hurricanes
No._607_Squadron_RAuxAF
Pakistan Air Force military installation
1988, p. 103. Air Historical Branch, R.A.F. Narrative (First Draft), The Campaigns in the Far East, Volume III, India Command, September 1939 to November
PAF_Base_Peshawar
Genus of orchids
eastern and southern Asia including the Russian Far East, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Indochina, and Indonesia. List of Orchidaceae genera Kew World
Pecteilis
Early British jet bomber
Force Museum, Palam in Delhi, India; it is one of several diverted off an RAF contract as part of a 68 aircraft deal for India placed in January 1957. A Canberra
English_Electric_Canberra
Defunct flying squadron of the Royal Air Force
No. 159 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron that was active as a bomber, mine-laying, reconnaissance and transport unit in the Second World War
No._159_Squadron_RAF
1947 division of British India
India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India
Partition_of_India
Military unit
of No. 229 Group RAF, South East Asia Command. No. 668 Squadron RAF was formed on 16 November 1944 at Calcutta, (then) British India as a glider squadron
No._668_Squadron_AAC
Flying squadron of the British Army's Army Air Corps
part of No. 229 Group RAF, South East Asia Command No. 670 Squadron RAF was formed at Fatehjang, Punjab, (then) British India on 14 December 1944 as
No._670_Squadron_AAC
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