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Ndola was not an RAF station as such but was an RAF detachment for the following reason. In 1965 Ian Smith was re-elected as prime minister of Rhodesia and declared UDI on 11th November. The British government established an oil embargo of Rhodesia which badly affected landlocked Zambia resulting in a decision to supply the country with oil. There was very poor communication by road so air lift was required using Bristol Britanias of 99 squadron from Lyneham and known as 'The Oil Lift'. A Javelin fighter squadron was sent to Lusaka airport together with radar and RAF Regiment for security. At the end of November aircraft and crews were detached to Nairobi. The emergency calmed and the aircraft and crews returned to UK, but they returned and the embargo was re-enstated on 21st December. Over 100 Britania air and ground crew left for Dar es Salaam to form the oil lift detachment, staying untill 31st August 1966. Six aircraft and 12 crews formed the air side and 50 technicians and air movements staff completed it.

At Lusaka the Javelins crews discovered the sub standard nature of the airfield if they did not fly, or at least, move the aircraft as they started to sink into the concrete! Ndola was a similar airfield 180 miles north of Lusaka which resulted in carrying loads alternately to both airfields. The Tanzanians were rather nervous with this activity so crews were told to wear civilian clothes until the UK withdrawal on January 4th to Nairobi which continued as the springboard to Zambia. The six aircraft flew2 sorties each day carrying 56 x 44 gallon drums each. It all ended in October 1966 with 10,000 hours flown.

RAF Rivenhall was created in 1943.

The British S.A.S.

For six months before the atomic bombings, the United States intensely fire-bombed 67 Japanese cities together with the United Kingdom and the Republic of China. But an observer viewing the destruction doesn't make sense since the man and the binoculars would have been destroyed.

RAF Chicksands was created in 1936.

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Yes

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Yes however they tend to use explosive rounds

All snipers may use explosive rounds - depending on the targets!

The RAF Regt has snipers - they do exactly the same selection & training courses as British Army snipers.

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Explosive rounds?

No.

The RAF Regiment uses the Accuracy International L115A1 rifle chambered for .338 Lapua Magnum rounds. These rounds are NOT explosive.

RAF Ascension Island was created in 1942.

Not at all. You're there to do a job.

This would probably be done on a case by case basis. It depends on how severe it is. However, unfortunately I don't think that they would be overly keen to recruit someone with Asperger's syndrome so avoid the topic unless asked directly. Don't lie because in the end it will all come out and they would probably chuck you out for lying to them.

4000 planes

The RAF had about 600 hurricanes and spitfires at the start of the BoB

Incidentally about a 100 Italian planes attacked the UK when it was all over bar the shouting

The rank is placed on a single rank slide on the front of the breast. The unit insignia is placed on the right arm and is called a Tactical Recognition Flash (TRF)

A pound surely!!

An A390 (Wave Ruler) is a fast fleet tanker of the British Navy.

It has a standard complement of 72 persons with an option of 26 extra for helicopter and weapons personnel.

RAF Cottesmore ended in 2011.

so you are not killed!

There is no real limit to the amount of RAF friends you can have, but the basic restrictions apply that your friend needs to buy at least one month of subscription to gain the mount, and that the benefits only apply up to a level 60 character.

As I am in the Air Training Corps already, I went to my first AEF (Air Experience Flying) last Thursday , 19 April 2012, at RAF Boscombe Down. It was well enough to be honest, especially doing the aerobatics in the air. First of all, in the Air Training Corps try and do your best as you can. Make sure your attendance is high enough. I got a Best Recruit Award for 2011, and this also went towards my CV especially to go Sixth Form. As I said, the more you do in the Air Cadets, the more it will push you up to become a pilot in the RAF. As well as Air Cadets, you need 5 A*-C Grades including English, Maths and Physics.

Good Luck in the future!

Flight Lieutenant Shreeves.

yes

No, women can not join the RAF Regt because it is an infantry force: currently, women can serve in all branches the UK Armed Forces (including aircrew, artillery, combat engineers, intelligence, military police etc) EXCEPT those whose primary role is "to close with and destroy the enemy" - ie Infantry and Armour.

Many female RAF personnel serve on attachment to RAF Regt units (eg intelligence, logistics, communications, medical, and admin specialists), but they can not be members of the Regiment.

Those refugees from Nazi Germany who volunteered for service in the British armed forces were not used for frontline combat.

Technically, that answer is correct, however there were at least two cases of German Jews who became RAF pilots and did see front line combat.

Klaus (now Sir Kenneth) Adam was a Typhoon pilot. See his story on Wikipedia.

Georg Hein was a Jewish refugee living in London in 1939, and he committed identity theft in order to join the RAF under the name Peter Stevens. He went on to fly 22 combat operations as a Hampden bomber pilot before being shot down and taken prisoner by his own countrymen. As a POW for 3 years and 8 months (without any protection whatsoever under the Geneva Convention - he was, after all, still a German citizen and was fighting for Britain) he became one of the most ardent escapees of the war, and was awarded the Military Cross in 1946. He is mentioned in at least 10 books, including his biography 'Escape, Evasion and Revenge: The True Story of a German Jewish RAF Pilot Who Bombed Berlin and Became a POW. His story is also on Wikipedia.

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