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  • initialism Royal Australian Air Force

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Examples

  • You see, when TL said "RAAF", the Royal Australian Air Force, because he was a dual US-Australian citizen (and why he was able to run as a candidate for a state election here), he now appears to say he meant the (British) Royal Air Force.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Zoe Brain 2005

  • You see, when TL said "RAAF", the Royal Australian Air Force, because he was a dual US-Australian citizen (and why he was able to run as a candidate for a state election here), he now appears to say he meant the (British) Royal Air Force.

    Tex Eats His Greens Zoe Brain 2005

  • My dad was in the Aust then the Canadian airforce (flew Argus in Novs Scotia) then defected to Qantas like a lot of RAAF pilots.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Ouzeri roll call. 2009

  • Well, so far the RAAF brats include you, me and Abigail.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Ouzeri roll call. 2009

  • Scott, I believe the RAAF will be using F/A-18 Super Hornets, which are a capable aircraft.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Prepping for Pucka. 2010

  • Among the cases is that of a man who pretended to be a returned POW, although his WWII service with the RAAF never took him outside Australia.

    ARTHUR REX CRANE 2010

  • Pete found a near-frozen Raphael battling hypothermia and barely alive in a life raft that had been airdropped by an RAAF plane just before his yacht sank.

    True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010

  • NEWSREADER: How many RAAF air-traffic controllers are you - are we sending?

    Interview - Sky News 2010

  • It's worth emphasising, I think, that the assets that we apply to this purpose - the naval vessels and the customs vessels and the coast watch aeroplanes and the RAAF aeroplanes, and the now better coordinated intelligence and administrative arrangements that exist within the Australian Government continue to be directed to the restraint of people smuggling where ever that is attempted.

    Interview with ABC 2 - Transcript, 14 April 2009 - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs 2009

  • We have two RAAF Hercules on standby at Richmond ready to deliver assistance and we are finalising the details within the Australian Government and in consultation with New Zealand and France.

    Transcript of Doorstop Interview on Samoa 2009

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