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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the air force of the United Kingdom, founded on 1 April 1918 as the world's first independent air service. Between the wars it policed parts of the Middle East from airfields across Iraq and the Gulf, including Sharjah, on the air route to India. It defended Britain in the Battle of Britain in 1940 and carried out the bombing offensive against Germany.
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