Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally the governor-general of Australia is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Force. The Royal Australian Air Force is commanded by the Chief of Air Force (CAF), who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF). The CAF is also directly responsible to the Minister for Defence, with the Department of Defence administering the ADF and the Air Force.

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RAA; RAAF
air force, Australian Defence Force, Australia, 

Airbus A330 MRTT, Avro Lancaster, Bloodhound, Bristol Beaufighter, Bristol Blenheim, De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou, English Electric Camberra, General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, Hurricane, Meteor, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, 

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RAAF Liberators bomb oil facilities during Battle of Balikpapan (1945)

Global Sentinel 19 (6006347)

Certificate of "Secret Order of the Double Sunrise" given to passengers who travelled on The Double Sunrise service between Australia and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during World War II

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Air Vice-Marshal Joe Iervasi, Commander Joint Task Force 633, at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 7 May 2019

Wing Commander Darren Goldie of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the RAAF Detachment Commander on Exercise Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, 4 February 2015

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Australian Air Board 1946

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		RAAF Liberators bomb oil facilities during Battle of Balikpapan (1945)		Commons
commons	image		Global Sentinel 19 (6006347)		Commons
commons	image		Certificate of "Secret Order of the Double Sunrise" given to passengers who travelled on The Double Sunrise service between Australia and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during World War II		Commons
commons	image		No.90WingRAAF		Commons
commons	image		Air Vice-Marshal Joe Iervasi, Commander Joint Task Force 633, at Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, 7 May 2019		Commons
commons	image		Wing Commander Darren Goldie of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the RAAF Detachment Commander on Exercise Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, 4 February 2015		Commons
commons	image		ECWackett1958		Commons
commons	image		Australian Air Board 1946		Commons
commons	image		Space Flag 19-3 (5684002)		Commons
commons	image		Space Flag 19-3 (5684000)		Commons