Air

Royal Air Force

Security domain
Air
What it is
service · service (level 3)
Founded
1918
Acknowledged by
raf.mod.uk (official site)
Active headcount
31,080 (2026) official, high confidence
Reserve
3,070
Headcount source
UK MoD quarterly service personnel statistics, 1 April 2026
Website
www.raf.mod.uk
Identifiers
factbase.org/org/42J5BBQS71 · Q165862

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