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5 June

On This Day, 1999: On 5 June 1999 RAF Tornados flew their first combat missions from Solenzara in Corsica during Operation Allied…

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Formation Interwar

Operations of the formation interwar era of the Royal Air Force.

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Operation Pink’s War

9 March–1 May 1925

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Pink’s War was the RAF’s 1925 campaign in South Waziristan, testing inter-war air control through sustained coercive operations.

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Era Formation & Interwar

Chronological Timeline · 1 operation

1925 9 March–1 May
South Waziristan, North-West Frontier, British India

Operation Pink’s War

Pink’s War was the RAF’s 1925 campaign in South Waziristan, testing inter-war air control through sustained coercive operations.

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