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Every major RAF operation from 1918 to the present day. From the first bombing missions of the Western Front to the strike campaigns of the 21st century.
Operation Pink’s War
9 March–1 May 1925
successPink’s War was the RAF’s 1925 campaign in South Waziristan, testing inter-war air control through sustained coercive operations.
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Second World War · 10 operations
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Operation Jubilee
How the RAF supported Operation Jubilee at Dieppe and what the air battle revealed about amphibious operations in 1942.
Operation Gomorrah
How RAF Bomber Command carried out Operation Gomorrah against Hamburg using concentrated area bombing and the new Window countermeasure.
Operation Millennium
Operation Millennium was Bomber Command’s first thousand-bomber raid, launched against Cologne on 30–31 May 1942 to demonstrate RAF striking power.
Operation Torch
How the RAF supported Operation Torch through airfield seizure, tactical air power and the wider struggle for air superiority in…
Cold War · 5 operations
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How the RAF supported Operation Corporate through Vulcan raids, Victor tanker missions and later tactical air operations in the Falklands…
Operation Musketeer
How the RAF supported Operation Musketeer through transport flying, strike operations and airborne assault during the Suez Crisis.
Operation Black Buck
Operation Black Buck was the RAF’s long-range bombing and anti-radar effort during the Falklands War, flown by Avro Vulcan bombers…
Operation Grapple
How the RAF supported Operation Grapple through V-bomber delivery, cloud sampling and Pacific infrastructure during Britain’s H-bomb tests.
Modern RAF · 4 operations
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How the RAF supported Operation Telic through strike aircraft, reconnaissance, tankers and transport in Iraq from 2003 onward.
Operation Granby
How Operation Granby saw the RAF fight in the 1991 Gulf War, from Tornado strike missions to the wider lessons…
Operation Allied Force
How the RAF contributed to Operation Allied Force through strike aircraft, tanker support and coalition air operations over Yugoslavia in…
Operation Herrick
How the RAF supported Operation Herrick through Harrier, Tornado, Reaper and wider air operations in Afghanistan.