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Air force

An Air Force is a Military organisation that primarily operates in air-based war. They typically use a combination of Fighters, Bombers, Helicopters and other aircraft.

Most (but not all) armed forces make considerable organisational distinction between the land-based warfare of an Army, the sea-based warfare of a Navy, and the air-based warfare of an Air Force - often splitting the three components into mostly independent forces.

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Air force Anonymous - October 29th, 2004
There is a photograph of Air Commodore Leonard Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC,OO, CD, (of the Royal Canadian Air Force) dubbed by Winston Churchill as the 'Saviour of Ceylon' being awarded the OBE and the DFC at the Embassy of Ceylon in Washington DC, USA on April 29, 1949. In the picture is Sir Claude Corea, Ceylon's Ambasador to Washington. The newspaper photograph is from the Ceylon Daily News in 1949. The story of Leonard Birchall and this CDN photograph can be found on the tribute site to Vernon Corea, titled: 'Vernon Corea The Golden Voice of Radio Ceylon' on http://www.vern read more » messages 1

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