What Does Raf Do

The RAF works with partners around the world to strengthen national and international security and to protect the interests and influence of the UK and our allies. We identify and manage threats before they materialise through intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).

Is RAF a good career?

‘ The RAF provide some of the best training you will ever receive, both in leadership and management but also in the ability to make sound engineering decisions even when under pressure. … It’s one of the most fun jobs around in engineering, where the phrase ‘work hard, play hard’ really comes to mind.

Is RAF an army?

Origins. While the British were not the first to make use of heavier-than-air military aircraft, the RAF is the world’s oldest independent air force: that is, the first air force to become independent of army or navy control.