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| Founded | 1943 |
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| Registration no. | Charity number 226686 (England & Wales), SC037673 (Scotland) |
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Formerly called | Comrades of the Royal Air Forces |
TheRoyal Air Forces Association, also known asRAF Association orRAFA, is a Britishregistered charity. It provides care and support to serving and retired members of theAir Forces of theBritish Commonwealth, and to their dependents.
The organisation was formed in 1943, and has 504 branches in the UK, with a total membership of approximately 79,000 in the UK and abroad.[citation needed] It receives no funding from theUK Government and operates entirely ondonations andsubscription fees. Its "Wings Appeal" raises around £2 million annually.[citation needed]
It provides fiveflyingscholarships for members of theAir Training Corps andGirls Venture Corps Air Cadets,[1] each year.[citation needed] It also runs a website where serving or ex-serving Air Force personnel can search for comrades.[citation needed]
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