The mission of the Royal Air Force (RAF) is to support the objectives of the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), which are to “provide the capabilities needed: to ensure the security and defence of the United Kingdom and overseas territories, including against terrorism; to support the Government’s foreign policy objectives particularly in promoting international peace and security.”

Entry: No prerequisites

Basic training:

• Small Arms: 1
• Melee Combat: 1
• Swimming: 1
• Wheeled Vehicle: 1
• Thrown Weapon: 1

Special: Characters with Intelligence and Education of 7+ may enter officer training academy. If so, they receive a level 1 Leadership skill, are commissioned as 2nd lieutenants, and then conduct their first term normally.

Entry: No prerequisites.

First Term Skills:

• Aircraft Mechanic: 2
• Electronics: 2

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of four levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Aircraft Mechanic
• Electronics
• Small Arms
• Scrounging
• Pilot
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Mechanic
• Machinist
• Warhead

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 9+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Agility: 6+ and Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Pilot (Rotary Wing): 5
• Parachute: 1
• Navigation: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Pilot
• Small Arms
• Aircraft Mechanic
• Navigation
• Leadership
• Persuasion
• Foraging
• Parachute
• Observation
• Instruction

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Created in 1942 and tasked with airfield defence. At the start of the war its strength was 10 regular squadrons and 5 Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons. Each squadron has a strength of 166 members (making them the equivalent of companies but considerably larger – they are however incapable of independent deployment). Each Field Squadron is divided into flights (equivalent to platoons). These are Rifle Flights (intended for close range combat) and Support Weapon Flights (with 81mm mortars, ATGMs, SF GPMGs and sniper rifles). In 1996 with the threat level increasing, Light Armoured Squadrons were recreated using Scimitar and Scorpion series vehicles with Spartans in the APC role. Most Field Squadrons had a motorised element in Land Rovers capable of ranging up to 40km from the base in patrol operations. Air Defence Squadrons had a strength of 6 Rapier missile launchers.

They are frequently known as Rock Apes. Commonly thought to refer to Gibraltar the nickname instead refers to an incident in the 1950s in Aden when two RAF Regiment officers went out hunting local baboons (nicknamed rock apes). Splitting up one shot the other, in the board of enquiry he was asked why he had fired, he replied that in the light, his friend had looked like a rock ape. This took very little time to reverberate around the RAF and the nickname stuck.

Entry: No prerequisites

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Melee Combat: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Foraging
• Forward Observer
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle

Contacts: 1 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 8+ the contact is foreign

Special: None

Entry: Officer training academy or commission

First Term Skills:

• Small Arms: 1
• Leadership: 1
• Persuasion: 1

Subsequent Term Skills:

A total of three levels from any one or a combination of the following:

• Small Arms
• Melee Combat
• Heavy Weapons
• Forward Observer
• Tracked Vehicle
• Wheeled Vehicle
• Leadership
• Persuasion
• Navigation

Contacts: 2 per term, military. Roll 1D10, on 7+ the contact is foreign

Special: None