muse noun [ C/U ] (IMAGINARY FORCE) âº an imaginary force that gives you ideas and helps you to write, paint, or make music, or a physical representation of this force. (Definition of âmuseâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press) Translations of âmuseâ.
The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans nearly a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded in 1918, toward the end of World War I by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.After the war, the RAF was greatly reduced in size and during the inter-war years it was used to police the British Empire.he newly created RAF was the most powerful air force in the world on its creation, with over 20,000 aircraft and over 300,000 personnel (including the Women's Royal Air Force). The squadrons of the RFC kept their numerals while those of the RNAS were renumbered from 201 onwards.
The RAF was founded in April 1918. It has always been known as the 'junior service' because it was the last to be formed of the three services.The RAF fought in every major theatre of the Second World War.uring the Second World War, the RAF reached a total strength of 1,208,000 men and women, of whom 185,000 were aircrew. About 70,000 RAF personnel were killed. The fact files in this timeline were commissioned by the BBC in June 2003 and September 2005. Find out more about the authors who wrote them.