Rhodesian Air Force

Rhodesian Air Force
Active1935–1980
DisbandedApril 1980
CountryRhodesia
Allegiance
Part ofRhodesian Security Forces
Air HeadquartersNew Sarum Air Force Base
Motto(s)Latin: Alæ Præsidio Patriæ, "[Our] wings [are] the fortress of the country"
MarchWinged Assegais
Anniversaries28 November
Engagements
Commanders
Air Officers CommandingSee Commanders
Insignia
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The Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) was an air force based in Salisbury (now Harare) which represented several entities under various names between 1935 and 1980: originally serving the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia, it was the air arm of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 31 December 1963; of Southern Rhodesia once again from 1 January 1964; and of the unrecognised nation of Rhodesia following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain on 11 November 1965.

Named the Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) from 1954, the "Royal" prefix was dropped in 1970 when Rhodesia declared itself a republic – the official abbreviation changed appropriately. When the internationally recognised country of Zimbabwe came into being in 1980, the RhAF became the Air Force of Zimbabwe.
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