1. (

• Royal_Air_Force ,
• RAF

) the airforce of Great Britain ;

2. (

• Red_Army_Faction ,
• RAF ,

) a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998 ;