The Royal Air Force (RAF) was Old Britain's primary air force in the 20th century.
O'Brien and Bashir dressed as RAF pilots
Among the feats the RAF achieved was securing British airspace against Nazi Germany air supremacy, preventing a ground invasion during World War II.
The most notable battle in this campaign was the Battle of Britain. Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir routinely used a holoprogram that allowed them to participate in the Battle of Britain as RAF pilots. (DS9: "Homefront")
In the Hirogen World War II holodeck simulation set in 1944, Captain Miller suggested calling in the RAF to bomb a German military installation, which was in fact a breach in the holodeck to the rest of the USS Voyager. (VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II")
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Usages of "able", "baker" and "charlie" in code names may originate from the RAF phonetic alphabet, though "charlie" is shared with the NATO phonetic alphabet.