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What (who) is WAAF - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
WAAF (disambiguation); Waaf; Waaf (disambiguation)
Waaf
[waf]
¦ noun historical (in the UK) a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-48).
Origin
1930s: acronym.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
![plotters]] and duty officers at work, 1943](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (RAF Box), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943. CH11887.jpg?width=200 "plotters]] and duty officers at work, 1943")
![[[Noor Inayat Khan]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Noor_Inayat_Khan.jpeg?width=200 "[[Noor Inayat Khan]]")
![WAAF [[Operation Corona]] Radio Operators](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waafsspeakgerman large.jpg?width=200 "WAAF [[Operation Corona]] Radio Operators")
![[[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]] Commandant of the WAAF](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HRH Princess Alice Commandant of the WAAF.jpg?width=200 "[[Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester]] Commandant of the WAAF")
![Barrage Balloon]] crews at RAF Cardington.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barrage ballons.jpg?width=200 "Barrage Balloon]] crews at RAF Cardington.")
 repair and pack parachutes for use by airborne troops during the Normandy invasion, 31 May 1944. TR1783.jpg?width=200 "Members of the WAAF repair and pack parachutes for use by airborne troops during the Normandy invasion, 31 May 1944.")
BRITISH MILITARY SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II
British Women's Auxiliary Air Force; Womens Auxiliary Air Force; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force; Draft:WRAF 1949-1994; Women's Royal Air Force (World War II); Waafs
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs (), was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II. Established in 1939, WAAF numbers exceeded 180,000 at its peak strength in 1943, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.
flying officer
![An [[RAAF]] flying officer's sleeve/shoulder insignia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Australia RAAF OF-1b.svg?width=200 "An [[RAAF]] flying officer's sleeve/shoulder insignia")
![RTAF]] flying officer's rank insignia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RTAF OF-1b (Flying Officer).svg?width=200 "RTAF]] flying officer's rank insignia")
![A [[Namibian Air Force]] flying officer's rank insignia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/08-Namibia Air Force-FLGOFF.svg?width=200 "A [[Namibian Air Force]] flying officer's rank insignia")
![PAF]] flying-officer rank insignia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag of Pakistan Air Force.png?width=200 "PAF]] flying-officer rank insignia")
![NAF]] flying officer rank insignia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigeria-AirForce-OF-1b.svg?width=200 "NAF]] flying officer rank insignia")
JUNIOR COMMISSIONED RANK IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE AIR FORCES OF MANY COUNTRIES
Fg Off; FLGOFF; Fg Offr; Flight Sub-Lieutenant; Flying Officer; Section officer (WAAF); Acting Flying Officer
¦ noun a rank of commissioned officer in the RAF, above pilot officer and below flight lieutenant.
Wikipedia
WAAF
WAAF may refer to:
- w3af, (short for web application attack and audit framework), an open-source web application security scanner
- Women's Auxiliary Air Force, a British military service in World War II
- Waaf, a member of the service
- WAAF (AM), a radio station (910 AM) licensed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
- WKVB (FM), a radio station (107.3 FM) licensed to Westborough, Massachusetts, United States, which used the WAAF call letters from 1968 to 2020
- West Austin Antenna Farm, an antenna farm located west in Austin, Texas, United States
- Wheeler Army Airfield
