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The RCAF got its roots in 1918 as the Royal Army Flying Corps, which had three primary purposes: artillery spotting, transportation of high-value messages, and dropping propaganda leaflets on enemy troops. The dropping of propaganda leaflets was very quickly changed into the dropping of grenades into enemy trenches, and so the CRAF's mission of tactical bombing is therefore it's first and foremost combat role. The RCAF refers to fighter aircraft as "Hunters" rather than as "Fighters".

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  • Canissian Royal Air Force
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  • The RCAF got its roots in 1918 as the Royal Army Flying Corps, which had three primary purposes: artillery spotting, transportation of high-value messages, and dropping propaganda leaflets on enemy troops. The dropping of propaganda leaflets was very quickly changed into the dropping of grenades into enemy trenches, and so the CRAF's mission of tactical bombing is therefore it's first and foremost combat role. The RCAF refers to fighter aircraft as "Hunters" rather than as "Fighters".
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  • The RCAF got its roots in 1918 as the Royal Army Flying Corps, which had three primary purposes: artillery spotting, transportation of high-value messages, and dropping propaganda leaflets on enemy troops. The dropping of propaganda leaflets was very quickly changed into the dropping of grenades into enemy trenches, and so the CRAF's mission of tactical bombing is therefore it's first and foremost combat role. Tactical bombing branched into strategic bombing, which of course required bomber escort craft. By 1923, the CRAF had a well-rounded air combat concept that centered around tactical and strategic bombing, and bomber-escort fighter missions and enemy-bomber intercept missions. The CRAF emerged as a separate branch on its own after Iler's War (Second War of the World), and a fierce interservice rivaly developed between the CRAF and the Royal Army Air Corps, or RAAC. Initially, the CRAF insisted on being the sole flying service for all fixed-wing aircraft. The Army fought to keep some fixed-wing aircraft for itself but by act of Parliament in 1950, the Army was made to transfer all fixed-wing assets to the CRAF, while leaving Helicopters available to the Royal Army Air Corps for transport and close-air support. For several years, the CRAF made itself available for close-air support missions, but during several years of Cold War tensions with Shepistan, the CRAF decided that high-altitude, long range fighters and strategic bombers were more useful. In 1978, the CRAF announced it was going to terminate all CAS missions and aircraft procurement. However, His Majesty the King Reinhard Martin Coyotus, a former Royal Army Air Corps pilot himself during Iler's War before assuming the throne, issued a Royal Proclamation handing CAS assets back to the RAAC over the CRAF's protests. By 1980, the two branches had their own air assets, with the CRAF responsible for all long range, high altitude and strategic missions; and the RAAC handling tactical support and transport. The CRAF has, since 1989, begun acquiring tactical close-air support aircraft again and is once more handling CAS missions, but the RAAC is seen as the premier air arm for these missions. The RCAF refers to fighter aircraft as "Hunters" rather than as "Fighters".
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