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The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the First Tactical Air Force (1TAF), was an Allied tactical air force created from No. 204 Group RAF under RAF Middle East Command in North Africa in 1941 to provide close air support to the British Eighth Army against Axis forces. Throughout the Second World War, the DAF was made up of squadrons from the Royal Air Force (RAF), the South African Air Force (SAAF), the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and other Allied air forces.

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  • Desert Air Force (en)
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  • Desert Air Force (fr)
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  • 沙漠航空軍 (zh)
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  • A Desert Air Force (DAF) (em português: Força Aérea do Deserto), foi uma força aérea táctica dos aliados durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. (pt)
  • La Desert Air Force (DAF), conocida también como First Tactical Air Force, fue una fuerza táctica aérea aliada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La DAF se formó bajo las órdenes de su primer comandante, Raymond Collishaw, para dar soporte aéreo al XVII Ejército en su lucha contra el Afrikakorps en el escenario norteafricano. Se formó con escuadrones de la Royal Air Force (RAF), la South African Air Force (Fuerza Aéera Surafricana, SAAF), la Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) y la Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército de los Estados Unidos (USAAF). Estaban equipados con aviones Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane y bombarderos Bristol Blenheim, más los americanos P-40 Tomahawk / Kittyhawk. La DAF tuvo una importancia vital entre 1941 y 1942 en muchas operaciones (Operación Crusader, Batalla de Tobruk (es)
  • The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the First Tactical Air Force (1TAF), was an Allied tactical air force created from No. 204 Group RAF under RAF Middle East Command in North Africa in 1941 to provide close air support to the British Eighth Army against Axis forces. Throughout the Second World War, the DAF was made up of squadrons from the Royal Air Force (RAF), the South African Air Force (SAAF), the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and other Allied air forces. (en)
  • La Desert Air Force (DAF), ou Western Desert Air Force et First Tactical Air Force (1TAF), est une force aérienne tactique alliée créée en Afrique du Nord en 1941 pour fournir un appui aérien rapproché à la 8e armée britannique pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Tout au long de la guerre, la DAF est composée d'escadrons de la Royal Air Force (RAF), de la South African Air Force (SAAF), de la Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), des United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) et d'autres forces aériennes alliées. Arthur Coningham, (en) et (en) font partie des officiers notables de la DAF. (fr)
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  • Desert Air Force (en)
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