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To view further details of each main Command development click on the Command title on the right of the timeline
For a summary click here
| January 1946 | ||
| April 1946 | De Havilland Vampire entered service | |
| May 1946 | 1 - Reserve Command formed. 7 - CFS reformed. De Havilland Hornet entered service. | |
| June 1946 | 2 - Auxiliary Air Force reformed | |
| September 1946 | World speed record set by Gp Capt E M Donaldson at 616.81 mph in a Meteor F4. | |
| January 1947 | ||
| April 1947 | London-Cape Town record broken by Sqn Ldrs H B Martin and E B Sismore | |
| December 1947 | 16 - Auxiliary Air Force given prefix 'Royal' | |
| June 1948 | RAF operations against Malayan terrorists begin (Operation Firedog). Berlin Airlift begins (Operation Plainfare) | |
| July 1948 | 12/14 - First crossing of Atlantic by six DH Vampires of No 54 Sqn | |
| October 1948 | Handley Page Hastings entered service | |
| January 1949 | Bristol Brigand entered service | |
| February 1949 | 1 - WAAF renamed Womens' Royal Air Force | |
| May 1949 | Berlin Airlift ends | |
| June 1949 | 1 - Far East Air Force formed. 1 - RAF Flying College formed | |
| April 1950 | 1 - First RAF operational helicopter unit, Casualty Evacuation Flight formed. | |
| June 1950 | North Korea invades South Korea, the Korean War begins | |
| July 1950 | Reserve Command renamed Home Command | |
| August 1950 | Boeing Washington entered service | |
| January 1951 | Reservists called up and refresher training given to RAuxAF | |
| February 1951 | Avro Shackleton entered service | |
| May 1951 | English Electric Canberra entered service. 26 - First RAF Royal Colours presentsd | |
| June 1951 | Vickers Varsity entered service | |
| September 1951 | 1 - 2nd Tactical Air Force reformed from BAFO. | |
| February 1952 | Bristol Sycamore entered service | |
| April 1952 | Lockheed Neptune entered service | |
| August 1952 | De Havilland Venom entered service | |
| October 1952 | First British atomic weapon tested at Monte Bello | |
| March 1953 | Canadair Sabre entered service | |
| June 1953 | Cease fire declared in Korea | |
| July 1953 | Royal Review of RAF at RAF Odiham | |
| January 1954 | Last operational Spitfire sortie flown. | |
| July 1954 | Hawker Hunter entered service | |
| August 1954 | Supermarine Swift entered service | |
| January 1955 | Vickers Valiant entered service | |
| February 1955 | Westland Whirlwind helicopter entered service | |
| July 1955 | MEAF re-organised. | |
| August 1955 | Jet Provost introduced into 'all-jet' training programme at No 2 FTS. | |
| February 1956 | Lord Trenchard died. Gloster Javelin entered service. | |
| March 1956 | Blackburn Beverley entered service | |
| May 1956 | Avro Vulcan entered service | |
| July 1956 | De Havilland Comet entered service | |
| October 1956 | 31 - British and French forces attack Egypt (Operation Muskateer). First British atomic bomb dropped from an aircraft. | |
| November 1956 | 5 - British and French dropped at Port Said. | |
| March 1957 | RAuxAF squadrons disbanded | |
| May 1956 | 15 - First British H-bomb dropped. | |
| November 1957 | Handley Page Victor entered service. | |
| July 1958 | Bristol Bloodhound Mk 1 entered service | |
| September 1957 | Douglas Thor IRBM entered service | |
| October 1957 | St Clement Danes re-consecrated | |
| November 1957 | 3 - Signals Command formed. Twin Pioneer entered service | |
| April 1959 | 4 - Home Command disbanded | |
| May 1959 | Last sortie by RAF Flying Boat (Sunderland GR Mk 5) | |
| June 1959 | Bristol Britannia entered service | |
| July 1959 | First non stop flight (air-to-air refuelling used )from UK to Cape Town by Wg Cdr M J Beetham | |
| October 1959 | 1 - First inter-service command since WW2 formed - British Force Arabian Peninsula | |
| November 1959 | 1 - First Maritime HQ, RAuxAF formed. | |
| January 1960 | 1 - No 38 Group re-formed | |
| July 1960 | Operation Firedog ends. RAF assists UN with transport facilities in Ghana. English Electric Lightning and Vulcan B Mk 2 entered service. | |
| October 1960 | Westland Belvedere entered service. | |
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