Seran Royal Air Force

Seran Royal Air Force
Emblem of the Seran Royal Air Force
Founded	April 14th, 1956 (68 years, 8 months)
Country	Unified Sera
Type	Air Force
Role	Prompt and sustained aerial combat Combined arms operations Combined arms maneuver and wide area security Aerial Reconnaissance Airborne and air assault operations Special operations Set and sustain the theater for the joint force Aerial Superiority Operations
Size	177,000 Regular Air Force personnel (2021)
Part of	Department of War Department of the Royal Air Force
Headquarters	Black Mountain
Motto(s)	"Ut Aquila Versus Coelum", "Like an eagle toward the sky"
Colors	Blue, Sky Blue and White
Mascot(s)	Eagle
Anniversaries	April 4th
Commanders
Prime Minister / High Commander	Akan Khalfani ya Mbaku
Secretary of War	Jabari Mansa ya Mbaku
Director of National Security	Deciumus Marius ya Latinius
Marshal of the Royal Air Force	Servius Agrippa ya Latinius

The Official flag of the United States of Sera Royal Air Force.

The United States of Sera Royal Air Force, Unified Sera Air Force, Royal Air Force, USRAF, and simply the Air Force is the youngest of Sera's established military branches. With an establish date of April 14th, 1956, the US Air Force is markedly younger than other branches of the same kind in other nations. However, despite the age of the branch, the government and military commanders aggressively pursued campaigns to modernize and build the branch in order to catch up with competitors as the landscape of war began to change.

This aggressive pursuit of modernization with the aid of regional allies allowed the USRAF to build a sizable and powerful air force in a much shorter time frame than what was originally broadcasted when the branch was still being established. As it stands, the USRAF is one of the most advanced in the world with strike capability increased through strategic air force bases abroad and through usage of Unified Sera's two aircraft carriers.

History

The Department of War was tasked by then-Queen Zola Tu'Aruc as one of her first official directions since ascending to the throne earlier the same year. Her direction was given due to the recently resolved World War and the extensive use of aircraft. The prevalence and dominance of air power during the war demonstrated the sheer effectiveness of capable aircraft in the modern landscape of war. Fearing the possibility of being left behind on the battlefield, the Department of War channeled Army two-star General Alexander Caligula and Royal Navy Rear Admiral Lucius Fox to co-found the new branch. The duo who would become known as the "Fathers of the Airforce" and rapidly pursued growth plans that saw the USRAF purchasing schematics, tapping scientists from allied nations, recruiting and training Seran pilots, and contracting Seran scientists to begin building, designing, and manufacturing the first aircraft. Of these first prototypes, the most well-known would become the M-1 multirole fighter aircraft. Based on n designs, the M-1 became a favorite among the branches' new pilots. The M-1 used dual wing-mounted cannons and dual nose-mounted machine guns alongside commendable turning and acceleration ability to attack ground targets and engage in air-to-air confrontations.

The first demonstration of the M-1 and subsequent variants led the Department of War to believe that the best way to move forward would be by investing even more money and manpower into the Royal Air Force. The Department of War offered the role of Marshal of the Royal Air Force to both Major General Caligula and Rear Admiral Fox, however Major General Caligula bowed out before the examinations required for the position and allowed Rear Admiral Fox to become the first Marshal of the Royal Air Force.

Structure and Mission

There are five core missions of the Royal Air Force that have remained very similar if not the same since its inception in April of 1956, but they have evolved and are now articulated as air superiority, regional-global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, advanced regional mobility, advanced strike capability, and command and control. The purpose of all of these core missions is to provide what the Air Force states as "persistent aerial vigilance".