RAF is an abbreviation for:

• Royal Air Force -- the Air Force of the United Kingdom (see also Air Ministry)
• Red Army Fraction (Rote Armee Fraktion) -- a German terror organisation
• Rigas Autobusu Fabrika -- a factory making buses in Riga, Latvia
• Rapid Action Force in India
• Rachunarski Fakultet

RAF is also an Italian musician of the 1980s.