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title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a><sup id="cite_ref-authority_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-authority-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Unknown</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> Three aircraft squadrons</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Four tribes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> Two killed<br />One aircraft lost</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Unknown</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pink's War</b> was an air-to-ground bombardment and strafing campaign carried out by the <a 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It was the first independent action by the RAF, and remains the only campaign named after an RAF officer.<sup id="cite_ref-authority_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-authority-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pink%27s_War&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1919%E2%80%931920)" title="Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)">Waziristan campaign (1919–1920)</a></div> <p>The defence of the <a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province_(1901%E2%80%931955)" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)">North-West Frontier Province</a> was an important task for <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>. In the 1920s, the British were engaged in a continuing effort to defend <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> bases against raids from Native <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtun</a> tribesmen in the province. In July 1924, the British mounted operations against several of the Mahsud tribes in southern Waziristan and by October most tribes had ceased their activities. Only the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdur_Rahman_Khel_tribe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdur Rahman Khel tribe (page does not exist)">Abdur Rahman Khel tribe</a> and three other supporting tribes continued to attack army posts.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pink%27s_War&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg/220px-Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg/330px-Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg/440px-Bristol_F2B_Fighters.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A pair of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2B fighters</a>, one of the types of <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">aircraft</a> used in the operation</figcaption></figure> <p>After the successful use of aerial bombardment in the <a href="/wiki/Somaliland_campaign_(1920)" class="mw-redirect" title="Somaliland campaign (1920)">Fifth Expedition of Somaliland campaign</a> in 1920, the fledgling RAF was keen to further establish its military credentials. British forces had conducted operations against Mahsud tribes in Waziristan from July 1924, leaving only the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdur_Rahman_Khel_tribe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdur Rahman Khel tribe (page does not exist)">Abdur Rahman Khel tribe</a> and a few other tribes still engaged in activity by October 1924. The <a href="/wiki/Air_officer_commanding" title="Air officer commanding">air officer commanding</a> in India, Sir <a href="/wiki/Edward_Ellington" title="Edward Ellington">Edward Ellington</a>, made the unprecedented decision to conduct air operations against the tribesmen without the support of the army. No. 2 (India) Wing, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wing Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pink" title="Richard Pink">Richard Pink</a> at <a href="/wiki/Risalpur" title="Risalpur">Risalpur</a>, was assigned to conduct the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2B Fighters</a> of <a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RAF">No. 5 Squadron</a> were deployed to the operational headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Tank_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank (Pakistan)">Tank</a> airstrip, with <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.9A" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.9A">de Havilland DH.9As</a> from <a href="/wiki/No._27_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 27 Squadron RAF">27</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._60_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 60 Squadron RAF">60 squadrons</a> deployed to a forward operating base at <a href="/wiki/Miranshah" title="Miranshah">Miranshah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Operations commenced on 9 March 1925,<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_Source_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF_Source-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and following an initial <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sortie</a> to drop warning leaflets on the targeted areas, the RAF squadrons strafed tribal mountain strongholds in a successful attempt to crush the rebellion.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Operations focused on causing disruption to day-to-day activities for the militant tribes, as well as preventing access to safe havens; sorties were flown at night as well as during the day, in order to cause further disruption.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 May 1925, after just over 50 days of bombing, the tribal leaders sought peace to end the bombing, bringing the short campaign to a close.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only two British lives and one aircraft were lost during the campaign; Mahsud casualties are not known.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pink's War was the first air action of the RAF carried out independently of the British Army or Royal Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-RAF_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pink%27s_War&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the campaign was over, the <a href="/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_(1909)" title="India General Service Medal (1909)">India General Service Medal</a> with the Waziristan 1925 bar was awarded to the 46 officers and 214 men of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> who took part in Pink's War. It was by far the rarest bar given with an India General Service Medal, and was only awarded after the then-<a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)">Chief of the Air Staff</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Salmond" title="John Salmond">John Salmond</a> succeeded in overturning the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> decision not to grant a medal for the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign's commander, Wing Commander Pink, after whom the action became named, soon received a promotion to <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> "in recognition of his services in the field of Waziristan".<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-authority_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-authority-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1926-honours_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1926-honours-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Year's_Honours_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Year's_Honours-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For distinguished service during Pink's War, <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">Squadron Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_John_Capel" title="Arthur John Capel">Arthur John Capel</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom)" title="Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)">Distinguished Flying Cross</a> was awarded to <a href="/wiki/Flight_lieutenant" title="Flight lieutenant">flight lieutenants</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Baker_(RAF_officer)" title="John Baker (RAF officer)">John Baker</a> and William Cumming, and <a href="/wiki/Flying_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying Officer">Flying Officer</a> Reginald Pyne, and the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Flying_Medal" title="Distinguished Flying Medal">Distinguished Flying Medal</a> was given to <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_pilot" title="Sergeant pilot">sergeant pilots</a> George Campbell and Ralph Hawkins, <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> Arthur Rutherford, <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> Reginald Robins, and <a href="/wiki/Leading_Aircraftman" class="mw-redirect" title="Leading Aircraftman">Leading Aircraftman</a> William Alfred Walmsley.<sup id="cite_ref-Despatches_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Despatches-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A further 14 men were <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_dispatches" title="Mentioned in dispatches">mentioned in dispatches</a>, including flying officers Edward Dashwood and Noel Hayter-Hames, who both died in the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-Despatches_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Despatches-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pink%27s_War&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">First Anglo-Afghan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Second Anglo-Afghan War">Second Anglo-Afghan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Third Anglo-Afghan War">Third Anglo-Afghan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1921%E2%80%931924)" title="Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)">Waziristan campaign (1921–1924)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waziristan_campaign_(1936%E2%80%931939)" title="Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)">Waziristan campaign (1936–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waziristan_rebellion_of_1948-1954" class="mw-redirect" title="Waziristan rebellion of 1948-1954">Waziristan rebellion of 1948-1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_(military_history)" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Frontier (military history)">North-West Frontier (military history)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Waziristan_Campaign_Victoria_Cross_recipients" title="List of Waziristan Campaign Victoria Cross recipients">List of Waziristan Campaign Victoria Cross recipients</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacha_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bacha Khan">Bacha Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirzali_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirzali Khan">Mirzali Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullah_Powindah" class="mw-redirect" title="Mullah Powindah">Mullah Powindah</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pink%27s_War&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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"Chapter Eight: Pink's War". <i>RAF Operations 1918–1938</i>. London: William Kimber. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7183-0671-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7183-0671-6"><bdi>0-7183-0671-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+Eight%3A+Pink%27s+War&rft.btitle=RAF+Operations+1918%E2%80%931938&rft.place=London&rft.pub=William+Kimber&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-7183-0671-6&rft.aulast=Bowyer&rft.aufirst=Chaz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APink%27s+War" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111001104653/http://www.airpowerstudies.co.uk/APRVol13No3%20-high.pdf">Air Power Review – Volume 13 Number 3 Autumn/Winter 2010 – Pink’s War – Applying the Principles of Air Control to Waziristan – Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Roe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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