CAF or caf may refer to:

Armed forces

Canadian Armed Forces The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; , FAC) are the unified Military, military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air commands referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Under the ''National Defenc ...

(Canadian Forces), the Canadian Air Force, Army, and Navy *Canadian Air Force, now the

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; ) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Can ...

* Republic of China Air Force, the air force of the Republic of China (Taiwan) *

Chief of Air Force (Australia) Chief of Air Force (CAF) is the most senior appointment in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), responsible to the Chief of the Defence Force (Australia), Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) and the Department of Defence (Australia), Secretary of ...

, the commander of the Royal Australian Air Force * Cactus Air Force, an American aviation force in the Battle of Guadalcanal * Croatian Armed Forces, the Croatian Air Force, Army and Navy * Continental Air Force, a former major command of the United States Army Air Forces

Computing and networking

*Canadian Access Federation, a service of CANARIE Inc * SAP Composite Application Framework, a tool by SAP AG * Core Audio Format, a file format from Apple for storing audio data * Coarray Fortran, a parallel extension to Fortran language * Cyber Assessment Framework for cybersecurity in the UK.

Organisations

Governmental organisations

Caisse d'allocations familiales Family allocations make up the family-oriented sector of the French social security system, through a network known as the Caisse nationale des allocations familiales (National Office for Family Allocations) or CNAF and the 101 Caisse d'allocat ...

, French governmental agencies for family-supporting subsidies * Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía, a photography institution based in Almeria * Congressional Award Foundation, a public-private organization which recognizes youth achievement in the United States

Political organisations

* Campaign for America's Future, an American political organization * Pentapartito, an Italian political coalition

Sport organisations

* Club alpin français, French mountain club *

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Co ...

, the governing body for association football in Africa * Challenged Athletes Foundation, a US nonprofit foundation

Transnational organisations

* Central African Federation, a federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between 1953 and 1963 * CAF – Development Bank of Latin America (Corporación Andina de Fomento), Latin American development bank

Other organisations

* Canadian Arab Federation, a group representing Arab Canadians *

Charities Aid Foundation The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is a registered UK charity that operates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Canada. It works with companies, private philanthropists, regular donors, fellow foundations, governments, cha ...

, a UK charity * Coalition for App Fairness, a non-profit organisation * Commemorative Air Force, a Texas-based organisation that preserves and shows historical aircraft; formerly known as the Confederate Air Force *

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF, ) is a Spanish publicly listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment and buses through its Solaris Bus & Coach subsidiary. It is based in Beasain, Basque Autonomous Comm ...

, a Spanish rail equipment manufacturer * Cooley's Anemia Foundation, United States non-profit organisation

Science

* Calcium fluoride (), a chemical compound *

Cancer-associated fibroblast A cancer-associated fibroblast (CAF) (also known as tumour-associated fibroblast; carcinogenic-associated fibroblast; activated fibroblast) is a cell type within the tumor microenvironment that promotes tumorigenic features by initiating the remodel ...

, a tumorous cell type * Cellular angiofibroma, a benign tumor of superficial soft tissues * CHAF1A (chromatin assembly factor-1), a protein complex maintaining chromatin * Conductive anodic filament, an

electrochemical migration Electrochemical migration (ECM) is the dissolution and movement of metal ions in presence of electric potential, which results in the growth of dendritic structures between anode and cathode. The process is most commonly observed in printed circui ...

-type failure in printed circuit boards

Other uses

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...

, by ISO 3166-1 country code * Common Assessment Framework, an EU tool to bring quality improvements to public sector services * Community Adjustment Fund, part of the 2009 Canadian federal budget