List of air forces

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This alphabetically arranged list of air forces identifies the current and historical names and roundels for the military aviation arms of countries fielding an air component, whether an independent air force, a naval air arm, army aviation unit, or coast guard. At the end is a separate list of no longer extant nations that once operated air forces. Country names in italics indicate that they are not generally recognized internationally as independent states but which nonetheless managed to field an active air service.


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[edit] A

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Abkhazia.svg Abkhazia Image:Abkhazian Air Force.svg Abkhazian Air Force 1992
Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan Image:Transparent.png Afghan National Army - Air Corps
Afghan Melli-e Ourdou 		2002[1]

Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (Mujahideen)[2]

Image:Transparent.png 1996-2001

Army Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)[3]

Image:Transparent.png 1996-2001

Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan[4]

Image:Transparent.png 1992-1996

Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah

Image:Afghanistan-roundel02.svg 1983-1992

Afghan Army Air Force[5]
De Afghan Hawa-e Quvah

Image:Transparent.png 1980-1983

Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah

Image:Transparent.png 1973-1979

Royal Afghan Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1948-1973

Afghan Air Force
Afghan Hawa-e Ourdou

Image:Transparent.png 1937-1947

Afghan Military Air Arm

Image:Transparent.png 1924[6]-1929
Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania Image:Albanian Air Force roundel.svg Albanian Air Force
Forcave Ajrore 		1947

Albanian Air Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1939
Image:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria Image:Algeria A-F Roundel.svg Algerian Air Force
Al Quwwat aljawwija aljaza'eriiya 		1962
Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola Image:Angola-roundel.svg People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola
Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Aérea e Antiaérea 		 

Angolan People's Air Force & Anti-Aircraft Defence
Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Anti-Aviões

Image:Transparent.png 1976-?
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Image:Argentina-roundel.svg Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Argentina 		1945

Servicio Aéronautico del Ejército

Image:Transparent.png 1912-1945?
Image:Transparent.png Argentine Naval Aviation
Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina 		1919
Image:Argentina-roundel.svg Argentine Army Aviation Command
Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino 		1956[7]
Image:Transparent.png Coast Guard Air Service
Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina 		1970s
Image:Transparent.png Border Guard Air Service
Dirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería [1] 		1955
Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Image:Armenian Air Force roundel.svg Armenian Air Force 1994
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia Image:RAAF-Roundel.svg Royal Australian Air Force 1921

Australian Air Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1921

Australian Flying Corps

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1914-1921
Image:Transparent.png Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm 1947
Image:Transparent.png Australian Army Aviation 1968
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Image:Hoheitszeichen Austria.svg Austrian Air Force
Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte 		1955

Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich

Image:Balkenkreuz.svg 1938-1945

Heimwehr Flieger Korps

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1927-1938
Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Image:Azerbaijan Air Force roundel.svg Azerbaijan Air Force 1991

[edit] B

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas Image:Transparent.png Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing 1981
Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Image:Royal Bahraini Air Force roundel.svg Royal Bahraini Air Force 2002

Bahrain Ameri Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1987-2002

Bahrain Defence Force Air Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1977-1987
Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Image:Bangladeshi Air Force roundel.svg Bangladeshi Air Force
বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী
Bangladesh Biman Bahini 		1971
Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Image:Transparent.png Barbados Defence Force 1981[8]
Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Image:URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg Belarus Air Force post 1995

Belarus Air Force

Image:Flag of Belarus 1991.svg 1991-1995
Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Image:Roundel of the Belgian Air Force.svg Belgian Air Force[9]
Belgische Luchtmacht, Composante Air 		1946

Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire

Image:Roundel of the Belgian Air Force.svg 1915-1940

Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers

Image:Transparent.png 1910-1915
Image:Flag of Belize.svg Belize Image:Transparent.png Belize Defence Force Air Wing 1983
Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin Image:Benin Air Force Roundel.svg Benin Air Force
Force Aérienne Populaire de Benin 		1975

Dahomey Air Force
Force Aérienne de Dahomey

Image:Transparent.png 1961-1975
Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Image:Transparent.png Bhutan Air Force
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Image:Bolivian Air Force roundel.svg Bolivian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 		1923
Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Image:Bosnia and Herzegovina Coats of Arms.png
Air Force and Air Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ваздухопловство и ПВО
Zrakoplovstvo i PZO 		2007

Republika Srpska Air Force
Ратно Ваздухопловство и ПВО ВРС
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO VRS

Image:US Army Air Roundel.svg 1992-2007
Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Image:Roundel of the Botswana Defence Force.svg Botswana Defence Force Air Wing 1977
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Image:Brazilian Air Force roundel.svg Brazilian Air Force
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) 		1941

(Roundel used during World War II)

Image:Transparent.png 1941-1945

National Air Forces
Forças Aéreas Nacionais

Image:Transparent.png 1941

Military Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM)

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1941
Image:Brazilian Navy Aviation roundel.svg Brazilian Naval Aviation
Força Aeronaval 		1952

Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Naval (AvN)

Image:Brazilian Navy Aviation roundel.svg 1952-1941
Image:Coat of arms of the Brazilian Army.svg Brazilian Army Aviation
Aviação do Exército Brasileiro 		1986
Image:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Image:Roundel brunei.svg Royal Brunei Air Force
Angkatan Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei 		1991

Royal Brunei Armed Forces Air Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1984-1991

Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Air Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1965-1984
Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel.svg Bulgarian Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили
Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS) 		1992

Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force
Противовъздушна отбрана и Военновъздушни сили

Protivovazdushna Otbrana i Voennovazdushni Sili (PVOiVVS)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1948.svg 1961-1992

Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1948.svg 1952-1961

Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sily (VVS)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1948.svg 1949-1952

Air Army
Въздушни Войски

Vazdusni Voiski (VV)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1944.svg 1945-1949

 

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1941.svg 1941-1944

Royal Bulgarian Air Force[10]
Vazhdushnite na Negovo Velichestvo Voiski (VNVV)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1938.svg 1937-1941

Department of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs

Image:Transparent.png 1924-1937

Section of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs[11]

Image:Transparent.png 1920-1924

Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie

Image:Transparent.png 1919-1920

Aeroplane Group

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1919

Army Aviation Corps[12]

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1915-1918

Aeronautical Battalion

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1915

Aeronautical Detachment[13]

Image:Transparent.png 1906-1914
Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel.svg Bulgarian Naval Aviation
Aviatsia Na Bulgarskiya Voennomorski Flot (AnBVMF) 		1992

Independent ASW Squadron of the Navy
Otdelna Protivolodachna Eskadrila na VMF (OPLEV-VMF)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1948.svg 1959-1990

Bulgarian Naval Aviation

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1915-1918
Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Image:Roundel burkina faso.svg Burkina Faso Air Force
Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso 		1964
Image:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Image:Roundel Burundi.svg Burundi Army Aviation
Force Armée du Burundi 		1966

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Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Image:Royal Cambodian Air Force roundel.svg Royal Cambodian Air Force
Toap Akas Khemarak Phoumin
Force Aérienne Royale Cambodge 		1993

Kampuchean People's Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1984-1991[14]

Air Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army

Image:Transparent.png 1977-1979[15]

Khmer Air Force
Aviation Nationale Khmer

Image:Transparent.png 1970-1975

Royal Khmer Air Force
Aviation Royale Khmere

Image:Transparent.png 1954-1970
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Image:Roundel of the Cameroonian Air Force.svg Cameroon Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Cameroun 		1960
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada Image:RCAF-Roundel.svg Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) 1968

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

Image:Rcaf roundel old wht.png 1924-1968
Image:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde Image:Transparent.png Cape Verde Air Force
Força Aérea Caboverdiana 		1982
Image:Transparent.png Cape Verde Coast Guard
Guarda Costeira de Cabo Verde 		1992[16]
Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Image:Roundel central african republic.svg Central African Republic Air Force
Force Aérienne Centrafricaine 		1961
Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad Image:Roundel Tchad.svg Chad Air Force
Force Aérienne Tchadienne 		1973
Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile Image:Chilean Air Force roundel.svg Chilean Air Force
Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh)[17] 		1930

Chilean Military Aviation Service
Servició de Aviación Militar de Chile

Image:Transparent.png 1910-1930
Image:Transparent.png Chilean Naval Aviation
Servicio de Aviación de la Armada de Chile (popularly, Aviación Naval) 		1953

Chilean Naval Aviation Service
Servicio de Aviación Naval de Chile

Image:Transparent.png 1919-1930[18]
Image:Transparent.png Chilean Army Aviation
Comando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile (popularly, Aviación del Ejército) 		1970[19]
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (PRC) Image:Roundel of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force.svg People's Liberation Army Air Force
中国人民解放军空军
Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun 		1949

Nanyuan Flying Group[20]

Image:Transparent.png 1949

Red Army of China Air Force

Image:Transparent.png c. 1930[21]
Image:Transparent.png People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
中国人民解放军海军航空兵
Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Haijun Hangkongbing 		1953
Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (ROC) Image:Republic of China National Emblem.svg Republic of China Air Force
中華民國空軍
Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung-Chün 		1938

Nationalist Chinese Air Force (Central Government)[22]

Image:Transparent.png 1925-1938

Chinese Aviation Ministry

Image:Chinese Air Force Roundel 1920-1921.svg 1920-1925?

Chinese Aviation Service

Image:Beiyang star.svg 1916?-1919?

Chinese Army Air Arm

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1916?

Airplane Corps of the Chinese Army

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1914
Image:Transparent.png Republic of China Army Aviation and Special Forces Command 1999

Army Paratroops and Special Forces Command

Image:Transparent.png 1979-1999

Army Aviation Command[23]

Image:Transparent.png 1976-1979
Image:Transparent.png Republic of China Navy Aviation Command 1995

Naval Anti-Submarine Group

Image:Transparent.png 1991-1995

Fleet Helicopter Squadron

Image:Transparent.png 1977-1991

Chinese Naval Air Service

Image:Transparent.png 1927-1938
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Image:Colombian Air Force Roundel.svg Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Colombiana 		1922
Image:Transparent.png Colombian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval 		1935
Image:Transparent.png Colombian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército 		1995
Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo[24] Image:Roundel of the Congolese Air Force.svg Congolese Air Force
L'Armée de l'Air du Congo 		1961
Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Dem. Rep. of the Congo[25] Image:Transparent.png Congolese (DRC) Air Force
Force Aérienne du Congo

Zaire Air Force

Image:Roundel of Zaire Air Force.svg 1971-1997
Image:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Image:Transparent.png Air Surveillance Service
Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA) - Fuerza Pública 		1994

Air Section of the Costa Rica Ministry of Public Security
Sección Aérea del Ministerio de Seguridad Pública

Image:Transparent.png 1964-1994

Air Section of the Costa Rica Civil Guard
Sección Aérea de la Guardia Civil

Image:Transparent.png 1957-1964

Costa Rican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Costarricense

Image:Transparent.png 1955-1957

Costa Rican Military Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Militar

Image:Transparent.png 1947/48-1949[26]
Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire Image:Roundel ivory coast.svg Côte d'Ivoire Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire 		c. 1965
Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Image:Roundel of the Croatian Air Force.svg Croatian Air Force and Defense
Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana 		1991

Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion[27]

Image:Croatian roundel WW2.svg 1941-1945
Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba Image:CU AF Insignia1961.svg Cuban Revolutionary Air Force[28]
Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria 		1959

Cuban Rebel Air Force[29]
Fuerza Aérea Rebelde

 Image:Transparent.png 1958

Cuban Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba

Image:Transparent.png 1952-1958

Cuban Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba

Image:Transparent.png 1934-1952

Cuban Army Air Corps
Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército de Cuba

Image:Transparent.png 1915-1934

Cuban Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1915
Image:Transparent.png Cuban Naval Aviation[30]
Aviación Naval 		1934-1952
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Image:Czech roundel.svg Czech Air Force
Vzdušné síly armády České republiky 		1993

[edit] D

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Image:Royal Danish Air Force Roundel.svg Royal Danish Air Force
Flyvevåbnet 		1950

Royal Danish Army Air Corps[31]
Hærens Flyvertropper

Image:Royal Danish Air Force Roundel.svg 1912-1950

Royal Danish Naval Aviation
Marinens Flyvevæsen

Image:Royal Danish Air Force Roundel.svg 1911-1950
Image:Royal Danish Air Force Roundel.svg Royal Danish Navy Helicopter Service
Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste 		2003

Royal Danish Navy Flying Service
Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)

Image:Royal Danish Air Force Roundel.svg 1962-2003
Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Image:Djibouti Air Force roundel.svg Djibouti Air Force
Force Aérienne du Djibouti 		1977
Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Image:Dominican Air Force roundel.svg Dominican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD) 		1962

Dominican Military Aviation
Aviación Militar Dominicana (AMD)

Image:Transparent.png 1957-1962

Dominican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD)

Image:Transparent.png 1955-1957

Dominican Military Aviation
Aviación Militar Dominicana (AMD)

Image:Transparent.png 1952-1955

Dominican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD)

Image:Transparent.png 1950-1952

Dominican Military Aviation Corps (DMAC)
El Cuerpo de Aviación Militar Dominicana (CAMD/AMD)

Image:Transparent.png 1948-1950
Image:Transparent.png Air Cavalry Squadron
Escuadrón de Caballería Aérea (EdCA) 		2002

Air Transport Cavalry Brigade
Brigada de Caballería Aerotransportada

Image:Transparent.png 2001-2002

Aviation Company of the National Army
Compañía de Aviación del Ejército Nacional

Image:Transparent.png 1942-1948[32]

Dominican Army Aviation Company
Compañía de Aviación del Ejército Dominicano

Image:Transparent.png 1939-1942

Aviation Detachment of the National Army
Destacamento de Aviación del Ejército Nacional

Image:Transparent.png 1936-1939

National Air Transport Company, Aviation Arm
Compañía Nacional de Transporte Aérea, Arma de Aviación

Image:Transparent.png 1934-1935

Aviation Company
Compañía de Aviación

Image:Transparent.png 1933-1934

Aviation Arm of the National Army
Arma de Aviación del Ejército Nacional

Image:Transparent.png 1932-1933
Image:Transparent.png Dominican Republic Naval Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación Naval Dominicana 		2003

Coastguard Search and Rescue Squadron
Escuadrón de Vigilancia y Rescate de Guardacostas

Image:Transparent.png 1951-1952[33]

[edit] E

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Image:Ecuadorian Air Force roundel.svg Ecuadorian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (FAE) 		1944

Ecuadorian Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Ejército Equatoriana (FAEE)

Image:Transparent.png 1935-1944

Army Military Aviator Corps
Cuerpo de Aviadores Militares del Ejército

Image:Transparent.png 1927-1935

Army Aviation Company
Compañia de Aviación del Ejército

Image:Transparent.png 1925-1927

Military Aviation School
Escuela Militar de Aviación

Image:Transparent.png 1920-1925
Image:Transparent.png Ecuadorian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana (ANE) 		1967
Image:Transparent.png Ecuadorian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano (AEE) 		1978

Ecuadorian Army Air Service
Servicio Aéreo del Ejército (SAE)

Image:Transparent.png 1954-1978
Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Image:Egyptian Air Force Roundel.svg Egyptian Air Force
Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya

United Arab Republic Air Force

Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force.svg 1958-1961[34]

Egyptian Air Force

Image:Royal Egyptian Air Force roundel.svg 1952-1958

Royal Egyptian Air Force

Image:Royal Egyptian Air Force roundel.svg 1937-1952

Egyptian Army Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1931-1937
Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Image:El Salvador Air Force roundel.svg El Salvador Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (FAS) 		1946

Salvadorean Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Ejército de Salvador (FAES)

Image:Transparent.png 1927-1946

Salvadorean Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de la Aviación Salvadoreña

Image:Transparent.png 1925-1927

Salvadorean Air Flotilla
Flotilla Aérea Salvadoreña

Image:Transparent.png 1923-1925

El Salvador Military Aviation Service
Servicio de Aviación Militar de Salvador

Image:Transparent.png 1922-1923
Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea Image:Eritrean Air Force roundel.svg Eritrean Air Force 1994
Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Image:Estonia roundel.svg Estonian Air Force
Eesti Õhuvägi 		1991

Luftwaffe units[35]

Image:Transparent.png 1943-1944

Sonderstaffel Buschmann[36]

Image:Transparent.png 1942-1943

Aircraft Squadron of the 22nd Territorial Corps of the Soviet Army

Image:Transparent.png 1940-1941

Aviation Regiment

Image:Transparent.png 1920?-1940

Aviation Company

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1920?
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Image:Roundel ethiopia.svg Ethiopian Air Force
Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl 		1975[37]

Imperial Ethiopian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1946-1975

Imperial Ethiopian Aviation

Image:Transparent.png 1929-1935

[edit] F

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Image:Transparent.png none

Air Wing, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Image:Transparent.png 1987-1998
Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Image:Finland roundel border.svg Finnish Air Force
Suomen ilmavoimat
Finländska flygvapnet 		1918

 

Image:Finland roundel WW2 border.svg 1918-1945
Image:Transparent.png Finnish Army Aviation
Suomen maavoimat - Helikopteripataljoona
Finländska armén - Helikopterbataljonen 		1997
Image:Transparent.png Finnish Frontier Guard
Rajavartiolaitos
Gränsbevakningsväsendet 		1919

Finnish Coast Guard
Merivartiolaitos
Sjöbevakningssektionen

Image:Transparent.png 1919-1944
Image:Flag of France.svg France Image:French-roundel.svg French Air Force
Armée de l'Air 		1933

Normandie-Niémen squadron
Groupe de Chasse Normandie-Niémen

Image:Red star.svg 1942-1945

RAF squadrons 326-329 and 340-347
Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1940-1945

French Army Aviation
Aviation Militaire

Image:French-roundel.svg 1909-1933
Image:Cocarde-aviation-marine.svg French Naval Air Arm
Aviation Navale 		1925
Image:French-roundel.svg French Army Light Aviation
Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre 		1954

[edit] G

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon Image:Roundel of the Gabon Air Force.svg Gabon Air Force
Armée de l'Air Gabonaise 		1961
Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Image:Transparent.png Gambian Air Force c.2003?[38]
Image:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Image:Roundel of the Georgian Air Force.svg Georgian Air Force 1990
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Image:Roundel of the German Air Force border.svg German Air Force
Luftwaffe 		1955

East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee

Image:Emblem of aircrafts of NVA (East Germany).svg 1956-1990

German Air Force
Luftwaffe

Image:Balkenkreuz.svg 1935-1945

Marineluftschiffe-Abteilung

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1912-1919

Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen Kaiserreiches

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1911-1919

Imperial German Army Air Service
Luftstreitkräfte (Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches)

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1910-1919

Heeresluftschiffe-Abteilung

Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg 1909-1917
Image:Roundel of the German Air Force border.svg German Naval Aviation
Marineflieger 		1955
Image:Roundel of the German Air Force border.svg German Army Aviators Corps
Heeresfliegertruppe 		1955
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Image:Roundel Ghana.svg Ghana Air Force 1959
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Image:Hellenic Air Force Roundel.svg Greek Air Force
Πολεμική Αεροπορία
Polemiki Aeroporia 		1930
Image:Transparent.png Greek Army Aviation
Αεροπορία Στρατού
Aeroporia Stratou 		1956
Image:Transparent.png Greek Naval Aviation
Πολεμικό Ναυτικό
Polemiko Navtiko 		1976
Image:Transparent.png Greek Coast Guard
Λιμενικό Σώμα
Limeniko Soma 		1982
Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Image:Roundel of the Guatemalan Air Force.svg Guatemalan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG) 		1948

Military Aeronautical Corps
Cuerpo de Aeronáutica Militar (CAM)

Image:Transparent.png 1935-1948

Guatemalan Military Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación Militar de Guatemala (CAM)

Image:Transparent.png 1929-1935

Guatemalan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG)

Image:Transparent.png 1921-1929

Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación de Ejército

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1921
Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea Image:Roundel Guinea.svg Guinea Air Force
Force Aérienne de Guinée 		1959
Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau Image:Roundel guinea bissau2.svg Guinea-Bissau Air Force
Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau 		1978
Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Image:Roundel Guyana.svg Guyana Defence Force 1968

[edit] H

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti Image:Transparent.png Haiti Air Corps
Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti 		1942
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras Image:Transparent.png Honduran Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Hondureña 		1954

Honduran Air Force & Military Aviation School
Fuerza Aérea y Escuela de Aviación Militar

Image:Transparent.png 1936-1954

National Aviation School
Escuela Nacional de Aviación (ENA)

Image:Transparent.png 1931-1936
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Image:Roundel of the Hungarian Air Force.svg Hungarian Air Force
Magyar Légierő 		1989

Air Force of the Hungarian People's Army
Magyar Néphadsereg légiereje

Image:Transparent.png 1947-1989

Royal Hungarian National Defense Air Force
Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő

Image:Hungarian roundel WW2.jpg 1939-1945

[edit] I

For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Image:Transparent.png Iceland Air Defense System
Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið 		1987
Image:Icstateflag.svg Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division
Landhelgisgæsla Íslands 		1955
Image:Flag of India.svg India Image:IAF-roundel.svg Indian Air Force
भारतीय वायु सेना
Bharatiya Vayu Sena 		1950

Royal Indian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1945-1950

Indian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1932-1945
Image:IAF-roundel.svg Army Aviation Corps 1986
Image:IAF-roundel.svg Naval Air Arm 1953
Image:Transparent.png Indian Coast Guard Air Wing
Bharatiya Tatarakshak Dal 		1978
Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Image:Roundel indonesia.svg Indonesian Air Force
Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU) 		1974

Republic of Indonesia Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI)

Image:Transparent.png 1946-1974
Image:Transparent.png Indonesian Naval Aviation
Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL) 		1974

Indonesian Naval Aviation Service
Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Laut RI (ALRI)

Image:Transparent.png 1956-1974
Image:Transparent.png Indonesian Army Aviation
Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD) 		1974

Indonesian Army Aviation Service
Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Darat RI (DINAS PENERBAD)

Image:Transparent.png 1959-1974
Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran Image:Iran Air Force roundel.svg Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران 		1979

Imperial Iranian Air Force
Nirou Havai Shahanshahiye Iran

Image:Transparent.png 1925-1979
Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Image:IQAF Symbol.svg Iraqi Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya 		1958

Royal Iraqi Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1931-?1958
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Image:Irish Air Corps roundel.svg Irish Air Corps
Aer-Chór na h-Éireann 		1922
Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel Image:IAF roundel.svg Israeli Air Force
חיל האוויר
Heyl Ha'Avir 		1948

Haganah Sherut Avir

Image:Transparent.png 1947-1948
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg Italian Air Force[39]
Aeronautica Militare 		1946

Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
Aviazione Cobelligerante ed Aeronautica Militare Italiana

Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg 1943-1946

Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana [40]

Image:ASD.svg 1943-1944

Règia Aeronautica[41]

Image:Italy-Royal-Airforce.svg 1923-1943

Royal Naval Aviation
Aviazione della Règia Marina

Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg 1912-1923

Military Aeronautical Corps
Corpo Aeronautico Militare

Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg 1911-1923

Balloon Corps
Servizio Aeronautico

Image:Transparent.png 1884-?1911
Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg Italian Naval Aviation
Aviazione Navale 		1956
Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg Italian Army Aviation
Cavalleria dell'Aria 		1951
Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg Air Service of the Italian Paramilitary Police Force
Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri 		1965

[edit] J

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica Image:Jamaican Defence Force roundel.svg Jamaican Defence Force 1963

Jamaica Air Squadron

Image:Transparent.png 1963
Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Image:Japan Air Self-Defense Force roundel.svg Japan Air Self-Defense Force[42]
航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai 		1954
Image:Transparent.png Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service[43]
大日本帝国海軍航空本部 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū Hombu

Image:Japan.svg 1910-1945
Image:Transparent.png Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
陸上自衛隊 Rikujō Jieitai

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
大日本帝国陸軍航空本部 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkū Hombu

Image:Japan.svg 1910-1945
Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Image:Roundel of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.svg Royal Jordanian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya 		1955

Arab Legion Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1946-1955

[edit] K

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Image:Transparent.png Kazakhstan Air Defense Force
Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan 		1992
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Image:Roundel of the Kenyan Air Force.svg Kenya Air Force 1964
Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Image:Roundel of the Korean Peoples Army Air Force.svg Korean People's Army Air Force 1955
Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Image:Roundel of the Republic of Korea Air Force.svg Republic of Korea Air Force
대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍)
Daehan Minguk Gonggun 		1949
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Image:Roundel Kuwait.svg Kuwait Air Force
Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya 		1988

Kuwait Air Force and Air Defense

Image:Transparent.png 1961
Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Image:Transparent.png Kyrgyzstan Air Force 1991

[edit] L

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Laos.svg Laos Image:Transparent.png Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force 1975

Royal Lao Air Force[44] [45]

Image:Transparent.png 1960-1975

Aviation Laotienne

Image:Transparent.png 1955-1960
Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Image:Latvia roundel.svg Latvian Air Force
Latvijas Gaisaspeki 		1991

 

Image:Latvia roundel 1940 border.png 1926-1940
Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Image:Roundel of the Lebanese Air Force.svg Lebanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnamia 		1945
Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho Image:Transparent.png Lesotho Defence Force - Air Squadron c.1988
Image:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia Image:Transparent.png Liberian Army Air Wing 1987
Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya Image:Libyan Air Force roundel.svg Libyan Air Force
Al Quwwatal Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Arabia al Libyya 		1978

Libyan Arab Republic Air Force

Image:Libyan Arab Republic Air Force roundel.svg 1970-1978?

Royal Libyan Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya al Libiyya

Image:Royal Libyan Air Force roundel.svg 1951-1970
Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Image:Lithuania roundel.svg Lithuanian Air Force
Karinės Oro Pajėgos 		1992
Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Image:Roundel of Luxembourg.svg NATO Airborne Early Warning Force [46] 1982

[edit] M


Agaaryn Dovtolgoonoos Khamgaalakh Tsergiyn Komandlal
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia Image:Roundel of the Macedonian Air Force.svg Macedonian Air Force and Air Defense Force
Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана
Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana 		1992
Image:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar Image:Roundel of the Malagasy Air Force.svg Malagasy Air Force
Armée de l'Air Malgache 		1961
Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Image:Transparent.png Malawi Army Air Wing 1978

Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm[47]

Image:Transparent.png 1970-1978
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Image:Roundel of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.svg Royal Malaysian Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia 		1963

Royal Malayan Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan

Image:Transparent.png 1958-1963
Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Image:Transparent.png Mali Air Force
Force Aérienne de la République du Mali 		1961
Image:Flag of Malta.svg Malta Image:Roundel of Malta.svg Armed Forces of Malta No.2 Regiment – Air Squadron 1992
Image:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Image:Roundel of the Mauritanian Air Force.svg Mauritanian Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Islamique de Mauritanie 		1961
Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius Image:Transparent.png Mauritius Coast Guard 1987

Mauritius Police Force Marine Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1970-1987
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Image:Mexican Air Force roundel.svg Mexican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 		1915
Image:Transparent.png Mexican Naval Aviation
Fuerza Aeronaval 		1926[48]
Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Image:Moldavie.gif Moldovan Air Force 1991
Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Image:Transparent.png Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command
1993

Mongolian People's Air Force

[[Image:|23px]] 1925-1993
Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Image:Roundel of the Montenegran Air Force.svg Montenegrin Air Force
Vazdušne snage Crne Gore 		2006
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Image:Morocco FRA Roundel.png Royal Moroccan Air Force
القوات الجوية الملكية المغربية
Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Al Malikiya Al Maghrebiya
(Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine) 		1961

Sherifan Royal Aviation
Aviation Royale Chérifienne

Image:Transparent.png 1956-1961
Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique Image:Transparent.png Mozambique Air Force
Força Aérea de Moçambique 		c.1976/77?

People's Liberation Air Force of Mozambique
Força Populare Aérea de Libertação de Moçambique

Image:Transparent.png 1975-c.1976/77?
Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Image:Roundel of the Myanmar Air Force.svg Myanmar Air Force
Tatmdaw Lei 		1947

[edit] N

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia Image:Transparent.png Namibian Air Force 2005

Namibia Defence Force Air Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1994-2005
Image:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Image:Transparent.png Royal Nepal Army Air Wing 1979

Royal Nepal Army Air Service

Image:Transparent.png 1965-1979
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Image:Netherlands roundel.svg Royal Netherlands Air Force[49]
Koninklijke Luchtmacht 		1953

 

Image:Netherlands roundel WW2.svg 1939-1940

Luchtvaartafdeling

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1940
Image:Transparent.png Netherlands Naval Aviation
Marineluchtvaartdienst 		1917
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Image:Rnzaf roundel.svg Royal New Zealand Air Force[50][51] 1934

New Zealand Squadrons of the RAF Nos. 75, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1939-1945

New Zealand Territorial Air Force

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1930-1957

New Zealand Permanent Air Force

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1923-1934

New Zealand Army Flying Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1923
Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Image:Transparent.png Nicaraguan Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea – Ejército de Nicaragua 		1995‎

Nicaraguan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Nicaraguënse‎

Image:Transparent.png 1990-1995

Sandanista Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Sandinista‎

Image:Transparent.png 1979-1990

Air Force of Nicaragua
Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua‎

Image:Transparent.png c.1950-1979

Guard Air Force of Nicaragua
Fuerza Aérea Guardia de Nicaragua‎

Image:Transparent.png c.1947-c.1950

Air Force of the National Guard
Fuerza Aérea de la Guardia Nacional‎

Image:Transparent.png 1938-c.1947

Air Corps of the National Guard
Cuerpo de Aviación de la Guardia Nacional‎

Image:Transparent.png 1936-1938

Military Aviation Corps
Cuerpo Militar de Aviación‎

Image:Transparent.png 1926-1936

National Guard
Guardia Nacional‎

Image:Transparent.png 1920-1926
Image:Flag of Niger.svg Niger Image:Transparent.png National Squadron of Niger
Escadrille Nationale du Niger 		2003

Niger Air Force
Force Aérienne du Niger

Image:Roundel of the Niger Air Force.svg 1961-2003?
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Image:Roundel of the Nigerian Air Force.svg Nigerian Air Force 1964
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Image:Royal Norwegian Air Force Roundel.svg Royal Norwegian Air Force
Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret 		1944

Royal Air Force squadrons 331 and 332

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1942-1945

Army Air Service
Hærens Flyvevesen

Image:Norwegian Army Air Service WW2.svg 1915-1944

Naval Air Service
Marinens Flyvevesen

Image:Transparent.png 1916-1944

[edit] O

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Image:Transparent.png Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya 		1990

Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF)

Image:Transparent.png 1959-1990
Image:Flag of the OECS.svg OECS[52] Image:Transparent.png Regional Security System 1999

[edit] P

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Image:Roundel of the Pakistani Air Force.svg Pakistani Air Force
پاکستانی فضائيہ 		1956

Royal Pakistani Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1947-1956
Image:Transparent.png Army Aviation Wing 1958
Image:Transparent.png Pakistan Navy Air Arm 1973
Image:Flag of Panama.svg Panama Image:Roundel of the Panamanian Air Force.svg Panamanian Air Force
Servicio Aéreo Nacional 		1983
Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Image:Transparent.png Papua New Guinea Defence Force 1974
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Image:Roundel of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Air Force
Aeronautica Militar Paraguaya 		1989
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru Image:Roundel of the Peruvian Air Force.svg Peruvian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Perú 		1950

Peruvian Aeronautical Corps
Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú

Image:Transparent.png 1936-1950

Peruvian Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú

Image:Transparent.png 1929-1936
Image:Transparent.png Peruvian Naval Aviation
Fuerza Aviación Naval 		1980

Aeronaval Service
Servicio Aeronaval

Image:Transparent.png 1963-1980
Image:Transparent.png Peruvian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército 		1977

Army Light Aviation Group
Grupo de Aviación Ligera del Ejército

Image:Transparent.png 1973-1977
Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Image:Roundel of the Philippines Air Force.svg Philippine Air Force
Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas 		1947
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland Image:Szachownica.svg Polish Air Force
Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 		2004

Air and Air Defence Forces
Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej

Image:Szachownica.svg 1993-2004

 

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1990-1993

Air Force
Wojska Lotnicze

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1962-1990

Air Defence Force of Country
Wojska Obrony Powietrznej Kraju

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1962-1990

Air and Air Defence Forces of Country
Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Przeciwlotniczej Obszaru Kraju

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1954-1962

Air Force
Wojska Lotnicze

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1947-1954

Air Force of the Polish Army
Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1945-1947

 

Image:Red star.svg 1943-1945

RAF squadrons 300-309, 315-318 and 663

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1940-1947

Forces Aerienes Polonaises

Image:French-roundel.svg 1940

Air Force
Wojska Lotnicze

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1918-1939
Image:Szachownica.svg Polish Army Aviation
Lotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych 		1994
Image:Szachownica.svg Polish Naval Aviation
Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej 		1947
Image:Polish Border Guard roundel.svg Aviation of Polish Border Guard
Lotnictwo Straży Granicznej 		1990
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Image:Portuguese Air Force roundel.svg Portuguese Air Force
Força Aérea Portuguesa 		1952

Army Air Service
Arma da Aeronáutica Militar

Image:Transparent.png 1924-1952

Military Aeronautical Service
Serviço Aeronáutico Militar

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1924

Balloon Corps
Companhia de Aerosteiros

Image:Transparent.png 1911-1914
Image:Transparent.png Navy Helicopter Squadron
Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha 		1993

Portuguese Naval Aviation
Aviação Naval

Image:Transparent.png 1957-1993

Formerly Aeronaval Forces
Forças Aeronavais

Image:Transparent.png 1952-1957

Naval Aeronautical Service
Serviço da Aeronáutica Naval

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1952

Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação da Armada

Image:Transparent.png 1917-1918

[edit] Q

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Image:Roundel Qatar.svg Qatar Emiri Air Force 1968

[edit] R

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Image:Roundel of the Romanian Air Force.svg Romanian Air Force
Forţele Aeriene Române 		1989

Aeronautica Regală Românã

Image:Romanian aircraft marking WW2.svg 1913
Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Image:URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg Russian Air Force
Военно-воздушные cилы России
Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii 		1991

Soviet Air Force
Военно-воздушные силы
Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily

Image:URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg 1918-1991

Imperial Russian Air Force
Императорский военно-воздушный флот
Pre-reform Russian:Императорскiй военно-воздушный флотъ

Image:Imperial Russian Aviation Roundel.svg 1910-1917
Image:Transparent.png Russian Naval Aviation
Авиация Военно-Морского Флота
Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota 		1991
Image:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Image:Roundel Rwanda.svg Rwandan Air Force
Force Aérienne Rwandaise 		1972

[edit] S

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Image:Roundel of the Royal Saudi Air Force.svg Royal Saudi Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Sa'udiya 		1950
Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Image:Roundel of the Senegalese Air Force.svg Senegalese Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Sénégal 		1960
Image:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Image:Roundel of the Serbian Air Force 2006.svg Serbian Air Force
Ваздухопловство и ПВО Војске Србије
Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO Vojske Srbije 		2006[53]

Serbian Military Air Service
Српска Авијатика
Srpska Avijatika

Image:Roundel of the Serbian Air Force 1915.gif 1913-1918[54]

Serbian Aviation Service Aircraft Command
Ваздухопловна Команда
Vazduhoplovna Komanda

Image:Transparent.png 1912-1913
Image:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles Image:Transparent.png Coast Guard Air Wing (Seychelles) 1980
Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Image:Roundel of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Defence Force 1973
Image:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Image:RSAF Roundel 1990-present.svg Republic of Singapore Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura 		1975
Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Image:Coat of Arms of Slovakia.svg Slovak Air Force
Velitelstvo Vzdušnych Sil 		1993

Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane

Image:Slovak roundel WW2.svg 1939-1944
Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Image:Roundel of Slovenia.svg Air Force of the Slovenian Army
Vojaško Letalstvo in Zracna Obramba Slovenske Vojske 		2004

15th Aviation Brigade of the Slovenian Army

Image:Transparent.png 1995-2004

15th Aviation Brigade of the Territorial Defense Force

Image:Transparent.png 1992-1995

Slovenian Territorial Defense Force - Air Force Unit

Image:Transparent.png 1991-1992
Image:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia Image:Roundel of the Somali Air Corps.svg Somali Air Corps
Cuerpo Aeronautica della Somalia 		1991
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Image:SAAF roundel.jpg South African Air Force
Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag 		1920

South African Aviation Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1915-1920
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Image:Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg Spanish Air Force
Ejército del Aire 		1939

Aviación Nacional

Image:Nationalist air force black roundel.gif 1936-1939

'

Image:Spanish Civil War nationalist roundel.svg 1937-1939

'

Image:Nationalist air force black roundel with arrows.gif 1939

Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española (F.A.R.E.)

Image:Republican air force roundel.gif 1931-1939

Aeronáutica Militar Española

Image:Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg 1911-1931

Servicio Militar de Aerostacion

Image:Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg 1896-1911
Image:Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg FAMET Spanish Army Aviation
Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra 		1973
Image:Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg Armada Española Air Arm
Arma Aérea de la Armada 		1954

Aeronáutica Naval

Image:Roundel of the Spanish Air Force.svg 1917-1936
Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Image:Roundel of the Sri Lankan Air Force.svg Sri Lanka Air Force 1972

Royal Ceylon Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1951-1972
Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Image:Roundel of the Sudanese Air Force.svg Sudanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya 		1956
Image:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname Image:Roundel of the Suriname Air Force.svg Suriname Air Force
Surinaamse Luchtmacht 		1982
Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland Image:Transparent.png Swazi Air Force 1979
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg Swedish Air Force
Svenska Flygvapnet 		1926

Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps
Flygkompaniet

Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg 1912-1926

Naval Air Service
Marinens Flygväsen

Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg 1911-1926
Image:Transparent.png Defence Helicopter Wing[55]
Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj 		1998-2003

Swedish Army Aviation
Arméflyget

Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg 1954-1998

Swedish Naval Aviation
Marinflyget

Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg 1958-1998
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland Image:Swiss roundel.svg Swiss Air Force
Schweizer Luftwaffe
Forces Aériennes Suisses
Forze Aeree Svizzere 		1946

Independent service under the Swiss Federal Military Department
Schweizerische Flugwaffe

Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg 1936-1946

Swiss Army Aviation
Schweizerische Fliegertruppe

Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg 1914-1936
Image:Flag of Syria.svg Syria Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force.svg Syrian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya 		1961

United Arab Republic Air Force

Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force.svg 1958-1961[34]

Syrian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya

Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force (1940s to 1950s).svg 1948-1958

[edit] T

For Taiwan, see Taiwan (Republic of China) under section C above.

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Image:Transparent.png Tajikistan Air and Air Defense Troops c. 1993-1994[56]
Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Image:Roundel of the Tanzanian Air Force.svg Tanzanian People's Defense Force Air Wing
Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania 		1965
Image:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Image:Roundel of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg Royal Thai Air Force
กองทัพอากาศไทย
Kongthap Akat Thai 		1937

Air Force Division
กรมทหารอากาศ
Krom Tahan Akat

Image:Roundel of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg 1935-1937

Air Division
กรมอากาศยาน
Krom Akatsayan

Image:Roundel of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg 1921-1935

Army Aviation Division
กรมอากาศยานทหารบก
Krom Akatsayan Tahan Bok

Image:Roundel of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg 1917-1921

Army Aviation Unit
กองบินทหารบก
Kong Bin Tahan Bok

Image:Roundel of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg 1914-1917
Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo Image:Roundel of the Togolese Air Force.svg Togolese Air Force
Force Aérienne Togolaise 		1964[57]
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Image:Transparent.png Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard 1966
Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Image:Roundel of the Tunisian Air Force.svg Tunisian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah at'Tunisia 		1959[58]
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Image:TAF Roundel.svg Turkish Air Force
Türk Hava Kuvvetleri 		1944

Turkish Ministry of Defense,
Undersecretariat of Military Aviation
Hava Müsteşarlığı

Image:Transparent.png 1928-1944

Turkish Air Force Inspectorate
Hava Kuvvetleri Müfettişliği

Image:Transparent.png 1922-1928

Turkish Air Force General Directorate
Kuva-yı Havaiye Müdüriyet-i Umumiyesi

Image:Transparent.png 1921-1922

Turkish Army Air Service
Kuva-yı Havaiye Şubesi

Image:Transparent.png 1920-1921
Image:Transparent.png Turkish Land Force Aviation
Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılığı 		1948
Image:Transparent.png Turkish Naval Aviation
Türk Donanma Havacılığı 		1971
Image:Transparent.png Turkish Coast Guard Aviation
Türk Sahil Güvenlik Havacılığı 		1993
Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Image:Transparent.png Turkmenistan Air Force and Air Defense Force 1992

[edit] U

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Image:Roundel of the Ugandan Air Force.svg Ugandan Air Force 1964
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Image:Roundel of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg Ukrainian Air Force
Військово-Повітряні Сили України
Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny 		1992
Image:Ukr naval air jack.gif Ukrainian Naval Aviation
Авіація Військово-Морських Сил
Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl 		1992
Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Image:Arab Emirates AF roundel.svg United Arab Emirates Air Force[59] 1976[60]
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Image:RAF roundel.svg Royal Air Force 1918

Royal Naval Air Service

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1914-1918

Royal Flying Corps

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1912-1918
Image:RAF roundel.svg Fleet Air Arm[61] 1937
Image:RAF roundel.svg Army Air Corps[61] 1942
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Image:USAF roundel.svg United States Air Force 1947

 

Image:USAF roundel 1947.svg 1947-1990?

United States Army Air Forces

Image:USAAF roundel 1943-1947.svg 1943-1947

 

Image:USAAF Roundel 1942-1943.svg 1942-1943

 

Image:USAAC Roundel 1926-1941.svg 1941-1942

United States Army Air Corps

Image:USAAC Roundel 1926-1941.svg 1926-1941

United States Army Air Service

Image:US Army Air Roundel.svg 1917-1926
Image:USAF roundel.svg Army Aviation Branch 1947
Image:USAF roundel.svg U.S. Naval Aviation 1911

 

Image:USAF roundel 1947.svg 1947-1990?

 

Image:USAAF roundel 1943-1947.svg 1943-1947

 

Image:USAAF Roundel 1942-1943.svg 1942-1943

 

Image:USAAC Roundel 1926-1941.svg 1926-1942
Image:USAF roundel.svg United States Marine Corps Aviation 1912
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Image:Roundel of Uruguay.svg Uruguayan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya 		1953

Military Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Militar

Image:Transparent.png 1952-1953

Uruguayan Military Aviation
Aeronáutica Militar Uruguaya

Image:Transparent.png 1935-1952

Military School of Aeronautics
Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica

Image:Transparent.png 1916-1935

Military Aviation School
Escuela de Aviación Militar

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1916
Image:Roundel of Uruguay.svg Uruguayan Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval Uruguaya 		1951

Naval Air Service
Servicio Aeronáutico

Image:Transparent.png 1925-1951
Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Image:Transparent.png Uzbek Air and Air Defense Force 1992

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Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela Image:Roundel of Venezuela.svg Venezuelan Air Force
Aviación Militar Venezolana 		2006[62]

Fuerza Aérea Venezolana

Image:Transparent.png 1949-2006
Image:Roundel of Venezuela.svg Venezuelan Army Aviation
Servicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolana 		1970
Image:Roundel of Venezuela.svg Venezuelan Naval Aviation
Aviación de la Marina Venezolana 		1922
Image:Roundel of Venezuela.svg National Guard of Venezuela
Comando de Apoyo Aéreo de Guardia Nacional 		1999
Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Image:Roundel of the Vietnamese Air Force.svg Vietnam People's Air Force
Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam 		1975

North Vietnamese Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1959-1975

Cochin China Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1941-1945

[edit] Y

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen Image:Roundel yemen.svg Yemen Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yemeniya 		1990

[edit] Z

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) Image:Roundel of Zambia.svg Zambian Air Force and Air Defence Command 1968

Zambia Air Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1964-1968

Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force

Image:Federation-roundel.gif 1954-1963
Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) Image:Roundel zimbabwe.svg Air Force of Zimbabwe 1980

Rhodesian Air Force

Image:Rhodesiaroundel.gif 1970-1979

Royal Rhodesian Air Force

Image:Rhodpostfed-roundel.gif 1963-1970

Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force

Image:Federation-roundel.gif 1954-1963

Southern Rhodesian Air Force

Image:Srafroundel.gif 1939-1954

Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit

Image:RAF roundel.svg 1935-1939

[edit] Former countries

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Image:Austria-Hungary flag 1869-1918.svg Austria-Hungary Image:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg Austro-Hungarian Air Corps
Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen 		1912-1919

KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt

Image:Transparent.png 1893-1912
Image:Flag of Biafra.svg Biafra Image:Transparent.png Biafran Air Force
 1967-1970
Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia Image:Czech roundel.svg Czechoslovak Air Force[63]
Češkoslovenske Vojenske Letectvo 		1945-1993

Czechoslovak Army Air Force
Češkoslovenske Letectvo

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1939
Image:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany Image:Emblem of aircrafts of NVA (East Germany).svg East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 		1956-1990
Image:Flag of Manchukuo.svg Manchukuo Image:Manchukuo Air Force Roundel.svg Manchukuo Air Force 1938-1945
Image:Manchukuo Air Transport Company Roundel.svg Manchukuo Air Transport Company[64]
Manchu Kokuyuso Kabushiki Kaisha 		1932-1945
Image:Flag of North Yemen.svg North Yemen Image:Roundel of the North Yemen Air Force.svg Yemen Arab Republic Air Force 1962-1990
Image:Ottoman Flag.svg Ottoman Empire Image:Transparent.png Ottoman Air Force Inspectorate
Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği 		1918-1920

Ottoman Aviation Affairs Inspectorate
Umur-u Havaiye Müfettişliği

Image:Transparent.png 1915-1918

Ottoman Aviation Organization Inspectorate
Teşkilat-ı Havaiye Müfettişliği

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1915

Ottoman Aviation Commission
Havacılık Komisyonu

Image:Transparent.png 1911-1914
Image:Transparent.png Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service
Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi 		1914-1919
Image:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam Image:Vietnam Air Force (south) roundel.svg Vietnam Air Force
Khong Quan Viet Nam 		1954-1975
Image:Flag of South Yemen.svg South Yemen Image:South Yemen Roundel.svg South Yemen Air Force 1967-1990
Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Image:URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg Soviet Air Force
Военно-воздушные силы 		1930-1991

Workers' and Peasants' Red Air Fleet
Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная воздуха флот

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1930
Image:Flag of United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force.svg United Arab Republic Air Force 1958-1961

Egyptian Air Force

 Image:Royal Egyptian Air Force roundel.svg 1952-1958

Syrian Air Force

Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force (1940s to 1950s).svg 1948-1958
Image:Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (civil).svg Kingdom of Yugoslavia /
Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg SFR Yugoslavia /
Image:Flag of FR Yugoslavia.svg FR Yugoslavia 		Image:Roundel of the Serbian Air Force.svg Serbia and Montenegro Air Force
РВ и ПВО ВСЦГ
RV i PVO VSCG 		2003-2006[65]

FR Yugoslavia Air Force
РВ и ПВО Војске Југославије
RV i PVO Vojske Jugoslavije

Image:Roundel of the Serbian Air Force.svg 1992-2003

SFR Yugoslav Air Force[66]
Југословенско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Противваздушна Одбрана
Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdušna Odbrana

Image:Roundel of SFR Yugoslavia Air Force.svg 1945-1991

Yugoslav Royal Air Force
Југословенско Краљевско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Поморска Авиацијса
Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno VAzduhoplovstvo i Pomorska Aviacija

Image:Roundel of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force.svg 1923-1941

Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department
Авиацијско Одељење Југословенске Краљевске Армије
Aviacijsko Odeljenje Jugoslovenske Kraljevske Armije

Image:Roundel of Slovenia.svg 1918-1923
Image:Flag of Zaire.svg Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Image:Roundel of Zaire Air Force.svg Zaire Air Force 1971-1997

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Operations resumed in 2002, but the new name may not have been applied until the after the 2003 defense reforms were promulgated.
  2. ^ As they continued the fight against the Taliban, the Mujahideen leaders individually retained the trappings of elements of the Islamic State of Afghanistan. Most of the country's military aircraft not captured by the Taliban were retained by factions remaining aligned with former President Burhanuddin Rabbani. These groups would later form the 'United Islamic Front', which is more commonly known as the 'Northern Alliance'.
  3. ^ Little is known about the Taliban regime's air force establishment.
  4. ^ The pro-Soviet regime collapsed in late April 1992 and was succeeded by the UN-sponsored government, the "Islamic State of Afghanistan", led by Burhanuddin Rabbani until overthrown by the Taliban in September 1996.
  5. ^ Soviet Union-installed regime.
  6. ^ Official establishment occurred in 1924, but the AMAA received its first aircraft in 1921 (aside from some captured in 1919).
  7. ^ As in most cases, Argentina's air arms began as an Army formation. Following a period of service unification, the Army Aviation Command was reformed on 27 November 1956, but did not gain independence from the Air Force until 3 November 1959.
  8. ^ Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979.
  9. ^ Preceded by RAF Squadrons 349 and 350 (1942-1946).
  10. ^ The indicated roundel was introduced in 1937 - according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част втора, София, 1996, стр. 246-253 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part two, Sofia, 1996, pages 246-253).
  11. ^ After the First World War in accordance with the Treaty of Neuilly Bulgaria lost the right to own military air force and because of this from 1920 to 1937 its air force operated as a part of the Bulgarian civil administration - according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част първа, София, 1996, стр. 62-81 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part one, Sofia, 1996, pages 62-81).
  12. ^ The indicated version of the German Cross was slightly modified and introduced in 1915 as most widespread Bulgarian aviation sign during the First World War along with the less employed St. Andrew's Cross - according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част втора, София, 1996, стр. 246-253 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part two, Sofia, 1996, pages 246-253).
  13. ^ Initially operated balloons. In 1912 Bulgaria received its first airplane Bleriot XXI, with which on 13 August 1912 Simeon Petrov flew to become the first Bulgarian to pilot an airplane over Bulgaria.
  14. ^ The KPAF's name was changed to "Cambodian People's Air Force" in 1989, following the restoration of the nation's former name of Cambodia. In 1992, the PKAF was briefly resurrected as the "State of Cambodia Air Force", but it never actually became operational under that title.
  15. ^ The Vietnamese invasion of 1979 resulted in the forcible disbandment of the AFKLA; formation of a successor force did not begin until 1984.
  16. ^ The Cape Verde Coast Guard received its first aircraft in November 1992; its actual date of formation is unknown at this time.
  17. ^ The Fuerza Aérea de Chile was briefly named Fuerza Aérea Nacional in 1930.
  18. ^ The year 1919, when its first aircraft were received, is the traditional establishment date of Chile's Aviación Naval (the name by which it is still popularly referred); however, it was not officially established and recognized as a branch within the Navy until 1923.
  19. ^ When Chile's unified national air force was dissolved in 1953, the Army did not regain an air arm of its own. Disappointment with this outcome led to the founding of the Club Aéreo del Personal del Ejército (Army Personnel Aero Club) in 1959. Although never formally established as an air arm, it nevertheless served as an important and foundational predecessor to the modern CAEC.
  20. ^ The NFG was formed in the summer of 1949 for the air defense of Beijing, but was replaced by the PLAAF in November of that year.
  21. ^ On 28 February 1930, the Red Army captured a Nationalist Chinese O2U-4 Corsair reconnaissance aircraft that had been forced to land due to having run out of fuel; given a red star and named after Lenin, it was later used against the Nationalist government. This may have been the first aircraft in the Red Army. Small numbers of captured aircraft were also used against the Japanese during World War II, but the first regular Communist Chinese air force would be organized as the Nanyuan Flying Group in 1949.
  22. ^ Information on the organization of Chinese military aviation prior to 1925, when the Kuomintang began establishing its Aviation Bureaus around China, is very spotty as many records have been lost during the conflicts raging from 1931-1949 and the subsequent Cultural Revolution; in fact, during most of these earlier years, China fielded multiple air forces, most being the personal air arms of various warlords — some allied with the national government and some not. During World War II (which began for the Chinese with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931), the Japanese established a number of puppet governments, several of which were permitted to field small air forces.
  23. ^ Although a formal aviation arm was not stood up until 1979, the ROC Army created an Aviation Section for each of its two corps and an Aviation Platoon for its General Headquarters in 1956.
  24. ^ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  25. ^ Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  26. ^ Although Costa Rica established its air force in 1947, it did not begin flying operations until 1948.
  27. ^ The Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion was a World War II German Luftwaffe unit formed from Croatian volunteers on 2 June 1941, and had a fighter and a bomber squadron. The fighter squadron was designated 15.(Kroatische)/JG 52, and served on the Eastern Front from 6 October 1941 until July 1944. The bomber squadron was designated 15.(Kroatische)/KG 53, and served on the Eastern Front from 25 October 1941 until December 1942.
  28. ^ Full formal name is the Cuban Air Defense and Revolutionary Air Force (Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria).
  29. ^ Established by Fidel Castro in 1958, but operations with a captured Aviación Naval aircraft began the previous year.
  30. ^ Split off from the Cuban air force in 1934, but remerged in 1952 reorganization.
  31. ^ Army aviation was resurrected from 1971-2003 as Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT) — Royal Danish Army Flying Service. Now placed under the Air Force as Squadron 724.
  32. ^ In early 1948, Army aviation became an independent and separate service as the Dominican Military Aviation Corps (DMAC) El Cuerpo de Aviación Militar Dominicana (CAMD/AMD). The Army regained an air arm of its own in 2001.
  33. ^ At the beginning of 1951, the Navy was authorized to establish its own aviation arm, but it was absorbed into the Air Force the following year. The Navy regained an air arm of its own in 2003.
  34. ^ a b From 1958-1961, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces were unified as the United Arab Republic Air Force.
  35. ^ In 1943, 'Sonderstaffel Buschmann' was redesignated Aufklärungsgruppe 127 (AGr 127) and became a regular unit of the German Luftwaffe. On 18 October 1943, AGr 127 was divided into two units, See-Aufklärungsgruppe 127 and Nachtschlachtgruppe 11
  36. ^ 'Sonderstaffel Buschmann' was a German Luftwaffe auxiliary unit for coastal patrol. It was formed on 12 February 1942.
  37. ^ The Ethiopian Air Force effectively ceased to exist in 1991, following the victory of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) in the civil war]]; it was reestablished in 1995.
  38. ^ The Gambia formed the nucleus of an air force in 2002 and sent personnel to the Ukraine for a four-year pilot training course. The Gambia bought its first aircraft, a single Su-25 from Georgia in the first half of 2003. However, by 2007, the government had yet to announce its air force's formal establishment.
  39. ^ Also uses a low-visibility roundel: Image:LV Italian Air Force roundel.svg
  40. ^ Flank roundel: Image:ASDF.svg
  41. ^ Conglomerate of the Aviazione della Règia Marina and Corpo Aeronautico Militare. Flank insignia (click to enlarge): Image:Italy-Royal Airforce.png
  42. ^ Patterned on the US Air Force.
  43. ^ Also used the Imperial Japanese Navy's ensign: Image:Naval Ensign of Japan.svg
  44. ^ The communist Pathet Lao insurgents operated their own small air arm from 1960-1975; it became part of the LPLAAF.
  45. ^ Following a failed attempt at a coup d'état, the Kong Le rebel faction also briefly operated a small air arm from 1960-1963, when it was re-incorporated into the RLAF.
  46. ^ Luxembourg has no air force of its own, but NATO-owned aircraft are operated under Luxembourg registration.
  47. ^ The Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) was a paramilitary adjunct of the League of Malawi Youth activist organization of the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Established in 1963, the first militarily trained cadres appeared in 1964, and the MYP obtained aircraft beginning in 1970.
  48. ^ Although founded in 1926, aircraft were not supplied until the following year.
  49. ^ Preceded by RAAF squadrons 18, 119 and 120 (1942-1946) and RAF squadrons 320, 321 and 322 (1940-1945).
  50. ^ Includes Royal New Zealand Navy aircraft as No. 6 Squadron and formerly No. 6 Squadron.
  51. ^ Also included RAF squadrons 75 and 485-490 during World War II.
  52. ^ Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
  53. ^ The Serbian-Montenegrin union of Yugoslavia was dissolved in 2006 and the former nation's military assets were divided between them.
  54. ^ After World War I, Serbia was united with other Balkan states into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
  55. ^ Merged with Swedish Air Force 2003
  56. ^ Russia provided Tajikistan with several helicopters in 1993 and began to organize an indigenous air force by no later than 1994; however, most sources express doubts as to its operational effectiveness.
  57. ^ Although some aircraft were obtained after independence in 1960 and further aircraft were supplied by France in 1963, the air force was not formally established until 1964.
  58. ^ However, Tunisia's first aircraft were not obtained until 1960.
  59. ^ Includes the Dubai Defence Force Air Wing (formed 1971); Abu Dhabi Army Air Wing (formed 1968); and Abu Dhabi Air Force (formed 1972).[citation needed]
  60. ^ Official date of integration of the several emirate air arms, but actual integration took many years.
  61. ^ a b Formerly part of the Royal Air Force.
  62. ^ http://www.aviacion.mil.ve
  63. ^ Preceded and supported by RAF squadrons 310-313 (1940-1946) and the Soviet Air Force's 1st Czech Fighter Regiment[citation needed].
  64. ^ The Manchukuo Air Transport Company served as a para-military airline which performed transport and reconnaissance missions for Japanese military forces.
  65. ^ Montenegro voted to secede from the FRY in 2006 and the union with Serbia was dissolved, with FRY military assets being divided between the (now) two nations.
  66. ^ Preceded by the Partizanska Eskadrila NOVJ and RAF squadrons 351 and 352 (the RAF Balkan Air Force, 1942-1945)

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