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This is a list of air forces, sorted alphabetically by country, followed by a list of former countries' air forces. It includes naval air arms, army aviation corps, and coast guards. Country names in italics indicate countries that are not generally recognized internationally.


Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Abkhazia Image:Abkhazian Air Force.svg Abkhazian Air Force 1992
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Albania Image:Albanian Air Force roundel.svg Albanian Air Force
Forcave Ajrore 		1947
Template:Country data Algeria Image:Algeria A-F Roundel.svg Algerian Air Force
Al Quwwat aljawwija aljaza'eriiya 		1962
Template:Country data Angola Image:Angola-roundel.svg People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola
Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Aérea y Antiaérea 		 

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

Image:Transparent.png 1976-?
Template:Country data Argentina Image:Argentina-roundel.svg Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Argentina 		1945

Servicio Aéronautico del Ejército

Image:Transparent.png 1912-?
Image:Transparent.png Argentine Naval Aviation
Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina 		1919
Image:Argentina-roundel.svg Argentine Army Aviation
Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino 		1957
Image:Transparent.png Coast Guard Air Division
Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina 		1970s
Template:Country data Armenia Image:Armenian Air Force roundel.svg Armenian Air Force 1994
Template:Country data Australia Image:RAAF-Roundel.svg Royal Australian Air Force 1921

Australian Air Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1921

Australian Flying Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1921
Image:Transparent.png Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm 1947
Image:Transparent.png Australian Army Aviation Corps 1968
Template:Country data Austria Image:Hoheitszeichen Austria.svg Austrian Air Force
Östereichische Luftstreitkräfte 		1955

Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich

Image:Luftwaffe roundel WW2.png 1938-1945

Heimwehr Flieger Korps

Image:Transparent.png 1927-1938

Austro-Hungarian Air Corps
Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen

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

KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt

Image:Transparent.png 1893-1912
Template:Country data Azerbaijan Image:Azerbaijan Air Force roundel.svg Azerbaijan Air Force 1991

[edit] B

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Bahamas Image:Transparent.png Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing 1981
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Bangladesh Image:Bangladeshi Air Force roundel.svg Bangladeshi Air Force
বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী
Bangladesh Biman Bahini 		1971
Template:Country data Barbados Image:Transparent.png Barbados Defence Force 1981[7]
Template:Country data Belarus Image:URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg Belarus Air Force post 1995

Belarus Air Force

Image:Flag of Belarus 1991.svg 1991-1995
Template:Country data Belgium Image:Roundel of the Belgian Air Force.svg Belgian Air Force[8]
Belgische Luchtmacht, Force Aérienne Belge 		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
Template:Country data Belize Image:Transparent.png Belize Defence Force Air Wing 1983
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Bhutan Image:Transparent.png Bhutan Air Force
Template:Country data Bolivia Image:Bolivian Air Force roundel.svg Bolivian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 		1923
Template:Country data Botswana Image:Roundel of the Botswana Defence Force.svg Botswana Defence Force Air Wing 1977
Template:Country data Brazil Image:Brazilian Air Force roundel.svg Brazilian Air Force
Força Aérea Brasileira 		1918
Brazilian Naval Aviation
Força Aeronaval 		1965
Brazilian Army Aviation
Aviação do Exército Brasileiro 		1931

(Roundel used during WWII)

Image:Transparent.png 1941-1945
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Bulgaria Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel.svg Bulgarian Air Force
Български Военно въздушни Сили
Bulgarski Voenno Vzdushni Sili (BVVS) 		1992

Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force
Protivo-Vzdushna Otbrana i Voenno Vzdushni Sili (PVOiVVS)

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

Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force
Bulgarski Voenno Vzdushni Sili (BVVS)

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

Bulgarian People's Air Force
Voenno Vozdushny Sily (VVS)

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

Bulgarian Air Force
Bulgarski Vozdusni Vojski (BVV)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1946.svg 1946-1948

 

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1944.svg 1945-1946

Royal Bulgarian Air Force
Vazhdushnite na Negovo Velichestvo Voyski (VNVV)

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

 

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel 1938.svg 1937[9]-1941

(1st Roundel)

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel.svg 1937-1938

Air Army
Vazdushni Voyski (VV)

Image:Transparent.png 1934[10]-1937

Air Regiment

Image:Transparent.png 1932-1934

Aeronautical Regiment

Image:Transparent.png 1930-1932

Gendarmerie Air Squadron
Gendarmerie Air Otdelenie

Image:Transparent.png 1921-1922

Army Aviation Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1920

Aeroplane Platoon

Image:Transparent.png 1912-1913

Aeronautical Platoon[11]

Image:Transparent.png 1906-1912
Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel.svg Bulgarian Naval Aviation
Aviatzia Na Bulgarski Voennomorski Flot (AnBVMF) 		1990

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

Image:Bulgarian Air Force roundel.svg 1959-1990

Bulgarian Naval Aviation

Image:Transparent.png 1917-??
Template:Country data Burkina Faso Image:Roundel burkina faso.svg Burkina Faso Air Force
Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso 		1964
Template:Country data Burundi Image:Roundel Burundi.svg Burundi Army Aviation
Force Armée du Burundi 		1966

[edit] C

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data 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[12]

Air Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army

Image:Transparent.png 1977-1979[13]

Khmer Air Force
Aviation Nationale Khmer

Image:Transparent.png 1970-1975

Royal Khmer Air Force
Aviation Royale Khmere

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

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

until 1968
Template:Country data Cape Verde Image:Transparent.png Cape Verde Air Force
Forza Aérea Caboverdaine 		1982
Image:Transparent.png Cape Verde Coast Guard
Guarda Costeira de Cabo Verde
Template:Country data Central African Republic Image:Roundel central african republic.svg Central African Republic Air Force
Force Aérienne Centrafricaine 		1961
Template:Country data Chad Image:Roundel Tchad.svg Chad Air Force
Force Aérienne Tchadienne 		1973
Template:Country data Chile Image:Chilean Air Force roundel.svg Chilean Air Force
Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh)[14] 		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[15]
Image:Transparent.png Chilean Army Aviation
Comando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile (popularly, Aviación del Ejército) 		1970[16]
Template:Country data People's Republic of China 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
Zhong Guo Ren Min Jie Fang Jun Kong Jun 		1949

Nanyuan Flying Group[17]

Image:Transparent.png 1949

Red Army of China Air Force

Image:Transparent.png c. 1930[18]
Image:Transparent.png People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
中国人民解放军海军航空兵
Zhong Guo Ren Min Jie Fang Jun Hai Jun Hang Kong Bing 		1953
Template:Country data Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan) Image:Republic of China National Emblem.svg Republic of China Air Force
中華民國空軍
Chung Hua Min Kuo Kung Chuan 		1938

Nationalist Chinese Air Force (Central Government)[19]

Image:Transparent.png 1925-1938

Chinese Aviation Ministry

Image:Transparent.png 1920-1925?

Chinese Aviation Service

Image:Transparent.png 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[20]

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
Template:Country data Colombia Image:Colombian Air Force Roundel.svg Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Colombiana 		1922
Image:Transparent.png Colombian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval
Image:Transparent.png Colombian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército
Template:Country data Republic of the Congo[21] Image:Roundel of the Congolese Air Force.svg Congolese Air Force
L'Armée de l'Air du Congo 		1961
Template:Country data Democratic Republic of the Congo Dem. Rep. of the Congo[22] Image:Transparent.png Congolese (DRC) Air Force
Force Aérienne du Congo
Template:Country data Costa Rica Image:Roundel costa rica2.svg Air Force of Costa Rica
Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire Image:Roundel ivory coast.svg Côte d'Ivoire Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire
Template:Country data Croatia Image:Roundel of the Croatian Air Force.svg Croatian Air Force and Defense[23]
Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana 		1991
Template:Country data Cuba Image:CU AF Insignia1961.svg Cuban Revolutionary Air Force[24]
Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria 		1959

Cuban Rebel Air Force[25]
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[26]
Aviación Naval 		1934-1952
Template:Country data Czech Republic Image:Czech roundel.svg Czech Air Force
Vzdušné síly armády České republiky 		1993

[edit] D

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

Royal Danish Army Air Corps[27]
Hærens Flyvertropper

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

Royal Danish Naval Aviation[28]
Marinens Flyvevæsen

Image:Royal Danish Air Force Roundel.svg 1911-1950
Template:Country data Djibouti Image:Djibouti Air Force roundel.svg Djibouti Air Force
Force Aérienne du Djibouti 		1977
Template:Country data Dominican Republic Image:Dominican Air Force roundel.svg Dominican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Dominicana

[edit] E

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Ecuador Ecuadorian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana 		1920
Image:Transparent.png Ecuadorian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana
Image:Transparent.png Ecuadorian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano
Template:Country data Egypt Image:Egyptian Air Force Roundel.svg Egyptian Air Force
Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya

Royal Egyptian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1931-?
Template:Country data El Salvador Image:El Salvador Air Force roundel.svg El Salvador Air Force
Fueza Aerea Salvadorena
Template:Country data Eritrea Image:Eritrean Air Force roundel.svg Eritrean Air Force
Template:Country data Estonia Image:Estonia roundel.svg Estonian Air Force
Eesti Õhuvägi
Template:Country data Ethiopia Image:Roundel ethiopia.svg Ethiopian Air Force
Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl

Imperial Ethiopian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1946-?

[edit] F

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Fiji Image:Transparent.png none

Air Wing, Republic of Fiji Military Forces

Image:Transparent.png 1987-1998
Template:Country data Finland Image:Finland roundel border.svg Finnish Air Force
Suomen Ilmavoimat 		1918

 

Image:Finlang roundel WW2 border.svg 1918-1945
Image:Transparent.png Finnish Army Aviation
Suomen Maavoimat - Helikopterilentue 		1997
Image:Transparent.png Finnish Frontier Guard
Rajavartiolaitos 		1919

Finnish Coast Guard
Merivartiolaitos

Image:Transparent.png 1919-1944
Template:Country data France Image:French-roundel.svg French Air Force
Armée de l'Air 		1933

Normandie-Niémen squadron
Groupe de Chasse Normandie-Niémen

1942-1945

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

1940-1945

French Army Aviation
Aviation Militaire

Image:French-roundel.svg 1910-1933
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
Template:Country data Gabon Image:Roundel of the Gabon Air Force.svg Gabon Air Force
Armée de l'Air Gabonaise 		1961
Template:Country data The Gambia Image:Transparent.png Gambian Air Wing
Template:Country data Georgia Image:Roundel of the Georgian Air Force.svg Georgian Air Force 1990
Template:Country data Germany Image:Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg German Air Force
Luftwaffe 		1955

East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte der Nationale VolksArmee

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

German Air Force
Luftwaffe

Image:Luftwaffe roundel WW2.png 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:Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg German Naval Aviation
Marineflieger 		1955
Image:Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg German Army Aviators Corps
Heeresfliegertruppe 		1955
Template:Country data Ghana Image:Roundel Ghana.svg Ghana Air Force 1959
Template:Country data 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
Πολεμική Ναυτικο
Polemiko Navtiko 		1976
Image:Transparent.png Greek Coast Guard
Λιμενικό Σώμα
Limeniko Soma
Template:Country data Guatemala Image:Roundel of the Guatemalan Air Force.svg Guatemalan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca
Template:Country data Guinea Image:Roundel Guinea.svg Guinea Air Force
Force Aérienne de Guinée 		1959
Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau Image:Roundel guinea bissau2.svg Guinea-Bissau Air Force
Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau 		1978
Template:Country data Guyana Image:Roundel Guyana.svg Guyana Defence Force 1968

[edit] H

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Haiti Image:Transparent.png Haiti Air Corps
Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti 		1942
Template:Country data Honduras Image:Transparent.png Honduran Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Hondureña
Template:Country data Hungary Image:Roundel of the Hungarian Air Force.svg Hungarian Air Force
Magyar Légierő 		1939

[edit] I

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

Royal Indian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1945-50

Indian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1932-?1945
Image:Transparent.png Army Aviation Corps 1986
Image:Transparent.png Naval Air Arm 1953
Image:Transparent.png Indian Coast Guard Air Wing
Bharatiya Tatarakshak Dal 		1978
Template:Country data Indonesia Image:Roundel indonesia.svg Indonesian Air Force
Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara
Image:Transparent.png Indonesian Naval Aviation
Dinas Penerbangan TNI Indonesia Angkatan Laut
Image:Transparent.png Indonesian Army Aviation
Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Iraq Image:IQAF Symbol.svg Iraqi Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya 		1958

Royal Iraqi Air Force

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

Haganah Sherut Avir

Image:Transparent.png 1947-1948
Template:Country data Italy Image:Roundel of the Italian Air Force.svg Italian Air Force[29]
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 [30]

1943-1944

Règia Aeronautica[31]

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
For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.

[edit] J

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Jamaica Jamaican Defence Force 1963

Jamaica Air Squadron

Image:Transparent.png 1963
Template:Country data Japan Image:Japan Air Self-Defense Force roundel.svg Japan Air Self-Defense Force[32]
航空自衛隊
Nihon Koku-Jieitai 		1954
Image:Transparent.png Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Kaijo Jieitai

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service[33]
Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koku Hombu

1910-1945
Image:Transparent.png Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Rikujo Jieitai

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Koku Hombu

1910-1945
Template:Country data 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-?

[edit] K

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Kazakhstan Image:Transparent.png Kazakhstan Air Defense Force
Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan 		1992
Template:Country data Kenya Image:Roundel of the Kenyan Air Force.svg Kenya Air Force 1964
Template:Country data North Korea Image:Roundel of the Korean Peoples Army Air Force.svg Korean People's Army Air Force 1955
Template:Country data South Korea Image:Roundel of the Republic of Korea Air Force.svg Republic of Korea Air Force
대한민국 공군Template:NbsporTemplate:Nbsp大韓民國 空軍
Hankook Kong Goon 		1949
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan Image:Transparent.png Kyrgyzstan Air Force 1991

[edit] L

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Laos Image:Transparent.png Laotian Air Force
Template:Country data Latvia Image:Latvia roundel.svg Latvian Air Force
Latvijas Gaisaspeki 		1991

 

Image:Latvia roundel 1940 border.png 1926-1940
Template:Country data Lebanon Image:Roundel of the Lebanese Air Force.svg Lebanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnamia
Template:Country data Lesotho Image:Transparent.png Lesotho Defence Force
Template:Country data Liberia Image:Transparent.png Liberian Army Air Wing
Template:Country data Libya 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 1969-?1978

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

Image:Royal Libyan Air Force roundel.svg 1951-?1969
Template:Country data Lithuania Image:Lithuania roundel.svg Lithuanian Air Force
Karinės Oro Pajėgos 		1992
Template:Country data Luxembourg Image:Roundel of Luxembourg.svg NATO Airborne Early Warning Force

[edit] M

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Macedonia Image:Roundel of the Macedonian Air Force.svg Macedonian Air Force
Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана
Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana
Template:Country data Madagascar Image:Roundel of the Malagasy Air Force.svg Malagasy Air Force
Armée de l'Air Malgache
Template:Country data Malawi Image:Transparent.png Malawi Army Air Wing
Template:Country data Malaysia Image:Roundel of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.svg Royal Malaysian Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia
Template:Country data Mali Image:Transparent.png Mali Air Force
Force Aérienne de la République du Mali
Template:Country data Malta Image:Roundel of Malta.svg Armed Forces of Malta
Template:Country data Mauritania Image:Roundel of the Mauritanian Air Force.svg Mauritanian Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Islamique de Mauritanie
Template:Country data Mauritius Image:Transparent.png Mauritius Coast Guard
Template:Country data Mexico Mexican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Mexicana 		1913
Image:Transparent.png Mexican Naval Aviation
Fuerza Aeronaval
Template:Country data Moldova Image:Transparent.png Moldovan Air Force
Template:Country data Mongolia Image:Transparent.png Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command
Agaaryn Dovtolgoonoos Khamgaalakh Tsergiyn Komandlal
Template:Country data Montenegro Image:Roundel of the Montenegran Air Force.svg Montenegrin Air Force
Vazdušne snage Crne Gore
Template:Country data Morocco Image:Roundel of the Royal Moroccan Air Force.svg Royal Moroccan Air Force
Alkowat al malakiya al jawiya
Template:Country data Mozambique Image:Transparent.png Mozambique Air Force
Força Aérea de Moçambique
Template:Country data Myanmar Image:Roundel of the Myanmar Air Force.svg Myanmar Air Force
Tatmdaw Lei 		1947

[edit] N

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Namibia Image:Transparent.png Namibian Air Force
Template:Country data Nepal Image:Transparent.png Royal Nepal Army Air Wing
Template:Country data Netherlands Image:Netherlands roundel.svg Royal Netherlands Air Force[34]
Koninklijke Luchtmacht 		1953

Luchtvaartafdeeling

Image:Transparent.png 1913-1940

 

Image:Netherlands roundel WW2.svg 1939-1940
Image:Transparent.png Netherlands Naval Aviation
Marineluchtvaartdienst 		1917
Template:Country data New Zealand Image:Rnzaf roundel.svg Royal New Zealand Air Force[35][36] 1934

New Zealand Permanent Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1923-1934

New Zealand Army Flying Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1913-?1923
Image:Transparent.png New Zealand Territorial Air Force 1930-?
Template:Country data Nicaragua Image:Transparent.png Nicaraguan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua‎
Template:Country data Niger Image:Roundel of the Niger Air Force.svg Niger Air Force
Force Aérienne du Niger
Template:Country data Nigeria Image:Roundel of the Nigerian Air Force.svg Nigerian Air Force
Template:Country data Norway Image:Royal Norwegian Air Force Roundel.svg Royal Norwegian Air Force
Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret 		1944

Royal Air Force squadrons 331 and 332

1942-1945

Army Air Service
Hærens Flyvevesen

Image:Transparent.png 1915-1944

Naval Air Service
Marinens Flyvevesen

Image:Transparent.png 1916-1944

[edit] O

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Oman Image:Transparent.png Royal Air Force of Oman
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya
 OECS[37] Image:Transparent.png Regional Security System

[edit] P

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Panama Image:Roundel of the Panamanian Air Force.svg Panamanian Air Force
Servicio Aéreo Nacional 		1983
Template:Country data Papua New Guinea Image:Transparent.png Papua New Guinea Defence Force 1974
Template:Country data Paraguay Image:Transparent.png Paraguay Air Force
Aeronautica Militar Paraguaya 		1989
Template:Country data Peru Image:Roundel of the Peruvian Air Force.svg Peruvian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Perú 		1950
Image:Transparent.png Peruvian Naval Aviation
Fuerza Aviación Naval del Perú
Image:Transparent.png Peruvian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército Peruana
Template:Country data Philippines Image:Roundel of the Philippines Air Force.svg Philippine Air Force
Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas 		1947
Template:Country data Poland Polish Air Force
Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 		1993

 

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1947-1993

Soviet Air Force's Ludowe Lotnictwo Polskie

1943-1946

RAF squadrons 300-309, 315-318 and 663

1940-1947

Forces Aerienes Polonaises

Image:French-roundel.svg 1940

Wojska Lotnicze

Image:Szachownica-till1993.svg 1918-1939
Polish Army Aviation
Lotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych 		1994
Polish Naval Aviation
Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej 		1947
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Qatar Image:Roundel Qatar.svg Qatar Emiri Air Force 1968

[edit] R

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Romania Image:Roundel of the Romanian Air Force.svg Romanian Air Force
Fortele Aeriene Române 		1989

Aeronautica Regalâ Românã

Image:Transparent.png
Template:Country data 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

1918-1991

Imperial Russian Air Force
Императорский военно-воздушный флот

Image:600px-US Army Air Roundel.png 1910-1917
Image:Transparent.png Russian Naval Aviation
Авиация Военно-Морского Флота
Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota
Template:Country data Rwanda Image:Roundel Rwanda.svg Rwandan Air Force
Force Aérienne Rwandaise

[edit] S

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Saudi Arabia Image:Roundel of the Royal Saudi Air Force.svg Royal Saudi Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Sa'udiya 		1950
Template:Country data Senegal Image:Roundel of the Senegalese Air Force.svg Senegalese Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Sénégal 		1960
Template:Country data Serbia Image:Roundel of the Serbian Air Force.svg Serbian Air Force 1991

Serbian Military Air Service
Srpska Avijatika

Image:Transparent.png 1913-18

Serbian Aviation Service Aircraft Command
Vazduhoplovna Komanda

Image:Transparent.png 1912-13
Template:Country data Seychelles Image:Transparent.png Coast Guard Air Wing (Seychelles) 1980
Template:Country data Sierra Leone Image:Roundel of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone Defence Force 1973
Template:Country data Singapore Image:RSAF Roundel.svg Republic of Singapore Air Force
Tentera Udara Singapura 		1971
Template:Country data Slovakia Image:Coat of Arms of Slovakia.svg Slovak Air Force
Velitelstvo Vzdušnych Sil 		1993

Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane

Image:Transparent.png 1939-1944
Template:Country data Slovenia Image:Roundel of Slovenia.svg Slovenian Air Force
Vojaško letalstvo in zracna obramba Slovenske vojske
Template:Country data Somalia Image:Roundel of the Somali Air Corps.svg Somali Air Corps
Cuerpo Aeronautica della Somalia 		1991
Template:Country data South Africa Image:SAAF roundel.jpg South African Air Force
Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag 		1920

South African Aviation Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1915-?1920
Template:Country data Spain Spanish Air Force
Ejército del Aire 		1939

Fuerzas Aérea Republicanas

Image:Transparent.png 1936-?1939

Aeronáutica Militar

Image:Transparent.png

Aeronáutica Militar Española

Image:Transparent.png 1911-?1936

Servicio Militar de Aerostacion

Image:Transparent.png 1896-?1911
Image:Transparent.png Spanish Army Aviation
Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra 		1973
Image:Transparent.png Spanish Naval Aviation
Arma Aérea de la Armada 		1954

Aeronáutica Naval

Image:Transparent.png 1917-1936
Template:Country data Sri Lanka Image:Roundel of the Sri Lankan Air Force.svg Sri Lanka Air Force 1971

Royal Ceylon Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1951-?1971
Template:Country data Sudan Image:Roundel of the Sudanese Air Force.svg Sudanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya 		1956
Template:Country data Suriname Image:Roundel of the Suriname Air Force.svg Suriname Air Force
Surinaamse Luchtmacht 		1982
Template:Country data Swaziland Image:Transparent.png Swazi Air Force 1979
Template:Country data 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[38]
Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj 		1998-2003

Swedish Army Aviation
Arméflyget

Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg 1954-1998

Swedish Naval Aviation
Marinflyget

Image:Flygvapnet roundel.svg 1958-1998
Template:Country data 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
Template:Country data Syria Image:Roundel of the Syrian Air Force.svg Syrian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya 		1946

[edit] T

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
For Taiwan, see Republic of China above.
Template:Country data Tajikistan Image:Transparent.png Tajik Air Force
Template:Country data Tanzania Image:Roundel of the Tanzanian Air Force.svg Tanzanian Air Force
Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania
Template:Country data Thailand Image:Roundel of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg Royal Thai Air Force
Kongtap Agard Thai
Template:Country data Togo Image:Roundel of the Togolese Air Force.svg Togolese Air Force
Force Aérienne Togolaise
Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago Image:Transparent.png Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Template:Country data Tunisia Image:Roundel of the Tunisian Air Force.svg Tunisian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah at'Tunisia
Template:Country data 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

Ottoman Air Force Inspectorate
Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği

Image:Transparent.png 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 Turkish Land Force Aviation
Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılığı 		1948
Image:Transparent.png Turkish Naval Aviation
Türk Donanma Havacılığı 		1971

Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service
Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1919
Image:Transparent.png Turkish Coast Guard Aviation
Türk Sahil Güvenlik Havacılığı 		1993
Template:Country data Turkmenistan Image:Transparent.png Turkmenistan Air Force

[edit] U

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Uganda Image:Roundel of the Ugandan Air Force.svg Ugandan Air Force
Template:Country data Ukraine Image:Roundel of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg Ukrainian Air Force
Військово-Повітряні Сили України
Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny
Image:Transparent.png Ukrainian Naval Aviation
Авіація Військово-Морських Сил
Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl
Template:Country data United Arab Emirates Image:Arab Emirates AF roundel.svg United Arab Emirates Air Force[39]
Template:Country data United Kingdom Royal Air Force 1918

Royal Naval Air Service

Image:Transparent.png 1914-1918

Royal Flying Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1912-1918
Fleet Air Arm[40] 1937
Army Air Corps[40] 1942
Template:Country data United States Image:USAF roundel.svg United States Air Force 1947

United States Army Air Forces

Image:Transparent.png 1941-1947

United States Army Air Corps

Image:USAAC Roundel.svg 1926-1941

United States Army Air Service

Image:US Army Air Roundel.svg 1917-1926

Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps

Image:Transparent.png 1907
Image:USAF roundel.svg Army Aviation 1947
Image:USAF roundel.svg U.S. Naval Aviation 1911
Image:USAF roundel.svg Marine Corps Aviation
Image:USAF roundel.svg Air National Guard 1947
Template:Country data Uruguay Image:Transparent.png Uruguayan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya
Template:Country data Uzbekistan Image:Transparent.png Uzbek Air Force

[edit] V

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Venezuela Image:Transparent.png Venezuelan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 		1949
Image:Transparent.png Venezuelan Army Aviation
Servicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolana 		1970
Image:Transparent.png Venezuelan Naval Aviation
Aviación de la Marina Venezolana 		1922
Image:Transparent.png National Guard of Venezuela
Comando de Apoyo Aéreo de Guardia Nacional 		1999
Template:Country data Vietnam Image:Roundel of the Vietnamese Air Force.svg Vietnamese Air Force
Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam

Cochin China Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1941-1945

[edit] Y

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Yemen Image:Roundel yemen.svg Yemen Air Force

[edit] Z

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Zambia Image:Roundel of Zambia.svg Zambian Air Force and Air Defence Command 1968

Zambia Air Wing

Image:Transparent.png 1964-1968
Template:Country data Zimbabwe Image:Roundel zimbabwe.svg Air Force of Zimbabwe 1980

Rhodesian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1970-1979

Royal Rhodesian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1954-1970

Southern Rhodesian Air Force

Image:Transparent.png 1939-1954

Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit

Image:Transparent.png 1935-1939

[edit] Former countries

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Template:Country data Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak Air Force[41]
Češkoslovenske Vojenske Letectvo

Image:Czech roundel.svg 1945-1993

Czechoslovak Army Air Force
Češkoslovenske Letectvo

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1939
Template:Country data East Germany

East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

Image:Emblem of aircrafts of NVA (East Germany).svg 1956-1990
Template:Country data South Vietnam

Vietnam Air Force
Khong Quan Viet Nam

Image:SVAF-sm.png 1954-1975
Template:Country data Soviet Union

Soviet Air Force
Военно-воздушные силы

Image:URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg 1930-1991

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

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1930
Template:Country data Yugoslavia

SFR Yugoslav Air Force[42]
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdusna Odbrana

Image:Transparent.png 1945-1991

Yugoslav Royal Air Force
Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo

Image:Transparent.png 1930-1941

Yugoslav Army Aviation Department

Image:Transparent.png 1918-1929

[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. ↑ Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979.
  8. ↑ Preceded by RAF Squadrons 349 and 350 (1942-1946).
  9. ↑ The indicated roundel was introduced in 1938.
  10. ↑ Clandestine air squadrons were actually formed as early as 1927.
  11. ↑ Operated balloons
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ The Vietnamese invasion of 1979 resulted in the forcible disbandment of the AFKLA; formation of a successor force did not begin until 1984.
  14. ↑ The Fuerza Aérea de Chile was briefly named Fuerza Aérea Nacional in 1930.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ When the dissolution of Chile's unified national air force 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.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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 WWII (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.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
  22. ↑ Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
  23. ↑ Preceded by the German-controlled Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion (KG-5/JG-4, 1941-1945) during World War II.
  24. ↑ Full formal name is the Cuban Air Defense and Revolutionary Air Force (Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria).
  25. ↑ Established by Fidel Castro in 1958, but operations with a captured Aviación Naval aircraft began the previous year.
  26. ↑ Split off from the Cuban air force in 1934, but remerged in 1952 reorganization.
  27. ↑ Army aviation was ressurected from 1971-2003 as Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT) — Royal Danish Army Flying Service. Now placed under the Air Force as Squadron 724.
  28. ↑ Naval aviation was ressurected from 1962-2003 as Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF) — Royal Danish Navy Flying Service. Now placed under the Air Force as Squadron 728.
  29. ↑ Also uses a low-visibility roundel:
  30. ↑ Flank roundel:
  31. ↑ Conglomerate of the Aviazione della Règia Marina and Corpo Aeronautico Militare. Flank insignia (click to enlarge):
  32. ↑ Patterned on the US Air Force.
  33. ↑ Also used the Imperial Japanese Navy's ensign:
  34. ↑ Preceded by RAAF squadrons 18, 119 and 120 (1942-1946) and RAF squadrons 320, 321 and 322 (1940-1945).
  35. ↑ Includes Royal New Zealand Navy aircraft as No. 6 Squadron.
  36. ↑ Also included RAF squadrons 75 and 485-490 during World War II.
  37. ↑ Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
  38. ↑ Merged with Swedish Air Force 2003
  39. ↑ 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]
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Formerly part of the Royal Air Force.
  41. ↑ Preceded and supported by RAF squadrons 310-313 (1940-1946) and the Soviet Air Force's 1st Czech Fighter Regiment[citation needed].
  42. ↑ Preceded by the Partizanska Eskadrila NOVJ and RAF squadrons 351 and 352 (the RAF Balkan Air Force, 1942-1945)

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