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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