list of air force
DESCRIPTION
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A[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Afghanistan Afghan Air Force[1]
ځواک هوايۍ دافغانستان 2010
Afghan National Army Air Force[2]
Afghan Melli-e Ourdou2002-2010
Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic
State of Afghanistan (Mujahideen)[3]
1996-2001
Army Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan (Taliban)[4]
1996-2001
Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic
State of Afghanistan[5]
1992-1996
Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah1983-1992
Afghan Army Air Force[6]
De Afghan Hawa-e Quvah1980-1983
Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah1973-1979
Royal Afghan Air Force 1948-1973
Afghan Air Force
Afghan Hawa-e Ourdou
1937-1947
Afghan Military Air Arm 1924[7]-1929
Albania
Albanian Air Brigade 2006
Albanian Air Force
Forcat Ajrore Shqiptare1991-2006
1960-1990
1958-1960
1951-1957
Albanian Air Corps 1914-1939
Algeria
Algerian Air ForceAdwas Ujenna Adzayri
ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ ⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉة ي ر ئ ا ز ج ل ا ة ي و ج ل ا ة و ق ل اAl-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya
1962
Angola
National Air Force of AngolaForça Aérea Nacional de Angola
2007
Angolan People's Air Force & Anti-Aircraft
Defence
Força Aérea Popular de Angola / Defesa
Anti-Aérea
1980-2007
1976-1980
Argentina Argentine Air ForceFuerza Aérea Argentina
1945
Servicio Aeronáutico del Ejército 1912-1945?
Argentine Naval AviationComando de Aviación Naval Argentina
1919
Argentine Army AviationComando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino
1956[8]
Coast Guard Air ServiceServicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina
1970s
Border Guard Air ServiceDirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería [1]
1955
Armenia Armenian Air ForceՀայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր
1992
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force 1921
1945-1956
1942-1945
1942-1945
Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1942
Australian Air Corps 1921
Australian Flying Corps 1914-1921
Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm 1947
Australian Army Aviation 1968
Austria
Austrian Air ForceÖsterreichische Luftstreitkräfte
1955
Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich 1938-1945
Heimwehr Flieger Korps 1927-1938
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence ForceAzərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri
1991
B[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Bahamas Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing 1981
Bahrain
Royal Bahraini Air Force 2002
Bahrain Ameri Air Force 1987-2002
Bahrain Defence Force Air Wing 1977-1987
BangladeshBangladesh Air Forceবাং��লা�দে�শ বিবাংমা�ন বাং�বি�ন�Bangladesh Biman Bahini
1971
Barbados Barbados Defence Force 1981[9]
Belarus
Belarus Air Force post 1995
Belarus Air Force 1991-1995
Belgium
COMOPSAIR[10]
Luchtcomponent, Composante Air2002
Belgische Luchtmacht, Force Aerienne
Belge1946-2001
Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire 1915-1940
Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers 1910-1915
Belize Belize Defence Force Air Wing 1983
Benin
Benin Air ForceForce Aérienne Populaire de Benin
1990
People's Republic of Benin air force 1975-1990
Dahomey Air Force
Force Aérienne de Dahomey1961-1975
Bhutan Bhutan Army Air Arm 1972
BoliviaBolivian Air ForceFuerza Aérea Boliviana
1923
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Air Force and Air Defense of Bosnia and HerzegovinaВаздухопловство и ПВОZrakoplovstvo i PZO
2007
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Air Force
Zračne Snage Armije Federacije BiH
1996-2006
Republika Srpska Air Force
Ратно Ваздухопловство и ПВО ВРС
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO VRS
1992-2006
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and
Herzegovina Air Force
Zračne Snage Armije Republike BiH
1992-1996
Botswana Botswana Defence Force Air Wing 1977
Brazil
Brazilian Air ForceForça Aérea Brasileira (FAB)
1941
(Roundel used during World War II) 1941-1945
National Air Forces
Forças Aéreas Nacionais1941
Military Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM)1918-1941
Brazilian Naval AviationForça Aeronaval
1952
Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Naval (AvN)1941-1952
Brazilian Army Aviation CommandComando de Aviação do Exército Brasileiro
1986
Brunei
Royal Brunei Air ForceAngkatan Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei
1991
Royal Brunei Armed Forces Air Wing 1984-1991
Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Air Wing 1965-1984
Bulgaria Bulgarian Air Force 1992
Български Военновъздушни СилиBalgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS)
Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force
Противовъздушна отбрана и
Военновъздушни сили
Protivovazdushna Otbrana i
Voennovazdushni Sili (PVOiVVS)
1961-1992
Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили
Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS)
1952-1961
Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили
Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sily (VVS)
1949-1952
Air Army
Въздушни Войски
Vazdusni Voiski (VV)
1945-1949
1941-1944
Royal Bulgarian Air Force[11]
Vazhdushnite na Negovo Velichestvo
Voiski (VNVV)
1937-1941
Department of Aeronautics under Ministry
of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs1924-1937
Section of Aeronautics under Ministry of
Railways, Posts and Telegraphs[12]
1920-1924
Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie1919-1920
Aeroplane Group 1918-1919
Army Aviation Corps[13] 1915-1918
Aeronautical Battalion 1914-1915
Aeronautical Detachment[14] 1906-1914
Bulgarian Naval AviationAviatsia Na Bulgarskiya Voennomorski Flot (AnBVMF)
1992
Independent ASW Squadron of the Navy
Otdelna Protivolodachna Eskadrila na
VMF (OPLEV-VMF)
1959-1990
Bulgarian Naval Aviation 1915-1918
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso Air ForceForce Aérienne de Burkina Faso
1984
Upper Volta Air Force 1964-1984
Burundi Burundi Army AviationForce Armée du Burundi
1966
C[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Cambodia Royal Cambodian Air ForceToap Akas Khemarak PhouminForce Aérienne Royale Cambodge
1993
Cambodian People's Air Force 1989-1993
Kampuchean People's Air Force 1979-1989[15]
Air Force of the Kampuchean
Liberation Army1977-1979[16]
Khmer National Air Force
Aviation Nationale Khmer1970-1975
Royal Khmer Air Force
Aviation Royale Khmere1954-1970
Cameroon
Cameroon Air ForceArmée de l'Air du Cameroun
1960
Cameroon Naval AviationAviation Navale Camerounaise
2009
Cameroon Army Light AviationAviation Légère (ALDA)
2008
Canada Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ("Aviation royale canadienne" )
2011
Canadian Forces Air Command
(AIRCOM)
Commandement de la Force
aérienne du Canada
1968-2011
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 1924-1968
Air Board (Canada) 1919-1923
Canadian Air Force 1918-1920
Royal Flying Corps Canada 1917-1918
Canadian Aviation Corps 1914-1915
Royal Canadian Navy Fleet Air Arm
1952-1965
1946-1952
Cape Verde
Cape Verde Air ForceForça Aérea Caboverdiana
1982
Cape Verde Coast GuardGuarda Costeira de Cabo Verde
1992[17]
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic Air ForceForce Aérienne Centrafricaine
1961
ChadChad Air ForceForce Aérienne Tchadienne
1973
Chile
Chilean Air ForceFuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh)[18] 1930
Chilean Military Aviation Service
Servicio de Aviación Militar de Chile1910-1930
Chilean Naval AviationServicio de Aviación de la Armada de Chile (popularly, Aviación Naval)
1953
Chilean Naval Aviation Service
Servicio de Aviación Naval de Chile1919-1930[19]
Chilean Army AviationComando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile (popularly, Aviación del Ejército)
1970[20]
China (PRC)
People's Liberation Army Air Force中国人民解放军空军Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun
1949
Nanyuan Flying Group[21] 1949
Red Army of China Air Force c. 1930[22]
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
People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation中国人民解放军陆军航空兵
????
Colombia
Colombian Air ForceFuerza Aérea Colombiana
1922
Colombian Naval AviationAviación Naval
1935
Colombian Army AviationAviación del Ejército
1995
Congo[23]
Congolese Air ForceL'Armée de l'Air du Congo
People’s Republic of Congo Air
Force1970-1992
Congolese Air Force 1961-1970
Dem. Rep. of the Congo[24]
Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the CongoForce Aérienne du Congo
Zaire Air Force 1971-1997
Costa Rica
Air Surveillance ServiceServicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA) – Fuerza Pública
1994
Air Section of the Costa Rica
Ministry of Public Security
Sección Aérea del Ministerio de
Seguridad Pública
1964-1994
Air Section of the Costa Rica Civil
Guard
Sección Aérea de la Guardia Civil
1957-1964
Costa Rican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Costarricense1955-1957
Costa Rican Military Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Militar1947/48-1949[25]
Côte d'IvoireCôte d'Ivoire Air ForceForce Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire
c. 1965
Croatia Croatian Air Force and DefenseHrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i
1991
Protuzračna Obrana
Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion[26] 1941-1945
Cuba
Cuban Revolutionary Air Force[27]
Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria1959
Cuban Rebel Air Force[28]
Fuerza Aérea Rebelde1958
Cuban Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba1952-1958
Cuban Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de
Cuba
1934-1952
Cuban Army Air Corps
Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército de Cuba1915-1934
Cuban Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de
Cuba
1913-1915
Cuban Naval Aviation[29]
Aviación Naval1934-1952
CyprusCyprus Air ForcesΔιοίκησης Αεροπορίας Κύπρου
1963
Czech RepublicCzech Air ForceVzdušné síly armády České republiky
1993
D[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Denmark
Royal Danish Air ForceFlyvevåbnet
1950
Royal Danish Army Air Corps
Hærens Flyvertropper1912-1950
Royal Danish Naval Aviation
Marinens Flyvevæsen1911-1950
Royal Danish Navy Helicopter Service[30]
Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste2003-2010
Royal Danish Navy Flying Service
Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)1962-2003
Royal Danish Army Flying Service[31]
Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT)1971-2003
DjiboutiDjibouti Air ForceForce Aérienne du Djibouti
1977
Dominican Republic Dominican Air ForceFuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD)
1962
Dominican Military Aviation
Aviación Militar Dominicana (AMD)1957-1962
Dominican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD)1955-1957
Dominican Military Aviation
Aviación Militar Dominicana (AMD)1952-1955
Dominican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD)1950-1952
Dominican Military Aviation
Corps (DMAC)
El Cuerpo de Aviación Militar
Dominicana (CAMD/AMD)
1948-1950
Air Cavalry SquadronEscuadrón de Caballería Aérea (EdCA)
2002
Air Transport Cavalry Brigade
Brigada de Caballería Aerotransportada2001-2002
Aviation Company of the National Army
Compañía de Aviación del Ejército
Nacional
1942-1948[32]
Dominican Army Aviation Company
Compañía de Aviación del Ejército
Dominicano
1939-1942
Aviation Detachment of the National
Army
Destacamento de Aviación del Ejército
Nacional
1936-1939
National Air Transport Company,
Aviation Arm
Compañía Nacional de Transporte
Aérea, Arma de Aviación
1934-1935
Aviation Company
Compañía de Aviación1933-1934
Aviation Arm of the National Army
Arma de Aviación del Ejército Nacional1932-1933
Dominican Republic Naval Aviation CorpsCuerpo de Aviación Naval Dominicana
2003
Coastguard Search and Rescue
Squadron
Escuadrón de Vigilancia y Rescate de
Guardacostas
1951-1952[33]
E[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Ecuador
Ecuadorian Air ForceFuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana (FAE)
1944
Ecuadorian Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Ejército Equatoriana
(FAEE)
1935-1944
Army Military Aviator Corps
Cuerpo de Aviadores Militares del
Ejército
1927-1935
Army Aviation Company
Compañia de Aviación del Ejército1925-1927
Military Aviation School
Escuela Militar de Aviación1920-1925
Ecuadorian Naval AviationAviación Naval Ecuatoriana (ANE)
1967
Ecuadorian Army AviationAviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano (AEE)
1978
Ecuadorian Army Air Service
Servicio Aéreo del Ejército (SAE)1954-1978
Egypt Egyptian Air ForceAl Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya
1961
United Arab Republic Air Force 1958-1961[34]
Egyptian Air Force1952-1958
Royal Egyptian Air Force 1937-1952
Egyptian Army Air Force 1931-1937
El Salvador
Air Force of El SalvadorFuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (FAS)
1946
Salvadoran Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Ejército de Salvador
(FAES)
1927-1946
Salvadoran Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de la Aviación Salvadoreña1925-1927
Salvadoran Air Flotilla
Flotilla Aérea Salvadoreña1923-1925
El Salvador Military Aviation Service
Servicio de Aviación Militar de Salvador1922-1923
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Air Force 1979
Eritrea Eritrean Air Force 1994
Estonia
Estonian Air ForceEesti Õhuvägi
1991
Luftwaffe units[35] 1943-1944
Sonderstaffel Buschmann[36] 1942-1943
Aircraft Squadron of the 22nd Territorial
Corps of the Soviet Army1940-1941
Aviation Regiment 1920?–1940
Aviation Company 1918-1920?
Ethiopia Ethiopian Air ForceYe Ithopya Ayer Hayl
1975[37]
Imperial Ethiopian Air Force 1946-1975
Imperial Ethiopian Aviation 1929-1935
F[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Fiji
none
Air Wing, Republic of Fiji Military Forces 1987-1997
Finland
Finnish Air ForceSuomen ilmavoimatFinländska flygvapnet
1918
1918-1945
Roundel variant on some aircraft 1943-45
Finnish Army AviationSuomen maavoimat – HelikopteripataljoonaFinländska armén – Helikopterbataljonen
1997
Finnish Border GuardRajavartiolaitosGränsbevakningsväsendet
1919
Finnish Coast Guard
Merivartiolaitos
Sjöbevakningssektionen
1919-1944
France French Air ForceArmée de l'Air
1933
Normandie-Niémen squadron
Groupe de Chasse Normandie-Niémen
1942-1945
Free French Air Force[38][39]
Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres1940-1943
Vichy French Air Force
Armée de l'air de l'armistice1940-1944
French Air Force
Armée de l'Air1933-1940
French Army Aviation
Aéronautique militaire1909-1933
French Naval Air ArmAéronautique navale
1912
1912-1940
French Army Light AviationAviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre
1954
Air GendarmerieGendarmerie de l'air
1943
G[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
GabonGabon Air ForceArmée de l'Air Gabonaise
1961
Gambia Gambian Air Force[40] c.2003?[41]
Georgia Georgian Air Forceსაქართველოს სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალებიsak’art’velos samxedro-sahaero dzalebi
1990
Democratic Republic of Georgia People's
Guard air detachment1917-1920
Germany
German Air ForceLuftwaffe
1955
East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen
Volksarmee
1956-1990
German Air Force
Luftwaffe1935-1946
Marineluftschiffe-Abteilung 1912-1919
Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen
Kaiserreiches1911-1919
Imperial German Army Air Service
Luftstreitkräfte (Die Fliegertruppen des
deutschen Kaiserreiches)
1910-1919
Heeresluftschiffe-Abteilung 1909-1917
German Naval AviationMarineflieger
1955
German Army Aviation CorpsHeeresfliegertruppe
1955
Ghana Ghana Air Force 1959
Greece
Hellenic Air ForceΠολεμική ΑεροπορίαPolemikì Aeroporia
1911
Hellenic Army AviationΑεροπορία ΣτρατούAeroporia Stratou
1956
Hellenic Naval AviationΠολεμικό ΝαυτικόPolemiko Navtiko
1976
Hellenic Coast GuardΛιμενικό ΣώμαLimeniko Soma
1982
Guatemala
Guatemalan Air ForceFuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG)
1948
Military Aeronautical Corps
Cuerpo de Aeronáutica Militar (CAM)1935–1948
Guatemalan Military Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación Militar de Guatemala
(CAM)
1929–1935
Guatemalan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG)1921–1929
Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación de Ejército1914–1921
GuineaGuinea Air ForceForce Aérienne de Guinée
1959
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Air ForceForça Aérea da Guiné-Bissau
1978
Guyana Guyana Defence Force 1968
H[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Haiti Haiti Air CorpsCorps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti
1942
Honduras Honduras Air ForceFuerza Aérea Hondureña
1974
Honduran Air Force & Aviation Military
School
Fuerza Aérea Hondureña y Escuela
1938-1974
Militar de Aviación
Aviation Military School
Escuela Militar de Aviación (EMA)1933-1938
National Aviation School
Escuela Nacional de Aviación (ENA)1931-1933
Hungary
Hungarian Air ForceMagyar Légierő
1991
1990-1991
Air Force of the Hungarian People's Army
Magyar Néphadsereg légiereje1951-1990
1949-1951
1948-1949
Royal Hungarian National Defense Air
Force
Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő
1941-1945
1938-1941
Red Hungarian Air CorpsVörös Légjárócsapat
1919
Insignia variant
Insignia variant
I[edit]
For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Iceland
Iceland Air Defense SystemÍslenska Loftvarnarkerfið
1987
Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical DivisionLandhelgisgæsla Íslands – Flugdeild
1955
India
Indian Air Forceभा�रती�य वा�य� सेना�Bharatiya Vayu Sena
1950
Royal Indian Air Force 1945-1950
Royal Air Force in India 1932-1945
Army Aviation Corps 1987
Naval Air Arm 1953
Indian Coast Guard Air WingBharatiya Tatarakshak Dal
1978
Border Security Force Air Wing 1965
Indonesia Indonesian Air ForceTentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)
1946
Republic of Indonesia Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia
(AURI)
1946-1974
Republic of Indonesia Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia
(AURI)
1946-1949
Indonesian Naval AviationDinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL)
1974
Indonesian Naval Aviation Service
Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Laut RI
(ALRI)
1956-1974
Indonesian Army AviationDinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)
1974
Indonesian Army Aviation Service
Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Darat RI
(DINAS PENERBAD)
1959-1974
Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Forceاسالمی جمهوری ارتش هوایی نیرویایران
1979
Imperial Iranian Air Force
Nirou Havai Shahanshahiye Iran1925-1979
Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation
Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Iraq
Iraqi Air Force[42]
Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya2004
Iraqi Air Force
Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya1958
Royal Iraqi Air Force 1931–?1958
Ireland
Irish Air CorpsAer-Chór na h-Éireann
1922
1939-1954
1922-1923
Israel Israeli Air Forceחיל האווירHeyl Ha'Avir
1948
Air Service (Haganah)1947-1948
Sherut Avir
Air Company (Palmach)
Palavir1943-1947
Italy
Italian Air Force[43]
Aeronautica Militare1946
Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
Aviazione Cobelligerante ed Aeronautica
Militare Italiana
1943-1946
Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana
[44]
1943-1944
Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica [45]
1935-1943
Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica [46]
1923-1936
Royal Naval Aviation
Aviazione della Regia Marina1912-1923
Military Air Corps [47]
Corpo Aeronautico Militare
1911-1923
Royal Army Air Service
Servizio Aeronautico1884[48]-1911
Italian Naval AviationAviazione Navale
1956
Italian Army AviationCavalleria dell'Aria
1951
Helicopter Service of the Carabinieri CorpsNucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri
1965
J[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Jamaica
Jamaican Defence Force 1963
Jamaica Air Squadron 1963
Japan
Japan Air Self-Defense Force[49]
航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai1954
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service[50]
大日本帝国海軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon
Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū tai
1910-1945
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隊 Dai-Nippon
Teikoku Rikugun Kōkū tai
1910-1945
Jordan
Royal Jordanian Air ForceAl Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya
1955
Arab Legion Air Force 1946-1955
K[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
KazakhstanKazakhstan Air Defense ForceSil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan
1992
Kenya Kenya Air Force 1964
North Korea Korean People's Army Air Force 1948
South Korea
Republic of Korea Air Force[51]
대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍)
Daehan Minguk Gonggun1949
1950s–2000s
Kuwait
Kuwait Air ForceAl-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya
1988
Kuwait Air Force and Air Defense 1961
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Air Force 1991
L[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Laos
Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force[52] 1975
Royal Lao Air Force[53][54] 1960-1975
Aviation Laotienne 1955-1960
Latvia Latvian Air ForceLatvijas Gaisa Spēki
1991
1926-1940
Latvian National Guard 1991
Guard organization
Aizsargu organizācija1919-1940
LebanonLebanese Air ForceAl Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnania
1945
LesothoLesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron
c.1988
Liberia Liberian Army Air Wing 1987
Libya
Libyan Air ForceAdwas Alibyan Ujenna
ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰالليبية الجوية القوة
Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-libyya
2011–current date
Free Libyan Air ForceAl Quwwat al Jawwiya al Libiyya al Hurra[citation needed]
2011
Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya Air Force 1977-2011
Libyan Arab Republic Air Force 1969-1977
Royal Libyan Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya
al Libiyya
1951-1969
Lithuania
Lithuanian Air ForceKarinės Oro Pajėgos
1992
1919-1920
Luxembourg NATO Airborne Early Warning Force [55] 1982
M[edit]
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Macedonia
Macedonian Air Force and Air Defense ForceВоенно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна ОдбранаVoeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana
1992
MadagascarMalagasy Air ForceTafika Anabakabaka MalagasyArmée de l'Air Malgache
1961
Malawi
Malawi Army Air Wing 1978
Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm[56] 1970-1978
Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Air ForceTentera Udara Diraja Malaysia
1963
1963-1982
Royal Malayan Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan1958-1963
MaldivesAir ElementsMaldives National Defence Force
1978
MaliMali Air ForceForce Aérienne de la Republique du Mali
1961
Malta
Armed Forces of Malta No.2 Regiment – Air SquadronReġiment nru 2 – Skwadra tal-Ajru tal-Forzi Armati ta' Malta
1992
MauritaniaMauritanian Air ForceForce Aérienne de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie
1961
Mauritius
Mauritius Coast Guard 1987
Mauritius Police Force Marine Wing 1970-1987
Mexico
Mexican Air ForceFuerza Aérea Mexicana
1915
Mexican Naval AviationFuerza Aeronaval
1926[57]
Moldova Moldovan Air Force[58] 1991
Mongolia
Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command[59]
Агаарын Довтолгооноос Хамгаалах Цэргийн Командлал
1993-presents
Mongolian People's Army
Aviation Монголын Ардын Армийн
Нисэх Хүчин
1925-1993
Montenegro Montenegrin Air ForceVazdušne snage Crne Gore
2006
Morocco
Royal Moroccan Air ForceAdwas Ageldan Amerrukan Ujenna
ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⴳⴻⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵔⵓⴽⴰⵏⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ
المغربية الملكية الجوية القوةAl-quwwa al-jawwiya al-malikiyya al-maghribiyya(Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine)
1961
Sherifan Royal Aviation
Aviation Royale Chérifienne1956-1961
Mozambique
Mozambique Air ForceForça Aérea de Moçambique
c.1976/77?
People's Liberation Air Force of
Mozambique
Força Populare Aérea de Libertação
de Moçambique
1975-c.1976/77?
MyanmarMyanmar Air ForceTatmdaw Lei
1947
N[edit]
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Namibia
Namibian Air Force 2005
Namibia Defence Force Air Wing 1994-2005
Nepal
Nepalese Army Air Service c.2008
Royal Nepal Army Air Wing 1979-c.2007
Royal Nepal Army Air Service 1965-1979
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Air Force[60]
Koninklijke Luchtmacht1953
1942-c.1945
1939-1942
1921-1940
Luchtvaartafdeling 1914-1921
Netherlands Naval AviationMarineluchtvaartdienst
1917
1942-c.1945
1939-1942
1921-1940
1917-1921
New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force[61][62] 1934
New Zealand Squadrons of
the RAF Nos. 75, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 49
1939-1945
0
New Zealand Territorial Air Force 1930-1957
New Zealand Permanent Air Force 1923-1934
New Zealand Army Flying Corps 1913-1923
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Army Air ForceFuerza Aérea – Ejército de Nicaragua
1995
Nicaraguan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Nicaraguënse1990-1995
Sandinista Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Sandinista1979-1990
Air Force of Nicaragua
Fuerza Aérea de Nicaraguac.1950–1979
Guard Air Force of Nicaragua
Fuerza Aérea Guardia de Nicaragua
c.1947-c.1950
Air Force of the National Guard
Fuerza Aérea de la Guardia Nacional1938-c.1947
Air Corps of the National Guard
Cuerpo de Aviación de la Guardia Nacional1936-1938
Military Aviation Corps
Cuerpo Militar de Aviación1926-1936
{{{service}}} 1920-1926
Niger
National Squadron of NigerEscadrille Nationale du Niger
2003
Niger Air Force
Force Aérienne du Niger1961-2003?
Nigeria Nigerian Air Force 1964
Norway
Royal Norwegian Air ForceKongelige Norske Luftforsvaret
1944
Royal Air Force squadrons 331 and 332 1942-1945
Norwegian Army Air Service
Hærens Flyvevesen1915-1944
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
Marinens Flyvevesen1916-1944
O[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Oman
Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)[63]
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya
1990
Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF) 1959-1990
P[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Pakistan Pakistan Air Forceفضائي پاک 1956
Royal Pakistan Air Force1947-1956
Pakistan Army Aviation Wing 1958
Pakistan Naval Air Arm 1973
PanamaNational Air-Sea ServiceServicio Nacional Aeronaval
2008
Papua New GuineaAir Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force
1974
Paraguay
Paraguayan Air ForceAeronautica Militar Paraguaya
1989
Paraguayan Naval AviationAviación Naval Paraguaya[64][65] 1980
Peru
Peruvian Air ForceFuerza Aérea del Perú
1950
Peruvian Aeronautical Corps
Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú1936-1950
Peruvian Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú1929-1936
Peruvian Naval AviationFuerza Aviación Naval
1980
Aeronaval Service
Servicio Aeronaval1963-1980
Peruvian Army AviationAviación del Ejército
1977
Army Light Aviation Group
Grupo de Aviación Ligera del Ejército1973-1977
Philippines Philippine Air ForceHukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas
1947
Poland Polish Air ForceSiły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
2004
Air and Air Defence Forces
Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej1993-2004
1990-1993
Air Force1962-1990
Wojska Lotnicze
Air Defence Force of Country
Wojska Obrony Powietrznej Kraju1962-1990
Air and Air Defence Forces of Country
Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony
Przeciwlotniczej Obszaru Kraju
1954-1962
Air Force
Wojska Lotnicze1947-1954
Air Force of the Polish Army
Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego1945-1947
Air Force of the Polish Army
Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego1943-1945
RAF squadrons 300–309, 315–318 and
6631940-1947
Forces Aerienes Polonaises 1940
Air Force
Wojska Lotnicze1918-1939
Polish Army AviationLotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych
1994
Polish Naval AviationLotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej
1947
Aviation of Polish Border GuardLotnictwo Straży Granicznej
1990
Portugal Portuguese Air ForceForça Aérea Portuguesa
1952
Military Aeronautics Arm
Arma da Aeronáutica Militar
1924-1952
1918-1924
Military Aeronautical Service
Serviço Aeronáutico Militar1914-1918
Balloon Company
Companhia de Aerosteiros1911-1914
Navy Helicopter SquadronEsquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha
1993
Aeronaval Forces
Forças Aeronavais1952-1957
Navy Air Forces
Forças Aéreas da Armada1931-1952
Naval Aeronautics Service
Serviço da Aeronáutica Naval1918-1931
Navy Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação da Armada1917-1918
Q[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Qatar Qatar Emiri Air Force 1968
R[edit]
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Romania
Romanian Air ForceForţele Aeriene Române
1989
1985-1989
Air Force of the Socialist Republic of
Romania
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Socialiste
România
1965-1985
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare
Române1964-1965
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii
Populare Romîne1954-1964
Air Force of the People's Republic of
Romania
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare
Române
1947-1954
1944-1947
Royal Romanian Air Force
Forţele Aeriene Regale ale României1941-1944
Romanian Royal Aeronautics
Aeronautica Regală Română1915-1941
Russia Russian Air Force[66]
Военно-воздушные cилы РоссииVoyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii
2010
1991-2010
Soviet Air Forces
Военно-воздушные силы
Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily
1945-1991
1918–1945
Imperial Russian Air Force
Императорский военно-воздушный
флот
Pre-reform Russian:Императорскiй
военно-воздушный флотъ
1910-1917
Russian Naval AviationАвиация Военно-Морского ФлотаAviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota
2010
1991-2010
Soviet Naval Aviation 1945-1991
1918–1945
RwandaRwandan Air ForceForce Aérienne Rwandaise
1972
S[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Saudi Arabia
Royal Saudi Air Forceالسعودية الملكية الجوية القوات
Al-Quwwāt al-Jawwiyyah al-Malakiyyah as-Suʿūdiyyah
1950
SenegalSenegalese Air ForceArmée de l'Air du Sénégal
1960
Serbia
Serbian Air ForceВаздухопловствоVazduhoplovstvo
2006[67]
Српска Авијатика
Srpska Avijatika
1915-1918[68]
1913-1915
Ваздухопловна Команда
Vazduhoplovna Komanda
1912-1913
Seychelles Seychelles Air Force (part of the Seychelles People's Defence Force)
1978
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Defence Force 1973
Singapore
Republic of Singapore Air ForceAngkatan Udara Republik Singapura新加坡空军部队சி�ங்கப்பூர் ஆகயப்படை
1975
Singapore Air Defence Command 1973-1975
1968-73
Slovakia
Slovak Air ForceVelitelstvo Vzdušnych Sil
1993
Slovak Air Force
Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane1939-1945
Slovenia Slovenian Air ForceBrigada zračne Obrambe in Letalstva Slovenske Vojske
2004
15th Aviation Brigade (Slovenian Armed
Forces)1995-2004
15th Aviation Brigade of the Territorial
Defense Force
1991-1995
Slovenian Air Force upon the break-
away from the Habsburg Empire1918-1919
Somalia
none
Somali Air Force[69] 1960-1991
Somali Aeronautical Corps
Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed
Corpo di Sicurezza della Somalia
1958-1968
South Africa
South African Air Force (SAAF)Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag
1920
1982-2003
1958-1981
1947-1957
South African Air Force 1924-1947
South African Aviation Corps 1915-1920
Spain Spanish Air Force (SPAF)Ejército del Aire
1939
Nationalist Air Force[70]
Aviación Nacional1936-1939
" 1937-1939
Spanish Republican Air Force
Fuerzas Aéreas de la República
Española (FARE)
1931-1939
Military Aviation
Aeronáutica Militar Española
1911-1931
Military Aerostatics Service
Servicio Militar de Aerostacion1896-1911
Spanish Army Airmobile ForceFuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra (FAMET)
1973
Spanish Navy Air ArmArma Aérea de la Armada
1954
Naval Aviation
Aeronáutica Naval1917-1936
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Air Force 1972
Royal Ceylon Air Force 1951-1972
SudanSudanese Air Force
>ة السوداني >ة الجو>ي القو>اتAl Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya
1956
SurinameSuriname Air ForceSurinaamse Luchtmacht
1982
Swaziland Swazi Air Force 1979
Sweden Swedish Air ForceSvenska Flygvapnet
1926
1937-1940
Swedish Air Force
Svenska Flygvapnet1927-1937
Defence Helicopter Wing[71]
Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj1998-2003
Swedish Army Aviation
Arméflyget1954-1998
Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps
Flygkompaniet1912-1926
Swedish Naval Aviation1958-1998
Marinflyget
Naval Air Service
Marinens Flygväsen1911-1926
Switzerland
Swiss Air ForceSchweizer LuftwaffeForces Aériennes SuissesForze Aeree Svizzere
1946
Independent service under the Swiss
Federal Military Department
Schweizerische Flugwaffe
1936-1946
Swiss Army Aviation
Schweizerische Fliegertruppe1914-1936
Syria
Syrian Arab Air Forceالسورية العربية الجوية القوات
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya
1961
United Arab Republic Air Force 1958-1961[34]
Syrian Air Force 1948-1958
T[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Taiwan (ROC) 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)[72]
1925-1938
Chinese Aviation Ministry 1920-1925?
Chinese Aviation Service 1916?–1919?
Chinese Army Air Arm 1914-1916?
Airplane Corps of the Chinese Army 1913-1914
Republic of China Army Aviation and Special Forces Command
1999
Army Paratroops and Special Forces
Command1979-1999
Army Aviation Command[73] 1976-1979
Republic of China Navy Aviation Command
1995
Naval Anti-Submarine Group 1991-1995
Fleet Helicopter Squadron 1977-1991
Chinese Naval Air Service 1927-1938
Tajikistan Tajikistan Air and Air Defense Troops c. 1993–1994[74]
Tanzania
Tanzanian People's Defense Force Air WingJeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania
1965
Thailand Royal Thai Air Forceกองทั�พอากาศไทัยKongthap Akat Thai
1937
Siamese Air Force Division
กรมทัหารอากาศ
Krom Tahan Akat
1935-1937
Siamese Air Division
กรมอากาศยาน
Krom Akatsayan
1921-1935
Siamese Army Aviation Division
กรมอากาศยานทัหารบก
Krom Akatsayan Tahan Bok
1917-1921
Siamese Army Aviation Unit
กองบ�นทัหารบก
Kong Bin Tahan Bok
1914-1917
Tonga Tonga Defence Services 1939
TogoTogolese Air ForceForce Aérienne Togolaise
1964[75]
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard
1966
TunisiaTunisian Air Force
التونسية الجوية القواتAl Quwwat al-Jawwiya At'Tunisia
1959[76]
Turkey Turkish Air ForceTürk Hava Kuvvetleri
1972
former marking 1944-1972
Turkish Ministry of Defense,
Undersecretariat of Military Aviation
Hava Müsteşarlığı
1928-1944
Turkish Air Force Inspectorate
Hava Kuvvetleri Müfettişliği1922-1928
Turkish Air Force General Directorate
Kuva-yı Havaiye Müdüriyet-i
Umumiyesi
1921-1922
Turkish Army Air Service
Kuva-yı Havaiye Şubesi1920-1921
Turkish Land Force AviationTürk Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılığı
1948
Turkish Naval AviationTürk Donanma Havacılığı
1971
Turkish Coast Guard AviationTürk Sahil Güvenlik Havacılığı
1993
Turkish Gendarmerie AviationJandarma Genel Komutanlığı
TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Air Force and Air Defense Force
1992
U[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Uganda Ugandan Air Force 1964
Ukraine
Ukrainian Air ForceВійськово-Повітряні Сили України Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny
1992
Ukrainian Naval AviationАвіація Військово-Морських Сил Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl
1992
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Air Force[77] 1976[78]
United Kingdom Royal Air Force 1918
1942-1947
1937-1942
Royal Air Force 1918-1937
1915-1918
Royal Flying Corps 1912-1915
Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers 1911-1912
School of Ballooning 1888-1911
Fleet Air Arm 1937
1942-1947
1937-1942
Royal Naval Air Service 1915-1918
1914-1915
Army Air Corps[80] 1942
1942-1947
United States
United States Air Force[81] 1947
1947–
United States Army Air Forces 1943-1947
1943
1942-1943
1941-1942
United States Army Air Corps 1919-1941
United States Army Air Service 1917-1919
Army Aviation Branch 1983
Army Aviation 1947-1983
United States Navy 1911
1947–
1943-1947
1943
1942-1943
1919-1942
1918-1919
1917-1918
1916-1917
United States Marine Corps Aviation[82] 1912
Air National Guard 1947
component of the United States National
Guard1916-1947
United States Coast Guard 1916
NASA 1958
NACA 1915-1958
Civil Air Patrol 1942-1946[83]
Uruguay Uruguayan Air ForceFuerza Aérea Uruguaya
1953
Military Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Militar1952-1953
Uruguayan Military Aviation
Aeronáutica Militar Uruguaya1935-1952
Military School of Aeronautics1916-1935
Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica
Military Aviation School
Escuela de Aviación Militar1913-1916
Uruguayan Naval AviationAviación Naval Uruguaya
1951
Naval Air Service
Servicio Aeronáutico1925-1951
Uzbekistan Uzbek Air and Air Defense Force 1992
V[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Venezuela
Venezuelan Air ForceAviación Militar Venezolana
2006[84]
Fuerza Aérea Venezolana 1949-2006
Venezuelan Army AviationServicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolana
1970
Venezuelan Naval AviationAviación de la Marina Venezolana
1922
National Guard of VenezuelaComando de Apoyo Aéreo de Guardia Nacional
1999
Vietnam
Vietnam People's Air ForceKhông Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam
1975
North Vietnamese Air Force 1959-1975
Cochin China Air Force 1941-1945
Y[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
YemenYemen Air ForceAl Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yemeniya
1990
Z[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Zambia(formerly Northern Rhodesia)
Zambian Air Force and Air Defence Command
1968
Zambia Air Wing 1964-1968
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air
Force1954-1963
Zimbabwe
(formerly Southern Rhodesia)
Air Force of Zimbabwe 1980
Rhodesian Air Force 1970-1979
Royal Rhodesian Air Force 1963-1970
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air
Force1954-1963
Southern Rhodesian Air Force 1939-1954
Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit 1935-1939
Former countries and movements[edit]
Country Established
ServiceIndigenous nameCurrentFormer
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Defence Forces, Air Wing
Austria-Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Air CorpsKaiserliche und Königliche LuftfahrtruppenCsászári és Királyi Légierő
1912-1919
Imperial and Royal Aviation
Service
KuK. Militär-Aeronautische
Anstalt
1893-1912
Belgian Congo Force Publique 1944–1960
Biafra Biafran Air Force 1967-1970
Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana Air Force 1981–1994
CiskeiCiskei Defence Force, Air Wing
1980–1994
Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville)
Congolese Air Force 1960–1971
Independent State of CroatiaCroatian Air Force (Independent State of Croatia)
1941-1945
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Air Force[85]
Československé Vojenské Letectvo
1945-1993
Czechoslovak Army Air Force
Československé Letectvo1918-1939
Dahomey Dahomey Air Force 1961–1975
Dubai Dubai Defence Force, Air Wing
–
East Germany
Air Forces of the National People's ArmyLuftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
1956-1990
Democratic KampucheaAir Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army
1977-1979
People's Republic of KampucheaKampuchean People's Air Force
1979-1989
Katanga Kantangan Air Force 1960–1963
Khmer Republic Khmer National Air Force 1970–1975
Malaya Malayan Auxiliary Air Force – 1958
Manchukuo
Manchukuo Air Force 1938-1945
Manchukuo Air Transport Company[86]
Manchu Kokuyuso Kabushiki Kaisha
1932-1945
Netherlands East IndiesRoyal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force
1939-1950
North YemenYemen Arab Republic Air Force
1962-1990
North VietnamVietnamese People's Air Force
1959-
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Aviation InspectorateKuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği
1918-1920
Ottoman Aviation Affairs
Inspectorate
Umur-u Havaiye Müfettişliği
1915-1918
Ottoman Aviation
Organization Inspectorate
Teşkilat-ı Havaiye Müfettişliği
1914-1915
Ottoman Aviation
Commission
1911-1914
Havacılık Komisyonu
Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and ServiceBahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi
1914-1919
Rhodesia Rhodesian Air Force 1969-1980
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force
1954-1963
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska Air Force1 Puk Vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Republike Srpske
1992-2006
Republic of Serbian KrajinaKrajina Air ForceRV i PVO Vojske Republike Srpske Krajine
1991-1995
Sharjah Sharjah Amir Guard, Air Wing[citation needed] –
Straits Settlements Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force
Siam Siamese Air Force Division 1935-1937
Slovakia Slovak Insurgent Air Force 1944
South VietnamVietnam Air ForceKhong Quan Viet Nam
1954-1975
South Yemen South Yemen Air Force 1967-1990
Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesian Air Force
1939-1954
Soviet Union
Soviet Air Force[87]
Военно-воздушные силы1930-1991
1945-1991[88]
1930-1945
Workers' and Peasants' Air
Fleet
Рабоче-крестьянский
воздушный флот
1918-1930
Tamil Eelam (Liberation Tigers of) Air Tigers 1998-2009
TranskeiTranskei Defence Force, Air Wing
1986–1994
United Arab Republic
United Arab Republic Air Force
1958-1961
Egyptian Air Force 1952-1958
Syrian Air Force 1948-1958
Upper Volta Upper Volta Air Force 1964–1984
VendaVenda Defence Force, Air Wing
1983–1994
West Germany German Air Force 1955-
Kingdom of Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia /
FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro Air ForceРатно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне ГореRatno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Tsrne Gore
2003-2006[89]
FR Yugoslavia Air Force
Ратно ваздухопловство и
противваздушна одбрана
Војске Југославије
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i
protivvazdušna odbrana
Vojske Jugoslavije
1992-2003
SFR Yugoslav Air Force[90]
Југословенско Ратно
Ваздухопловство и
Противваздушна Одбрана
Jugoslovensko Ratno
Vazduhoplovstvo i
Protivvazdušna Odbrana
1945-1991
Yugoslav Royal Air Force
Југословенско Краљевско
1929-1941
Ратно Ваздухопловство и
Поморска Авиацијса
Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko
Ratno VAzduhoplovstvo i
Pomorska Aviacija
Yugoslav Royal Army
Aviation Department
Авиацијско Одељење
Југословенске Краљевске
Армије
Aviacijsko Odeljenje
Jugoslovenske Kraljevske
Armije
1923-1929
Zaire(now Democratic Republic of Congo)
Zaire Air Force 1971-1997
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesian Air Force
1979=1980
Other[edit]
CountryEstablishe
dService
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Abkhazia
Abkhazian Air Force 2008
1992–
Germany German Air Sports Association
1933-1937
Germany National Socialist Flyers Corps
1937-1945
Hong Kong People's Liberation Army Air Force – People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison
1997
Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air
Force
1951-1993
Hong Kong Auxiliary Air
Force/RAF
1949-1951
Hong Kong Volunteer
Defence Corps – Air Arm/RAF
1930-1949
Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army
1992
Sovereign Military Order of MaltaMilitary Corps of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
1947-1950s
Transnistria Transnistrian Air Force 1991
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Military of Northern Cyprus 1974