List of air forces

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

A

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Afghanistan		Afghan Air Force[1] دافغانستان هوايۍ ځواک		2010
		Afghan National Army Air Force[2] Afghan Melli-e Ourdou		2002-2010
		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 Quirah		1983-1992
		Afghan Army Air Force[6] De Afghan Hawa-e Quvah		1980-1983
		Afghan Republican Air Force De Afghan Hanoi Quirah		1973-1979
		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 Shqiptare		1991-2006
				1960-1990
				1958-1960
		Albanian People's Army Air Force		1947-1991
		Royal Albanian Air Corps		1914-1939
Algeria		Algerian Air Force Adwas Ujenna Adzayri ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ ⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉ القوة الجوية الجزائرية Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya		1962
		Algerian National Navy, Aviation
		Gendarmerie Nationale (Algeria), Aviation Service
Angola		National Air Force of Angola Força 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
		Angolan Navy aviation
Argentina		Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aérea Argentina		1945
		No. 164 Squadron RAF - Argentine volunteer unit of the RAF.		1942-1946
		Army Aeronautical Service Servicio Aeronáutico del Ejército		1912-1945
		Argentine Naval Aviation Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina		1919
		Argentine Army Aviation Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino		1956[8]
		Coast Guard Air Service Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina		1970s
		Border Guard Air Service Dirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería		1955
Armenia		Armenian Air Force Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր		1992
Australia		Royal Australian Air Force		1921
				1945-1956
				1942-1945
		Australian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467		1941-1946
		Royal Australian Air Force		1921-1942
		Australian Air Corps		1921
		Australian Flying Corps		1912-1921
		Fleet Air Arm (RAN) of the Royal Australian Navy		1947
		Australian Army Aviation		1968
		1st Aviation Regiment (Australia)		1966
Austria		Austrian Air Force Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte		1955
		Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich		1938-1945
		Austrian Air Force Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte		1928-1938
		Heimwehr, Flying Corps		1927-1928
Azerbaijan		Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri		1991
		Azerbaijan Navy aviation

B

Country				Established
	Service 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
		Royal Bahrain Naval Force, Aviation
		Public Security Forces
Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)		Bangladesh Air Force বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী Bangladesh Biman Bahini		1971
		Bangladesh Navy, Aviation
		Bangladesh Army Aviation Group		1978
		Bangladesh Coast Guard, Aviation Service
Barbados		Barbados Defence Force		1981[9]
Belarus		Belarusian Air Force		post 1995
		Belarus Air Force		1991-1995
		DOSAAF (Belarus) - Paramilitary sporting organisation.		1991-
Belgium		COMOPSAIR[10] Luchtcomponent, Composante Air		2002
		Belgische Luchtmacht, Force Aerienne Belge		1946-2001
		Belgian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 349 and 350		1941-1946
		Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire		1915-1940
		Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers		1910-1915
		Belgian Navy, Naval Flight		1962-2002
		Belgian Army, Light Aviation Group		1954-2002
		Gendarmerie (Belgium), Air Support Unit		-2001
Belize (formerly British Honduras)		Belize Defence Force Air Wing		1983
Benin (formerly Dahomery)		Benin Air Force Force Aérienne Populaire de Benin		1990
		People's Republic of Benin air force		1975-1990
		Dahomey Air Force Force Aérienne de Dahomey		1961-1975
Bhutan		Royal Bhutan Army air arm		1972
Bolivia		Bolivian Air Force Fuerza Aérea Boliviana		1944
		Bolivian Military Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación		1923-1944
		Bolivian Navy, Naval Aviation
		Bolivian Army, Aviation
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ваздухопловство и ПВО Zrakoplovstvo 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 (formerly Bechuanaland)		Botswana Defence Force Air Wing		1977
Brazil		Brazilian Air Force Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB)		1941
		(Roundel used during World War II)		1941-1945
		National Air Forces Forças Aéreas Nacionais		1941
		Military Aviation Service Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM)		1918-1941
		Brazilian Army Balloon Corps		1908
		Brazilian Naval Aviation Força Aeronaval		1952
		Naval Aviation Service Serviço de Aviação Naval (AvN)		1922-1941
		Naval Aviation School		1916-1922
		Brazilian Army Aviation Command Comando de Aviação do Exército Brasileiro		1986
		Military Police (Brazil) aviation
Brunei		Royal Brunei Air Force Angkatan 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 Български Военновъздушни Сили Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS)		1992
		Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force Противовъздушна отбрана и Военновъздушни сили Protivovazdushna Otbrana i Voennovazdushni Sili (PVOiVVS)		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 Telegraphs		1924-1937
		Section of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs[12]		1920-1924
		Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie		1919-1920
		Aeroplane Group		1918-1919
		Army Aviation Corps[13]		1915-1918
		Aeronautical Battalion		1914-1915
		Aeronautical Detachment[14]		1906-1914
		Bulgarian Naval Aviation Aviatsia 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 (formerly Upper Volta)		Burkina Faso Air Force Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso		1984
		Upper Volta Air Force		1964-1984
Burundi (formerly Ruanda-Urundi)		Burundi Army Aviation Force Armée du Burundi		1966

C

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)		Royal Cambodian Air Force Toap Akas Khemarak Phoumin Force 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 Army		1977-1979[16]
		Khmer Air Force Armée de l'Air Khmère		1970-1975
		Royal Khmer Air Force Aviation Royale Khmere		1954-1970
Cameroon		Cameroon Air Force Armée de l'Air du Cameroun		1960
		Cameroon Naval Aviation Aviation Navale Camerounaise		2009
		Cameroon Army Light Aviation Aviation 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
		Canadian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 400-443 and 664-666 squadrons		1941-1946
		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
				1952-1968
				1946-1952
		Royal Canadian Naval Air Service		1918-1919
		Canadian Army, Aviation		1947-1968
		Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Aviation Service		1932
		Canadian Coast Guard, Aviation
Cape Verde		Cape Verde Air Force Força Aérea Caboverdiana		1982
		Cape Verde Coast Guard Guarda Costeira de Cabo Verde		1992[17]
Central African Republic (formerly the Central African Empire)		Central African Republic Air Force Force Aérienne Centrafricaine		1976-
		Central African Empire Air Force		1976-1979
		Central African Republic Air Force		1961-1976
Chad		Chadian Air Force Force Aérienne Tchadienne		1973
Chile		Chilean Air Force Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh)[18]		1930
		Chilean Military Aviation Service Servicio de Aviación Militar de Chile		1910-1930
		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		1919-1930[19]
		Chilean Army Aviation Comando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile (popularly, Aviación del Ejército)		1970[20]
		Carabineros de Chile, Aviation Service		1960
China (PRC)		People's Liberation Army Air Force 中国人民解放军空军 Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun		1949
				1946-1949
				1946-1949
		Nanyuan Flying Group 南苑航空队[21]		1949
		Red Army of China Air Force 中国工农红军空军		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		????
		China Coast Guard, Aviation
		China Marine Surveillance, Aviation
		China Maritime Safety Administration
Colombia		Colombian Air Force Fuerza Aérea Colombiana		1922
		Colombian Naval Aviation Aviación Naval		1935
		Colombian National Army Aviation Aviación del Ejército		1995
Congo[23]		Congolese Air Force L'Armée de l'Air du Congo
		People’s Republic of Congo Air Force		1970-1992
		Congolese Air Force		1961-1970
Dem. Rep. of the Congo (formerly Zaire)[24]		Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Force Aérienne du Congo
		Zaire Air Force		1971-1997
Costa Rica		Air Surveillance Service Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA) – Fuerza Pública		1994
		Air Section of the Costa Rica Ministry of Public Security Sección Aérea del Ministerio de Seguridad Pública		1964-1994
		Air Section of the Costa Rica Civil Guard Sección Aérea de la Guardia Civil		1957-1964
		Costa Rican Air Force Fuerza Aérea Costarricense		1955-1957
		Costa Rican Military Air Force Fuerza Aérea Militar		1947/48-1949[25]
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)		Côte d'Ivoire Air Force Force Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire		c. 1965
Croatia		Croatian Air Force and Air Defense Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana		1991
		Croatian Air Force Legion Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion[26]		1941-1945
		Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia Zrakoplovstov Nezavisne Države Hrvatske		1941-1945
Cuba		Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force[27] Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria		1959
		Cuban Rebel Air Force[28] Fuerza Aérea Rebelde		1958
		Cuban Army Air Force Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba		1952-1958
		Cuban Army Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba		1934-1952
		Cuban Army Air Corps Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército de Cuba		1915-1934
		Cuban Army Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba		1913-1915
		Cuban Naval Aviation[29] Aviación Naval		1934-1952
Cyprus		Cyprus Air Forces Διοίκησης Αεροπορίας Κύπρου		1963
Czech Republic		Czech Air Force Vzdušné síly armády České republiky		1993

D

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Denmark		Royal Danish Air Force Flyvevåbnet		1950
		Royal Danish Army Air Corps Hærens Flyvertropper		1912-1950
		Royal Danish Naval Aviation Marinens Flyvevæsen		1911-1950
		Danish Navy Air Squadron[30] Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste		2003-2010
		Royal Danish Navy Flying Service Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)		1962-2003
		Royal Danish Army Flying Service[31] Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT)		1971-2003
Djibouti (formerly the French Territory of Afars and Issas)		Djibouti Air Force Force Aérienne du Djibouti		1977
Dominican Republic		Dominican Air Force Fuerza 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 Squadron Escuadrón de Caballería Aérea (EdCA)		2002
		Air Transport Cavalry Brigade Brigada de Caballería Aerotransportada		2001-2002
		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 Aviación		1933-1934
		Aviation Arm of the National Army Arma de Aviación del Ejército Nacional		1932-1933
		Dominican Republic Naval Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación Naval Dominicana		2003
		Coastguard Search and Rescue Squadron Escuadrón de Vigilancia y Rescate de Guardacostas		1951-1952[33]

E

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Ecuador		Ecuadorian Air Force Fuerza 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 Ejército		1925-1927
		Military Aviation School Escuela Militar de Aviación		1920-1925
		Ecuadorian Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana (ANE)		1967
		Ecuadorian Army Aviation Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano (AEE)		1978
		Ecuadorian Army Air Service Servicio Aéreo del Ejército (SAE)		1954-1978
Egypt		Egyptian Air Force Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya		1961
		United Arab Republic Air Force		1958-1961[34]
		Egyptian Air Force		1952-1958
		Royal Egyptian Air Force		1937-1952
		Egyptian Army Air Force		1931-1937
El Salvador		Air Force of El Salvador Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (FAS)		1946
		Salvadoran Army Air Force Fuerza Aérea Ejército de Salvador (FAES)		1927-1946
		Salvadoran Aviation Corps Cuerpo de la Aviación Salvadoreña		1925-1927
		Salvadoran Air Flotilla Flotilla Aérea Salvadoreña		1923-1925
		El Salvador Military Aviation Service Servicio de Aviación Militar de Salvador		1922-1923
Equatorial Guinea (formerly Spanish Guinea)		Equatorial Guinea Air Force		1979
Eritrea		Eritrean Air Force		1994
Estonia		Estonian Air Force Eesti Õhuvägi		1991
		Luftwaffe units[35]		1943-1944
		Sonderstaffel Buschmann[36]		1942-1943
		Aircraft Squadron of the 22nd Territorial Corps of the Soviet Army		1940-1941
		Aviation Regiment		1920?–1940
		Aviation Company		1918-1920?
		Piirivalvelennusalk Border Guard Flight Squadron (Estonia)		1993
Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia)		Ethiopian Air Force Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl		1975[37]
		Imperial Ethiopian Air Force		1946-1975
		Imperial Ethiopian Aviation		1929-1935
		Ethiopian Navy aviation		-1996
		Ethiopian Army aviation

F

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Fiji		none
		Air Wing, Republic of Fiji Military Forces		1987-1997
Finland		Finnish Air Force Suomen ilmavoimat Finländska flygvapnet		1918
				1918-1945
		Roundel variant on some aircraft		1943-45
		Finnish Army Aviation Suomen maavoimat – Helikopteripataljoona Finländska armén – Helikopterbataljonen		1997
		Finnish Border Guard Rajavartiolaitos Gränsbevakningsväsendet		1919
		Finnish Coast Guard Merivartiolaitos Sjöbevakningssektionen		1919-1944
France		French Air Force Armée de l'Air		1933
		Normandie-Niémen squadron Groupe de Chasse Normandie-Niémen		1942-1945
		Free French squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 326, 327, 328, 329 and 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347		1941-1945
		Free French Flight of the RAF		1940-1945
		Free French Air Force[38][39] Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres		1940-1945
		Vichy French Air Force Armée de l'air de l'armistice		1940-1942
		French Air Force Armée de l'Air		1933-1940
		French Army Aviation Aéronautique militaire		1909-1933
		French Aerostatic Corps		1794-1799
		French Naval Aviation Aéronautique navale		1912
		Free French Naval Air Service Aéronavale Francaise Libre		1940-1945
		French Naval Air Arm		1912-1940
		French Army Light Aviation Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre		1954
		National Gendarmerie aviation

G

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Gabon		Gabon Air Force Armée de l'Air Gabonaise		1961
		Gabon Army, Aviation
		Gabon Presidential Guard aviaiton		1970s-1990s
Gambia (formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)		Gambian Air Force[40]		c.2003?[41]
Georgia		Georgian Air Force საქართველოს სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები sak’art’velos samxedro-sahaero dzalebi		1990
		Democratic Republic of Georgia People's Guard air detachment		1917-1920
Germany		German Air Force Luftwaffe		1955
		Air Forces of the National People's Army Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee		1956-1990
		Volkspolizei-Luft (of the former East Germany)		1950-1956
		Condor Legion - German volunteer unit of the Spanish Nationalist Air Force.		1936-1939
		German Air Force Luftwaffe		1935-1945
		Marineluftschiffe-Abteilung		1912-1919
		Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen Kaiserreiches		1911-1919
		Imperial German Army Air Service Luftstreitkräfte (Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches)		1910-1919
		Heeresluftschiffe-Abteilung		1909-1917
		Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik Sport and Technology Association. Paramilitary sport organization of the former East Germany.		-1990
		National Socialist Flyers Corps Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps		1937-1945
		The German Air Sports Association Deutscher Luftsportverband was the military air wing of the Nazi Party.		1933-1937
		German Naval Aviation Marineflieger		1955
		East German Navy, Naval Air Force		-1990
		German Imperial Navy aviation		-1918
		German Army Aviation Corps Heeresfliegertruppe		1955
		Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Guards, Aviation Service		1954-2005
Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast)		Ghana Air Force		1959
Greece		Hellenic Air Force Πολεμική Αεροπορία Polemikì Aeroporia		1911
		Greek squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 335 and 336		1941-1945
		Hellenic Army Air Service		1912-1930
		Hellenic Naval Air Service		1915-1930
		Hellenic Army Aviation Αεροπορία Στρατού Aeroporia Stratou		1947
		Hellenic Navy Helicopter Command Διοίκηση Ελικοπτέρων Ναυτικού Dioikisi Elikopteron Naftikou		1975
		Hellenic Coast Guard Λιμενικό Σώμα Limeniko Soma		1982
Guatemala		Guatemalan Air Force Fuerza 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 Ejército		1914–1921
Guinea		Guinea Air Force Force Aérienne de Guinée		1959
Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea)		Guinea-Bissau Air Force Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau		1978
Guyana (formerly British Guyana)		Guyana Defence Force		1968

H

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Haiti		Haiti Air Corps Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti		1942-1994
				1964-1986
				1942-1964
Honduras		Honduran Air Force Fuerza Aérea Hondureña		1974
		Honduran Air Force & Aviation Military School Fuerza Aérea Hondureña y Escuela Militar de Aviación		1938-1974
		Aviation Military School Escuela Militar de Aviación (EMA)		1933-1938
		National Aviation School Escuela Nacional de Aviación (ENA)		1931-1933
Hungary		Hungarian Air Force Magyar Légierő		1991
				1990-1991
		Air Force of the Hungarian People's Army Magyar Néphadsereg légiereje		1951-1990
				1949-1951
				1948-1949
		Royal Hungarian National Defense Air Force Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő		1941-1945
				1938-1941
		Red Hungarian Air Corps Vörös Légjárócsapat		1919
		Insignia variant
		Insignia variant

I

For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.

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Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Iceland		Iceland Air Defense System Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið		1987
		Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division Landhelgisgæsla Íslands – Flugdeild		1955
India		Indian Air Force भारतीय वायु सेना Bharatiya Vayu Sena		1932
		Royal Indian Air Force		1945-1950
		Indian Air Force		1932-1942
		Army Aviation Corps		1986
		Indian Naval Air Arm		1948
		Indian Coast Guard Air Wing Bharatiya Tatarakshak Dal		1978
		Border Security Force Air Wing		1965
Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies)		Indonesian Air Force Tentara 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
		Military Aviation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army		1939-1950
		Dutch East Indies squadrons of the RAAF. Nos. 18, 19, 119 and 120		1942-1947
		Indonesian Naval Aviation Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL)		1974
		Indonesian Naval Aviation Service Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Laut RI (ALRI)		1956-1974
		Indonesian Army Aviation Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)		1974
		Indonesian Army Aviation Service Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Darat RI (DINAS PENERBAD)		1959-1974
Iran (formerly Persia)		Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران		1979
		Imperial Iranian Air Force Nirou Havai Shahanshahiye Iran		1925-1979
		Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation		1979
		Imperial Iranian Army Aviation		1962-1979
		Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation		1979
		Imperial Iranian Navy Aviation		-1979
		Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
		Iranian Police Aviation of the Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran		1991
Iraq		Iraqi Air Force[43] Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya		1921
		Iraqi Air Force Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya		1958
		Royal Iraqi Air Force		1921–1947
		Iraqi Army, Aviation
Ireland		Irish Air Corps Aer-Chór na h-Éireann		1924
				1939-1954
		Irish National Army, Air Service		1922-1924
		Irish Coast Guard aviation
Israel		Israeli Air Force חיל האוויר Heyl Ha'Avir		1948
		Air Service (Haganah) Sherut Avir		1947-1948
		Air Company (Palmach) Palavir		1943-1947
Italy		Italian Air Force[44] Aeronautica Militare		1946
		Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force Aviazione Cobelligerante ed Aeronautica Militare Italiana		1943-1946
		Aviazione Legionaria - Italian volunteer unit of the Spanish National Air Force.		1936-1939
		Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana  [45]		1943-1945
		Royal Italian Air Force Regia Aeronautica [46]		1935-1943
		Royal Italian Air Force Regia Aeronautica [47]		1923-1936
		Royal Naval Aviation Aviazione della Regia Marina		1912-1923
		Military Air Corps [48] Corpo Aeronautico Militare		1911-1923
		Royal Army Air Service Servizio Aeronautico		1884[49]-1911
		Italian Navy Naval Aviation Aviazione Navale		1956
		Italian Army Aviation Cavalleria dell'Aria		1951
		Helicopter Service of the Carabinieri Corps Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri		1965
		Guardia di Finanza, Aviation		1955
		Italian Coast Guard Air Service		1989

J

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Jamaica		Jamaican Defence Force		1963
		Jamaica Air Squadron		1963
Japan		Japan Air Self-Defense Force[50] 航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai		1954
		Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aviation 海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai
		Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service[51] 大日本帝国海軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū tai		1912-1945
		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		1912-1945
		Japan Coast Guard, aviation
Jordan (formerly Transjordan)		Royal Jordanian Air Force Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya		1955
		Arab Legion Air Force		1949-1955
		Joint Special Operations Command (Jordan)

K

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Kazakhstan		Kazakhstan Air Defense Force Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan		1992
Kenya		Kenya Air Force Jeshi la Anga la Kenya		1964
		Kenyan Army aviation
North Korea		Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force		1948
South Korea		Republic of Korea Air Force[52] 대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍) Daehan Minguk Gonggun		1949
				1950s–2000s
		Republic of Korea Navy, aviation
		Republic of Korea Army aviation		1965
		Korean Coast Guard, aviation
Kuwait		Kuwait Air Force Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya		1988
		Kuwait Air Force and Air Defense		1961
Kyrgyzstan		Kyrgyzstan Air Force		1991

L

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Laos		Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force[53]		1975
		Royal Lao Air Force Aviation Royale Laotienne[54][55]		1960-1975
		Aviation Laotienne		1955-1960
Latvia		Latvian Air Force Latvijas Gaisa Spēki		1991
		Luftwaffen-Legion Lettland - Foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe		March–October 1944
				1926-1940
		Latvian National Guard		1991
		Guard organization Aizsargu organizācija		1919-1940
		Latvian State Border Guard Service, aviation
Lebanon		Lebanese Air Force Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnania		1945
Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)		Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron		c.1988
Liberia		Liberian Army Air Wing		1987
Libya		Libyan Air Force Adwas Alibyan Ujenna ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ القوة الجوية الليبية Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-libyya		2011–current date
		Free Libyan Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Libiyya al Hurra		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
		Libyan National Army, Aviation
Lithuania		Lithuanian Air Force Karinės Oro Pajėgos		1992
				1919-1920
		Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces, Aviation Unit		1992
		State Border Guard Service (Lithuania), aviation
Luxembourg		NATO Airborne Early Warning Force [56]		1982
		Luxembourg Army, Aviation		1952-1968

M

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Macedonia		Macedonian Air Force Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana		1992
Madagascar (formerly the Malagasy Republic)		Malagasy Air Force Tafika Anabakabaka Malagasy Armée de l'Air Malgache		1961
Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)		Malawi Army Air Wing		1978
		Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm[57]		1970-1978
Malaysia (formerly Malaya)		Royal Malaysian Air Force Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia		1963
				1963-1982
		Royal Malayan Air Force Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan		1958-1963
		Malayan Auxiliary Air Force/RAF		1950-1958
		Malayan Volunteer Air Force/RAF		1940-1950
		Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force
		Royal Malaysian Navy, Fleet Air Arm
		Malaysian Army Aviation Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat		1994
		Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Aviation
Maldives		Air Elements Maldives National Defence Force		1978
Mali		Mali Air Force Force Aérienne de la Republique du Mali		1961
Malta		Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta Skwadra tal-Ajru tal-Forzi Armati ta' Malta		1992
Mauritania		Mauritanian Air Force Force Aérienne de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie		1961
Mauritius		Mauritius Coast Guard		1987
		Mauritius Police Force Marine Wing		1970-1987
Mexico		Mexican Air Force Fuerza Aérea Mexicana		1915
		Mexican Naval Aviation Fuerza Aeronaval		1926[58]
		Federal Police (Mexico) aviation
		Maritime Search and Rescue (Mexico)
Moldova		Moldovan Air Force[59]		1991
Mongolia		Mongolian Air Force[60] Агаарын Довтолгооноос Хамгаалах Цэргийн Командлал		1993-presents
		Mongolian People's Army Aviation Монголын Ардын Армийн Нисэх Хүчин		1925-1993
Montenegro		Montenegrin Air Force Vazdušne snage Crne Gore		2006
Morocco		Royal Moroccan Air Forceⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⴳⴻⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵔⵓⴽⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ القوة الجوية الملكية المغربية Al-quwwa al-jawwiya al-malikiyya al-maghribiyya (Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine)		1961
		Sherifan Royal Aviation Aviation Royale Chérifienne		1956-1961
		Royal Moroccan Navy, Aviation
		Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie		1962
Mozambique		Mozambique Air Force Força Aérea de Moçambique		c.1976/77?
		People's Liberation Air Force of Mozambique Força Populare Aérea de Libertação de Moçambique		1975-c.1976/77?
Myanmar (formerly Burma)		Myanmar Air Force Tatmdaw Lei		1947

N

LOAF

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Namibia (formerly South West Africa)		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[61] Koninklijke Luchtmacht		1953
		Dutch squadrons of the RAF. 320, 321 and 322		1940-1945
				1942-c.1945
				1939-1942
				1921-1940
		Luchtvaartafdeling		1914-1921
		Dutch Naval Aviation Service Marineluchtvaartdienst		1917
		Dutch squadrons of the British Fleet Air Arm. Nos. 860 and 861		1943-1947
				1942-c.1945
				1939-1942
				1921-1940
				1917-1921
		Netherlands Coastguard aviation
New Zealand		Royal New Zealand Air Force[62][63]		1934
		New Zealand Squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 75, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490 and The New Zealand Squadron		1939-1945
		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 Force Fuerza Aérea – Ejército de Nicaragua		1995
		Nicaraguan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Nicaraguënse		1990-1995
		Sandinista Air Force Fuerza Aérea Sandinista		1979-1990
		Air Force of Nicaragua Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua		c.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 Nacional		1938-c.1947
		Air Corps of the National Guard Cuerpo de Aviación de la Guardia Nacional		1936-1938
		Military Aviation Corps Cuerpo Militar de Aviación		1926-1936
		National Guard Guardia Nacional		1920-1926
Niger		National Squadron of Niger Escadrille Nationale du Niger		2003
		Niger Air Force Force Aérienne du Niger		1961-2003?
Nigeria		Nigerian Air Force		1964
		Nigerian Navy, Air Arm		1985
Norway		Royal Norwegian Air Force Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret		1944
		Norwegian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 330, 331, 332, 333 and 334		1942-1945
		Norwegian Army Air Service Hærens Flyvevesen		1915-1944
		Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Marinens Flyvevesen		1916-1944

O

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Oman (formerly Muscat and Oman)		Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)[64] Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya		1990
		Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF)		1959-1990

P

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Pakistan		Pakistan Air Force پاک فضائيہ		1956
		Royal Pakistan Air Force		1947-1956
		Pakistan Army Aviation Corps		1958
		Pakistan Naval Air Arm		1973
		Pakistan Coast Guard, Aviation Service
		Maritime Security Agency, Aviation Service
		Pakistan Rangers, Aviation Service
Panama		National Air-Sea Service (SENAN) Servicio Nacional Aeronaval		2008
Papua New Guinea		Air Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force		1974
Paraguay		Paraguayan Air Force Aeronautica Militar Paraguaya		1989
		Paraguayan Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Paraguaya[65][66]		1980
Peru		Peruvian Air Force Fuerza Aérea del Perú		1950
		Peruvian Aeronautical Corps Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú		1936-1950
		Peruvian Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú		1929-1936
		Peruvian Naval Aviation Fuerza Aviación Naval		1980
		Aeronaval Service Servicio Aeronaval		1963-1980
		Peruvian Army, Aviation Aviación del Ejército		1977
		Army Light Aviation Group Grupo de Aviación Ligera del Ejército		1973-1977
		Peruvian Coast Guard, Aviation
Philippines		Philippine Air Force Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas		1947
		Philippine Army Air Corps		1936-1947
		Philippine Constabulary Air Corps		1935-1936
		Philippine National Guard aviation		1910s-1935
		Philippine Navy, Naval Air Group		1975
		Philippine Army, Air Battalion		1980
		Philippine Constabulary, Air Unit		-1991
		Philippine Coast Guard, Aviation
Poland		Polish Air Force Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej		2004
		Air and Air Defence Forces Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej		1993-2004
				1990-1993
		Air Force Wojska Lotnicze		1962-1990
		Air Defence Force of Country Wojska Obrony Powietrznej Kraju		1962-1990
		Air and Air Defence Forces of Country Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Przeciwlotniczej Obszaru Kraju		1954-1962
		Air Force Wojska Lotnicze		1947-1954
		Air Force of the Polish Army Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego		1945-1947
		Air Force of the Polish Army Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego		1943-1945
		Polish Fighting Team and No. 1586 Flight RAF		1943-1944
		Polish squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309 and 315, 316, 317, 318 and 663		1940-1947
		I/145 Polish Fighter Squadron of the Forces Aerienes Polonaises		1939-1940
		Air Force Wojska Lotnicze		1918-1939
		Polish Army Aviation Lotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych		1994
		Polish Naval Aviation Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej		1947
		Aviation of Polish Border Guard Lotnictwo Straży Granicznej		1990
Portugal		Portuguese Air Force Força Aérea Portuguesa		1952
		Military Aeronautics Arm Arma da Aeronáutica Militar		1924-1952
				1918-1924
		Military Aeronautical Service Serviço Aeronáutico Militar		1914-1918
		Balloon Company Companhia de Aerosteiros		1911-1914
		Portuguese Naval Aviation Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha		1993
		Aeronaval Forces Forças Aeronavais		1952-1957
		Navy Air Forces Forças Aéreas da Armada		1931-1952
		Naval Aeronautics Service Serviço da Aeronáutica Naval		1918-1931
		Navy Aviation Service Serviço de Aviação da Armada		1917-1918
		Portuguese Army Light Aviation Unit Unidade de Aviacão Ligeira do Exército		2000

Q

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Qatar		Qatar Air Force		1974
		Qatar Public Security Forces Air Wing		1968-1974

R

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Romania		Romanian Air Force Forţele 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 Române		1964-1965
		Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Romîne		1954-1964
		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 României		1941-1944
		Romanian Royal Aeronautics Aeronautica Regală Română		1915-1941
		Romanian Naval Forces, Aviation		2008
Russia		Russian Air Force[67] Военно-воздушные cилы России Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii		2010
				1991-2010
		Soviet Air Forces Военно-воздушные силы Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily		1945-1991
				1918–1945
		Imperial Russian Air Service Императорский военно-воздушный флот Pre-reform Russian:Императорскiй военно-воздушный флотъ		1910-1917
		Soviet Air Defence Forces		1948-1991
		Russian Naval Aviation Авиация Военно-Морского Флота Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota		2010
				1991-2010
		Soviet Naval Aviation		1945-1991
				1918–1945
		Russian Army Aviation		1992-2010s
		Soviet Army Aviation		1970s-1991
		Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation		1992
		Soviet Border Troops aviation		-1991
		Coast Guard (Russia) Aviation
		DOSAAF paramilitary sport organization
Rwanda (formerly Ruanda-Urundi)		Rwandan Air Force Force Aérienne Rwandaise		1972

S

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Saudi Arabia		Royal Saudi Air Force القوات الجوية الملكية السعودية Al-Quwwāt al-Jawwiyyah al-Malakiyyah as-Suʿūdiyyah		1950
		Royal Saudi Navy, Naval Aviation
		Saudi Arabian Army, Aviation
Senegal (formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)		Senegalese Air Force Armée de l'Air du Sénégal		1989
		Senegambia Air Force		1982-1989
		Senegalese Air Force		1960-1982
Serbia		Serbian Air Force and Air Defence Ваздухопловство Vazduhoplovstvo		2006[68]
		Српска Авијатика Srpska Avijatika		1915-1918[69]
				1913-1915
		Ваздухопловна Команда Vazduhoplovna Komanda		1912-1913
Seychelles		Seychelles Air Force (part of the Seychelles People's Defence Force)
		Seychelles Defence Force Air Wing		1978
Sierra Leone		Sierra Leone Defence Force		1973
Singapore		Republic of Singapore Air Force Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura 新加坡空军部队 சிங்கப்பூர் ஆகாயப்படை		1975
		Singapore Air Defence Command		1973-1975
				1968-73
Slovakia		Slovak Air Force Velitelstvo Vzdušnych Sil		1993
		13 JG 52 - Slovak squadron of the German Luftwaffe		1941-1944
		Slovak Air Force Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane		1939-1945
		Slovak Insurgent Air Force Slovenske Povstalecke Letectvo		August–October 1944
Slovenia		Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence Brigada zračne Obrambe in Letalstva Slovenske Vojske		2004
		15th Aviation Brigade (Slovenian Armed Forces)		1995-2004
		15th Aviation Brigade of the Slovenian Territorial Defence Force		1991-1995
		Slovenian Air Force upon the break-away from the Habsburg Empire		1918-1919
Somalia		none
		Somali Air Force[70]		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
		No. 26 Squadron (South African) RFC		1915-1918
		South African Aviation Corps		1915-1920
South Sudan		South Sudan Air Force		2011
Spain		Spanish Air Force (SPAF) Ejército del Aire		1939
		Blue Squadron - Foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe.		1941-1943
		Nationalist Air Force[71] Aviación Nacional		1936-1939
		"		1937-1939
		Spanish Republican Air Force Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española (FARE)		1936-1939
		Military Aviation Aeronáutica Militar Española		1931-1936
		Military Aviation Aeronáutica Militar Española		1911-1931
		Military Aerostatics Service Servicio Militar de Aerostacion		1896-1911
		Spanish Army Airmobile Force Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra (FAMET)		1973
		Army Light Air Force Aviacion Ligera del Ejercito de Tierra		1965-1973
		Spanish Navy Air Arm Arma Aérea de la Armada		1954
		Naval Aviation Aeronáutica Naval		1931-1936
		Naval Aviation Aeronáutica Naval		1917-1931
		Civil Guard (Spain), Aviation Service		1973
		Military Emergencies Unit, Aviation Service		2006
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)		Sri Lanka Air Force ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Sri Lanka Guwan Hamudawa		1972
		Royal Ceylon Air Force රාජකීය ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Rajakeeya Lanka Guwan Hamudawa		1951-1972
Sudan (formerly the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)		Sudanese Air Force القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya		1956
Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana)		Suriname Air Force Surinaamse Luchtmacht		1982
Swaziland		Swazi Air Force		1979
Sweden		Swedish Air Force Svenska Flygvapnet		1926
				1937-1940
		Flying Regiment 19, Finnish Air Force - Swedish volunteer unit of the Finnish Air Force.		January–March 1940
		Swedish Air Force Svenska Flygvapnet		1927-1937
		Defence Helicopter Wing[72] Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj		1998-2003
		Swedish Army Aviation Arméflyget		1954-1998
		Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps Flygkompaniet		1912-1926
		Swedish Naval Aviation Marinflyget		1958-1998
		Naval Air Service Marinens Flygväsen		1911-1926
		Coast Guard (Sweden), aviation
Switzerland		Swiss Air Force Schweizer Luftwaffe Forces Aériennes Suisses Forze Aeree Svizzere		1946
		Independent service under the Swiss Federal Military Department Schweizerische Flugwaffe		1936-1946
		Swiss Army Aviation Schweizerische Fliegertruppe		1914-1936
Syria		Syrian Arab Air Force القوات الجوية العربية السورية Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya		1961
		United Arab Republic Air Force		1958-1961[34]
		Syrian Air Force		1948-1958
		Syrian Navy aviation

T

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous 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)[73]		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 Command		1979-1999
		Army Aviation Command[74]		1976-1979
		Republic of China Naval Aviation Command		1995
		Naval Anti-Submarine Group		1991-1995
		Fleet Helicopter Squadron		1977-1991
		Chinese Naval Air Service		1927-1938
		Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan), aviation
Tajikistan		Tajik Air Force		2006[75]
Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika)		Tanzania Air Force Command Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania		1965
Thailand (formerly Siam)		Royal Thai Air Force กองทัพอากาศไทย Kongthap Akat Thai		1937
		Former marking		1942-1945[76]
		Royal Siamese Air Force Division กรมทหารอากาศ Krom Tahan Akat		1935-1937
		Royal Siamese Air Division กรมอากาศยาน Krom Akatsayan		1921-1935
		Siamese Army Aviation Division กรมอากาศยานทหารบก Krom Akatsayan Tahan Bok		1917-1921
		Siamese Army Aviation Unit กองบินทหารบก Kong Bin Tahan Bok		1914-1917
		Royal Thai Army Air Division กองบินทหารบกไทย Kong Bin Tahan Bok Thai		1977
		Royal Thai Naval Air Division กองการบินทหารเรือไทย Kongkanbin Tahan Ruea Thai		1921
		Border Patrol Police ตำรวจตระเวนชายแดน Tamrod Traven Chaidan		1951
Tonga		Tonga Defence Services		1939
Togo		Togolese Air Force Force Aérienne Togolaise		1964[77]
Trinidad and Tobago		Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard		1966
Tunisia		Tunisian Air Force القوات الجوية التونسية Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya At'Tunisia		1959[78]
Turkey		Turkish Air Force Türk 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 Müfettişliği		1922-1928
		Turkish Air Force General Directorate Kuva-yı Havaiye Müdüriyet-i Umumiyesi		1921-1922
		Turkish Army Air Service Kuva-yı Havaiye Şubesi		1920-1921
		Land Forces Aviation Command Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı		1948
		Naval Forces Aviation Command Deniz Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı		1971
		Coast Guard Aviation Command Sahil Güvenlik Havacılık Komutanlığı		1993
		Gendarmerie Aviation Command Jandarma Havacılık Komutanlığı		1968
Turkmenistan		Turkmen Air Force		1992

U

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Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Uganda		Ugandan Air Force		1964
Ukraine		Ukrainian Air Force Військово-Повітряні Сили України Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny		1992
		Ukrainian Naval Aviation Авіація Військово-Морських Сил Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl		1992
		Ukrainian Ground Forces, Aviation		1992
		National Guard of Ukraine, Aviation		2014
		State Border Guard Service of Ukraine		2003
United Arab Emirates		United Arab Emirates Air Force[81]		1976[82]
		United Arab Emirates Navy, Aviation
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
		Fleet Air Arm of the RAF		1924-1937
		Royal Naval Air Service		1914-1918
		Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps		1912-1914
		Army Air Corps[80]		1957
		Nos. 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666 Air Observation Post squadrons of the RAF		1941-1957
		3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron of the Royal Marines		1968-1995
		Her Majesty's Coastguard aviation
United States		United States Air Force[83]		1947
				1947–
		United States Army Air Forces		1941-1947
				1943
				1942-1943
				1941-1942
		Flying Tigers, American Volunteer Group of the Republic of China Air Force		1941-1942
		Nos 71, 121 and 133 Eagle Squadrons - American volunteer units of the RAF.		1940-1942
		Yankee Squadron - American volunteer unit of the Spanish Republican Air Force		1936-1937
		United States Army Air Corps		1926-1941
		Polish 7th Air Escadrille - American volunteer unit of the Polish Air Force		1919-1921
		United States Army Air Service		1918-1926
		Division of Military Aeronautics		20–24 May 1918
		Lafayette Escadrille - American volunteer unit of the French Army Aviation		1916
		Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps		1914-1918
		Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps		1907-1914
		Union Army Balloon Corps		1861-1863
		United States Army Aviation Branch		1983
		Army Aviation		1947-1983
		United States Navy		1911
				1947–
				1943-1947
				1943
				1942-1943
				1919-1942
				1918-1919
				1917-1918
		Naval Flying Corps		1916-1917
		United States Marine Corps Aviation[84]		1912
		Air National Guard		1947
		component of the United States National Guard		1916-1947
		United States Coast Guard		1916
		NASA		1958
		NACA		1915-1958
		Civil Air Patrol		1942-1946[85]
Uruguay		Uruguayan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya		1953
		Military Air Force Fuerza Aérea Militar		1952-1953
		Uruguayan Military Aviation Aeronáutica Militar Uruguaya		1935-1952
		Military School of Aeronautics Escuela Militar de Aeronáutica		1916-1935
		Military Aviation School Escuela de Aviación Militar		1913-1916
		Uruguayan Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Uruguaya		1951
		Naval Air Service Servicio Aeronáutico		1925-1951
Uzbekistan		Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces		1992

V

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Venezuela		Venezuelan Air Force Aviación Militar Bolivariana		2006[86]
		Venezuelan Military Aviation Aviación Militar de Venezuela		2001-2006
		Venezuelan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Venezolana		1946-2001
		Army Aeronautical Service Servicio de Aeronáutica del Ejército		1944-1946
		Aviation Regiment N° 1 Regimiento de Aviación N° 1		1936-1944
		Venezuelan Military Aviation School Escuela de Aviación Militar		1920-1936
		Venezuelan Army Aviation Servicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolano		1970
		Venezuelan Naval Aviation Aviación de la Marina Venezolana		1974
		Naval Aviation Centre		1922
		National Guard of Venezuela Comando de Apoyo Aéreo de Guardia Nacional		1999
Vietnam		Vietnam People's Air Force Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam		1975
		North Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force		1955-1975
		South Vietnam Air Force Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa		1955-1975
		Cochin China Air Force		1941-1945
		Vietnam People's Navy, Aviation
		Vietnam Coast Guard, Aviation

Y

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Yemen		Yemeni Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yemeniya		1990
		North Yemen Air Force		1962-1990
		South Yemen Air Force		1967-1990

Z

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia)		Zambian Air Force		1968
		Zambia Air Wing		1964-1968
		Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force		1954-1963
Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia)		Air Force of Zimbabwe		1980
		Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Air Force		1979-1980
		Rhodesian Air Force		1970-1979
		Royal Rhodesian Air Force		1963-1970
		Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force		1954-1963
		Southern Rhodesian Air Force		1947-1954
		Rhodesian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 44, 237 and 266		1940-1947
		Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit		1935-1939

Former countries and movements

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Abu Dhabi		Abu Dhabi Air Force		1972-1976
		Abu Dhabi Defence Forces, Air Wing		1968-1972
Austria-Hungary		Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen Császári és Királyi Légierő		1912-1919
		Imperial and Royal Aviation Service KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt		1893-1912
		Austro-Hungarian Navy, Naval Air Arm		1916-1918
Biafra		Biafran Air Force		1967-1970
Bophuthatswana		Bophuthatswana Air Force		1987–1994
		Bophuthatswana Defence Force, Air Wing		1981-1987
Central African Empire		Central African Empire Air Force		1976-1979
		Central African Republic Air Force		1961-1976
Ceylon		Royal Ceylon Air Force		1951-1972
Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China		National Government of China Air Force		1940-1945
Ciskei		Ciskei Defence Force, Air Wing		1980–1994
Czechoslovakia / First Czechoslovak Republic / Second Czechoslovak Republic / Slovak Republic (1939-1945) / Czechoslovak Socialist Republic / Czech and Slovak Federal Republic		Czech and Slovakian Air Force		1990-1993
		Czechoslovak Air Force[87] Československé Vojenské Letectvo		1945-1990
		Slovak Insurgent Air Force		August–October 1944
		Czechoslovakian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 310, 311, 312 and 313		1940-1946
		1st Czech Fighter Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces		-1945
		Czechoslovak Army Air Force Československé Letectvo		1918-1939
		Slovak Air Force (1939-1945)		1939-1945
		13 JG 52 - Slovak squadron of the German Luftwaffe.		1941-1944
Dahomey		Dahomey Air Force Force Aérienne de Dahomey		1961–1975
Dubai		Dubai Police Air Wing		1973-1976
		Union Defence Force, Air Wing		1971–1973
Free France		Free French Air Force		1940-1945
		Free French Naval Air Service		1940-1945
East Germany		Air Forces of the National People's Army Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik		1956-1990
		Volkspolizei-Luft		1950-1956
		Volksmarine, Naval Air Force		-1990
		Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik Sport and Technology Association. Paramilitary sport organization.		-1990
Eire		Irish Air Corps		1924-
Kingdom of Hejaz / Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz		Hejaz Air Force		1920s-1930s
		Hejaz Flying Corps		1920s
Italian Social Republic		Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana		1943-1945
Khmer Republic / Kingdom of Cambodia (1975-76) / Democratic Kampuchea / People's Republic of Kampuchea		Cambodian People's Air Force		1989-1993
		Kampuchean People's Air Force		1979-1989
		Air Force of the Kampuchean liberation Army		1977-1979
		Khmer Air Force		1970-1975
Katanga		Katangan Air Force Force Aerienne Katangaise		1960–1963
Malagasy Republic		Madagasy Air Force		1961
Straits Settlements / Federated Malay States / Unfederated Malay States / Malayan Union /  Malaya		Royal Malayan Air Force		1958-1963
		Malayan Auxiliary Air Force/RAF		1950–1958
		Malayan Volunteer Air Force/RAF		1940-1950
		Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force/RAF
Manchukuo		Manchukuo Air Force		1938-1945
		Manchukuo Air Transport Company[88] Manchu Kokuyuso Kabushiki Kaisha		1932-1945
Muscat and Oman		Sultan of Oman's Air Force		1959-1990
Dutch East Indies		Military Aviation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army		1939-1950
		Dutch East Indies squadrons of the RAAF. Nos 18, 19, 119 and 120		1942-1947
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen/  North Yemen		Yemen Arab Republic Air Force		1962-1990
		Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Air Force		-1962
North Vietnam		North Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force		1955-1975
Ottoman Empire		Ottoman Aviation Inspectorate Kuva-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 Havacılık Komisyonu		1911-1914
		Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi		1914-1919
Imperial state of Persia		Imperial Iranian Air Force		1925-1979
Southern Rhodesia /  Rhodesia and Nyasaland /  Rhodesia /  Zimbabwe Rhodesia		Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Air Force		1979-1980
		Rhodesian Air Force		1970-1979
		Royal Rhodesian Air Force		1963-1970
		Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force		1954-1963
		Southern Rhodesian Air Force		1939-1954
		Rhodesian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 44, 237 and 266		1940-1947
		Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit		1935-1939
Senegambia Confederation		Senegambia Air Force		1982-1989
Republika Srpska		Republika Srpska Air Force 1 Puk Vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Republike Srpske		1992-2006
Republic of Serbian Krajina		105th Aviation Brigade of the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina RV i PVO Vojske Republike Srpske Krajine		1991-1995
Sharjah		Sharjah Amir Guard, Air Wing		–
Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam		Royal Siamese Air Divison		1921-1935
		Siamese Army Aviation Division		1917-1921
		Siamese Army Aviation Unit		1914-1917
State of Vietnam /  South Vietnam		Vietnam Air Force Khong Quan Viet Nam		1955-1975
		Vietnam National Army, Air Force		1951-1955
Federation of South Arabia /  South Yemen		South Yemen Air Force		1967-1990
		Federation of South Arabia Air Force		1967
Russian Empire / Russian Republic /  Russian SFSR /  Soviet Union		Soviet Air Forces[89] Военно-воздушные силы		1930-1991
				1945-1991[90]
				1930-1945
		Soviet Volunteer Group of the Republic of China Air Force		1937-1941
		Workers' and Peasants' Air Fleet Рабоче-крестьянский воздушный флот		1918-1930
		Imperial Russian Air Service		1910-1917
		Soviet Air Defence Forces		1948-1991
		Soviet Naval Aviation		1945-1991
		Soviet Army Aviation		1970s-1991
		Soviet Border Troops aviation		-1991
		DOSAAF paramilitary sport organisation
Tamil Eelam		Air Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam		1998-2009
Transkei		Transkei 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
Venda		Venda Defence Force, Air Wing		1983–1994
Vichy France		Vichy French Air Force		1940-1942
West Germany		German Air Force Luftwaffe		1955
		German Naval Aviation Marineflieger		1955
		German Army Aviation Corps Heeresfliegertruppe		1955
		Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Guards, Aviation Service		1954-2005
West Ukrainian People's Republic		Ukrainian Galician Army, Air Corps		1918-1920
Kingdom of Serbia / State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs /  Kingdom of Yugoslavia /  Independent State of Croatia /  SFR Yugoslavia /  FR Yugoslavia		Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Tsrne Gore		2003-2006[91]
		FR Yugoslavia Air Force Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije		1992-2003
		SFR Yugoslav Air Force[92] Југословенско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Противваздушна Одбрана Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdušna Odbrana		1945-1991
		Yugoslav squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 351 and 352		1944-1945
		Yugoslav Partisans Air Force		1941-1945
		Royal Yugoslav Air Force Југословенско Краљевско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Поморска Авиацијса Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno VAzduhoplovstvo i Pomorska Aviacija		1929-1941
		Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department Авиацијско Одељење Југословенске Краљевске Армије Aviacijsko Odeljenje Jugoslovenske Kraljevske Armije		1918-1929
		Serbian Military Air Service		1912-1918
		Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia		1941-1945
		Croatian Air Force Legion - Foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe		1941-1945
		Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service		-1941
Belgian Congo / Republic of Congo (Léopoldville) / Democratic Republic of the Congo /  Zaire		Zaire Air Force Force Aerienne Zairoies		1971-1997
		Congolese Air Force Force Aeriennes Congolaises		1960-1971
		Force Publique Aviation		1944-1960

Other

Country				Established
	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Abkhazia		Abkhazian Air Force		2008
				1992–
Dutch Caribbean		Caribbean Coastguard aviation
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
Iraqi Kurdistan		Peshmerga aviation
Nagorno-Karabakh		Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army Air Force		1990s
Novorossiya		United Armed Forces of Novorossiya aviation		2014
Palestine		Force 14 is the military air wing of Fatah, the largest faction of the PLO.		1968/1969-
Puntland		Puntland Maritime Police Force aviation		2011
South Ossetia		South Ossetian Air Corps		1990s
Sovereign Military Order of Malta		Military 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

See also

• Lists of military aircraft by nation
• List of militaries by country
• List of armies by country
• List of navies

Notes

1. Leese, Capt. Robert. "Afghan National Army Air Corps now Afghan National Army Air Force". US Air Force, 14 June 2010. Archived 11 February 2011 at WebCite
2. Operations resumed in 2002, but the new name may not have been applied until the after the 2003 defense reforms were promulgated.
3. 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'.
4. Little is known about the Taliban regime's air force establishment.
5. 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.
6. Soviet Union-installed regime.
7. Official establishment occurred in 1924, but the AMAA received its first aircraft in 1921 (aside from some captured in 1919).
8. As in most cases, Argentina's air arms began as an Army formation. Following a period of service unification, the Army Aviation Command was reformed on 27 November 1956, but did not gain independence from the Air Force until 3 November 1959.
9. Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979.
10. Preceded by RAF Squadrons 349 and 350 (1942–1946).
11. The indicated roundel was introduced in 1937 – according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част втора, София, 1996, стр. 246–253 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part two, Sofia, 1996, pages 246–253).
12. After the First World War in accordance with the Treaty of Neuilly Bulgaria lost the right to own military air force and because of this from 1920 to 1937 its air force operated as a part of the Bulgarian civil administration – according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част първа, София, 1996, стр. 62–81 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part one, Sofia, 1996, pages 62–81).
13. The indicated version of the German Cross was slightly modified and introduced in 1915 as most widespread Bulgarian aviation sign during the First World War along with the less employed St. Andrew's Cross – according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част втора, София, 1996, стр. 246–253 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part two, Sofia, 1996, pages 246–253).
14. Initially operated balloons. In 1912 Bulgaria received its first airplane Bleriot XXI, with which on 13 August 1912 Simeon Petrov flew to become the first Bulgarian to pilot an airplane over Bulgaria.
15. 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.
16. The Vietnamese invasion of 1979 resulted in the forcible disbandment of the AFKLA; formation of a successor force did not begin until 1984.
17. The Cape Verde Coast Guard received its first aircraft in November 1992; its actual date of formation is unknown at this time.
18. The Fuerza Aérea de Chile was briefly named Fuerza Aérea Nacional in 1930.
19. 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.
20. When Chile's unified national air force was dissolved in 1953, the Army did not regain an air arm of its own. Disappointment with this outcome led to the founding of the Club Aéreo del Personal del Ejército (Army Personnel Aero Club) in 1959. Although never formally established as an air arm, it nevertheless served as an important and foundational predecessor to the modern CAEC.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
24. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
25. Although Costa Rica established its air force in 1947, it did not begin flying operations until 1948.
26. The Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion was a World War II German Luftwaffe unit formed from Croatian volunteers on 2 June 1941, and had a fighter and a bomber squadron. The fighter squadron was designated 15.(Kroatische)/JG 52, and served on the Eastern Front from 6 October 1941 until July 1944. The bomber squadron was designated 15.(Kroatische)/KG 53, and served on the Eastern Front from 25 October 1941 until December 1942.
27. Full formal name is the Cuban Air Defense and Revolutionary Air Force (Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria).
28. Established by Fidel Castro in 1958, but operations with a captured Aviación Naval aircraft began the previous year.
29. Split off from the Cuban air force in 1934, but remerged in 1952 reorganization.
30. 2011 placed under the Air Force as Squadron 723.
31. 2003 placed under the air force as Squadron 724.
32. In early 1948, Army aviation became an independent and separate service as the Dominican Military Aviation Corps (DMAC) El Cuerpo de Aviación Militar Dominicana (CAMD/AMD). The Army regained an air arm of its own in 2001.
33. At the beginning of 1951, the Navy was authorized to establish its own aviation arm, but it was absorbed into the Air Force the following year. The Navy regained an air arm of its own in 2003.
34. From 1958–1961, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces were unified as the United Arab Republic Air Force.
35. In 1943, 'Sonderstaffel Buschmann' was redesignated Aufklärungsgruppe 127 (AGr 127) and became a regular unit of the German Luftwaffe. On 18 October 1943, AGr 127 was divided into two units, See-Aufklärungsgruppe 127 and Nachtschlachtgruppe 11
36. 'Sonderstaffel Buschmann' was a German Luftwaffe auxiliary unit for coastal patrol. It was formed on 12 February 1942.
37. The Ethiopian Air Force effectively ceased to exist in 1991, following the victory of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) in the civil war; it was reestablished in 1995.
38. Also used the ordinary French roundel: with the Cross of Lorraine as a fin flash.
39. Also used a variant of the ordinary French roundel with bars like the USAAF insignia:
40. The national flag is used as a fin flash.
41. The Gambia formed the nucleus of an air force in 2002 and sent personnel to the Ukraine for a four-year pilot training course. The Gambia bought its first aircraft, a single Su-25 from Georgia in the first half of 2003. However, by 2007, the government had yet to announce its air force's formal establishment.
42. http://indianairforce.nic.in/
43. A new Iraqi AF roundel is sometimes reported, but has yet to be confirmed, or seen on any aircraft:
44. Also uses a low-visibility roundel:
45. Flank roundel:
46. Conglomerate of the Aviazione della Regia Marina and Corpo Aeronautico Militare. Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge): , flank roundel (click to enlarge):
47. Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge):
48. Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge):
49. (Italian) Baldassare Catalanotto, Hugo Pratt, In un cielo lontano : 70 anni di aeronautica militare. Lizard editore, 1993. ISBN 88-86456-01-8
50. Patterned on the US Air Force.
51. Also used the Imperial Japanese Navy's ensign:
52. Former ROKAF roundel – used until the 2000s (click to enlarge):
53. For some time LPLAAF also used this roundel (clik to enlarge): (www.acig.org)
54. Pathet Lao insurgents operated their own small air arm from 1960–1975; it became part of the LPLAAF.
55. Following a failed attempt at a coup d'état, the Kong Le rebel faction also briefly operated a small air arm from 1960–1963, when it was re-incorporated into the RLAF.
56. Luxembourg has no air force of its own, but NATO-owned aircraft are operated under Luxembourg registration.
57. The Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) was a paramilitary adjunct of the League of Malawi Youth activist organization of the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Established in 1963, the first militarily trained cadres appeared in 1964, and the MYP obtained aircraft beginning in 1970.
58. Although founded in 1926, aircraft were not supplied until the following year.
59. On the flanks are used also the national flag, it seems to be used also this roundel:
60. The yellow variant of the soyombo roundel is also reported: .
61. Preceded by RAAF squadrons 18, 119 and 120 (1942–1946) and RAF squadrons 320, 321 and 322 (1940–1945).
62. Includes Royal New Zealand Navy aircraft as No. 6 Squadron and formerly No. 6 Squadron.
63. Also included RAF squadrons 75 and 485–490 during World War II.
64. There is also the alternate version:
65. Paraguayan Air Arms
66. Paraguay Naval Aviation
67. A new tricolour star has been reported since 2007 on several planes and helicopters: militaryphotos.net, airliners.net:
68. The Serbian-Montenegrin union of Yugoslavia was dissolved in 2006 and the former nation's military assets were divided between them.
69. After World War I, Serbia was united with other Balkan states into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
70. Finflash (click to enlarge):
71. Some units customize their roundels, painting in white inside, their own symbol or motto.
72. Merged with Swedish Air Force 2003
73. Information on the organization of Chinese military aviation prior to 1925, when the Kuomintang began establishing its Aviation Bureaus around China, is very spotty as many records have been lost during the conflicts raging from 1931–1949 and the subsequent Cultural Revolution; in fact, during most of these earlier years, China fielded multiple air forces, most being the personal air arms of various warlords — some allied with the national government and some not. During World War II (which began for the Chinese with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931), the Japanese established a number of puppet governments, several of which were permitted to field small air forces.
74. 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.
75. Russia provided Tajikistan with several helicopters in 1993 and began to organize an indigenous air force by no later than 1994; however, most sources express doubts as to its operational effectiveness.
76. http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?158607-Japanese-use-of-Type-45-Siamese-Mauser
77. Although some aircraft were obtained after independence in 1960 and further aircraft were supplied by France in 1963, the air force was not formally established until 1964.
78. However, Tunisia's first aircraft were not obtained until 1960.
79. RNAS and RFC merged to form RAF
80. Formerly part of the Royal Air Force.
81. Includes the Dubai Defence Force Air Wing (formed 1971); Abu Dhabi Army Air Wing (formed 1968); and Abu Dhabi Air Force (formed 1972).
82. Official date of integration of the several emirate air arms, but actual integration took many years.
83. Also uses a low-visibility roundel:
84. Previous roundels as per US Navy
85. De-militarized in 1946
86. Aviación Militar Bolivariana – Paladín del Espacio Soberano
87. Preceded and supported by RAF squadrons 310–313 (1940–1946) and the Soviet Air Force's 1st Czech Fighter Regiment.
88. The Manchukuo Air Transport Company served as a para-military airline which performed transport and reconnaissance missions for Japanese military forces.
89. Until the fifties was in use the single bordered star, also painted on fuselage and rudder (click to enlarge)
90. Red outline added to celebrate victory over Nazi Germany and is referred to as the Victory Star.
91. Montenegro voted to secede from the FRY in 2006 and the union with Serbia was dissolved, with FRY military assets being divided between the (now) two nations.
92. Preceded by the Partizanska Eskadrila NOVJ and RAF squadrons 351 and 352 (the RAF Balkan Air Force, 1942–1945)

External links

• Cocardes du monde entier – Roundels of the World