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 forces, a naval aviation, or army aviation units. At the end is a separate list of no longer existent 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 military forces, see list of countries by size of armed forces.

## A

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Afghanistan |  | Islamic Emirate Air Force[1]
دافغانستان هوايۍ ځواک  |  | 2021

Afghan Air Force

|  | 2010–2021

Afghan Army Air Corps[2]

|  | 2002–2010

Afghan National Army Air Corps[3]

|  | 1996–2001

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

|  | 1992–1996

former insignia

|  | 1983–1992

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

|  | 1979-1983

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[5]-1929
Albania |  | Albanian Air Force |  | 1951

Air Force of the Albanian People's Army
Albanian People's Army

|  | 1951–1991

Royal Albanian Air Corps
Royal Albanian Army

|  | 1914–1939
Algeria |  | Algerian Air Force
Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya, Armée de l'Air Algérienne |  | 1962

former insignia

|  | 1962–1964
| Algerian Navy |  |
| Algerian Gendarmerie |  |
Angola |  | National Air Force of Angola
Força Aérea Nacional de Angola |  | 2007

Angolan People's Air Force And Air Defence Force
Força Aérea Popular de Angolia
People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola

|  | 1975-2007

former insignia

|  | 1975–1980
Antigua and Barbuda |  | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing |  | 2022
Argentina |  | Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Argentina |  | 1945

Army Aeronautical Service
Servicio Aeronáutico del Ejército

|  | 1912–1945
| Argentine Naval Aviation
Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina |  | 1919

former insignia

|  |
| Argentine Army Aviation
Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino |  | 1956[6]
| Argentine Coast Guard Air Service
Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina |  | 1970
| Argentine Gendarmería
Dirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería [2] |  | 1955
Armenia |  | Armenian Air Force
Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր |  | 1992
Australia |  | Royal Australian Air Force |  | 1921

former insignia

|  | 1945–1956

former insignia

|  | 1943-1946

former insignia

|  | 1942–1946

Royal Australian Air Force

|  | 1921–1942

Australian Air Force

|  | March–August 1921

Australian Air Corps
Australian Army

|  | 1920-1921

Australian Flying Corps
First Australian Imperial Force

|  | 1912-1920
| Fleet Air Arm |  | 1947
| Australian Army Aviation |  | 1968

1st Aviation Regiment (Divisional)

|  | 1966–1968

No. 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron

|  | 1960–1966
Austria |  | Austrian Air Force
Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte |  | 1955

Austrian Air Force
Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte

|  | 1928-1938

Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops

|  | 1893–1918
Azerbaijan |  | Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force
Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri |  | 1991

## B

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Bahamas |  | Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing |  | 1981
Bahrain |  | Royal Bahraini Air Force |  | 2002

Bahrain Amiri Air Force

|  | 1987-2002

Bahrain Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1977-1987
| Public Security Forces aviation
Paramilitary security organization, national police force of Bahrain.  |  | 1971
Bangladesh |  | Bangladesh Air Force
বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী
Bangladesh Biman Bahini |  | 1971

Operation Kilo Flight

|  | 1971-1972
| Bangladesh Naval Aviation |  | 2011
| Bangladesh Army Aviation Group |  | 1978
| Bangladesh Border Guards
Bangladesh Army, Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh) wartime only  |  |
Barbados |  | Barbados Defence Force |  | 1981[7]
Belarus |  | Belarusian Air Force |  | post 1995

Belarus Air Force

|  | 1991–1995
Belgium |  | Belgian Air Component
Luchtcomponent, Composante Air |  | 2002

Belgian Air Force
Belgische Luchtmacht, Force Aerienne Belge

|  | 1946-2001

Free Belgian Air Force

|  | 1940-1946

Military Aviation
Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire

|  | 1915-1940

Company of Aviators
Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers

|  | 1910–1915
| Belgian Navy |  | 1962–2002
| Belgian Army |  | 1954–2002
| Belgian Gendarmerie |  | 1968-2001
Belize |  | Belize Defence Force Air Wing |  | 1983
Benin |  | Benin Air Force
Force Aérienne 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 |  | 1972
Bolivia |  | Bolivian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana |  | 1944

Bolivian Military Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación

|  | 1923–1944
| Bolivian 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

Croatian Defence Council aviation

|  | 1992–

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 Force
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) |  | 1941

Military Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM)

|  | 1918–1941
| Brazilian Naval Aviation
Força Aeronaval |  | 1916
| Brazilian Army Aviation Command
Comando de Aviação do Exército Brasileiro |  | 1986
| Brazilian Military Police
Brazilian Army Military reserve force – National and state gendarmerie forces of Brazil.  |  |
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

|  | 1966-1984
Bulgaria |  | Bulgarian Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили |  | 1992

Bulgarian People's Army Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

|  | 1949–1992

Air Army
Въздушни Войски

|  | 1945–1949

former insignia

|  | 1941–1944

Royal Bulgarian Air Force[8]

|  | 1937–1941

Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie

|  | 1919-1920

Army Aviation Corps[9]

|  | 1915–1918

Aeronautical Detachment[10]

|  | 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 |  | Burkina Faso Air Force
Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso |  | 1984

Upper Volta Air Force
Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta

|  | 1964–1984
Burundi |  | Burundi Army Aviation
Force Armée du Burundi |  | 1966

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Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Cambodia |  | Royal Cambodian Air Force
ទ័ពអាកាសខេមរភូមិន្ទ
Toăp Akas Khémôrôphumĭnt |  | 1993

Cambodian People's Air Force

|  | 1989–1993

former insignia

|  | 1989–1993

Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Air Force

|  | 1979-1989[11]

Air Force of the Liberation Army of Kampuchea

|  | 1977–1979[12]

Khmer Air Force
Khmer National Armed Forces

|  | 1970–1975

Royal Khmer Air Force

|  | 1954–1970
| Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia aviation
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |  |
Cameroon |  | Cameroon Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Cameroun |  | 1960
Canada |  | Royal Canadian Air Force
Aviation Royale Canadienne |  | 2011

Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM)
Commandement de la Force aérienne du Canada

|  | 1968-2011

Royal Canadian Air Force

|  | 1965-1968

Royal Canadian Air Force

|  | 1948-1965

Royal Canadian Air Force

|  | 1946-1948

Royal Canadian Air Force

|  | 1924-1946

Canadian Air Force (Air Board)

|  | 1920-1924

Canadian Air Force (in Europe)

|  | 1918–1920

Royal Air Force Canada

|  | 1918–1919

Royal Flying Corps Canada

|  | 1917–1918

Canadian Aviation Corps

|  | 1914–1915
| Royal Canadian Naval Air Service |  | 1918-1919
| Canadian Army |  | 1948–1965
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police aviation - National police and gendarmerie service of Canada.  |  |
Cape Verde |  | Cape Verde Air Force
Força Aérea Caboverdiana |  | 1992[13]
Central African Republic |  | Central African Republic Air Force
Force Aérienne Centrafricaine |  | 1979–

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) |  | 1930
| Chilean Naval Aviation
Servicio de Aviación de la Armada de Chile |  | 1953
| Chilean Army Aviation
Comando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile |  | 1970[14]
| Carabineros de Chile |  | 1960
China (PRC) |  | People's Liberation Army Air Force
中国人民解放军空军
Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun |  | 1949

Red Army of China Air Force

|  | c. 1930[15]
| People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
中国人民解放军海军航空兵
Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Haijun Hangkongbing |  | 1952
| People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation
中国人民解放军陆军航空兵  |  | 1987
| People's Armed Police aviation - Chinese paramilitary organization, gendarmerie, border guard force. During wartime the PAP would provide support to the People's Liberation Army.  |  |

China Marine Surveillance aviation

|  | -2013
China (ROC/“Taiwan”) |  | 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)[16]

|  | 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[17]

|  | 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), Air Patrol Squadron - Paramilitary coast guard service of Taiwan  |  | -2004
Colombia |  | Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Colombiana |  | 1922

former insignia

|  | 1927–1953
| Colombian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval |  | 1984
| Colombian National Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército |  | 1995
Comoros |  | Comoros Military Aviation Command |  | 1976
Congo |  | Air Force of the Republic of Congo
Force 'Aérienne Congolaise |  | 1992

People’s Republic of Congo Air Force
L'Armée de l'Air du Congo

|  | 1970–1992

Congolese Air Force

|  | 1961–1970
Dem. Rep. of the Congo |  | 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 Rican Civil Guard
Sección Aérea del Guardia Civil

|  | 1955-1994

Costa Rican Military Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Militar

|  | 1947–1949
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

former insignia

|  | 1991–1994

Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske

|  | 1941–1945
Cuba |  | Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force[18]
Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria |  | 1959

Cuban Rebel Air Force[19]
Fuerza Aérea Rebelde

|  | 1958

Cuban Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba

|  | 1952–1958

Cuban Army Air Corps
Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército de Cuba

|  | 1915–1952
| Cuban Naval Aviation[20]
Aviación Naval |  | 1934-1952
Cyprus |  | Air Command of Cyprus
Διοίκηση Αεροπορίας Κύπρου |  | 1996

Cyprus National Guard Air Wing

|  | 1973–1996
Czech Republic |  | Czech Air Force
Vzdušné síly armády České republiky |  | 1993

Czechoslovak Air Force
Československé letectvo
Czechoslovak Army

|  | 1926–1993
| {{{service}}}  |  | 1921–1926
| {{{service}}}  |  | 1918–1921

## D

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Denmark |  | Royal Danish Air Force
Flyvevåbnet |  | 1950

Danish Navy Air Squadron[21]
Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste

|  | 2003-2010

Royal Danish Army Flying Service[22]
Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT)

|  | 1971-2003

Royal Danish Navy Flying Service
Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)

|  | 1962–2003

Danish Brigade in Sweden

|  | 1943-1945

Royal Danish Army Air Corps
Hærens Flyvertropper

|  | 1912–1950

Royal Danish Naval Aviation
Marinens Flyvevæsen

|  | 1911–1950
| Air Force Home Guard
Home Guard (Denmark), Danish Defence |  | 1953
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[23]

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[24]

## E

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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East Timor |  | Timor Leste Defence Force Air Component  |  | 2020
Ecuador |  | Ecuadorian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana  |  | 1944
| Ecuadorian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana |  | 1967
| Ecuadorian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano |  | 1954
Egypt |  | Egyptian Air Force
Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya |  | 1961

United Arab Republic Air Force
Armed Forces of the United Arab Republic

|  | 1958–1961[25]

former insignia

|  | 1952-1958

Royal Egyptian Air Force

|  | 1937–1952

Egyptian Army Air Force

|  | 1932–1937

former insignia

|  | 1932
El Salvador |  | Air Force of El Salvador
Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña |  | 1923
Equatorial Guinea |  | Equatorial Guinea Air Corps |  | 1979
Eritrea |  | Eritrean Air Force |  | 1994
Estonia |  | Estonian Air Force
Eesti Õhuvägi |  | 1991

Aviation Regiment

|  | 1920?–1940

Aviation Company

|  | 1918–1920?
| National Border Guard Aviation Group
Estonian Border Guard |  | 1993-2010
Eswatini
(formerly Swaziland)  |  | Military of Eswatini Air Wing  |  | 1979

Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1979-2018
Ethiopia |  | Ethiopian Air Force
Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl |  | 1975[26]

former air force insignia

|  | 1996-2009?

Ethiopian Air Force

|  | 1975 (re-established in 1995)

Ethiopian Air Force

|  | 1975 (disestablished in 1991)

Imperial Ethiopian Air Force

|  | 1946–1975

Imperial Ethiopian Aviation

|  | 1929-1935
| Ethiopian Navy aviation  |  | 1955–1996
| Ethiopian Ground Forces Aviation  |  | 1970s

## F

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Fiji |  | Air Wing of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces |  | 1987–1997
Finland |  | Finnish Air Force
Suomen ilmavoimat
Finländska flygvapnet |  | 1918

former insignia

|  | 1918-1945

Roundel variant on some aircraft

|  | 1943–45

Army Corps of Aviation

|  | 1918–1928
| Finnish Army Aviation
Suomen maavoimat – Helikopteripataljoona
Finländska armén – Helikopterbataljonen |  | 1997
| Finnish Border Guards
Finnish Defence Forces wartime only  |  |
France |  | French Air and Space Force
Armée de l'Air et de l’Espace |  | 2020

French Air Force
Armée de l'Air

|  | 1933–2020

Free French Air Force[27][28]
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 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

French Aerostatic Corps
French Revolutionary Army

|  | 1794-1799
| National Gendarmerie aviation  |  | 1943

## G

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Gabon |  | Gabonese Air Force
Armée de l'Air Gabonaise |  | 1961
Gambia
(formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)  |  | Gambian Air Force[29] |  | c.2003?[30]
Georgia |  | The Aviation and Air Defence Command of the Defence Forces
თავდაცვის ძალების ავიაციისა და საჰაერო თავდაცვის სარდლობა
tavdatsvis dzalebis aviatsiisa da sahaero tavdatsvis sardloba  |  | 2016

Georgian Air Force
საქართველოს სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები
sak’art’velos samxedro-sahaero dzalebi

|  | 1991-2010

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 der DDR
National People's Army

|  | 1956–1990

Volkspolizei-Luft (of the German Democratic Republic / East Germany)

|  | 1950–1956

German Air Force
Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht

|  | 1935-1945

Lipetsk fighter-pilot school

|  | 1926-1933

Marineluftschiffe-Abteilung

|  | 1912–1919

Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen Kaiserreiches

|  | 1911–1919

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

|  | 1910–1919

former insignia

|  | 1913–1914

Heeresluftschiffe-Abteilung

|  | 1909–1917
| German Naval Aviation
Marineflieger |  | 1957

East German Navy, Naval Air Force

|  | –1990

Imperial German Naval Air Service
Marine-Fliegerabteilung

|  | –1918
| German Army Aviation Corps
Heeresfliegertruppe |  | 1957

Land Forces of the National People's Army Aviation

|  | -1990
| Federal Border Guards
Bundesgrezschutz  |  | -2005

Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic

|  | -1990
Ghana
(formerly the Gold Coast)  |  | Ghana Air Force |  | 1959

former insignia

|  | 1964-1966
Greece |  | Hellenic Air Force
Πολεμική Αεροπορία (literally "War Aviation")
Polemikì Aeroporia |  | 1930

Greek Air Force in the Middle East

|  | 1941-1946

Royal Hellenic Air Force

|  | 1935-1973

Hellenic Army Air Service

|  | 1912-1930

Hellenic Naval Air Service

|  | 1915–1930
| Hellenic Army Aviation
Αεροπορία Στρατού
Aeroporia Stratou |  | 1947
| Navy Aviation Command |  | 2018

Hellenic Navy Helicopter Command
Διοίκηση Ελικοπτέρων Ναυτικού
Dioikisi Elikopteron Naftikou

|  | 1975-2018
| Hellenic Coast Guard aviation - Paramilitary coast guard service of Greece.  |  |
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 |  | 1974-2015
Guyana
(formerly British Guyana)  |  | Guyana Defence Force Air Command |  | 1973

Guyana Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1968-1973

## H

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Haiti |  | Haiti Air Corps
Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti |  | 1942–1994 (2013 re-establishment)

former insignia

|  | 1964–1986

former insignia

|  | 1942–1964
Honduras |  | Honduran Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Hondureña |  | 1954

Air Force and Military Aviation School
Fuerza Aérea y Escuela Militar de Aviación (FAEAM)

|  | 1938-1954

Aviation Military School
Escuela Militar de Aviación (EMA)

|  | 1931–1938

National Aviation School
Escuela Nacional de Aviación (ENA)

|  | 1924–1931
Hungary |  | Hungarian Air Force
Magyar Légierő |  | 1991

former insignia

|  | 1990-1991

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

|  | 1951–1990

former insignia

|  | 1949-1951

former insignia

|  | 1948-1949

Royal Hungarian National Defense Air Force
Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő

|  | 1941–1945

former insignia

|  | 1938-1941

former insignia

|  | 1919-1923

Red Hungarian Air Corps
Vörös Légjárócsapat

|  | 1919

Insignia variant

|  |

Insignia variant

|  |

## I

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For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.

Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Iceland |  | Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division
Landhelgisgæsla Íslands – Flugdeild |  | 1955

Icelandic aircraft insignia

|  |
India |  | Indian Air Force |  | 1932

Royal Indian Air Force

|  | 1947–1950

former insignia

|  | 1942–1945

Indian Air Force

|  | 1932–1942
| Army Aviation Corps |  | 1986
| Indian Naval Air Arm |  | 1948
| Indian Coast Guard Air Wing  |  | 1978

Indian Coast Guard aircraft insignia

|  |
| Border Security Force aviation
Paramilitary forces of India |  |
Indonesia |  | 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
| 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 Command
Pusat Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD) |  | 1974

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

|  | 1959–1974
Iran
(formerly Persia)  |  | Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

IRGC Ground Forces Aviation

|  | 1985
| Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران |  | 1979

Imperial Iranian Air Force
نیروی هوایی شاهنشاهی ایران

|  | 1932–1979

Air Officer of the Imperial Iranian Army

|  | 1922-1932
| 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
Iraq |  | Iraqi Air Force
Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya |  | 1931

former insignia

|  | 2011-2019

Iraqi Air Force
Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya

|  | 1958-2003; 2019-

Royal Iraqi Air Force

|  | 1931–1958
| Iraqi Army Aviation Command |  | 1980
| Peshmerga aviation  |  |
Ireland |  | Irish Air Corps
Aer-Chór na h-Éireann |  | 1924

former insignia

|  | 1939–1954

Irish National Army, Air Service

|  | 1922–1924
Israel |  | Israeli Defence Force / Air Force
חיל האוויר
Heyl Ha'Avir |  | 1951

Israeli Air Force
Chel Ha'Avir

|  | 1948-1951

Sherut Avir
Air Service

|  | 1947-1948

Palavir
Air Companies

|  | 1943-1947
Palestine |  |

Force 14

|  | late 1960s-early 2000s
Italy |  | Italian Air Force
Aeronautica Militare |  | 1991-current

former insignia

|  | 1946–1991

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

|  | 1943–1964

Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana  [32]

|  | 1943–1945

Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica [33]

|  | 1935–1943

Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica [34]

|  | 1923–1935

Royal Naval Aviation
Aviazione della Regia Marina

|  | 1912–1923

Military Air Corps [35]
Corpo Aeronautico Militare
Royal Italian Army

|  | 1915-1923

Colonial Aviation Service
Servizio d'Aviazone Coloniale

|  | 1912-1915

Military Aviation Service

|  | 1912-1915

Aviation Battalion
Battaglione Aviatori

|  | 1912

Royal Army Air Service
Servizio Aeronautico

|  | 1884[36]–1911
| Italian Navy Aviation
Aviazione Navale |  | 1956

naval aviation insignia

|  |

Italian aircraft insignia

|  |
| Italian Army Aviation
Air Cavalry, Cavalleria dell'Aria |  | 2000

Aviazione Leggera dell'Esercito

|  | 1951-2000
| Helicopter Service of the Carabinieri Corps
Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri |  | 1965
| Italian Coast Guard Air Service
Italian Navy |  | 1989
| Guardia di Finanza
Finance Guard \- Paramilitary border guard and customs service of Italy.  |  |

## J

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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|
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|

Jamaica |  | Jamaica Defence Force |  | 1963
Japan |  | Japan Air Self-Defense Force[37]
航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai |  | 1954

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
大日本帝国陸軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkū tai

|  | 1912–1945

Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service[38]
大日本帝国海軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū tai

|  | 1912–1945
| Fleet Air Force (JMSDF)
海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai |  | 1954
| Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
陸上自衛隊 Rikujō Jieitai |  | 1954
| Japan Coast Guard \- Paramilitary coast guard service of Japan.  |  |
Jordan
(formerly Transjordan)  |  | Royal Jordanian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya |  | 1955

Arab Legion Air Force

|  | 1949–1955

## K

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Kazakhstan |  | Kazakh Air Defense Forces
Áue qurǵanysy kúshteri / Әуе қорғанысы күштері |  | 1992
Kenya |  | Kenya Air Force
Jeshi la Anga la Kenya |  | 1994

The Kenya '82 Air Force

|  | 1982-1994
| Kenya Army Aviation |  |
Korea (DPRK/“North Korea”) |  | Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force[39] |  | 1945
Korea (ROK/“South Korea”) |  | Republic of Korea Air Force[40]
대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍)
Daehan Minguk Gonggun |  | 1949

former insignia

|  | 1951–2000

Willows Korean Aviation School

|  | 1920-1921
| Republic of Korea Navy, Air Wing Six  |  | 1986

Fleet Aviation Unit

|  | 1977–1986
| Republic of Korea Army aviation |  | 1965
| Korea Coast Guard \- Paramilitary coast guard service of South Korea.  |  |
Kuwait |  | Kuwait Air Force
Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya |  | 1988

Free Kuwait Air Force

|  | 1990-1991

Kuwait Air Force

|  | 1960-1990

Directorate of Public Security, Air Wing

|  | 1954-1960
Kyrgyzstan |  | Kyrgyz Air Force |  | 1992

## L

[edit]

Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Laos |  | Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force[41] |  | 1975

former insignia

|  | 1975–

Royal Lao Air Force
Aviation Royale Laotienne
Royal Lao Armed Forces[42][43]

|  | 1960–1975

Laotian Aviation
Aviation Laotienne

|  | 1955-1960
Latvia |  | Latvian Air Force
Latvijas Gaisa Spēki |  | 1991

Latvian Air Force
Latvijas Gaisa Spēki

|  | 1919–1940
| Aviation component of the Latvian National Guard |  | 1993–2000

Aviation Regiment of the Aizsargi

|  | 1937-1940
| State Border Guard aviation - Armed border guard service of Latvia.  |  |
Lebanon |  | Lebanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnania, Force Aérienne Libanaise |  | 1949
Lesotho
(formerly Basutoland)  |  | Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron |  | c. 1988

former insignia

|  | 1987–2006

Lesotho Police Mobile Unit – Air Wing

|  | 1978-1988
Liberia |  | Liberian Army Air Wing |  | 1987

Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit

|  | 1970s–1980s
Libya |  | Libyan Air Force
القوة الجوية الليبية
Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-libyya |  | 2011–current date

Free Libyan Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Libiyya al Hurra[citation needed]

|  | 2011

Air Force of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

|  | 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 Force
Karinės Oro Pajėgos  |  | 1922–1940, 1992

Lithuanian Military Aviation

|  | 1920–1921

former insignia

|  | 1919–1920
| Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces, Aviation Unit  |  | 1992
| Lithuanian State Border Guard Service aviation
Lithuanian Armed Forces wartime only  |  |
Luxembourg |  | Luxembourg Army Aviation |  | 1952–1968

## M

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

North Macedonia |  | Air Force of North Macedonia
Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана
Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana |  | 1992

former insignia

|  | early 1990s
Madagascar
(formerly the Malagasy Republic)  |  | Malagasy Air Force
Tafika Anabakabaka Malagasy
Armée de l'Air Malgache |  | 1961
Malawi
(formerly Nyasaland)  |  | Malawi Army Air Wing |  | 1976

former aircraft insignia

|  | 2010-2012

Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm[44]

|  | 1970–1978
Malaysia
(formerly Malaya)  |  | Royal Malaysian Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia |  | 1963

insignia variant

|  |

Royal Malayan Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan

|  | 1958–1963

Malayan Auxiliary Air Force

|  | 1950–1958

Malayan Volunteer Air Force

|  | 1940–1950
| Royal Malaysian Navy Aviation |  | 1988
| Malaysian Army Aviation
Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat |  | 1994
| Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency \- Paramilitary coast guard service of Malaysia.  |  |
Maldives |  | MNDF Air Corps
Maldives National Defence Force |  | 2024
Mali |  | Malian 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

former insignia

|  | 1980–1988
Mauritania |  | Mauritania Islamic Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie |  | 1960

former aircraft insignia

|  | 1960-2019
Mauritius |  | Military of Mauritius |  | 1987
Mexico |  | Mexican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Mexicana |  | 1915
| Mexican Naval Aviation
Fuerza Aeronaval |  | 1926[45]
| Maritime Search and Rescue (Mexico)
Mexican Navy |  |
| National Guard (Mexico) aviation - national gendarmerie force of Mexico.  |  |

Federal Police (Mexico) aviation - Defunct National police and gendarmerie service of Mexico.

|  | -2009
Moldova |  | Moldovan Air Force[46] |  | 1991
Mongolia |  | Mongolian Air Force[47]
Агаарын Довтолгооноос Хамгаалах Цэргийн Командлал |  | 1993-presents

Mongolian People's Army Air Force
Монголын Ардын Армийн Нисэх Хүчин

|  | 1925–1992
Montenegro |  | Montenegrin Air Force
Vazdušne snage Crne Gore |  | 2006

former insignia

|  | 2006-2018
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 |  | 1989

Burmese Air Force

|  | 1947-1989

## N

[edit]

Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Namibia
(formerly South West Africa)  |  | Namibian Air Force |  | 2005

Namibia Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1994–2005

South West African Territorial Force, Air Wing

|  | 1980–1989
NATO |  | Allied Air Command |  | 2013
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
Koninklijke Luchtmacht |  | 1953

Free Dutch Air Force

|  | 1940–1945

Army Aviation Brigade
Luchtvaartbrigade

|  | 1939–1940

former insignia

|  | 1921–1940

Army Aviation Group
Luchtvaartafdeling

|  | 1913–1939
| Dutch Naval Aviation Service
Marineluchtvaartdienst |  | 1917

former insignia

|  | 1942–c.1945

former insignia

|  | 1939–1942

former insignia

|  | 1921–1940

former insignia

|  | 1917–1921
| Netherlands Coastguard
Royal Netherlands Navy |  |
Dutch Caribbean |  | Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard
Royal Netherlands Navy |  |
New Zealand |  | Royal New Zealand Air Force
Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa |  | 1937

former insignia

|  | 1943–1946

former insignia

|  | 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 |  | 1996

Sandinista Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Sandinista

|  | 1979–1996

Air Force of Nicaragua
Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua

|  | c.1950–1979

former insignia (fuselage)

|  | 1962–1979

Guard Air Force of Nicaragua
Fuerza Aérea Guardia de Nicaragua

|  | c.1947–c.1950

former insignia (wings)

|  | 1938-1962

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

insignia variant

|  |
| Nigerian Navy, Air Arm  |  | 1985
| Nigerian Army Aviation Corps  |  | 2024
Norway |  | Royal Norwegian Air Force
Luftforsvaret |  | 1944

Free Norwegian Air Force

|  | 1940-1944

Norwegian Army Air Service
Hærens Flyvevesen

|  | 1914–1944

Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
Marinens Flyvevesen

|  | 1912–1944

## O

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Oman
(formerly Muscat and Oman)  |  | Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)[48]
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya |  | 1990

Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF)

|  | 1959–1990

## P

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Pakistan |  | Pakistan Air Force
پاک فضائيہ  |  | 1956

Royal Pakistan Air Force

|  | 1947–1956
| Pakistan Army Aviation Corps |  | 1958
| Pakistan Naval Air Arm |  | 1971
Panama |  | Panamanian National Aeronaval Service
Panama Servicio Aéreo Nacional |  | 1989

Panamaian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Panama

|  | 1969-1989
Papua New Guinea |  | Papua New Guinea Air Wing |  | 1990s

Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Air Transport Wing

|  | 1975-1990s
Paraguay |  | Paraguayan Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya |  | 1946

Paraguaryan Army Aviation Corps

|  | 1920s–1940s
| Paraguayan Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval Paraguaya[49][50] |  | 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
Peruvian Navy |  |
Philippines |  | Philippine Air Force
ᜑᜒᜃ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜉᜏᜒᜇ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔
Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas |  | 1947

Philippine Army Air Corps

|  | 1936–1947

Philippine Constabulary Air Corps

|  | 1935–1936

Philippine National Guard Aviation

|  | 1917–1935
| Philippine Navy Naval Air Wing |  | 2019

Philippine Navy Naval Air Group

|  | 1975–2019
| Philippine Army Aviation Regiment |  | 2019

Philippine Army Aviation Battalion

|  | 1980–2019
| Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force |  | 1998

Philippine Coast Guard racing stripe

|  |
| Philippine National Police Special Action Force Air Unit |  |
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

Polish 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
Polish People's Army

|  | 1945–1947

Air Force of the Polish Army
Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego
Polish Armed Forces in the East

|  | 1943-1945

Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain
Polish Armed Forces in the West

|  | 1939-1946

Air Force
Wojska Lotnicze
Polish Armed Forces (Second Polish Republic)

|  | 1918–1939

I Polish Corps in Russia Aviation
Russian Army (1917)

|  | 1917-1918
| Polish Army Aviation
Lotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych |  | 1994
| Polish Naval Aviation
Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej |  | 1947
| Polish Border Guards \- Paramilitary border guard service of Poland.  |  | 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 |  | 2000-2015

## Q

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Qatar |  | Qatar Emiri Air Force |  | 1974

Qatar Public Security Forces Air Wing

|  | 1968-1974

## R

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Romania |  | Romanian Air Force
Forțele Aeriene Române |  | 1989

|  | 1985-1989

Air Force of the Socialist Republic of Romania
Forțele Aeriene ale Republicii Socialiste România

|  | 1965-1985

Forțele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Române

|  | 1964-1965

Forțele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Romîne

|  | 1954-1964

Air Force of the People's Republic of Romania
Forțele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Române

|  | 1949-1954

|  | 1944-1949

Romanian Royal Aeronautics
Aeronautica Regală Română

|  | 1941-1944

|  | 1924-1941

Romanian Air Corps
Corpul de Aviație

|  | 1915-1924

Romanian Military Aeronautics Service
Serviciul de Aeronautică Militară

|  | 1913-1915

Military Aerostation[51]
Aerostația Militară

|  | 1893-1913
| Romanian Naval Aviation |  | 2006

naval aviation insignia

|  |

|  | 1949-1960

Seaplane Flotilla
Flotila de Hidroaviație

|  | 1930-1949

|  | 1941-1944

Maritime Air Corps[52]
Corpul de Aviație Maritimă

|  | 1920-1930
Russia |  | Russian Air Force[53][failed verification]
Военно-воздушные cилы России
Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii |  | 2010

Russian Air Defence Force

|  | 1991-2008

Soviet Air Defence Force
Soviet Armed Forces

|  | 1948-1991

Soviet Air Forces
Военно-воздушные силы
Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily
Soviet Armed Forces

|  | 1918-1991

|  | 1922–1943

Imperial Russian Air Service
Императорский военно-воздушный флот
Pre-reform Russian:Императорскій военно-воздушный флотъ

|  | 1910-1917
| Russian Naval Aviation
Авиация Военно-Морского Флота
Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota |  | 2010

|  | 1991-2010

Soviet Naval Aviation

|  | 1918-1991

|  | 1922–1943
| Russian Army Aviation  |  | 1992-2010s

Soviet Army Aviation

|  | 1970s–1991
| National Guard of Russia |  |
| Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation |  | 1992

Soviet Border Troops aviation

|  | -1992
Rwanda
(formerly Ruanda-Urundi)  |  | Rwandan Air Force
Force Aérienne Rwandaise |  | 1972

## S

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Saudi Arabia |  | Royal Saudi Air Force
القوات الجوية الملكية السعودية
Al-Quwwāt al-Jawwiyyah al-Malakiyyah as-Suʿūdiyyah |  | 1950

Hejaz Air Force

|  | 1921-1932
| Royal Saudi Naval Aviation |  | 1985
| Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation |  | 1990s
| General Security Aviation Command  |  | 1975
| Saudi Arabian National Guard, Aviation  |  | 2011
Senegal
(formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)  |  | Senegalese Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Sénégal |  | 1989

Senegambia Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Sénegambia

|  | 1982-1989

Senegalese Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Senégal

|  | 1961-1982
Serbia |  | Serbian Air Force and Air Defence
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazduhoplovna odbrana Vojske Srbije |  | 2006[54]

Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Crne Gore

|  | 2003–2006[55]

Air Force of FR Yugoslavia
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije

|  | 1992–2003

Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force
Ваздухопловство војске Краљевине Југославије
Vazduhoplovstvo vojske Kraljevine Jugoslavije

|  | 1929–1941

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

|  | 1918–1929

Serbian Aviation
Српска Авијатика
Srpska Avijatika

|  | 1915-1918[56]

Air Force Command
Ваздухопловна Команда
Vazduhoplovna Komanda

|  | 1912-1915
| Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service  |  | -1941
Seychelles |  | Seychelles People's Defence Force Air Wing (part of the Seychelles People's Defence Force)  |  | 2008

Seychelles Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1978
Sierra Leone |  | Sierra Leone Defence Force Air Force |  | 1973
Singapore | [[Image:|25px]]  | Republic of Singapore Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura
新加坡空军部队
சிங்கப்பூர் ஆகாயப்படை  |  | 1975

Singapore Air Defence Command

|  | 1968-1975

former insignia

|  | 1968-1973

Singapore Wing, Malayan Auxiliary Air Force

|  | 1950-1960

Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force

|  | 1936-1941
Slovakia |  | Slovak Air Force
Vzdušné sily Slovenskej republiky |  | 1993

Slovak Insurgent Air Force
Slovenské povstalecké letectvo

|  | August–October 1944

Slovak Air Force
Slovenské vzdušné zbrane

|  | 1939-1945

former insignia

|  | 1939-1940
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
Slovenian Territorial Defence Force

|  | 1991-1995

Slovenian Air Force upon the break-away from the Habsburg Empire

|  | 1918-1919
Somalia |  | Somali Air Force
Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed[57] |  | 1960

Somali Aeronautical Corps
Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed
Corpo di Sicurezza della Somalia

|  | 1954-1968
| Puntland Maritime Police Force
Somali Navy |  |
South Africa |  | South African Air Force (SAAF)
Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag |  | 1920

|  | 1982-2003

South African Air Force
South African Defence Force

|  | 1958-1981

|  | 1947-1957

South African Air Force
Union Defence Force (South Africa)

|  | 1924-1947

former insignia

|  | 1920-1921

South African Aviation Corps

|  | 1915-1920
South Sudan |  | South Sudan Air Force |  | 2011
Spain |  | Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF)
Ejército del Aire y del Espacio |  | 2022

Spanish Air Force (SPAF)
Ejército del Aire

|  | 1939-2022

Nationalist Air Force[58]
Aviación Nacional

|  | 1936-1939

Nationalist Air Force insignia (wings)

|  | 1937-1939

Nationalist Air Force insignia variant

|  | 1936-1939

Spanish Republican Air Force
Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española (FARE)
Spanish Republican Armed Forces

|  | 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 Aviation
Guardia Civil \- Under the authority of both the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of the Interior.  |  |
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

former insignia

|  | 1956-1970
Suriname
(formerly Dutch Guyana)  |  | Suriname Air Force
Surinaamse Luchtmacht |  | 1982

former insignia

|  | 1982-1990s
Sweden |  | Swedish Air Force
Svenska Flygvapnet |  | 1926

former insignia

|  | 1937-1940

Swedish Air Force
Svenska Flygvapnet

|  | 1926-1937

Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing[59]
Försvarsmaktens helikopterflottilj

|  | 1998-2003

Swedish Army Aviation
Arméflyget

|  | 1954-1998

former insignia

|  | 1914-1915

Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps
Flygkompaniet

|  | 1912-1926

Swedish Naval Aviation
Marinflyget

|  | 1958-1998

Naval Air Service
Marinens Flygväsen

|  | 1911-1926
| Swedish Volunteer Air Corps
Home Guard (Sweden), Swedish Armed Forces |  | 1961
Switzerland |  | Swiss Air Force
Schweizer Luftwaffe
Forces Aériennes Suisses
Forze Aeree Svizzere |  | 1946

Lufttransportdienst des Bundes

|  | 1938-2005

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

former insignia

|  | 1972-1980

former insignia

|  | 1963-1972

United Arab Republic Air Force
Armed Forces of the United Arab Republic

|  | 1958-1961[25]

Syrian Air Force

|  | 1948-1958

## T

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Tajikistan |  | Tajik Air Force |  | 2006[60]
Tanzania
(formerly Tanganyika)  |  | Tanzania Air Force Command
Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania |  | 1964

former insignia

| [[Image:|25px ]]  | 1964-2010
Thailand
(formerly Siam)  |  | Royal Thai Air Force
กองทัพอากาศไทย
Kongthap Akat Thai |  | 1937

Former marking

|  | 1942-1945[61]

Former marking

|  | 1940-1941

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 Aviation Center
กองบินทหารบกไทย
Kong Bin Tahan Bok Thai |  | 1977
| Royal Thai Naval Air Division
กองการบินทหารเรือไทย
Kongkanbin Tahan Ruea Thai |  | 1921
Tonga |  | Tongan Air Wing |  | 1996[62]
Togo |  | Togolese Air Force
Force Aérienne Togolaise |  | 1964[63]
Trinidad and Tobago |  | Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard |  | 2005

Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1977-2005

Air Wing of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Coast Guard

|  | 1966-1977
Tunisia |  | Tunisian Air Force
القوات الجوية التونسية
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya At'Tunisia |  | 1959[64]
| Tunisian National Guard aviation - National gendarmerie force of Tunisia.  |  |
Turkey |  | Turkish Air Force
Türk Hava Kuvvetleri |  | 1972

former insignia

|  | 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
| Turkish Army Aviation Command
Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı |  | 1948
| Naval Forces Aviation Command
Deniz Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı |  | 1971

naval aviation insignia

|  |
| Coast Guard Aviation Command
Sahil Güvenlik Havacılık Komutanlığı |  | 1993

Turkish aircraft insignia

|  |
| Gendarmerie Aviation Command
Jandarma Havacılık Komutanlığı |  | 1968
Turkmenistan |  | Turkmen Air Force |  | 1991

former insignia

|  | 1991-2011

## U

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Uganda |  | Uganda Air Force |  | 2005

Uganda Police Air Wing

|  | 1964–1987

Uganda Army Air Force

|  | 1964-1987
Ukraine |  | Ukraine Air Force
Військово-Повітряні Сили України Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny |  | 1992

Ukrainian Air Defence Forces

|  | 1992-2004

Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine

|  | 1918-1921

Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet

|  | 1917-1921
| Ukrainian Naval Aviation
Авіація Військово-Морських Сил Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl |  | 1992
| Ukrainian Army Aviation |  | 1992
| Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Aviation |  | 2023
| Air National Guard (Ukraine) |  | 1992
| State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Aviation  |  | 2003
United Arab Emirates |  | United Arab Emirates Air Force |  | 1976[65]

Sharjah Amiri Guard Air Wing

|  | 1984-1997

Dubai Police Air Wing

|  | 1973-1976

Dubai Union Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1971-1973

Abu Dhabi Air Force

|  | 1972-1976

Abu Dhabi Defence Force Air Wing

|  | 1968-1972
| United Arab Emirates Navy, Aviation  |  |
United Kingdom |  | Royal Air Force |  | 1918

insignia variant

|  |

former insignia

|  | 1942-1947

former insignia

|  | 1942-1945

Royal Air Force

|  | 1918-1937

former insignia

|  | 1915-1918

Royal Flying Corps

|  | 1912-1915

Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers

|  | 1911-1912

School of Ballooning

|  | 1888-1911
| Fleet Air Arm |  | 1937

insignia variant

|  |

former insignia

|  | 1944-1945

former insignia

|  | 1942-1947

former insignia

|  | 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[67] |  | 1957

Glider Pilot Regiment

|  | 1941-1957
| 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron
Royal Marines |  | 1968-1995
United States |  | United States Air Force[68] |  | 1947

|  | 1947–

United States Army Air Forces

|  | 1941-1947

former insignia

|  | 1943

former insignia

|  | 1943

former insignia

|  | 1942-1943

United States Army Air Corps

|  | 1926-1941

United States Army Air Service

|  | 1918-1926

Division of Military Aeronautics

|  | 20–24 May 1918

former insignia

|  | 1917-1919

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, Naval Air Forces |  | 1911

former insignia

|  | 1943

former insignia

|  | 1917-1918

Naval Flying Corps

|  | 1916-1917
| United States Marine Corps Aviation[69] |  | 1912
| United States Coast Guard |  | 1916

US Coast Guard racing stripe

|  |
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

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Venezuela |  | Venezuelan Air Force
Aviación Militar Bolivariana |  | 2006[70]

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 |  | 1985

Servicio de Aviacion Naval Venezolana

|  | 1974-1985

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

Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force

|  | 1965–1975

Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force

|  | 1955–1965

Republic of Vietnam Air Force
Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa
Republic of Vietnam Military Forces

|  | 1955–1975
| Naval Air Force, Vietnam People's Navy |  | 1986
| Vietnam Coast Guard, Aviation  |  | 2008–2013

## Y

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Yemen |  | Yemeni Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yemeniya |  | 1990

North Yemen Air Force

|  | 1980-1990

People's Republic of South Yemen Air Force

|  | 1969–1980

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Air Force

|  | 1980-1990

## Z

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

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

former insignia

|  | 1982–1994

Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Air Force

|  | 1979–1980

Rhodesian Air Force
Rhodesian Security Forces

|  | 1970–1979

Royal Rhodesian Air Force

|  | 1963–1970

Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force

|  | 1954–1963

Southern Rhodesian Air Force

|  | 1947–1954

Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit

|  | 1935–1939

## Former countries and movements

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Country  | Current  | Service
Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

|
|
|
|

Abu Dhabi |  | Abu Dhabi Air Force  |  | 1968–1976
Austria-Hungary |  | Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen |  | 1912–1919

|  | 1915–1918

|  | 1914–1916

Imperial and Royal Aviation Service
KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt

|  | 1893–1912
| Austro-Hungarian Naval Air Corps
K.u.K. Seefliegerkorps |  | 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
Ceylon |  | Royal Ceylon Air Force
රාජකීය ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව
Rajakeeya Lanka Guwan Hamudawa |  | 1951–1972
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |  | Chechen National Guard aviation  |  | 1990s
Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China
(Wang Jingwei regime)  |  | Nanjing Government air force |  | 1941–1945
Ciskei |  | Ciskei Defence Force |  | 1980–1994
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia |  | Croatian Defence Council aviation  |  | 1992–
Czechoslovakia

* Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
* Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
* Third Czechoslovak Republic
* Czechoslovak government-in-exile
* Second Czechoslovak Republic
* First Czechoslovak Republic

|  | Czech and Slovakian Air Force |  | 1990–1993

Czechoslovak Air Force
Czechoslovak People's Army

|  | 1945–1990

Slovak Insurgent Air Force

|  | August–October 1944

1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division
1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the Soviet Union

|  | 1944-1945

Czechoslovak Air Force in the West

|  | 1940-1946

Czechoslovak Army Air Force

|  | 1918–1939

Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia), Air Wing

|  | 1935-1939
Slovak Republic |  | Slovak Air Force |  | 1939–1945
Dahomey |  | Dahomey Air Force
Force Aérienne de Dahomey |  | 1961–1975
Dubai |  | Dubai Police Air Wing  |  | 1971-1976
Free City of Danzig |  | Free City of Danzig Police Air Squadron  |  | 1919-
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
National People's Army |  | 1956-1990
| People's Navy |  | -1990
| Land Forces of the National People's Army |  | -1990
| Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic |  | -1990
| Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik aviation
Paramilitary sports and pre-military training organization.  |  | -1990
Second East Turkestan Republic |  | Ili National Army aviation  |  | 1945-1949
Haganah |  | Sherut Avir
Air Service |  | 1947-1948

Palavir
Air Companies

|  | 1943-1947
Irish Free state |  | Irish National Army |  | 1922–1924
Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz
Kingdom of Hejaz |  | Hejaz Air Force[71]
القوات الجوية الحجازية  |  | 1921–1932
Imperial State of Iran |  | Imperial Iranian Air Force |  | 1925–1979
Italian Social Republic
Kingdom of Italy |  | Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana |  | 1943–1945

Regia Aeronautica

|  | 1923–1943
People's Republic of Kampuchea
Democratic Kampuchea
Kingdom of Cambodia
Khmer Republic |  | Cambodian People's Air Force  |  | 1989–1993

Kampuchean People's Air Force

|  | 1979–1989

Kampuchean Revolutionary Armed Forces Air Force

|  | 1977–1979

Khmer Air Force

|  | 1970–1975
Makhnovshchina |  | Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine |  | 1918-1921
Malagasy Republic |  | Malagasy Air Force |  | 1961
Federated Malay States /
Unfederated Malay States /
Malayan Union /
Malaya |  | Royal Malayan Air Force  |  | 1958–1963

Malayan Auxiliary Air Force

|  | 1950–1958

Malayan Volunteer Air Force

|  | 1940-1950
Straits Settlements |  |

Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force

|  | 1936-1941
Manchukuo |  | Manchukuo Air Force |  | 1937–1945

Manchukuo Air Transport Company

|  | 1931-1937
Mukti Bahini |  | Operation Kilo Flight |  | 1971-1972
Muscat and Oman |  | Sultan of Oman's Air Force  |  | 1959–1990
Germany |  | Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht |  | 1933–1945
Nazi Party |  | National Socialist Flyers Corps
Paramilitary aviation organization of the Nazi Party.  |  | 1937-1945

German Air Sports Association

|  | 1933-1937
Dutch East Indies |  | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force |  | 1939-1950

Free Dutch East Indies Air Force

|  | 1942–1945
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen/
North Yemen/
South Yemen |  | Yemen Arab Republic Air Force  |  | 1962–1990

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Air Force

|  | -1962

People's Republic of South Yemen Air Force

|  | 1969–1980

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Air Force

|  | 1980-1990
North Vietnam |  | North Vietnam Air Force |  | 1955–1975
Ottoman Empire |  | Ottoman Air Force
Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği |  | 1909–1920
| Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service
Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi |  | 1914–1919
Pathet Lao |  | Pathet Lao aviation  |  | 1960–1975
Southern Rhodesia
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe Rhodesia |  | Rhodesian Air Force
Rhodesian Security Forces |  | 1970–1979

Royal Rhodesian Air Force

|  | 1963–1970

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force

|  | 1954–1963

Southern Rhodesian Air Force

|  | 1939–1954

Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit

|  | 1935–1939
Senegambia Confederation |  | Senegambia Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Sénégambia |  | 1982–1989
Republika Srpska
|  | Republika Srpska Air Force
Army of Republika Srpska |  | 1992–2006
Republic of Serbian Krajina |  | 105th Aviation Brigade
Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina |  | 1991–1995
Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam  |  | Royal Siamese Air Division  |  | 1921–1935

Siamese Army Aviation Division

|  | 1917–1921

Siamese Army Aviation Unit

|  | 1914–1917
South West Africa |  | South West Africa Territorial Force, Air Wing  |  | 1980–1989
State of Vietnam /
South Vietnam |  | Republic of Vietnam Air Force
Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hoà
Republic of Vietnam Military Forces |  | 1955–1975

Vietnam National Army, Air Force

|  | 1951–1955
Federation of South Arabia /
South Yemen |  | Air Force of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen  |  | 1967-1990

Federation of South Arabia Air Force

|  | 1967
Swaziland |  | Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing  |  | 1979-2018
Russian Empire
Russian Provisional Government
Russian Republic
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union |  | Soviet Air Forces
Soviet Armed Forces[72]
Военно-воздушные силы |  | 1930–1991

|  | 1943–1992[73]

Soviet Volunteer Group

|  | 1937–1941

Imperial Russian Air Service

|  | 1910–1917
| Soviet Air Defence Forces,
Soviet Armed Forces |  | 1948–1991
| Soviet Naval Aviation |  | 1918–1991
| Sovet Border Troops Aviation |  | -1992
Russian State (1918-1920)
South Russia (1919-1920) |  | White Army Air Unites  |  |
Tamil Eelam |  | Air Tigers
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
Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta |  | 1964–1984
Venda |  | Venda Defence Force |  | 1983–1994
Vichy France |  | Vichy French Air Force |  | 1940–1942
West Germany |  | German Air Force
Luftwaffe |  | 1955
| German Naval Aviation
Marineflieger |  | 1957
| German Army Aviation Corps
Heeresfliegertruppe |  | 1957
| Federal Border Guards
Bundesgrenzschutz |  | -2005
West Ukrainian People's Republic |  | Ukrainian Galician Army Aviation |  | 1918-1919
Ukrainian People's Republic |  | Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet |  | 1917-1921
Kingdom of Serbia /
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs /
Kingdom of Yugoslavia /
Yugoslav government-in-exile /
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia /
SFR Yugoslavia /
FR Yugoslavia /
Serbia and Montenegro |  | Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Crne Gore,
Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro |  | 2003–2006[55]

FR Yugoslavia Air Force
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije

|  | 1992–2003

SFR Yugoslav Air Force[74]
Југословенско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Противваздушна Одбрана
Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdušna Odbrana
Yugoslav People's Army

|  | 1945–1991

Yugoslav Air Force Outside the Homeland

|  | 1941–1945

Yugoslav Partisans Air Force

|  | 1941-1945

Royal Yugoslav Air Force
Ваздухопловство војске Краљевине Југославије
Vazduhoplovstvo vojske Kraljevine Jugoslavije

|  | 1929–1941

Royal Yugoslav Army Aviation Department
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Aviacijsko Odeljenje Jugoslovenske Kraljevske Armije

|  | 1918–1929

Serbian Military Air Service

|  | 1912–1918
| Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service  |  | -1941
Independent State of Croatia |  | Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia |  | 1941–1945

Croatian Air Force Legion

|  | 1941–1945
Zaire
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
Belgian Congo |  | Zaire Air Force
Force Aerienne Zairoies |  | 1971–1997

Congolese Air Force
Force Aeriennes Congolaises

|  | 1960–1971

former insignia

|  | 1960–1964

Force Publique Air Arm

|  | 1944–1960
Katanga |  | Katangese Air Force
Force Aerienne Katangaise |  | 1960–1963

## Other

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Indigenous name  | Former  | Established

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Abkhazia |  | Abkhazian Air Force |  | 2008

former insignia

|  | 1992–
Republic of Artsakh
|  | Artsakh Defense Army aviation  |  | 1990s-2023
British Hong Kong |  |

Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force

|  | 1951-1993

Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
Royal Air Force

|  | 1949-1951

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps – Air Arm
Royal Air Force

|  | 1930-1949
South Ossetia |  | South Ossetian Air Corps |  | 1990s
Sovereign Military Order of Malta |  | Military Corps of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |  | 1947-1950
Transnistria |  | Transnistrian Air Force |  | 1991
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |  | Aviation Unit Command |  | 1976

## See also

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* List of militaries by country
* List of armies by country
* List of navies
* List of space forces
* List of gendarmeries

## Notes

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1. ^ Leese, Capt. Robert. "Afghan National Army Air Corps now Afghan National Army Air Force". US Air Force, 14 June 2010. [1]
2. ^ Operations resumed in 2002, but the new name may not have been applied until the after the 2003 defense reforms were promulgated.
3. ^ Little is known about the Taliban regime's air force establishment.
4. ^ The pro-Soviet regime collapsed in late April 1992 and was succeeded by the UN-sponsored government, the "Islamic State of Afghanistan", led by Burhanuddin Rabbani until overthrown by the Taliban in September 1996.
5. ^ Official establishment occurred in 1924, but the AMAA received its first aircraft in 1921 (aside from some captured in 1919).
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979.
8. ^ 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).
9. ^ 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).
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ The Vietnamese invasion of 1979 resulted in the forcible disbandment of the AFKLA; formation of a successor force did not begin until 1984.
13. ^ The Cape Verde Coast Guard received its first aircraft in November 1992; its actual date of formation is unknown at this time.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ 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.
16. ^ 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.
17. ^ 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.
18. ^ Full formal name is the Cuban Air Defense and Revolutionary Air Force (Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria).
19. ^ Established by Fidel Castro in 1958, but operations with a captured Aviación Naval aircraft began the previous year.
20. ^ Split off from the Cuban air force in 1934, but remerged in 1952 reorganization.
21. ^ 2011 placed under the Air Force as Squadron 723.
22. ^ 2003 placed under the air force as Squadron 724.
23. ^ 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.
24. ^ 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.
25. ^ a b From 1958–1961, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces were unified as the United Arab Republic Air Force
26. ^ 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.
27. ^ Also used the ordinary French roundel:  with the Cross of Lorraine as a fin flash.
28. ^ Also used a variant of the ordinary French roundel with bars like the USAAF insignia:
29. ^ The national flag is used as a fin flash.
30. ^ The Gambia formed the nucleus of an air force in 2002 and sent personnel to 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.
31. ^ "Indian Air Force – Government of India". indianairforce.nic.in. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
32. ^ Flank roundel:
33. ^ Conglomerate of the Aviazione della Regia Marina and Corpo Aeronautico Militare. Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge): , flank roundel (click to enlarge):
34. ^ Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge):
35. ^ Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge):
36. ^ (in Italian) Baldassare Catalanotto, Hugo Pratt, In un cielo lontano : 70 anni di aeronautica militare. Lizard editore, 1993. ISBN 88-86456-01-8
37. ^ Patterned on the US Air Force.
38. ^ Also used the Imperial Japanese Navy's ensign:
39. ^ Edwards, Paul M. (2010). "Korean People's Air Force (KPAF)". Historical Dictionary of the Korean War (2nd ed.). Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 151\. ISBN 978-0-8108-7461-9.
40. ^ The first ROKAF roundel was simply a red-blue Taegeuk, later, a roundel resembles that of the USAF was used until the 2000s (click to enlarge):
41. ^ For some time LPLAAF also used this roundel (clik to enlarge):  (www.acig.org[usurped])
42. ^ Pathet Lao insurgents operated their own small air arm from 1960–1975; it became part of the LPLAAF.
43. ^ 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.
44. ^ 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.
45. ^ Although founded in 1926, aircraft were not supplied until the following year.
46. ^ On the flanks are used also the national flag, it seems to be used also this roundel:
47. ^ The yellow variant of the soyombo roundel is also reported: .
48. ^ There is also the alternate version:
49. ^ "Paraguayan Air Arms". Archived from the original on 8 May 2009.
50. ^ "Paraguay Naval Aviation". Archived from the original on 29 January 2008.
51. ^ "Anul 1893". RoAF (in Romanian).
52. ^ Cornel Năstase (2004). "Hansa Brandenburg W.29". Modelism 2004-02 (in Romanian). p. 6.
53. ^ A new tricolour star has been reported since 2007 on several planes and helicopters: airliners.net Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine:
54. ^ The Serbian-Montenegrin union of Yugoslavia was dissolved in 2006 and the former nation's military assets were divided between them.
55. ^ a b 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.
56. ^ After World War I, Serbia was united with other Balkan states into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
57. ^ Finflash (click to enlarge):
58. ^ Some units customize their roundels, painting in white inside, their own symbol or motto.
59. ^ Merged with Swedish Air Force 2003
60. ^ 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.
61. ^ "Japanese use of Type 45 Siamese Mauser?". forums.gunboards.com. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
62. ^ Admin (10 March 2017). "Tonga Defence Services". Aeroflight. Aeroflight Publishing. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
63. ^ 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.
64. ^ However, Tunisia's first aircraft were not obtained until 1960.
65. ^ Official date of integration of the several emirate air arms, but actual integration took many years.
66. ^ a b RNAS and RFC merged to form RAF
67. ^ a b Formerly part of the Royal Air Force.
68. ^ Also uses a low-visibility roundel:
69. ^ Previous roundels as per US Navy
70. ^ "Aviación Militar Bolivariana – Paladín del Espacio Soberano". Archived from the original on 6 April 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
71. ^ Andersson, Lennart (2004). "Wings Over the Desert: Aviation on the Arabian Peninsula Part One: Saudi Arabia". Air Enthusiast: 39–40.
72. ^ Until the fifties was in use the single bordered star, also painted on fuselage and rudder (click to enlarge)
73. ^ Red outline added to celebrate victory over Nazi Germany and is referred to as the Victory Star.
74. ^ Preceded by the Partizanska Eskadrila NOVJ and RAF squadrons 351 and 352 (the RAF Balkan Air Force, 1942–1945)

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