World Air Forces,

A
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Afghanistan Afghan National Army - Air Corps
Afghan Melli-e Ourdou 2002
Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (Mujahideen)
1996-2001
Army Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)
1996-2001
Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan
1992-1996
Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah
1983-1992
Afghan Army Air Force[5]
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[6]-1929
Albania Albanian Air Force
Forcave Ajrore 1991

1960-1990

1958-1960

1951-1957
Albanian Air Corps
1914-1939
Algeria Algerian Air Force
Al Quwwat aljawwija aljaza'eriiya 1962
Angola People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola
Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Aérea e Antiaérea
Angolan People's Air Force & Anti-Aircraft Defence
Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Anti-Aviões
1976-?
Argentina Argentine Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Argentina 1945
Servicio Aéronautico del Ejército
1912-1945?
Argentine Naval Aviation
Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina 1919
Argentine Army Aviation Command
Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino 1956
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 [[Image:|23px]] Royal Australian Air Force 1921
Australian Air Corps
1921
Australian Flying Corps
1914-1921
Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm 1947
Australian Army Aviation 1968
Austria Austrian Air Force
Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte 1955
Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich
1938-1945
Heimwehr Flieger Korps
1927-1938
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Air Force 1991


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
Bangladesh Bangladeshi Air Force
বাংলােদশ িবমান বািহনী
Bangladesh Biman Bahini 1971
Barbados Barbados Defence Force 1981
Belarus Belarus Air Force post 1995
Belarus Air Force
1991-1995
Belgium Belgian Air Force
Belgische Luchtmacht, Composante Air 1946
Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire
1915-1940
Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers
1910-1915
Belize Belize Defence Force Air Wing 1983
Benin Benin Air Force
Force Aérienne Populaire de Benin 1975
Dahomey Air Force
Force Aérienne de Dahomey
1961-1975
Bhutan Bhutan Air Force
Bolivia Bolivian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana 1923
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Air Force and Air Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ваздухопловство и ПВО
Zrakoplovstvo i PZO 2007
Republika Srpska Air Force
Ратно Ваздухопловство и ПВО ВРС
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO VRS
1992-2007
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force
Zručne Snage Armije Republike BiH
1992-1996
Botswana 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 Naval Aviation
Força Aeronaval 1952
Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Naval (AvN)
1952-1941
Brazilian Army Aviation Command
Comando de Aviação do Exército Brasileiro 1986
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
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[11]
1920-1924
Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie
1919-1920
Aeroplane Group
1918-1919
Army Aviation Corps
1915-1918
Aeronautical Battalion
1914-1915
Aeronautical Detachment
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 1964
Burundi Burundi Army Aviation
Force Armée du Burundi 1966


C
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Cambodia Royal Cambodian Air Force
Toap Akas Khemarak Phoumin
Force Aérienne Royale Cambodge 1993
Kampuchean People's Air Force
1984-1991
Air Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army
1977-1979
Khmer Air Force
Aviation Nationale Khmer
1970-1975
Royal Khmer Air Force
Aviation Royale Khmere
1954-1970
Cameroon Cameroon Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Cameroun 1960
Canada Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) 1968
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Canadian Aviation Corps, Canadian Air Force
1924-1968, 1914-1915, 1918-1922
Cape Verde Cape Verde Air Force
Força Aérea Caboverdiana 1982
Cape Verde Coast Guard
Guarda Costeira de Cabo Verde 1992[16]
Central African Republic Central African Republic Air Force
Force Aérienne Centrafricaine 1961
Chad Chad Air Force
Force Aérienne Tchadienne 1973
Chile Chilean Air Force
Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh) 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[18]
Chilean Army Aviation
Comando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile (popularly, Aviación del Ejército) 1970
China (PRC) People's Liberation Army Air Force
中国人民解放军空军
Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun 1949
Nanyuan Flying Group
1949
Red Army of China Air Force
c. 1930
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 ????
Colombia Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Colombiana 1922
Colombian Naval Aviation
Aviación Naval 1935
Colombian Army Aviation
Aviación del Ejército 1995
Congo Congolese Air Force
L'Armée de l'Air du Congo 1961
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 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
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire c. 1965
Croatia Croatian Air Force and Defense
Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo i Protuzracna Obrana 1991
Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion
1941-1945
Cuba Cuban Revolutionary Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria 1959
Cuban Rebel Air Force
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
Aviación Naval 1934-1952
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[29]
Hærens Flyvertropper
1912-1950
Royal Danish Naval Aviation
Marinens Flyvevæsen
1911-1950
Royal Danish Navy Helicopter Service
Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste 2003
Royal Danish Navy Flying Service
Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)
1962-2003
Djibouti 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
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


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
United Arab Republic Air Force
1958-1961[32]
Egyptian Air Force
1952-1958
Royal Egyptian Air Force
1937-1952
Egyptian Army Air Force
1931-1937
El Salvador El Salvador Air Force
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
Eritrea Eritrean Air Force 1994
Estonia Estonian Air Force
Eesti Õhuvägi 1991
Luftwaffe units
1943-1944
Sonderstaffel Buschmann
1942-1943
Aircraft Squadron of the 22nd Territorial Corps of the Soviet Army
1940-1941
Aviation Regiment
1920?-1940
Aviation Company
1918-1920?
Ethiopia Ethiopian Air Force
Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl 1975
Imperial Ethiopian Air Force
1946-1975
Imperial Ethiopian Aviation
1929-1935


F
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Fiji none
Air Wing, Republic of Fiji Military Forces
1987-1998
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
RAF squadrons 326-329 and 340-347
Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres
1940-1945
French Air Force
Armée de l'Air
1933-1940
French Army Aviation
Aviation Militaire
1909-1933
French Naval Air Arm
Aviation Navale 1925

1925-1940
French Army Light Aviation
Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre 1954


[edit] G
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Gabon Gabon Air Force
Armée de l'Air Gabonaise 1961
Gambia Gambian Air Force[36] c.2003?
Georgia Georgian Air Force 1990
Germany German Air Force
Luftwaffe 1955
East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee
1956-1990
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
German Naval Aviation
Marineflieger 1955
German Army Aviators Corps
Heeresfliegertruppe 1955
Ghana Ghana Air Force 1959
Greece Hellenic Air Force
Πολεμική Αεροπορία
Polemikì Aeroporia 1930
Hellenic Army Aviation
Αεροπορία Στρατού
Aeroporia Stratou 1956
Hellenic Naval Aviation
Πολεμικό Ναυτικό
Polemiko Navtiko 1976
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 Guinea-Bissau Air Force
Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau 1978
Guyana Guyana Defence Force 1968


H
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Haiti Haiti Air Corps
Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti 1942
Honduras Honduras 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.

Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Iceland Iceland Air Defense System
Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið 1987
Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division
Landhelgisgæsla Íslands 1955
India Indian Air Force
भारतीय वायु सेना
Bharatiya Vayu Sena 1950
Royal Indian Air Force
1945-1950
Indian Air Force
1932-1945
Army Aviation Corps 1986
Naval Air Arm 1953
Indian Coast Guard Air Wing
Bharatiya Tatarakshak Dal 1978
Indonesia Indonesian Air Force
Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU) 1946
Republic of Indonesia Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI)
1946-1974
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 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
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation
Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Iraq Iraqi Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya 1958
Royal Iraqi Air Force
1931-?1958
Ireland Irish Air Corps
Aer-Chór na h-Éireann 1922
Israel Israeli Air Force
חיל האוויר
Heyl Ha'Avir 1948
Haganah Sherut Avir
1947-1948
Italy Italian Air Force
Aeronautica Militare 1946
Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
Aviazione Cobelligerante ed Aeronautica Militare Italiana
1943-1946
Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana
1943-1944
Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica
1935-1943
Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica
1923-1936
Royal Naval Aviation
Aviazione della Regia Marina
1912-1923
Military Air Corps
Corpo Aeronautico Militare
1911-1923
Royal Army Air Service
Servizio Aeronautico
1884[43]-1911
Italian Naval Aviation
Aviazione Navale 1956
Italian Army Aviation
Cavalleria dell'Aria 1951
Helicopter Service of the Carabinieers
Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri 1965


J
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Jamaica Jamaican Defence Force 1963
Jamaica Air Squadron
1963
Japan Japan Air Self-Defense Force
航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai 1954
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
大日本帝国海軍航空本部 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū Hombu
1910-1945
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
陸上自衛隊 Rikujō Jieitai
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
大日本帝国陸軍航空本部 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkū Hombu
1910-1945
Jordan Royal Jordanian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya 1955
Arab Legion Air Force
1946-1955


K
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Air Defense Force
Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan 1992
Kenya Kenya Air Force 1964
North Korea Korean People's Army Air Force 1955
South Korea Republic of Korea Air Force
대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍)
Daehan Minguk Gonggun 1949
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[46] 1975
Royal Lao Air Force
1960-1975
Aviation Laotienne
1955-1960
Latvia Latvian Air Force
Latvijas Gaisa Spēki 1991

1926-1940
Lebanon Lebanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnamia 1945
Lesotho Lesotho Defence Force - Air Squadron c.1988
Liberia Liberian Army Air Wing 1987
Libya Libyan Air Force
Al Quwwatal Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Arabia al Libyya 1978
Libyan Arab Republic Air Force
1970-1978?
Royal Libyan Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya al Libiyya
1951-1970
Lithuania Lithuanian Air Force
Karinės Oro Pajėgos 1992
Luxembourg NATO Airborne Early Warning Force 1982


M
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Republic of Macedonia Macedonian Air Force and Air Defense Force
Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана
Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana 1992
Madagascar Malagasy Air Force
Armée de l'Air Malgache 1961
Malawi Malawi Army Air Wing 1978
Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm[50]
1970-1978
Malaysia Royal Malaysian Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia 1963
Royal Malayan Air Force
Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan
1958-1963
Maldives Air Elements
Maldives National Defence Force 1978
Mali Mali Air Force
Force Aérienne de la Republique du Mali 1961
Malta Armed Forces of Malta No.2 Regiment – Air Squadron 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
Moldova Moldovan Air Force 1991
Mongolia Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command
Agaaryn Dovtolgoonoos Khamgaalakh Tsergiyn Komandlal 1993
Mongolian People's Air Force
1925-1993
Montenegro Montenegrin Air Force
Vazdušne snage Crne Gore 2006
Morocco Royal Moroccan Air Force
القوات الجوية الملكية المغربية
Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Al Malikiya Al Maghrebiya
(Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine) 1961
Sherifan Royal Aviation
Aviation Royale Chérifienne
1956-1961
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 Myanmar Air Force
Tatmdaw Lei 1947


N
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Namibia Namibian Air Force 2005
Namibia Defence Force Air Wing
1994-2005
Nepal Nepalese Army Air Service c.2008
Royal Nepal Army Air Wing
1979-c.2007
Royal Nepal Army Air Service
1965-1979
Netherlands Royal Netherlands Air Force
Koninklijke Luchtmacht 1953

1939-1940

1921-1940
Luchtvaartafdeling
1914-1921
Netherlands Naval Aviation
Marineluchtvaartdienst 1917
New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force[54][55] 1934
New Zealand Squadrons of the RAF Nos. 75, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490
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
Norway Royal Norwegian Air Force
Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret 1944
Royal Air Force squadrons 331 and 332
1942-1945
Army Air Service
Hærens Flyvevesen
1915-1944
Naval Air Service
Marinens Flyvevesen
1916-1944


O
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Oman Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)[56]
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya 1990
Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF)
1959-1990
OECS Regional Security System 1999
P
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Pakistan Pakistani Air Force
پاکستانی فضائيہ 1956
Royal Pakistani Air Force
1947-1956
Army Aviation Wing 1958
Pakistan Navy Air Arm 1973
Panama Panamanian Air Force
Servicio Aéreo Nacional 1983
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Defence Force 1974
Paraguay Paraguayan Air Force
Aeronautica Militar Paraguaya 1989
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
Philippines Philippine Air Force
Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas 1947
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
RAF squadrons 300-309, 315-318 and 663
1940-1947
Forces Aerienes Polonaises
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
Army Air Service
Arma da Aeronáutica Militar
1924-1952
Military Aeronautical Service
Serviço Aeronáutico Militar
1914-1924
Balloon Corps
Companhia de Aerosteiros
1911-1914
Navy Helicopter Squadron
Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha 1993
Portuguese Naval Aviation
Aviação Naval
1957-1993
Formerly Aeronaval Forces
Forças Aeronavais
1952-1957
Naval Aeronautical Service
Serviço da Aeronáutica Naval
1918-1952
Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação da Armada
1917-1918


Q
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Qatar Qatar Emiri Air Force 1968


R
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Romania Romanian Air Force
Forţele Aeriene Române 1989
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Socialiste România
1985-1989
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Socialiste România
1965-1985
Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Română
1947-1965

1944-1947
Forţele Aeriene Regale ale României
1941-1944
Aeronautica Regală Românã
1915-1941
Russia Russian Air Force
Военно-воздушные cилы России
Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii 1991
Soviet Air Force
Военно-воздушные силы
Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily
1918-1991
Imperial Russian Air Force
Императорский военно-воздушный флот
Pre-reform Russian:Императорскiй военно-воздушный флотъ
1910-1917
Russian Naval Aviation
Авиация Военно-Морского Флота
Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota 1991
Rwanda Rwandan Air Force
Force Aérienne Rwandaise 1972


S
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Saudi Arabia Royal Saudi Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya as Sa'udiya 1950
Senegal Senegalese Air Force
Armée de l'Air du Sénégal 1960
Serbia Serbian Air Force
Ваздухопловство и ПВО Војске Србије
Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO Vojske Srbije 2006
Serbian Military Air Service
Српска Авијатика
Srpska Avijatika
1915-1918
1913-1915
Serbian Aviation Service Aircraft Command
Ваздухопловна Команда
Vazduhoplovna Komanda
1912-1913
Seychelles Coast Guard Air Wing (Seychelles) 1980
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Defence Force 1973
Singapore Republic of Singapore Air Force
Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura 1968
Slovakia Slovak Air Force
Velitelstvo Vzdušnych Sil 1993
Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane
1939-1944
Slovenia Air Force of the Slovenian Army
Vojaško Letalstvo in Zracna Obramba Slovenske Vojske 2004
15th Aviation Brigade of the Slovenian Army
1995-2004
15th Aviation Brigade of the Territorial Defense Force
1992-1995
Slovenian Territorial Defense Force - Air Force Unit
1991-1992
Somalia none
Somali Air Force
1960-1991
Somali Aeronautical Corps
Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed
Corpo di Sicurezza della Somalia
1958-1968
South Africa South African Air Force
Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag 1920
Royal South African Air Force
1947-1957

1924-1947
South African Aviation Corps
1915-1920
Spain Spanish Air Force
Ejército del Aire 1939
Nationalist Air Force
Aviación Nacional
1936-1939
"   
1937-1939
Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española (F.A.R.E.)
1931-1939
Aeronáutica Militar Española
1911-1931
Servicio Militar de Aerostacion
1896-1911
FAMET Spanish Army Aviation
Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra 1973
Armada Española Air Arm
Arma Aérea de la Armada 1954
Aeronáutica Naval
1917-1936
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 1972
Royal Ceylon Air Force
1951-1972
Sudan Sudanese Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya 1956
Suriname Suriname Air Force
Surinaamse Luchtmacht 1982
Swaziland Swazi Air Force 1979
Sweden Swedish Air Force
Svenska Flygvapnet 1926
Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps
Flygkompaniet
1912-1926
Naval Air Service
Marinens Flygväsen
1911-1926
Defence Helicopter Wing
Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj 1998-2003
Swedish Army Aviation
Arméflyget
1954-1998
Swedish Naval Aviation
Marinflyget
1958-1998
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 Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya 1961
United Arab Republic Air Force
1958-1961[32]
Syrian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya
1948-1958


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)
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
1976-1979
Republic of China Navy Aviation Command 1995
Naval Anti-Submarine Group
1991-1995
Fleet Helicopter Squadron
1977-1991
Chinese Naval Air Service
1927-1938
Tajikistan Tajikistan Air and Air Defense Troops c. 1993-1994[65]
Tanzania Tanzanian People's Defense Force Air Wing
Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania 1965
Thailand Royal Thai Air Force
กองทัพอากาศไทย
Kongthap Akat Thai 1937
Siamese Air Force Division
กรมทหารอากาศ
Krom Tahan Akat
1935-1937
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
Togo Togolese Air Force
Force Aérienne Togolaise 1964[66]
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard 1966
Tunisia Tunisian Air Force
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Jamahiriyah at'Tunisia 1959[67]
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
Turkish Land Force Aviation
Türk Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılığı 1948
Turkish Naval Aviation
Türk Donanma Havacılığı 1971
Turkish Coast Guard Aviation
Türk Sahil Güvenlik Havacılığı 1993
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Air Force and Air Defense Force 1992


U
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
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Air Force[68] 1976[69]
United Kingdom Royal Air Force 1918
Royal Naval Air Service
1914-1918
Royal Flying Corps
1912-1918
Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers
1911-1912
School of Ballooning
1888-1911
Fleet Air Arm[70] 1937
Army Air Corps[70] 1942
United States United States Air Force 1947

1947-
United States Army Air Forces
1943-1947

1943

1942-1943

1941-1942
United States Army Air Corps
1926-1941
United States Army Air Service
1917-1926
Army Aviation Branch 1983
Army Aviation
1947-1983
U.S. Naval Aviation 1911

1947-

1943-1947

1943

1942-1943

1926-1942
United States Marine Corps Aviation 1912
Air National Guard 1947
component of the United States National Guard
1916-1947
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 Uzbek Air and Air Defense Force 1992


V
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Venezuela Venezuelan Air Force
Aviación Militar Venezolana 2006
Fuerza Aérea Venezolana
1949-2006
Venezuelan Army Aviation
Servicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolana 1970
Venezuelan Naval Aviation
Aviación de la Marina Venezolana 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 Vietnamese Air Force
1959-1975
Cochin China Air Force
1941-1945


Y
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Yemen Yemen Air Force
Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yemeniya 1990

Z
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Zambia
(formerly Northern Rhodesia) Zambian Air Force and Air Defence Command 1968
Zambia Air Wing
1964-1968
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force
1954-1963
Zimbabwe
(formerly Southern Rhodesia) Air Force of Zimbabwe 1980
Rhodesian Air Force
1970-1979
Royal Rhodesian Air Force
1963-1970
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force
1954-1963
Southern Rhodesian Air Force
1939-1954
Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit
1935-1939


Former countries
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Austria-Hungary Austro-Hungarian Air Corps
Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen 1912-1919
Imperial and Royal Aviation Service
KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt
1893-1912
Biafra Biafran Air Force
1967-1970
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak Air Force
Československé Vojenské Letectvo 1945-1993
Czechoslovak Army Air Force
Československé Letectvo
1918-1939
East Germany East German Air Force
Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1956-1990
Manchukuo Manchukuo Air Force 1938-1945
Manchukuo Air Transport Company
Manchu Kokuyuso Kabushiki Kaisha 1932-1945
North Yemen Yemen Arab Republic Air Force 1962-1990
Ottoman Empire Ottoman Air Force 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
South Vietnam Vietnam Air Force
Khong Quan Viet Nam 1954-1975
South Yemen South Yemen Air Force 1967-1990
Soviet Union Soviet Air Force
Военно-воздушные силы 1930-1991
Workers' and Peasants' Air Fleet
Рабоче-крестьянский воздушный флот
1918-1930
United Arab Republic United Arab Republic Air Force 1958-1961
Egyptian Air Force

1952-1958
Syrian Air Force
1948-1958
Kingdom of Yugoslavia /
SFR Yugoslavia /
FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Air Force
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе
Ratno vazdukhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Tsrne Gore 2003-2006[75]
FR Yugoslavia Air Force
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије
Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije
1992-2003
SFR Yugoslav Air Force
Југословенско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Противваздушна Одбрана
Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdušna Odbrana
1945-1991
Yugoslav Royal 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
1923-1929
Zaire
(now Democratic Republic of Congo) Zaire Air Force 1971-1997


Other
Country Established
Service
Indigenous nameCurrentFormer
Abkhazia Abkhazian Air Force 1992
Tamil Eelam (Liberation Tigers of) Air Tigers
Hong Kong Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps - Air Arm RAF 1930-1949

Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force/RAF
1949-1951

Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
1951-1993
People's Liberation Army Air Force - People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison
1997-
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