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.
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Islamic Emirate Air Force [1] دافغانستان هوايۍ ځواک | 2021 | |
![]() | 2010–2021 | |||
![]() | 2002–2010 | |||
![]() | 1996–2001 | |||
Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan [4] | ![]() | 1992–1996 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1983–1992 | ||
![]() | 1979-1983 | |||
Afghan Republican Air Force | ![]() | 1973–1979 | ||
![]() | 1948–1973 | |||
Afghan Air Force | ![]() | 1937–1947 | ||
![]() | 1924 [5] -1929 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Albanian Air Force | 1951 | |
Air Force of the Albanian People's Army | ![]() | 1951–1991 | ||
![]() | 1914–1939 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Algerian Air Force Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya, Armée de l'Air Algérienne | 1962 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1962–1964 | ||
![]() | Algerian Navy | |||
![]() | Algerian Gendarmerie | |||
![]() | ![]() | National Air Force of Angola Força Aérea Nacional de Angola | 2007 | |
Angolan People's Air Force And Air Defence Force | ![]() | 1975-2007 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1975–1980 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing | 2022 | |
![]() | ![]() | Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aérea Argentina | 1945 | |
Army Aeronautical Service | ![]() | 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 | 1955 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Armenian Air Force Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր | 1992 | |
![]() | ![]() | Royal Australian Air Force | 1921 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1945–1956 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1943-1946 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942–1946 | ||
![]() | 1921–1942 | |||
![]() | March–August 1921 | |||
![]() | 1912-1920 | |||
![]() | Fleet Air Arm | 1947 | ||
![]() | Australian Army Aviation | 1968 | ||
![]() | 1966–1968 | |||
![]() | 1960–1966 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Austrian Air Force Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte | 1955 | |
Austrian Air Force | ![]() | 1928-1938 | ||
![]() | 1893–1918 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri | 1991 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing | 1981 | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 Air Force বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী Bangladesh Biman Bahini | 1971 | |
![]() | 1971-1972 | |||
![]() | Bangladesh Naval Aviation | 2011 | ||
![]() | Bangladesh Army Aviation Group | 1978 | ||
![]() | Bangladesh Border Guards Bangladesh Army , Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh) wartime only | |||
![]() | ![]() | Barbados Defence Force | 1981 [7] | |
![]() | ![]() | Belarusian Air Force | post 1995 | |
![]() | 1991–1995 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Belgian Air Component Luchtcomponent, Composante Air | 2002 | |
Belgian Air Force | ![]() | 1946-2001 | ||
![]() | 1940-1946 | |||
Military Aviation | ![]() | 1915-1940 | ||
Company of Aviators | ![]() | 1910–1915 | ||
![]() | Belgian Navy | 1962–2002 | ||
![]() | Belgian Army | 1954–2002 | ||
![]() | Belgian Gendarmerie | 1968-2001 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Belize Defence Force Air Wing | 1983 | |
![]() | ![]() | Benin Air Force Force Aérienne de Benin | 1990 | |
People's Republic of Benin Air Force | ![]() | 1975–1990 | ||
Dahomey Air Force | ![]() | 1961-1975 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Royal Bhutan Army | 1972 | |
![]() | ![]() | Bolivian Air Force Fuerza Aérea Boliviana | 1944 | |
Bolivian Military Aviation Corps | ![]() | 1923–1944 | ||
![]() | Bolivian Naval Aviation | |||
![]() | Bolivian Army Aviation | |||
![]() | ![]() | Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ваздухопловство и ПВО Zrakoplovstvo i PZO | 2007 | |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force | ![]() | 1996–2006 | ||
Republika Srpska Air Force | ![]() | 1992–2006 | ||
Croatian Defence Council aviation | ![]() | 1992– | ||
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force | ![]() | 1992–1996 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Botswana Defence Force Air Wing | 1977 | |
![]() | ![]() | Brazilian Air Force Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) | 1941 | |
Military Aviation Service | ![]() | 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. | |||
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Bulgarian Air Force Български Военновъздушни Сили | 1992 | |
Bulgarian People's Army Air Force | ![]() | 1949–1992 | ||
Air Army | ![]() | 1945–1949 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1941–1944 | ||
![]() | 1937–1941 | |||
Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1959–1990 | ||
Bulgarian Naval Aviation | ![]() | 1915–1918 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Burkina Faso Air Force Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso | 1984 | |
Upper Volta Air Force | ![]() | 1964–1984 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Burundi Army Aviation Force Armée du Burundi | 1966 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Royal Cambodian Air Force ទ័ពអាកាសខេមរភូមិន្ទ Toăp Akas Khémôrôphumĭnt | 1993 | |
![]() | 1989–1993 | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1989–1993 | ||
![]() | 1979-1989 [11] | |||
Air Force of the Liberation Army of Kampuchea | ![]() | 1977–1979 [12] | ||
![]() | 1970–1975 | |||
![]() | 1954–1970 | |||
![]() | Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia aviation Royal Cambodian Armed Forces | |||
![]() | ![]() | Cameroon Air Force Armée de l'Air du Cameroun | 1960 | |
![]() | ![]() | Royal Canadian Air Force Aviation Royale Canadienne | 2011 | |
Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) | ![]() | 1968-2011 | ||
![]() | 1965-1968 | |||
![]() | 1948-1965 | |||
![]() | 1946-1948 | |||
![]() | 1924-1946 | |||
Canadian Air Force (Air Board) | ![]() | 1920-1924 | ||
Canadian Air Force (in Europe) | ![]() | 1918–1920 | ||
![]() | 1918–1919 | |||
![]() | 1917–1918 | |||
![]() | 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 Air Force Força Aérea Caboverdiana | 1992 [13] | |
![]() | ![]() | Central African Republic Air Force Force Aérienne Centrafricaine | 1979– | |
Central African Empire Air Force | ![]() | 1976–1979 | ||
![]() | 1961–1976 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Chadian Air Force Force Aérienne Tchadienne | 1973 | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | People's Liberation Army Air Force 中国人民解放军空军 Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun | 1949 | |
![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 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 Military Aviation Command | 1976 | |
![]() | ![]() | Air Force of the Republic of Congo Force 'Aérienne Congolaise | ||
People’s Republic of Congo Air Force | ![]() | 1970–1992 | ||
Congolese Air Force | ![]() | 1961–1970 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Force Aérienne du Congo | ||
![]() | 1971–1997 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Air Surveillance Service Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea (SVA) – Fuerza Pública | 1994 | |
Air Section of the Costa Rican Civil Guard | ![]() | 1955-1994 | ||
Costa Rican Military Air Force | ![]() | 1947–1949 | ||
![]() (Ivory Coast) | ![]() | Côte d'Ivoire Air Force Force Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire | c. 1965 | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1941–1945 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force [18] Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria | 1959 | |
Cuban Rebel Air Force [19] | ![]() | 1958 | ||
Cuban Army Air Force | ![]() | 1952–1958 | ||
Cuban Army Air Corps | ![]() | 1915–1952 | ||
![]() | Cuban Naval Aviation [20] Aviación Naval | 1934-1952 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Air Command of Cyprus Διοίκηση Αεροπορίας Κύπρου | 1996 | |
Cyprus National Guard Air Wing | ![]() | 1973–1996 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Czech Air Force Vzdušné síly armády České republiky | 1993 | |
Czechoslovak Air Force | ![]() | 1926–1993 | ||
![]() | 1921–1926 | |||
![]() | 1918–1921 | |||
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Royal Danish Air Force Flyvevåbnet | 1950 | |
Danish Navy Air Squadron [21] | ![]() | 2003-2010 | ||
Royal Danish Army Flying Service [22] | ![]() | 1971-2003 | ||
Royal Danish Navy Flying Service | ![]() | 1962–2003 | ||
![]() | 1943-1945 | |||
Royal Danish Army Air Corps | ![]() | 1912–1950 | ||
Royal Danish Naval Aviation | ![]() | 1911–1950 | ||
![]() | Air Force Home Guard Home Guard (Denmark) , Danish Defence | 1953 | ||
![]() (formerly the French Territory of Afars and Issas) | ![]() | Djibouti Air Force Force Aérienne du Djibouti | 1977 | |
![]() | ![]() | Dominican Air Force Fuerza Aérea Dominicana (FAD) | 1962 | |
Dominican Military Aviation | ![]() | 1957–1962 | ||
Dominican Air Force | ![]() | 1955–1957 | ||
Dominican Military Aviation | ![]() | 1952–1955 | ||
Dominican Air Force | ![]() | 1950–1952 | ||
Dominican Military Aviation Corps (DMAC) | ![]() | 1948-1950 | ||
![]() | Air Cavalry Squadron Escuadrón de Caballería Aérea (EdCA) | 2002 | ||
Air Transport Cavalry Brigade | ![]() | 2001–2002 | ||
Aviation Company of the National Army | ![]() | 1942–1948 [23] | ||
Dominican Army Aviation Company | ![]() | 1939-1942 | ||
Aviation Detachment of the National Army | ![]() | 1936–1939 | ||
National Air Transport Company, Aviation Arm | ![]() | 1934–1935 | ||
Aviation Company | ![]() | 1933-1934 | ||
Aviation Arm of the National Army | ![]() | 1932–1933 | ||
![]() | Dominican Republic Naval Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación Naval Dominicana | 2003 | ||
Coastguard Search and Rescue Squadron | ![]() | 1951-1952 [24] |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Timor Leste Defence Force Air Component | 2020 | |
![]() | ![]() | Ecuadorian Air Force Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana | 1944 | |
![]() | Ecuadorian Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana | 1967 | ||
![]() | Ecuadorian Army Aviation Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano | 1954 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Egyptian Air Force Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya | 1961 | |
United Arab Republic Air Force | ![]() | 1958–1961 [25] | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1952-1958 | ||
![]() | 1937–1952 | |||
Egyptian Army Air Force | ![]() | 1932–1937 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1932 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Air Force of El Salvador Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña | 1923 | |
![]() | ![]() | Equatorial Guinea Air Corps | 1979 | |
![]() | ![]() | Eritrean Air Force | 1994 | |
![]() | ![]() | Estonian Air Force Eesti Õhuvägi | 1991 | |
Aviation Regiment | ![]() | 1920?–1940 | ||
![]() | 1918–1920? | |||
![]() | National Border Guard Aviation Group Estonian Border Guard | 1993-2010 | ||
![]() (formerly Swaziland) | ![]() | Military of Eswatini Air Wing | 1979 | |
Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing | ![]() | 1979-2018 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Ethiopian Air Force Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl | 1975 [26] | |
former air force insignia | ![]() | 1996-2009? | ||
![]() | 1975 (re-established in 1995) | |||
![]() | 1975 (disestablished in 1991) | |||
![]() | 1946–1975 | |||
Imperial Ethiopian Aviation | ![]() | 1929-1935 | ||
![]() | Ethiopian Navy aviation | 1955–1996 | ||
![]() | Ethiopian Ground Forces Aviation | 1970s |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Air Wing of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces | 1987–1997 | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 | |||
![]() | ![]() | French Air and Space Force Armée de l'Air et de l’Espace | 2020 | |
French Air Force | ![]() | 1933–2020 | ||
Free French Air Force [27] [28] | ![]() | 1940–1945 | ||
Vichy French Air Force | ![]() | 1940–1942 | ||
French Air Force | ![]() | 1933-1940 | ||
French Army Aviation | ![]() | 1909–1933 | ||
![]() | French Naval Aviation Aéronautique navale | 1912 | ||
Free French Naval Air Service | ![]() | 1940–1945 | ||
![]() | 1912–1940 | |||
![]() | French Army Light Aviation Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre | 1954 | ||
![]() | 1794-1799 | |||
![]() | National Gendarmerie aviation | 1943 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Gabonese Air Force Armée de l'Air Gabonaise | 1961 | |
![]() (formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation) | ![]() | Gambian Air Force [29] | c.2003? [30] | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1991-2010 | ||
Democratic Republic of Georgia People's Guard air detachment | ![]() | 1917–1920 | ||
![]() | ![]() | German Air Force Luftwaffe | 1955 | |
Air Forces of the National People's Army | ![]() | 1956–1990 | ||
Volkspolizei-Luft (of the German Democratic Republic / East Germany) | ![]() | 1950–1956 | ||
German Air Force | ![]() | 1935-1945 | ||
![]() | 1926-1933 | |||
![]() | 1912–1919 | |||
Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen Kaiserreiches | ![]() | 1911–1919 | ||
Imperial German Army Air Service | ![]() | 1910–1919 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1913–1914 | ||
![]() | 1909–1917 | |||
![]() | German Naval Aviation Marineflieger | 1957 | ||
East German Navy, Naval Air Force | ![]() | –1990 | ||
Imperial German Naval Air Service | ![]() | –1918 | ||
![]() | German Army Aviation Corps Heeresfliegertruppe | 1957 | ||
![]() | Federal Border Guards Bundesgrezschutz | -2005 | ||
![]() | -1990 | |||
![]() (formerly the Gold Coast) | ![]() | Ghana Air Force | 1959 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1964-1966 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Hellenic Air Force Πολεμική Αεροπορία (literally "War Aviation") Polemikì Aeroporia | 1930 | |
![]() | 1941-1946 | |||
Royal Hellenic Air Force | ![]() | 1935-1973 | ||
![]() | 1912-1930 | |||
![]() | 1915–1930 | |||
![]() | Hellenic Army Aviation Αεροπορία Στρατού Aeroporia Stratou | 1947 | ||
![]() | Navy Aviation Command | 2018 | ||
Hellenic Navy Helicopter Command | ![]() | 1975-2018 | ||
![]() | Hellenic Coast Guard aviation - Paramilitary coast guard service of Greece. | |||
![]() | ![]() | Guatemalan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG) | 1948 | |
Military Aeronautical Corps | ![]() | 1935–1948 | ||
Guatemalan Military Aviation Corps | ![]() | 1929–1935 | ||
Guatemalan Air Force | ![]() | 1921–1929 | ||
Army Aviation Corps | ![]() | 1914–1921 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Guinea Air Force Force Aérienne de Guinée | 1959 | |
![]() (formerly Portuguese Guinea) | ![]() | Guinea-Bissau Air Force Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau | 1974-2015 | |
![]() (formerly British Guyana) | ![]() | Guyana Defence Force Air Command | 1973 | |
Guyana Defence Force Air Wing | ![]() | 1968-1973 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Haiti Air Corps Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti | 1942–1994 (2013 re-establishment) | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1964–1986 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942–1964 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Honduran Air Force Fuerza Aérea Hondureña | 1954 | |
Air Force and Military Aviation School | ![]() | 1938-1954 | ||
Aviation Military School | ![]() | 1931–1938 | ||
National Aviation School | ![]() | 1924–1931 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Hungarian Air Force Magyar Légierő | 1991 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1990-1991 | ||
Air Force of the Hungarian People's Army | ![]() | 1951–1990 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1949-1951 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1948-1949 | ||
Royal Hungarian National Defense Air Force | ![]() | 1941–1945 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1938-1941 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1919-1923 | ||
Red Hungarian Air Corps | ![]() | 1919 | ||
Insignia variant | ![]() | |||
Insignia variant | ![]() |
For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division Landhelgisgæsla Íslands – Flugdeild | 1955 | |
Icelandic aircraft insignia | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Indian Air Force | 1932 | |
![]() | 1947–1950 | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942–1945 | ||
![]() | 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 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Indonesian Air Force Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU) | 1946 | |
Republic of Indonesia Air Force | ![]() | 1946–1974 | ||
Republic of Indonesia Air Force | ![]() | 1946–1949 | ||
![]() | Indonesian Naval Aviation Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL) | 1974 | ||
Indonesian Naval Aviation Service | ![]() | 1956–1974 | ||
![]() | Indonesian Army Aviation Command Pusat Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD) | 1974 | ||
Indonesian Army Aviation Service | ![]() | 1959–1974 | ||
![]() (formerly Persia) | ![]() | Air Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | 1985 | |
![]() | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران | 1979 | ||
Imperial Iranian Air Force | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Iraqi Air Force Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya | 1931 | |
former insignia | [[Image:|25px ]] | 2011-2019 | ||
Iraqi Air Force | ![]() | 1958-2003; 2019- | ||
Royal Iraqi Air Force | ![]() | 1931–1958 | ||
![]() | Iraqi Army Aviation Command | 1980 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Irish Air Corps Aer-Chór na h-Éireann | 1924 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1939–1954 | ||
Irish National Army, Air Service | ![]() | 1922–1924 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Israeli Defence Force / Air Force חיל האוויר Heyl Ha'Avir | 1951 | |
Israeli Air Force | ![]() | 1948-1951 | ||
Sherut Avir | ![]() | 1947-1948 | ||
Palavir | ![]() | 1943-1947 | ||
![]() | ![]() | late 1960s-early 2000s | ||
![]() | ![]() | Italian Air Force Aeronautica Militare | 1991-current | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1946–1991 | ||
Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force | ![]() | 1943–1964 | ||
![]() | 1943–1945 | |||
Royal Italian Air Force | ![]() | 1935–1943 | ||
Royal Italian Air Force | ![]() | 1923–1935 | ||
Royal Naval Aviation | ![]() | 1912–1923 | ||
Military Air Corps | ![]() | 1915-1923 | ||
Colonial Aviation Service | ![]() | 1912-1915 | ||
Military Aviation Service | ![]() | 1912-1915 | ||
Aviation Battalion | ![]() | 1912 | ||
Royal Army Air Service | ![]() | 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. |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Jamaica Defence Force | 1963 | |
![]() | ![]() | Japan Air Self-Defense Force [37] 航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai | 1954 | |
Imperial Japanese Army Air Force | ![]() | 1912–1945 | ||
Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service [38] | ![]() | 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. | |||
![]() (formerly Transjordan) | ![]() | Royal Jordanian Air Force Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya | 1955 | |
![]() | 1949–1955 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Kazakh Air Defense Forces Áue qurǵanysy kúshteri / Әуе қорғанысы күштері | 1992 | |
![]() | ![]() | Kenya Air Force Jeshi la Anga la Kenya | 1994 | |
The Kenya '82 Air Force | ![]() | 1982-1994 | ||
![]() | Kenya Army Aviation | |||
![]() | ![]() | Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force [39] | 1945 | |
![]() | ![]() | Republic of Korea Air Force [40] 대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍) Daehan Minguk Gonggun | 1949 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1951–2000 | ||
![]() | 1920-1921 | |||
![]() | Republic of Korea Navy, Air Wing Six | 1986 | ||
![]() | 1977–1986 | |||
![]() | Republic of Korea Army aviation | 1965 | ||
![]() | Korea Coast Guard - Paramilitary coast guard service of South Korea. | |||
![]() | ![]() | Kuwait Air Force Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya | 1988 | |
Free Kuwait Air Force | ![]() | 1990-1991 | ||
![]() | 1960-1990 | |||
Directorate of Public Security, Air Wing | ![]() | 1954-1960 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Kyrgyz Air Force | 1992 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force [41] | 1975 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1975– | ||
Royal Lao Air Force | ![]() | 1960–1975 | ||
Laotian Aviation | ![]() | 1955-1960 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Latvian Air Force Latvijas Gaisa Spēki | 1991 | |
Latvian Air Force | ![]() | 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. | |||
![]() | ![]() | Lebanese Air Force Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnania, Force Aérienne Libanaise | 1949 | |
![]() (formerly Basutoland) | ![]() | Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron | c. 1988 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1987–2006 | ||
Lesotho Police Mobile Unit – Air Wing | ![]() | 1978-1988 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Liberian Army Air Wing | 1987 | |
Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit | ![]() | 1970s–1980s | ||
![]() | ![]() | Libyan Air Force القوة الجوية الليبية Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-libyya | 2011–current date | |
Free Libyan Air Force | ![]() | 2011 | ||
![]() | 1977-2011 | |||
Libyan Arab Republic Air Force | ![]() | 1969–1977 | ||
Royal Libyan Air Force | ![]() | 1951–1969 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Lithuanian Air Force Karinės Oro Pajėgos | 1922–1940, 1992 | |
![]() | 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 Army Aviation | 1952–1968 |
}
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Air Force of North Macedonia Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana | 1992 | |
former insignia | ![]() | early 1990s | ||
![]() (formerly the Malagasy Republic) | ![]() | Malagasy Air Force Tafika Anabakabaka Malagasy Armée de l'Air Malgache | 1961 | |
![]() (formerly Nyasaland) | ![]() | Malawi Army Air Wing | 1976 | |
former aircraft insignia | ![]() | 2010-2012 | ||
Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm [44] | ![]() | 1970–1978 | ||
![]() (formerly Malaya) | ![]() | Royal Malaysian Air Force Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia | 1963 | |
insignia variant | ![]() | |||
Royal Malayan Air Force | ![]() | 1958–1963 | ||
Malayan Auxiliary Air Force | ![]() | 1950–1958 | ||
Malayan Volunteer Air Force | ![]() | 1940–1950 | ||
Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force | ![]() | |||
![]() | Royal Malaysian Navy Aviation | 1988 | ||
![]() | Malaysian Army Aviation Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat | 1994 | ||
![]() | Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency - Paramilitary coast guard service of Malaysia. | |||
![]() | ![]() | Coast Guard Aviation Squadron Maldives National Defence Force | 1978 | |
![]() | ![]() | Malian Air Force Force Aérienne de la Republique du Mali | 1961 | |
![]() | ![]() | Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta Skwadra tal-Ajru tal-Forzi Armati ta' Malta | 1992 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1980–1988 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Mauritania Islamic Air Force Force Aérienne de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie | 1960 | |
former aircraft insignia | ![]() | 1960-2019 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Military of Mauritius | 1987 | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Moldovan Air Force [46] | 1991 | |
![]() | ![]() | Mongolian Air Force [47] Агаарын Довтолгооноос Хамгаалах Цэргийн Командлал | 1993-presents | |
Mongolian People's Army Air Force | ![]() | 1925–1992 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Montenegrin Air Force Vazdušne snage Crne Gore | 2006 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 2006-2018 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1956–1961 | ||
![]() | Royal Moroccan Navy, Aviation | |||
![]() | Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie | 1962 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Mozambique Air Force Força Aérea de Moçambique | c.1976/77? | |
People's Liberation Air Force of Mozambique | ![]() | 1975–c.1976/77? | ||
![]() (formerly Burma) | ![]() | Myanmar Air Force Tatmdaw Lei | 1989 | |
Burmese Air Force | ![]() | 1947-1989 |
LOAF
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() (formerly South West Africa) | ![]() | Namibian Air Force | 2005 | |
![]() | 1994–2005 | |||
South West African Territorial Force, Air Wing | ![]() | 1980–1989 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Allied Air Command | 2013 | |
![]() | ![]() | Nepalese Army Air Service | c.2008 | |
![]() | 1979–c.2007 | |||
![]() | 1965–1979 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Royal Netherlands Air Force Koninklijke Luchtmacht | 1953 | |
![]() | 1940–1945 | |||
Army Aviation Brigade | ![]() | 1939–1940 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1921–1940 | ||
Army Aviation Group | ![]() | 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 Coast Guard Royal Netherlands Navy | ||
![]() | ![]() | Royal New Zealand Air Force Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa | 1937 | |
| ![]() | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1943–1946 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1939–1945 | ||
![]() | 1930–1957 | |||
![]() | 1923–1934 | |||
New Zealand Army Flying Corps | ![]() | 1913–1923 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Nicaraguan Army Air Force Fuerza Aérea – Ejército de Nicaragua | 1996 | |
Sandinista Air Force | | 1979–1996 | ||
Air Force of Nicaragua | ![]() | c.1950–1979 | ||
former insignia (fuselage) | ![]() | 1962–1979 | ||
Guard Air Force of Nicaragua | ![]() | c.1947–c.1950 | ||
former insignia (wings) | ![]() | 1938-1962 | ||
Air Force of the National Guard | ![]() | 1938–c.1947 | ||
Air Corps of the National Guard | ![]() | 1936–1938 | ||
Military Aviation Corps | ![]() | 1926–1936 | ||
National Guard | ![]() | 1920–1926 | ||
![]() | ![]() | National Squadron of Niger Escadrille Nationale du Niger | 2003 | |
Niger Air Force | ![]() | 1961–2003? | ||
![]() | ![]() | Nigerian Air Force | 1964 | |
insignia variant | ![]() | |||
![]() | Nigerian Navy, Air Arm | 1985 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Royal Norwegian Air Force Luftforsvaret | 1944 | |
![]() | 1940-1944 | |||
Norwegian Army Air Service | ![]() | 1914–1944 | ||
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service | ![]() | 1912–1944 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() (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 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Pakistan Air Force پاک فضائيہ | 1956 | |
![]() | 1947–1956 | |||
![]() | Pakistan Army Aviation Corps | 1958 | ||
![]() | Pakistan Naval Air Arm | 1971 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Panamanian National Aeronaval Service Panama Servicio Aéreo Nacional | 1989 | |
Panamaian Air Force | ![]() | 1969-1989 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Papua New Guinea Air Wing | 1990s | |
Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Air Transport Wing | ![]() | 1975-1990s | ||
![]() | ![]() | Paraguayan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya | 1946 | |
![]() | 1920s–1940s | |||
![]() | Paraguayan Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Paraguaya [49] [50] | 1980 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Peruvian Air Force Fuerza Aérea del Perú | 1950 | |
Peruvian Aeronautical Corps | ![]() | 1936–1950 | ||
Peruvian Aviation Corps | ![]() | 1929–1936 | ||
![]() | Peruvian Naval Aviation Fuerza Aviación Naval | 1980 | ||
Aeronaval Service | ![]() | 1963–1980 | ||
![]() | Peruvian Army, Aviation Aviación del Ejército | 1977 | ||
Army Light Aviation Group | ![]() | 1973–1977 | ||
![]() | Peruvian Coast Guard Peruvian Navy | |||
![]() | ![]() | Philippine Air Force ᜑᜒᜃ᜔ᜊᜒᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜉᜏᜒᜇ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉᜒᜈᜐ᜔ Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas | 1947 | |
![]() | 1936–1947 | |||
![]() | 1935–1936 | |||
![]() | 1917–1935 | |||
![]() | Philippine Navy Naval Air Wing | 2019 | ||
![]() | 1975–2019 | |||
![]() | Philippine Army Aviation Regiment | 2019 | ||
![]() | 1980–2019 | |||
![]() | Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force | 1998 | ||
Philippine Coast Guard racing stripe | ![]() | |||
![]() | Philippine National Police Special Action Force Air Unit | |||
![]() | ![]() | Polish Air Force Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | 2004 | |
Air and Air Defence Forces | ![]() | 1993–2004 | ||
| ![]() | 1990–1993 | ||
Air Force | ![]() | 1962-1990 | ||
Air Defence Force of Country | ![]() | 1962–1990 | ||
Air and Air Defence Forces of Country | ![]() | 1954–1962 | ||
Air Force | ![]() | 1947–1954 | ||
Air Force of the Polish Army | ![]() | 1945–1947 | ||
Air Force of the Polish Army | ![]() | 1943-1945 | ||
Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain | ![]() | 1939-1946 | ||
Air Force | ![]() | 1918–1939 | ||
![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Portuguese Air Force Força Aérea Portuguesa | 1952 | |
Military Aeronautics Arm | ![]() | 1924-1952 | ||
| ![]() | 1918-1924 | ||
Military Aeronautical Service | ![]() | 1914-1918 | ||
Balloon Company | ![]() | 1911-1914 | ||
![]() | Portuguese Naval Aviation Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha | 1993 | ||
Aeronaval Forces | ![]() | 1952-1957 | ||
Navy Air Forces | ![]() | 1931-1952 | ||
Naval Aeronautics Service | ![]() | 1918-1931 | ||
Navy Aviation Service | ![]() | 1917-1918 | ||
![]() | Portuguese Army Light Aviation Unit Unidade de Aviacão Ligeira do Exército | 2000-2015 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Qatar Emiri Air Force | 1974 | |
Qatar Public Security Forces Air Wing | ![]() | 1968-1974 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Romanian Air Force Forțele Aeriene Române | 1989 | |
| ![]() | 1985-1989 | ||
Air Force of the Socialist Republic of Romania | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1949-1954 | ||
| ![]() | 1944-1949 | ||
Romanian Royal Aeronautics | ![]() | 1941-1944 | ||
| ![]() | 1924-1941 | ||
Romanian Air Corps | ![]() | 1915-1924 | ||
Romanian Military Aeronautics Service | ![]() | 1913-1915 | ||
Military Aerostation [51] | ![]() | 1893-1913 | ||
![]() | Romanian Naval Aviation | 2006 | ||
| ![]() | 1949-1960 | ||
Seaplane Flotilla | ![]() | 1930-1949 | ||
| ![]() | 1941-1944 | ||
Maritime Air Corps [52] | ![]() | 1920-1930 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Russian Air Force [53] [ failed verification ] Военно-воздушные cилы России Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii | 2010 | |
Russian Air Defence Force | ![]() | 1991-2008 | ||
![]() | 1948-1991 | |||
Soviet Air Forces | ![]() | 1918-1991 | ||
| ![]() | 1922–1943 | ||
Imperial Russian Air Service | ![]() | 1910-1917 | ||
![]() | Russian Naval Aviation Авиация Военно-Морского Флота Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota | 2010 | ||
| ![]() | 1991-2010 | ||
![]() | 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 | ||
![]() (formerly Ruanda-Urundi) | ![]() | Rwandan Air Force Force Aérienne Rwandaise | 1972 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Royal Saudi Air Force القوات الجوية الملكية السعودية Al-Quwwāt al-Jawwiyyah al-Malakiyyah as-Suʿūdiyyah | 1950 | |
![]() | 1921-1932 | |||
![]() | Royal Saudi Naval Aviation | 1985 | ||
![]() | Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation | 1990s | ||
![]() | General Security Aviation Command | 1975 | ||
![]() | Saudi Arabian National Guard, Aviation | 2011 | ||
![]() (formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation) | ![]() | Senegalese Air Force Armée de l'Air du Sénégal | 1989 | |
Senegambia Air Force | ![]() | 1982-1989 | ||
Senegalese Air Force | ![]() | 1961-1982 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 2003–2006 [55] | ||
Air Force of FR Yugoslavia | ![]() | 1992–2003 | ||
Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force | ![]() | 1929–1941 | ||
Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department | ![]() | 1918–1929 | ||
Serbian Aviation | ![]() | 1915-1918 [56] | ||
| ![]() | 1912-1915 | ||
![]() | Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service | -1941 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Seychelles People's Defence Force Air Wing (part of the Seychelles People's Defence Force) | 2008 | |
Seychelles Defence Force Air Wing | ![]() | 1978 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Sierra Leone Defence Force Air Force | 1973 | |
![]() | Link to file | 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 | ||
![]() | 1950-1960 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Slovak Air Force Vzdušné sily Slovenskej republiky | 1993 | |
Slovak Insurgent Air Force | ![]() | August–October 1944 | ||
Slovak Air Force | ![]() | 1939-1945 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1939-1940 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence Brigada zračne Obrambe in Letalstva Slovenske Vojske | 2004 | |
![]() | 1995-2004 | |||
15th Aviation Brigade | ![]() | 1991-1995 | ||
Slovenian Air Force upon the break-away from the Habsburg Empire | ![]() | 1918-1919 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Somali Air Force Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed [57] | 1960 | |
Somali Aeronautical Corps | ![]() | 1954-1968 | ||
![]() | Puntland Maritime Police Force Somali Navy | |||
![]() | ![]() | South African Air Force (SAAF) Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag | 1920 | |
| ![]() | 1982-2003 | ||
![]() | 1958-1981 | |||
| ![]() | 1947-1957 | ||
![]() | 1924-1947 | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1920-1921 | ||
![]() | 1915-1920 | |||
![]() | ![]() | South Sudan Air Force | 2011 | |
![]() | ![]() | Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF) Ejército del Aire y del Espacio | 2022 | |
Spanish Air Force (SPAF) | ![]() | 1939-2022 | ||
![]() | 1936-1939 | |||
Nationalist Air Force insignia (wings) | ![]() | 1937-1939 | ||
Nationalist Air Force insignia variant | ![]() | 1936-1939 | ||
Spanish Republican Air Force | ![]() | 1936-1939 | ||
Military Aviation | ![]() | 1931-1936 | ||
Military Aviation | ![]() | 1911-1931 | ||
Military Aerostatics Service | ![]() | 1896-1911 | ||
![]() | Spanish Army Airmobile Force Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra (FAMET) | 1973 | ||
Army Light Air Force | ![]() | 1965-1973 | ||
![]() | Spanish Navy Air Arm Arma Aérea de la Armada | 1954 | ||
Naval Aviation | ![]() | 1931-1936 | ||
Naval Aviation | ![]() | 1917-1931 | ||
![]() | Civil Guard Aviation Guardia Civil - Under the authority of both the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of the Interior. | |||
![]() (formerly Ceylon) | ![]() | Sri Lanka Air Force ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Sri Lanka Guwan Hamudawa | 1972 | |
Royal Ceylon Air Force | ![]() | 1951-1972 | ||
![]() (formerly the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) | ![]() | Sudanese Air Force القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya | 1956 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1956-1970 | ||
![]() (formerly Dutch Guyana) | ![]() | Suriname Air Force Surinaamse Luchtmacht | 1982 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1982-1990s | ||
![]() | ![]() | Swedish Air Force Svenska Flygvapnet | 1926 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1937-1940 | ||
Swedish Air Force | ![]() | 1926-1937 | ||
Swedish Armed Forces Helicopter Wing [59] | ![]() | 1998-2003 | ||
Swedish Army Aviation | ![]() | 1954-1998 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1914-1915 | ||
Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps | ![]() | 1912-1926 | ||
Swedish Naval Aviation | ![]() | 1958-1998 | ||
Naval Air Service | ![]() | 1911-1926 | ||
![]() | Swedish Volunteer Air Corps Home Guard (Sweden) , Swedish Armed Forces | 1961 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Swiss Air Force Schweizer Luftwaffe Forces Aériennes Suisses Forze Aeree Svizzere | 1946 | |
Independent service under the Swiss Federal Military Department | ![]() | 1936-1946 | ||
Swiss Army Aviation | ![]() | 1914-1936 | ||
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 1958-1961 [25] | ||
Syrian Air Force | ![]() | 1948-1958 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Tajik Air Force | 2006 [60] | |
![]() (formerly Tanganyika) | ![]() | Tanzania Air Force Command Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania | 1964 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1964-2010 | ||
![]() (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 | ![]() | 1935-1937 | ||
Royal Siamese Air Division | ![]() | 1921-1935 | ||
Siamese Army Aviation Division | ![]() | 1917-1921 | ||
Siamese Army Aviation Unit | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Tongan Air Wing | 1996 [62] | |
![]() | ![]() | Togolese Air Force Force Aérienne Togolaise | 1964 [63] | |
![]() | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Tunisian Air Force القوات الجوية التونسية Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya At'Tunisia | 1959 [64] | |
![]() | Tunisian National Guard aviation - National gendarmerie force of Tunisia. | |||
![]() | ![]() | Turkish Air Force Türk Hava Kuvvetleri | 1972 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1944-1972 | ||
Turkish Ministry of Defense, | ![]() | 1928-1944 | ||
Turkish Air Force Inspectorate | ![]() | 1922-1928 | ||
Turkish Air Force General Directorate | ![]() | 1921-1922 | ||
Turkish Army Air Service | ![]() | 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 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Turkmen Air Force | 1991 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1991-2011 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Uganda Air Force | 2005 | |
Uganda Police Air Wing | ![]() | 1964–1987 | ||
![]() | 1964-1987 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Ukraine Air Force Військово-Повітряні Сили України Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny | 1992 | |
![]() | 1992-2004 | |||
![]() | 1918-1921 | |||
![]() | 1917-1921 | |||
![]() | Ukrainian Naval Aviation Авіація Військово-Морських Сил Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl | 1992 | ||
![]() | Ukrainian Army Aviation | 1992 | ||
![]() | National Guard of Ukraine, Aviation | 2014 | ||
![]() | State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Aviation | 2003 | ||
![]() | ![]() | United Arab Emirates Air Force | 1976 [67] | |
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 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Royal Air Force | 1918 | |
insignia variant | ![]() | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942-1947 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942-1945 | ||
![]() | 1918-1937 | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1915-1918 | ||
![]() | 1912-1915 | |||
![]() | 1911-1912 | |||
![]() | 1888-1911 | |||
![]() | Fleet Air Arm | 1937 | ||
insignia variant | ![]() | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1944-1945 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942-1947 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1937-1942 | ||
![]() | 1924-1937 | |||
![]() | 1914-1918 | |||
Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps | ![]() | 1912-1914 | ||
![]() | Army Air Corps [66] | 1957 | ||
![]() | 1941-1957 | |||
![]() | 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron Royal Marines | 1968-1995 | ||
![]() | ![]() | United States Air Force [68] | 1947 | |
| ![]() | 1947– | ||
![]() | 1941-1947 | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1943 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1943 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1942-1943 | ||
![]() | 1926-1941 | |||
![]() | 1918-1926 | |||
![]() | 20–24 May 1918 | |||
former insignia | ![]() | 1917-1919 | ||
![]() | 1914-1918 | |||
![]() | 1907-1914 | |||
![]() | 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 | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Uruguayan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya | 1953 | |
Military Air Force | ![]() | 1952-1953 | ||
Uruguayan Military Aviation | ![]() | 1935-1952 | ||
Military School of Aeronautics | ![]() | 1916-1935 | ||
Military Aviation School | ![]() | 1913-1916 | ||
![]() | Uruguayan Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Uruguaya | 1951 | ||
Naval Air Service | ![]() | 1925–1951 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces | 1992 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
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![]() | ![]() | Venezuelan Air Force Aviación Militar Bolivariana | 2006 [70] | |
Venezuelan Military Aviation | ![]() | 2001–2006 | ||
Venezuelan Air Force | ![]() | 1946–2001 | ||
Army Aeronautical Service | ![]() | 1944–1946 | ||
Aviation Regiment N° 1 | ![]() | 1936–1944 | ||
Venezuelan Military Aviation School | ![]() | 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 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 | ![]() | 1955–1975 | ||
![]() | Naval Air Force | 1986 | ||
![]() | Vietnam Coast Guard, Aviation | 2008–2013 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
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![]() | ![]() | 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 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() (formerly Northern Rhodesia) | ![]() | Zambian Air Force | 1968 | |
![]() | 1964–1968 | |||
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force | ![]() | 1954–1963 | ||
![]() (formerly Southern Rhodesia) | ![]() | Air Force of Zimbabwe | 1980 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1982–1994 | ||
Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Air Force | ![]() | 1979–1980 | ||
![]() | 1970–1979 | |||
![]() | 1963–1970 | |||
Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force | ![]() | 1954–1963 | ||
![]() | 1947–1954 | |||
![]() | 1935–1939 |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Abu Dhabi Air Force | 1968–1976 | |
![]() | ![]() | Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen | 1912–1919 | |
| ![]() | 1915–1918 | ||
| ![]() | 1914–1916 | ||
Imperial and Royal Aviation Service | ![]() | 1893–1912 | ||
![]() | Austro-Hungarian Naval Air Corps K.u.K. Seefliegerkorps | 1916–1918 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Biafran Air Force | 1967–1970 | |
![]() | ![]() | Bophuthatswana Air Force | 1987–1994 | |
![]() | 1981-1987 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Central African Empire Air Force | 1976–1979 | |
![]() | ![]() | Royal Ceylon Air Force රාජකීය ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Rajakeeya Lanka Guwan Hamudawa | 1951–1972 | |
![]() | ![]() | Chechen National Guard aviation | 1990s | |
![]() (Wang Jingwei regime) | ![]() | Nanjing Government air force | 1941–1945 | |
![]() | ![]() | Ciskei Defence Force | 1980–1994 | |
![]() | ![]() | Croatian Defence Council aviation | 1992– | |
![]() | ![]() | Czech and Slovakian Air Force | 1990–1993 | |
![]() | 1945–1990 | |||
![]() | August–October 1944 | |||
1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division | ![]() | 1944-1945 | ||
![]() | 1940-1946 | |||
Czechoslovak Army Air Force | ![]() | 1918–1939 | ||
Gendarmerie (Czechoslovakia), Air Wing | ![]() | 1935-1939 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Slovak Air Force | 1939–1945 | |
![]() | ![]() | Dahomey Air Force Force Aérienne de Dahomey | 1961–1975 | |
![]() | ![]() | Dubai Police Air Wing | 1971-1976 | |
![]() | ![]() | Free City of Danzig Police Air Squadron | 1919- | |
![]() | ![]() | Free French Air Force | 1940–1945 | |
![]() | Free French Naval Air Service | 1940–1945 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Air Forces of the National People's Army Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik | 1956-1990 | |
![]() | People's Navy | -1990 | ||
![]() | Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic | -1990 | ||
![]() | Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik aviation Paramilitary sports and pre-military training organization. | -1990 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Ili National Army aviation | 1945-1949 | |
![]() | ![]() | Irish National Army | 1922–1924 | |
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Hejaz Air Force [71] القوات الجوية الحجازية | 1921–1932 | |
![]() | ![]() | Imperial Iranian Air Force | 1925–1979 | |
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana | 1943–1945 | |
![]() | 1923–1943 | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Cambodian People's Air Force | 1989–1993 | |
![]() | 1979–1989 | |||
Kampuchean Revolutionary Armed Forces Air Force | ![]() | 1977–1979 | ||
![]() | 1970–1975 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Air Fleet of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine | 1918-1921 | |
![]() | ![]() | Malagasy Air Force | 1961 | |
![]() ![]() Unfederated Malay States / ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Royal Malayan Air Force | 1958–1963 | |
Malayan Auxiliary Air Force | ![]() | 1950–1958 | ||
Malayan Volunteer Air Force | ![]() | 1940-1950 | ||
Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force | ![]() | |||
![]() | ![]() | Manchukuo Air Force | 1937–1945 | |
![]() | 1931-1937 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Sultan of Oman's Air Force | 1959–1990 | |
![]() | ![]() | Luftwaffe | 1933–1945 | |
Nazi Party | ![]() | National Socialist Flyers Corps Paramilitary aviation organization of the Nazi Party. | 1937-1945 | |
![]() | 1933-1937 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force | 1939-1950 | |
![]() | 1942–1945 | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 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 Air Force | 1955–1975 | |
![]() | | 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 aviation | 1960–1975 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Rhodesian Air Force | 1970–1979 | |
![]() | 1963–1970 | |||
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force | ![]() | 1954–1963 | ||
Southern Rhodesian Air Force | ![]() | 1939–1954 | ||
![]() | 1935–1939 | |||
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Senegambia Air Force Armée de l'Air du Sénégambia | 1982–1989 | |
![]() | ![]() | Republika Srpska Air Force | 1992–2006 | |
![]() | ![]() | 105th Aviation Brigade Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina | 1991–1995 | |
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Royal Siamese Air Division | 1921–1935 | |
Siamese Army Aviation Division | ![]() | 1917–1921 | ||
Siamese Army Aviation Unit | ![]() | 1914–1917 | ||
![]() | ![]() | South West Africa Territorial Force, Air Wing | 1980–1989 | |
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Republic of Vietnam Air Force Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hoà | 1955–1975 | |
Vietnam National Army, Air Force | ![]() | 1951–1955 | ||
![]() ![]() | ![]() | Air Force of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen | 1967-1990 | |
Federation of South Arabia Air Force | ![]() | 1967 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing | 1979-2018 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Soviet Air Forces [72] Военно-воздушные силы | 1930–1991 | |
| ![]() | 1943–1992 [73] | ||
![]() | 1937–1941 | |||
![]() | 1910–1917 | |||
![]() | Soviet Air Defence Forces | 1948–1991 | ||
![]() | Soviet Naval Aviation | 1918–1991 | ||
![]() | Sovet Border Troops Aviation | -1992 | ||
![]() ![]() | ![]() | White Army Air Unites | ||
![]() | ![]() | Air Tigers Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | 1998–2009 | |
![]() | ![]() | Transkei Defence Force, Air Wing | 1986–1994 | |
![]() | ![]() | United Arab Republic Air Force | 1958–1961 | |
Egyptian Air Force | ![]() | 1952–1958 | ||
Syrian Air Force | ![]() | 1948–1958 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Upper Volta Air Force Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta | 1964–1984 | |
![]() | ![]() | Venda Defence Force | 1983–1994 | |
![]() | ![]() | Vichy French Air Force | 1940–1942 | |
![]() | ![]() | German Air Force Luftwaffe | 1955 | |
![]() | German Naval Aviation Marineflieger | 1957 | ||
![]() | German Army Aviation Corps Heeresfliegertruppe | 1957 | ||
![]() | Federal Border Guards Bundesgrenzschutz | -2005 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Ukrainian Galician Army Aviation | 1918-1919 | |
![]() | ![]() | Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet | 1917-1921 | |
![]() ![]() ![]() Yugoslav government-in-exile / ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | 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 | 2003–2006 [55] | |
FR Yugoslavia Air Force | ![]() | 1992–2003 | ||
SFR Yugoslav Air Force [74] | ![]() | 1945–1991 | ||
![]() | 1941–1945 | |||
Yugoslav Partisans Air Force | ![]() | 1941-1945 | ||
Royal Yugoslav Air Force | ![]() | 1929–1941 | ||
Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department | ![]() | 1918–1929 | ||
Serbian Military Air Service | ![]() | 1912–1918 | ||
![]() | Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service | -1941 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia | 1941–1945 | |
![]() | 1941–1945 | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Zaire Air Force Force Aerienne Zairoies | 1971–1997 | |
Congolese Air Force | ![]() | 1960–1971 | ||
former insignia | ![]() | 1960–1964 | ||
![]() | 1944–1960 | |||
![]() | ![]() | Katangese Air Force Force Aerienne Katangaise | 1960–1963 | |
Country | Current | Service Indigenous name | Former | Established |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Abkhazian Air Force | 2008 | |
former insignia | ![]() | 1992– | ||
![]() | ![]() | 1951-1993 | ||
![]() | 1949-1951 | |||
| ![]() | 1930-1949 | ||
![]() | ![]() | Artsakh Defense Army aviation | 1990s-2023 | |
![]() | ![]() | South Ossetian Air Corps | 1990s | |
![]() | ![]() | Military Corps of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 1947-1950 | |
![]() | ![]() | Transnistrian Air Force | 1991 | |
![]() | ![]() | Security Forces Command | 1974 |
The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1914, with the formation of the Canadian Aviation Corps (CAC) that was attached to the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. It consisted of one aircraft that was never called into service. In 1918, a wing of two Canadian squadrons called the Canadian Air Force (CAF) was formed in England and attached to the Royal Air Force, but it also would never see wartime service. Postwar, an air militia also known as the Canadian Air Force was formed in Canada in 1920. In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) when it was granted the royal title by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968.
A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century. It has been widely used in flags, state emblems, monuments, ornaments, and logos.
Military aviation comprises military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a war theater or along a front. Airpower includes the national means of conducting such warfare, including the intersection of transport and warcraft. Military aircraft include bombers, fighters, transports, trainer aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft.
The Observer Badge is a military badge of the United States armed forces dating from the First World War. The badge was issued to co-pilots, navigators, and flight support personnel who had received a variation in the training required for the standard Pilot's Badge. The Observer Badge survived through the Second World War and into the 1950s, at which time the concept of an Observer Badge was phased out in favor of the modern Aircrew Badge and Navigator-Observer Badges. In addition to wings for Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers, the United States Navy still maintains an "Observer Badge" which is issued to flight-qualified mission specialists, such as a select number of meteorologists and intelligence officers in both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Air Force awards its USAF Observer Badge, which is identical to the USAF Navigator Badge, to Air Force officers who have qualified as NASA Space Shuttle Mission Specialists, have flown an actual mission aboard the shuttle and/or the International Space Station and who are otherwise not previously aeronautically rated as an Air Force pilot or navigator.
A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of different colours. Other symbols also often use round shapes.
The Portuguese Air Force is the aerial warfare force of Portugal. Locally it is referred to by the acronym FAP but internationally is often referred to by the acronym PRTAF. It is the youngest of the three branches of the Portuguese Armed Forces.
The Spanish Air and Space Force (SASF) is the aerial and space warfare branch of the Spanish Armed Forces.
The Hungarian Air Force, is the air force branch of the Hungarian Defence Forces.
The Guatemalan Air Force is the aerial warefare service branch of the Armed Forces of Guatemala. The FAG is a subordinate to the Guatemalan Military and its commanding officer reports to the Defence Minister.
The Korean People's Army Air Force is the unified military aviation force of North Korea. It is the second largest branch of the Korean People's Army comprising an estimated 110,000 members. As of 2024, it is estimated to possess some 570 combat aircraft, 200 helicopters, and a few transporters, mostly of decades-old Soviet and Chinese origin. Its primary task is to defend North Korean airspace. In April 2022, the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force name was changed to Korean People's Army Air Force.
The Honduras Air Force is the air force of Honduras. As such it is the air power arm of the Honduras Armed Forces.
The Bulgarian Air Force is one of the three branches of the Military of Bulgaria, the other two being the Bulgarian Navy and Bulgarian land forces. Its mission is to guard and protect the sovereignty of Bulgarian airspace, and jointly with the other branches, to protect territorial integrity. The Bulgarian Air Force is one of the oldest air forces in Europe and the world. In recent times it has been actively taking part in numerous NATO missions and exercises in Europe.
The United States Army Aviation Branch is the aviation branch of the United States Army and the administrative organization that is responsible for doctrine, manning and configuration for all army aviation units. This branch was formerly considered to be one of the combat arms branches, but is today included within the "Maneuver, Fires and Effects" (MFE) classification, in accordance with current U.S. Army organizational doctrine.
The Aviation Squadrons of the Ottoman Empire were military aviation units of the Ottoman Army and Navy. The history of Ottoman military aviation dates back to June 1909 or July 1911. The organisation is sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Air Force. The fleet size reached its apex in December 1916, when the Ottoman aviation squadrons had 90 airplanes. The Aviation Squadrons were reorganized as the General Inspectorate of Air Forces on 29 July 1918. With the signing of the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, the Ottoman military aviation effectively came to an end. At the time of the armistice, the Ottoman military aviation had around 100 pilots; 17 land-based airplane companies ; and 3 seaplane companies ; totalling 80 aircraft.
The Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force (LPLAAF) is the air force of Laos.
Combat arms are troops within national armed forces who participate in direct tactical ground combat. In general, they are units that carry or employ weapons, such as infantry, cavalry, and artillery units. The use of multiple combat arms in mutually supporting ways is known as combined arms. In some armies, notably the British Army and Canadian Army, artillery and combat engineer units are categorized as combat support, while in others, such as the U.S. Army, they are considered part of the combat arms. Armored troops constitute a combat arm in name, although many have histories derived from cavalry units.
Military aircraft insignia are insignia applied to military aircraft to visually identify the nation or branch of military service to which the aircraft belong. Many insignia are in the form of a circular roundel or modified roundel; other shapes such as stars, crosses, squares, or triangles are also used. Insignia are often displayed on the sides of the fuselage, the upper and lower surfaces of the wings, as well as on the fin or rudder of an aircraft, although considerable variation can be found amongst different air arms and within specific air arms over time.
The Montenegrin Air Force is the air arm of the Military of Montenegro. The aircraft marking of the Montenegrin Air Force consist of a red-on-gold roundel, currently being the sole air arm using the latter colour in its official insignia.
This is a listing of the nationality markings used by military aircraft of the United States, including those of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and their predecessors. The Civil Air Patrol is also included for the World War II period because it engaged in combat operations which its July 1946 charter has since explicitly forbidden.
The Romanian Air Corps or Aviation Corps (RAC) was the air arm of the Romanian army until the formation of the Romanian Air Force. It was established on 1 April 1913 as the Military Aeronautics Service and subordinated to the Engineer Inspectorate, being organized in two branches – the aviation and the balloon branch. On 23 August 1915, the RAC was formed as an independent military arm and operated until 1 January 1924 when it became an equal to the Army and Navy, being redesignated as the Royal Romanian Air Force.