List of air forces

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

A

Country				Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer			Established
Afghanistan		Afghan Air Force^[1] دافغانستان هوايۍ ځواک		2010
		Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (Mujahideen)^[2]		1996-2001
		Army Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)^[3]		1996-2001
		Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan^[4]		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 Brigade		2006
		Albanian Air Force Forcat Ajrore Shqiptare		1991-2006
				1960-1990
				1958-1960
		Albanian People's Army Air Force		1947-1991
		Royal Albanian Air Corps		1914-1939
Algeria		Algerian Air Force Adwas Ujenna Adzayri ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ ⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉ القوة الجوية الجزائرية Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya		1962
		Algerian National Navy, Aviation
		Gendarmerie Nationale (Algeria), Aviation Service
Angola		National Air Force of Angola Força Aérea Nacional de Angola		2007
		Angolan People's Air Force & Anti-Aircraft Defence Força Aérea Popular de Angola / Defesa Anti-Aérea		1980-2007
				1976-1980
		Angolan Navy aviation
Argentina		Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aérea Argentina		1945
		Army Aeronautical Service Servicio Aeronáutico del Ejército		1912-1945
		Argentine Naval Aviation Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina		1919
		Argentine Army Aviation Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino		1956^[7]
		Coast Guard Air Service Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina		1970s
		Border Guard Air Service Dirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería [1]		1955
Armenia		Armenian Air Force Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր		1992
Australia		Royal Australian Air Force		1921
				1945-1956
				1942-1945
		Australian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467		1941-1946
		Royal Australian Air Force		1921-1942
		Australian Air Corps		1921
		Australian Flying Corps		1912-1921
		Fleet Air Arm (RAN) of the Royal Australian Navy		1947
		Australian Army Aviation		1968
		1st Aviation Regiment (Australia)		1966
Austria		Austrian Air Force Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte		1955
		Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich		1938-1945
		Austrian Air Force Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte		1928-1938
		Heimwehr, Flying Corps		1927-1928
Azerbaijan		Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri		1991
Azerbaijan		Azerbaijan Navy aviation

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| Bahamas |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1981 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="5"| Bahrain |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Royal Bahraini Air Force |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 2002 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bahrain Ameri Air Force |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1987-2002 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bahrain Defence Force Air Wing |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1977-1987 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Royal Bahrain Naval Force, Aviation |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Public Security Forces |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="4"| Bangladesh
(formerly East Pakistan) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bangladesh Air Force
বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী
Bangladesh Biman Bahini |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1971 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bangladesh Navy, Aviation |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bangladesh Army, Aviation |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bangladesh Coast Guard, Aviation Service |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" | Barbados |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Barbados Defence Force |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1981^[8] |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="2"| Belarus |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Belarusian Air Force |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| post 1995 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Belarus Air Force |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1991-1995 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="8"| Belgium |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| COMOPSAIR^[9]
Luchtcomponent, Composante Air |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 2002 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Belgische Luchtmacht, Force Aerienne Belge |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1946-2001 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Belgian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 349 and 350 |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1941-1946 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1915-1940 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1910-1915 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Belgian Navy, Naval Flight |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1962-2002 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Belgian Army, Light Aviation Group |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1954-2002 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Gendarmerie (Belgium), Air Support Unit |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| -2001 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" | Belize
(formerly British Honduras) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Belize Defence Force Air Wing |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1983 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="3"| Benin
(formerly Dahomery) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Benin Air Force
Force Aérienne Populaire de Benin |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1990 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| People's Republic of Benin air force |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1975-1990 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Dahomey Air Force
Force Aérienne de Dahomey |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1961-1975 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" | Bhutan |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Royal Bhutan Army air arm |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1972 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="4"| Bolivia |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bolivian Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Boliviana |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1944 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bolivian Military Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1923-1944 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bolivian Navy, Naval Aviation |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bolivian Army, Aviation |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="4"| Bosnia and Herzegovina |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"|
Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ваздухопловство и ПВО
Zrakoplovstvo i PZO |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 2007 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force
Zračne Snage Armije Federacije BiH |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1996-2006 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Republika Srpska Air Force
Ратно Ваздухопловство и ПВО ВРС
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO VRS |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1992-2006 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force
Zračne Snage Armije Republike BiH |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1992-1996 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" | Botswana
(formerly Bechuanaland) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Botswana Defence Force Air Wing |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1977 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="10"| Brazil |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Brazilian Air Force
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1941 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| (Roundel used during World War II) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1941-1945 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| National Air Forces
Forças Aéreas Nacionais |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1941 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Military Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1918-1941 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Brazilian Army Balloon Corps |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1908 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Brazilian Naval Aviation
Força Aeronaval |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1952 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Naval (AvN) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1922-1941 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Naval Aviation School |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1916-1922 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Brazilian Army Aviation Command
Comando de Aviação do Exército Brasileiro |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1986 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Military Police (Brazil) aviation |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="3"| Brunei |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Royal Brunei Air Force
Angkatan Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1991 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Royal Brunei Armed Forces Air Wing |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1984-1991 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Air Wing |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1965-1984 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="17"| Bulgaria |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bulgarian Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили
Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1992 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force
Противовъздушна отбрана и Военновъздушни сили

Protivovazdushna Otbrana i Voennovazdushni Sili (PVOiVVS) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1961-1992 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1952-1961 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sily (VVS) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1949-1952 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Air Army
Въздушни Войски

Vazdusni Voiski (VV) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1945-1949 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1941-1944 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Royal Bulgarian Air Force^[10]
Vazhdushnite na Negovo Velichestvo Voiski (VNVV) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1937-1941 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Department of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1924-1937 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Section of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs^[11] |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1920-1924 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1919-1920 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Aeroplane Group |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1918-1919 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Army Aviation Corps^[12] |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1915-1918 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Aeronautical Battalion |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1914-1915 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Aeronautical Detachment^[13] |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1906-1914 |- |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Bulgarian Naval Aviation
Aviatsia Na Bulgarskiya Voennomorski Flot (AnBVMF) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1992 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Independent ASW Squadron of the Navy
Otdelna Protivolodachna Eskadrila na VMF (OPLEV-VMF) |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1959-1990 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Bulgarian Naval Aviation |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1915-1918 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" |rowspan="2"| Burkina Faso
(formerly Upper Volta) |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Burkina Faso Air Force
Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1984 |- |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none;padding-right:0.5em; text-align:right;"| Upper Volta Air Force |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-top:none; border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1964-1984 |- |- style="border-top:2px solid #a9a9a9;" | Burundi |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; padding-left:0.5em;"| Burundi Army Aviation
Force Armée du Burundi |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| |style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center;"| 1966 |- |}

C

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)		Royal Cambodian Air Force Toap Akas Khemarak Phoumin Force Aérienne Royale Cambodge	1993
		Cambodian People's Air Force	1989-1993
		Kampuchean People's Air Force	1979-1989^[14]
		Air Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army	1977-1979^[15]
		Khmer Air Force Armée de l'Air Khmère	1970-1975
		Royal Khmer Air Force Aviation Royale Khmere	1954-1970
Cameroon		Cameroon Air Force Armée de l'Air du Cameroun	1960
		Cameroon Naval Aviation Aviation Navale Camerounaise	2009
		Cameroon Army Light Aviation Aviation Légère (ALDA)	2008
Canada		Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ("Aviation royale canadienne" )	2011
		Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) Commandement de la Force aérienne du Canada	1968-2011
		Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)	1924-1968
		Canadian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 400-443 and 664-666 squadrons	1941-1946
		Air Board (Canada)	1919-1923
		Canadian Air Force	1918-1920
		Royal Flying Corps Canada	1917-1918
		Canadian Aviation Corps	1914-1915
		Royal Canadian Navy Fleet Air Arm
			1952-1968
			1946-1952
		Royal Canadian Naval Air Service	1918-1919
		Canadian Army, Aviation	1947-1968
		Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Aviation Service	1932
		Canadian Coast Guard, Aviation
Cape Verde		Cape Verde Air Force Força Aérea Caboverdiana	1982
Cape Verde		Cape Verde Coast Guard Guarda Costeira de Cabo Verde	1992^[16]
Central African Republic (formerly the Central African Empire)		Central African Republic Air Force Force Aérienne Centrafricaine	1976-
		Central African Empire Air Force	1976-1979
		Central African Republic Air Force	1961-1976
Chad		Chadian Air Force Force Aérienne Tchadienne	1973
Chile		Chilean Air Force Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh)^[17]	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^[19]
		Carabineros de Chile, Aviation Service	1960
China (PRC)		People's Liberation Army Air Force 中国人民解放军空军 Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun	1949
			1946-1949
			1946-1949
		Nanyuan Flying Group 南苑航空队^[20]	1949
		Red Army of China Air Force 中国工农红军空军	c. 1930^[21]
		People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force 中国人民解放军海军航空兵 Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Haijun Hangkongbing	1953
		People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation 中国人民解放军陆军航空兵	????
		China Coast Guard, Aviation
		China Marine Surveillance, Aviation
		China Maritime Safety Administration
Colombia		Colombian Air Force Fuerza Aérea Colombiana	1922
		Colombian Naval Aviation Aviación Naval	1935
		Colombian National Army Aviation Aviación del Ejército	1995
^[22]		Congolese Air Force L'Armée de l'Air du Congo
		People’s Republic of Congo Air Force	1970-1992
		Congolese Air Force	1961-1970
(formerly Zaire)^[23]		Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Force Aérienne du Congo
(formerly Zaire)^[23]		Zaire Air Force	1971-1997
		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^[24]
(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
		Croatian Air Force Legion Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion^[25]	1941-1945
		Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia Zrakoplovstov Nezavisne Države Hrvatske	1941-1945
		Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force^[26] Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria	1959
		Cuban Rebel Air Force^[27] 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^[28] Aviación Naval	1934-1952
		Cyprus Air Forces Διοίκησης Αεροπορίας Κύπρου	1963
		Czech Air Force Vzdušné síly armády České republiky	1993

D

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Royal Danish Air Force Flyvevåbnet	1950
		Royal Danish Army Air Corps Hærens Flyvertropper	1912-1950
		Royal Danish Naval Aviation Marinens Flyvevæsen	1911-1950
		Danish Navy Air Squadron^[29] Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste	2003-2010
		Royal Danish Navy Flying Service Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)	1962-2003
		Royal Danish Army Flying Service^[30] Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT)	1971-2003
(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 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^[31]
		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^[32]

E

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		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
		Egyptian Air Force Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya	1961
		United Arab Republic Air Force	1958-1961^[33]
		Egyptian Air Force	1952-1958
		Royal Egyptian Air Force	1937-1952
		Egyptian Army Air Force	1931-1937
		Air Force of El Salvador Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña (FAS)	1946
		Salvadoran Army Air Force Fuerza Aérea Ejército de Salvador (FAES)	1927-1946
		Salvadoran Aviation Corps Cuerpo de la Aviación Salvadoreña	1925-1927
		Salvadoran Air Flotilla Flotilla Aérea Salvadoreña	1923-1925
		El Salvador Military Aviation Service Servicio de Aviación Militar de Salvador	1922-1923
(formerly Spanish Guinea)		Equatorial Guinea Air Force	1979
		Eritrean Air Force	1994
		Estonian Air Force Eesti Õhuvägi	1991
		Luftwaffe units^[34]	1943-1944
		Sonderstaffel Buschmann^[35]	1942-1943
		Aircraft Squadron of the 22nd Territorial Corps of the Soviet Army	1940-1941
		Aviation Regiment	1920?–1940
		Aviation Company	1918-1920?
		Piirivalvelennusalk Border Guard Flight Squadron (Estonia)	1993
(formerly Abyssinia)		Ethiopian Air Force Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl	1975^[36]
		Imperial Ethiopian Air Force	1946-1975
		Imperial Ethiopian Aviation	1929-1935
		Ethiopian Navy aviation	-1996

F

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		none
		Air Wing, Republic of Fiji Military Forces	1987-1997
		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
		French Air Force Armée de l'Air	1933
		Normandie-Niémen squadron Groupe de Chasse Normandie-Niémen	1942-1945
		Free French squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 326, 327, 328, 329 and 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347	1941-1945
		Free French Air Force^[37]^[38] Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres	1940-1945
		Vichy French Air Force Armée de l'air de l'armistice	1940-1942
		French Air Force Armée de l'Air	1933-1940
		French Army Aviation Aéronautique militaire	1909-1933
		French Aerostatic Corps	1794-1799
		French Naval Aviation Aéronautique navale	1912
		Free French Naval Air Service Aéronavale Francaise Libre	1940-1945
		French Naval Air Arm	1912-1940
		French Army Light Aviation Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre	1954
		National Gendarmerie aviation

G

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Gabon Air Force Armée de l'Air Gabonaise	1961
		Gabon Army, Aviation
(formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)		Gambian Air Force^[39]	c.2003?^[40]
		Georgian Air Force საქართველოს სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები sak’art’velos samxedro-sahaero dzalebi	1990
		Democratic Republic of Georgia People's Guard air detachment	1917-1920
		German Air Force Luftwaffe	1955
		Air Forces of the National People's Army Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee	1956-1990
		Volkspolizei-Luft (of the former East Germany)	1950-1956
		German Air Force Luftwaffe	1935-1946
		Marineluftschiffe-Abteilung	1912-1919
		Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen Kaiserreiches	1911-1919
		Imperial German Army Air Service Luftstreitkräfte (Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches)	1910-1919
		Heeresluftschiffe-Abteilung	1909-1917
		Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik Sport and Technology Association. Paramilitary sport organization of the former East Germany.	-1990
		National Socialist Flyers Corps Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps	1937-1945
		The German Air Sports Association Deutscher Luftsportverband was the military air wing of the Nazi Party.	1933-1937
		German Naval Aviation Marineflieger	1955
		East German Navy, Naval Air Force	-1990
		German Army Aviation Corps Heeresfliegertruppe	1955
		Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Guards, Aviation Service	1954-2005
(formerly the Gold Coast)		Ghana Air Force	1959
		Hellenic Air Force Πολεμική Αεροπορία Polemikì Aeroporia	1911
		Greek squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 335 and 336	1941-1945
		Hellenic Army Air Service	1912-1930
		Hellenic Naval Air Service	1915-1930
		Hellenic Army Aviation Αεροπορία Στρατού Aeroporia Stratou	1947
		Hellenic Navy Helicopter Command Διοίκηση Ελικοπτέρων Ναυτικού Dioikisi Elikopteron Naftikou	1975
		Hellenic Coast Guard Λιμενικό Σώμα Limeniko Soma	1982
		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 Air Force Force Aérienne de Guinée	1959
(formerly Portuguese Guinea)		Guinea-Bissau Air Force Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau	1978
(formerly British Guyana)		Guyana Defence Force	1968

H

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Haiti Air Corps Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti	1942-1994
			1964-1986
			1942-1964
		Honduran Air Force Fuerza Aérea Hondureña	1974
		Honduran Air Force & Aviation Military School Fuerza Aérea Hondureña y Escuela Militar de Aviación	1938-1974
		Aviation Military School Escuela Militar de Aviación (EMA)	1933-1938
		National Aviation School Escuela Nacional de Aviación (ENA)	1931-1933
		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. ^[41]

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Iceland Air Defense System Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið	1987
		Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division Landhelgisgæsla Íslands – Flugdeild	1955
		Indian Air Force भारतीय वायु सेना Bharatiya Vayu Sena	1932
		Royal Indian Air Force	1945-1950
		Indian Air Force	1932-1942
		Army Aviation Corps	1986
		Indian Naval Air Arm	1948
		Indian Coast Guard Air Wing Bharatiya Tatarakshak Dal	1978
		Border Security Force Air Wing	1965
(formerly the Dutch East Indies)		Indonesian Air Force Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU)	1946
		Republic of Indonesia Air Force Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI)	1946-1974
		Republic of Indonesia Air Force Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (AURI)	1946-1949
		Military Aviation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army	1939-1950
		Dutch East Indies squadrons of the RAAF. Nos. 18, 19, 119 and 120	1942-1947
		Indonesian Naval Aviation Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL)	1974
		Indonesian Naval Aviation Service Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Laut RI (ALRI)	1956-1974
		Indonesian Army Aviation Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)	1974
		Indonesian Army Aviation Service Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Darat RI (DINAS PENERBAD)	1959-1974
(formerly Persia)		Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران	1979
		Imperial Iranian Air Force Nirou Havai Shahanshahiye Iran	1925-1979
		Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation	1979
		Imperial Iranian Army Aviation	1962-1979
		Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation
		Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
		Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran	1991
		Iraqi Air Force^[42] Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya	1921
		Iraqi Air Force Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya	1958
		Royal Iraqi Air Force	1921–1947
		Iraqi Army, Aviation
		Irish Air Corps Aer-Chór na h-Éireann	1924
			1939-1954
		Irish National Army, Air Service	1922-1924
		Irish Coast Guard aviation
		Israeli Air Force חיל האוויר Heyl Ha'Avir	1948
		Air Service (Haganah) Sherut Avir	1947-1948
		Air Company (Palmach) Palavir	1943-1947
		Italian Air Force^[43] Aeronautica Militare	1946
		Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force Aviazione Cobelligerante ed Aeronautica Militare Italiana	1943-1946
		Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana ^[44]	1943-1945
		Royal Italian Air Force Regia Aeronautica ^[45]	1935-1943
		Royal Italian Air Force Regia Aeronautica ^[46]	1923-1936
		Royal Naval Aviation Aviazione della Regia Marina	1912-1923
		Military Air Corps ^[47] Corpo Aeronautico Militare	1911-1923
		Royal Army Air Service Servizio Aeronautico	1884^[48]-1911
		Italian Navy Naval Aviation Aviazione Navale	1956
		Italian Army Aviation Cavalleria dell'Aria	1951
		Helicopter Service of the Carabinieri Corps Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri	1965
		Guardia di Finanza, Aviation	1955
		Italian Coast Guard Air Service	1989

J

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Jamaican Defence Force	1963
		Jamaica Air Squadron	1963
		Japan Air Self-Defense Force^[49] 航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai	1954
		Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aviation 海上自衛隊 Kaijō Jieitai
		Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service^[50] 大日本帝国海軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū tai	1912-1945
		Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 陸上自衛隊 Rikujō Jieitai
		Imperial Japanese Army Air Service 大日本帝国陸軍航空隊 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkū tai	1912-1945
		Japan Coast Guard, aviation
(formerly Transjordan)		Royal Jordanian Air Force Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya	1955
		Arab Legion Air Force	1946-1955
		Joint Special Operations Command (Jordan)

K

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Kazakhstan Air Defense Force Sil Vozdushnoy Oborony Respubliki Kazakhstan	1992
		Kenya Air Force Jeshi la Anga la Kenya	1964
		Kenyan Army aviation
		Korean People's Army Air Force	1948
		Republic of Korea Air Force^[51] 대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍) Daehan Minguk Gonggun	1949
			1950s–2000s
		Republic of Korea Navy, aviation
		Republic of Korea Army aviation	1965
		Korean Coast Guard, aviation
		Kuwait Air Force Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya	1988
		Kuwait Air Force and Air Defense	1961
		Kyrgyzstan Air Force	1991

L

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force^[52]	1975
		Royal Lao Air Force Aviation Royale Laotienne^[53]^[54]	1960-1975
		Aviation Laotienne	1955-1960
		Latvian Air Force Latvijas Gaisa Spēki	1991
		Luftwaffen-Legion Lettland - Foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe	March–October 1944
			1926-1940
		Latvian National Guard	1991
		Guard organization Aizsargu organizācija	1919-1940
		Latvian State Border Guard Service, aviation
		Lebanese Air Force Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnania	1945
(formerly Basutoland)		Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron	c.1988
		Liberian Army Air Wing	1987
		Libyan Air Force Adwas Alibyan Ujenna ⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ القوة الجوية الليبية Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-libyya	2011–current date
		Free Libyan Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Libiyya al Hurra	2011
		Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya Air Force	1977-2011
		Libyan Arab Republic Air Force	1969-1977
		Royal Libyan Air Force Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya al Libiyya	1951-1969
		Libyan National Army, Aviation
		Lithuanian Air Force Karinės Oro Pajėgos	1992
			1919-1920
		Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces, Aviation Unit	1992
		State Border Guard Service (Lithuania), aviation
		NATO Airborne Early Warning Force ^[55]	1982
		Luxembourg Army, Aviation	1952-1968

M

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Macedonian Air Force and Air Defense Force Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana	1992
(formerly the Malagasy Republic)		Malagasy Air Force Tafika Anabakabaka Malagasy Armée de l'Air Malgache	1961
(formerly Nyasaland)		Malawi Army Air Wing	1978
(formerly Nyasaland)		Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm^[56]	1970-1978
(formerly Malaya)		Royal Malaysian Air Force Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia	1963
			1963-1982
		Royal Malayan Air Force Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan	1958-1963
		Malayan Auxiliary Air Force/RAF	1950-1958
		Malayan Volunteer Air Force/RAF	1940-1950
		Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force
		Royal Malaysian Navy, Fleet Air Arm
		Malaysian Army Aviation Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat	1994
		Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Aviation
		Air Elements Maldives National Defence Force	1978
		Mali 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
		Mauritanian Air Force Force Aérienne de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie	1961
		Mauritius Coast Guard	1987
		Mauritius Police Force Marine Wing	1970-1987
		Mexican Air Force Fuerza Aérea Mexicana	1915
		Mexican Naval Aviation Fuerza Aeronaval	1926^[57]
		Federal Police (Mexico) aviation
		Maritime Search and Rescue (Mexico)
		Moldovan Air Force^[58]	1991
		Mongolian Air Defense Forces Command^[59] Агаарын Довтолгооноос Хамгаалах Цэргийн Командлал	1993-presents
		Mongolian People's Army Aviation Монголын Ардын Армийн Нисэх Хүчин	1925-1993
		Montenegrin Air Force Vazdušne snage Crne Gore	2006
		Royal Moroccan Air Forceⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⴳⴻⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵔⵓⴽⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ القوة الجوية الملكية المغربية Al-quwwa al-jawwiya al-malikiyya al-maghribiyya (Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine)	1961
		Sherifan Royal Aviation Aviation Royale Chérifienne	1956-1961
		Royal Moroccan Navy, Aviation
		Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie	1962
		Mozambique 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?
(formerly Burma)		Myanmar Air Force Tatmdaw Lei	1947

N

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
(formerly South West Africa)		Namibian Air Force	2005
(formerly South West Africa)		Namibia Defence Force Air Wing	1994-2005
		Nepalese Army Air Service	c.2008
		Royal Nepal Army Air Wing	1979-c.2007
		Royal Nepal Army Air Service	1965-1979
		Royal Netherlands Air Force^[60] Koninklijke Luchtmacht	1953
		Dutch squadrons of the RAF. 320, 321 and 322	1940-1945
			1942-c.1945
			1939-1942
			1921-1940
		Luchtvaartafdeling	1914-1921
		Dutch Naval Aviation Service Marineluchtvaartdienst	1917
		Dutch squadrons of the British Fleet Air Arm. Nos. 860 and 861	1943-1947
			1942-c.1945
			1939-1942
			1921-1940
			1917-1921
		Netherlands Coastguard aviation
		Royal New Zealand Air Force^[61]^[62]	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
		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
		National Squadron of Niger Escadrille Nationale du Niger	2003
		Niger Air Force Force Aérienne du Niger	1961-2003?
		Nigerian Air Force	1964
		Nigerian Navy, Air Arm	1985
		Royal Norwegian Air Force Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret	1944
		Norwegian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 330, 331, 332, 333 and 334	1942-1945
		Norwegian Army Air Service Hærens Flyvevesen	1915-1944
		Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service Marinens Flyvevesen	1916-1944

O

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
(formerly Muscat and Oman)		Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)^[63] Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya	1990
(formerly Muscat and Oman)		Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF)	1959-1990

P

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Pakistan Air Force پاک فضائيہ	1956
		Royal Pakistan Air Force	1947-1956
		Pakistan Army Aviation Corps	1958
		Pakistan Naval Air Arm	1973
		Pakistan Coast Guard, Aviation Service
		Maritime Security Agency, Aviation Service
		Pakistan Rangers, Aviation Service
		National Air-Sea Service (SENAN) Servicio Nacional Aeronaval	2008
		Air Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force	1974
		Paraguayan Air Force Aeronautica Militar Paraguaya	1989
		Paraguayan Naval Aviation Aviación Naval Paraguaya^[64]^[65]	1980
		Peruvian Air Force Fuerza Aérea del Perú	1950
		Peruvian Aeronautical Corps Cuerpo Aeronáutico del Perú	1936-1950
		Peruvian Aviation Corps Cuerpo de Aviación del Perú	1929-1936
		Peruvian Naval Aviation Fuerza Aviación Naval	1980
		Aeronaval Service Servicio Aeronaval	1963-1980
		Peruvian Army, Aviation Aviación del Ejército	1977
		Army Light Aviation Group Grupo de Aviación Ligera del Ejército	1973-1977
		Peruvian Coast Guard, Aviation
		Philippine Air Force Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas	1947
		Philippine Army Air Corps	1936-1947
		Philippine Constabulary Air Corps	1935-1936
		Philippine National Guard aviation	1910s-1935
		Philippine Navy, Naval Air Group	1975
		Philippine Army, Air Battalion	1980
		Philippine Constabulary, Air Unit	-1991
		Philippine Coast Guard, Aviation
		Polish Air Force Siły Powietrzne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej	2004
		Air and Air Defence Forces Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej	1993-2004
			1990-1993
		Air Force Wojska Lotnicze	1962-1990
		Air Defence Force of Country Wojska Obrony Powietrznej Kraju	1962-1990
		Air and Air Defence Forces of Country Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Przeciwlotniczej Obszaru Kraju	1954-1962
		Air Force Wojska Lotnicze	1947-1954
		Air Force of the Polish Army Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego	1945-1947
		Air Force of the Polish Army Lotnictwo Wojska Polskiego	1943-1945
		Polish squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309 and 315, 316, 317, 318 and 663	1940-1947
		I/145 Polish Fighter Squadron of the Forces Aerienes Polonaises	1939-1940
		Air Force Wojska Lotnicze	1918-1939
		Polish Army Aviation Lotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych	1994
		Polish Naval Aviation Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej	1947
		Aviation of Polish Border Guard Lotnictwo Straży Granicznej	1990
		Portuguese Air Force Força Aérea Portuguesa	1952
		Military Aeronautics Arm Arma da Aeronáutica Militar	1924-1952
			1918-1924
		Military Aeronautical Service Serviço Aeronáutico Militar	1914-1918
		Balloon Company Companhia de Aerosteiros	1911-1914
		Navy Helicopter Squadron Esquadrilha de Helicópteros da Marinha	1993
		Aeronaval Forces Forças Aeronavais	1952-1957
		Navy Air Forces Forças Aéreas da Armada	1931-1952
		Naval Aeronautics Service Serviço da Aeronáutica Naval	1918-1931
		Navy Aviation Service Serviço de Aviação da Armada	1917-1918
		Portuguese Army Light Aviation Unit Unidade de Aviacão Ligeira do Exército	2000

Q

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

R

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Romanian Air Force Forţele Aeriene Române	1989
			1985-1989
		Air Force of the Socialist Republic of Romania Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Socialiste România	1965-1985
		Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Române	1964-1965
		Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Romîne	1954-1964
		Air Force of the People's Republic of Romania Forţele Aeriene ale Republicii Populare Române	1947-1954
			1944-1947
		Royal Romanian Air Force Forţele Aeriene Regale ale României	1941-1944
		Romanian Royal Aeronautics Aeronautica Regală Română	1915-1941
		Romanian Naval Forces, Aviation	2008
		Russian Air Force^[66] Военно-воздушные cилы России Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii	2010
			1991-2010
		Soviet Air Forces Военно-воздушные силы Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily	1945-1991
			1918–1945
		Imperial Russian Air Service Императорский военно-воздушный флот Pre-reform Russian:Императорскiй военно-воздушный флотъ	1910-1917
		Soviet Air Defence Forces	1948-1991
		Russian Naval Aviation Авиация Военно-Морского Флота Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota	2010
			1991-2010
		Soviet Naval Aviation	1945-1991
			1918–1945
		Russian Army Aviation	1992-2010s
		Soviet Army Aviation	1970s-1991
		Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation	1992
		Soviet Border Guards aviation	-1991
		Coast Guard (Russia) Aviation
		DOSAAF paramilitary sport organization
		Rwandan Air Force Force Aérienne Rwandaise	1972

S

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Royal Saudi Air Force القوات الجوية الملكية السعودية Al-Quwwāt al-Jawwiyyah al-Malakiyyah as-Suʿūdiyyah	1950
		Royal Saudi Navy, Naval Aviation
		Saudi Arabian Army, Aviation
(formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)		Senegalese Air Force Armée de l'Air du Sénégal	1989
		Senegambia Air Force	1982-1989
		Senegalese Air Force	1960-1982
		Serbian Air Force and Air Defence Ваздухопловство Vazduhoplovstvo	2006^[67]
		Српска Авијатика Srpska Avijatika	1915-1918^[68]
			1913-1915
		Ваздухопловна Команда Vazduhoplovna Komanda	1912-1913
		Seychelles Air Force (part of the Seychelles People's Defence Force)
		Seychelles Defence Force Air Wing	1978
		Sierra Leone Defence Force	1973
		Republic of Singapore Air Force Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura 新加坡空军部队 சிங்கப்பூர் ஆகாயப்படை	1975
		Singapore Air Defence Command	1973-1975
			1968-73
		Slovak Air Force Velitelstvo Vzdušnych Sil	1993
		Slovak Air Force Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane	1939-1945
		Slovak Insurgent Air Force Slovenske Povstalecke Letectvo	August–October 1944
		Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence Brigada zračne Obrambe in Letalstva Slovenske Vojske	2004
		15th Aviation Brigade (Slovenian Armed Forces)	1995-2004
		15th Aviation Brigade of the Slovenian Territorial Defence Force	1991-1995
		Slovenian Air Force upon the break-away from the Habsburg Empire	1918-1919
		none
		Somali Air Force^[69]	1960-1991
		Somali Aeronautical Corps Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed Corpo di Sicurezza della Somalia	1958-1968
		South African Air Force (SAAF) Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag	1920
			1982-2003
			1958-1981
			1947-1957
		South African Air Force	1924-1947
		No. 26 Squadron (South African) RFC	1915-1918
		South African Aviation Corps	1915-1920
		South Sudan Air Force	2011
		Spanish Air Force (SPAF) Ejército del Aire	1939
		Blue Squadron - Foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe.	1941-1943
		Nationalist Air Force^[70] Aviación Nacional	1936-1939
		"	1937-1939
		Spanish Republican Air Force Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española (FARE)	1936-1939
		Military Aviation Aeronáutica Militar Española	1931-1936
		Military Aviation Aeronáutica Militar Española	1911-1931
		Military Aerostatics Service Servicio Militar de Aerostacion	1896-1911
		Spanish Army Airmobile Force Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra (FAMET)	1973
		Army Light Air Force Aviacion Ligera del Ejercito de Tierra	1965-1973
		Spanish Navy Air Arm Arma Aérea de la Armada	1954
		Naval Aviation Aeronáutica Naval	1931-1936
		Naval Aviation Aeronáutica Naval	1917-1931
		Civil Guard (Spain), Aviation Service	1973
		Military Emergencies Unit, Aviation Service	2006
(formerly Ceylon)		Sri Lanka Air Force ශ්‍රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Sri Lanka Guwan Hamudawa	1972
(formerly Ceylon)		Royal Ceylon Air Force රාජකීය ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව Rajakeeya Lanka Guwan Hamudawa	1951-1972
(formerly the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)		Sudanese Air Force القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya	1956
(formerly Dutch Guyana)		Suriname Air Force Surinaamse Luchtmacht	1982
		Swazi Air Force	1979
		Swedish Air Force Svenska Flygvapnet	1926
			1937-1940
		Swedish Air Force Svenska Flygvapnet	1927-1937
		Defence Helicopter Wing^[71] Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj	1998-2003
		Swedish Army Aviation Arméflyget	1954-1998
		Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps Flygkompaniet	1912-1926
		Swedish Naval Aviation Marinflyget	1958-1998
		Naval Air Service Marinens Flygväsen	1911-1926
		Coast Guard (Sweden), aviation
		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
		Syrian Arab Air Force القوات الجوية العربية السورية Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya	1961
		United Arab Republic Air Force	1958-1961^[33]
		Syrian Air Force	1948-1958
		Syrian Navy aviation

T

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Republic of China Air Force 中華民國空軍 Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung-Chün	1938
		Nationalist Chinese Air Force (Central Government)^[72]	1925-1938
		Chinese Aviation Ministry	1920-1925?
		Chinese Aviation Service	1916?–1919?
		Chinese Army Air Arm	1914-1916?
		Airplane Corps of the Chinese Army	1913-1914
		Republic of China Army Aviation and Special Forces Command	1999
		Army Paratroops and Special Forces Command	1979-1999
		Army Aviation Command^[73]	1976-1979
		Republic of China Naval Aviation Command	1995
		Naval Anti-Submarine Group	1991-1995
		Fleet Helicopter Squadron	1977-1991
		Chinese Naval Air Service	1927-1938
		Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan), aviation
		Tajik Air Force	2006^[74]
(formerly Tanganyika)		Tanzanian People's Defense Force Air Wing Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania	1965
(formerly Siam)		Royal Thai Air Force กองทัพอากาศไทย Kongthap Akat Thai	1937
		Former marking	1942-1945^[75]
		Royal Siamese Air Force Division กรมทหารอากาศ Krom Tahan Akat	1935-1937
		Royal Siamese Air Division กรมอากาศยาน Krom Akatsayan	1921-1935
		Siamese Army Aviation Division กรมอากาศยานทหารบก Krom Akatsayan Tahan Bok	1917-1921
		Siamese Army Aviation Unit กองบินทหารบก Kong Bin Tahan Bok	1914-1917
		Royal Thai Army Air Division กองบินทหารบกไทย Kong Bin Tahan Bok Thai	1977
		Royal Thai Naval Air Division กองการบินทหารเรือไทย Kongkanbin Tahan Ruea Thai	1921
		Border Patrol Police ตำรวจตระเวนชายแดน Tamrod Traven Chaidan	1951
		Tonga Defence Services	1939
		Togolese Air Force Force Aérienne Togolaise	1964^[76]
		Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard	1966
		Tunisian Air Force القوات الجوية التونسية Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya At'Tunisia	1959^[77]
		Turkish Air Force Türk Hava Kuvvetleri	1972
		former marking	1944-1972
		Turkish Ministry of Defense, Undersecretariat of Military Aviation Hava Müsteşarlığı	1928-1944
		Turkish Air Force Inspectorate Hava Kuvvetleri Müfettişliği	1922-1928
		Turkish Air Force General Directorate Kuva-yı Havaiye Müdüriyet-i Umumiyesi	1921-1922
		Turkish Army Air Service Kuva-yı Havaiye Şubesi	1920-1921
		Land Forces Aviation Command Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı	1948
		Naval Forces Aviation Command Deniz Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı	1971
		Coast Guard Aviation Command Sahil Güvenlik Havacılık Komutanlığı	1993
		Gendarmerie Aviation Command Jandarma Havacılık Komutanlığı	1968
		Turkmenistan Air Force and Air Defense Force	1992

U

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Ugandan Air Force	1964
		Ukrainian Air Force Військово-Повітряні Сили України Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny	1992
		Ukrainian Naval Aviation Авіація Військово-Морських Сил Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl	1992
		Ukrainian Ground Forces, Aviation	1992
		National Guard of Ukraine, Aviation	2014
		State Border Guard Service of Ukraine	2003
		United Arab Emirates Air Force^[78]	1976^[79]
		United Arab Emirates Navy, Aviation
		Royal Air Force	1918
			1942-1947
			1937-1942
		Royal Air Force	1918-1937
			1915-1918
		Royal Flying Corps	1912-1915
		Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers	1911-1912
		School of Ballooning	1888-1911
		Fleet Air Arm	1937
			1942-1947
			1937-1942
		Fleet Air Arm of the RAF	1924-1937
		Royal Naval Air Service	1914-1918
		Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps	1912-1914
		Army Air Corps^[81]	1957
		Nos. 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666 Air Observation Post squadrons of the RAF	1941-1957
		3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron of the Royal Marines	1968-1995
		Her Majesty's Coastguard aviation
		United States Air Force^[82]	1947
			1947–
		United States Army Air Forces	1941-1947
			1943
			1942-1943
			1941-1942
		United States Army Air Corps	1926-1941
		United States Army Air Service	1918-1926
		Division of Military Aeronautics	20–24 May 1918
		Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps	1914-1918
		Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps	1907-1914
		Union Army Balloon Corps	1861-1863
		Army Aviation Branch	1983
		Army Aviation	1947-1983
		United States Navy	1911
			1947–
			1943-1947
			1943
			1942-1943
			1919-1942
			1918-1919
			1917-1918
		Naval Flying Corps	1916-1917
		United States Marine Corps Aviation^[83]	1912
		Air National Guard	1947
		component of the United States National Guard	1916-1947
		United States Coast Guard	1916
		NASA	1958
		NACA	1915-1958
		Civil Air Patrol	1942-1946^[84]
		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 Air and Air Defence Forces	1992

V

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Venezuelan Air Force Aviación Militar Venezolana	2006^[85]
		Venezuelan Air Force Fuerza Aérea Venezolana	1949-2006
		Venezuelan Military Air Service	1920-1936
		Military Aviation Regiment Regimiento de Aviacion	1936-1949
		Venezuelan Army Aviation Servicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolana	1970
		Venezuelan Naval Aviation Aviación de la Marina Venezolana	1974
		Naval Aviation Centre	1922
		National Guard of Venezuela Comando de Apoyo Aéreo de Guardia Nacional	1999
		Vietnam People's Air Force Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam	1975
		North Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force	1955-1975
		South Vietnam Air Force Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa	1955-1975
		Cochin China Air Force	1941-1945
		Vietnam People's Navy, Aviation
		Vietnam Coast Guard, Aviation

Y

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

Z

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

Former countries and movements

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Abu Dhabi Air Force	1972-1976
		Abu Dhabi Defence Forces, Air Wing	1968-1972
		Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen Császári és Királyi Légierő	1912-1919
		Imperial and Royal Aviation Service KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt	1893-1912
		Austro-Hungarian Navy, Naval Air Arm	1916-1918
		Biafran Air Force	1967-1970
		Bophuthatswana Air Force	1987–1994
		Bophuthatswana Defence Force, Air Wing	1981-1987
		Central African Empire Air Force	1976-1979
		Central African Republic Air Force	1961-1976
		Ciskei Defence Force, Air Wing	1980–1994
/ First Czechoslovak Republic / Second Czechoslovak Republic / Slovak Republic (1939-1945) / Czechoslovak Socialist Republic / Czech and Slovak Federal Republic		Czech and Slovakian Air Force	1990-1993
		Czechoslovak Air Force^[86] Československé Vojenské Letectvo	1945-1990
		Slovak Insurgent Air Force	August-October 1944
		Czechoslovakian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 310, 311, 312 and 313	1940-1946
		1st Czech Fighter Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces	-1945
		Czechoslovak Army Air Force Československé Letectvo	1918-1939
		Slovak Air Force (1939-1945)	1939-1945
		Dahomey Air Force Force Aérienne de Dahomey	1961–1975
		Dubai Police Air Wing	1973-1976
		Union Defence Force, Air Wing	1971–1973
		Air Forces of the National People's Army Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik	1956-1990
		Volkspolizei-Luft	1950-1956
		Volksmarine, Naval Air Force	-1990
		Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik Sport and Technology Association. Paramilitary sport organization.	-1990
Kingdom of Hejaz / Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz		Hejaz Air Force	1920s-1930s
Kingdom of Hejaz / Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz		Hejaz Flying Corps	1920s
		Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana	1943-1945
/ Kingdom of Cambodia (1975-76) / Democratic Kampuchea / People's Republic of Kampuchea		Cambodian People's Air Force	1989-1993
		Kampuchean People's Air Force	1979-1989
		Air Force of the Kampuchean liberation Army	1977-1979
		Khmer Air Force	1970-1975
		Katangan Air Force Force Aerienne Katangaise	1960–1963
/ Federated Malay States / Unfederated Malay States / Malayan Union /		Royal Malayan Air Force	1958-1963
		Malayan Auxiliary Air Force/RAF	1950–1958
		Malayan Volunteer Air Force/RAF	1940-1950
		Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force/RAF
		Manchukuo Air Force	1938-1945
		Manchukuo Air Transport Company^[87] Manchu Kokuyuso Kabushiki Kaisha	1932-1945
Dutch East Indies		Military Aviation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army	1939-1950
Dutch East Indies		Dutch East Indies squadrons of the RAAF. Nos 18, 19, 119 and 120	1942-1947
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen/		Yemen Arab Republic Air Force	1962-1990
		North Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force	1955-1975
		Ottoman Aviation Inspectorate Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği	1918-1920
		Ottoman Aviation Affairs Inspectorate Umur-u Havaiye Müfettişliği	1915-1918
		Ottoman Aviation Organization Inspectorate Teşkilat-ı Havaiye Müfettişliği	1914-1915
		Ottoman Aviation Commission Havacılık Komisyonu	1911-1914
		Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi	1914-1919
/ / /		Zimbabwe-Rhodesian Air Force	1979-1980
		Rhodesian Air Force	1970-1979
		Royal Rhodesian Air Force	1963-1970
		Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force	1954-1963
		Southern Rhodesian Air Force	1939-1954
		Rhodesian squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 44, 237 and 266	1940-1947
		Rhodesian Regiment Air Unit	1935-1939
Senegambia Confederation		Senegambia Air Force	1982-1989
		Republika Srpska Air Force 1 Puk Vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Republike Srpske	1992-2006
		105th Aviation Brigade of the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina RV i PVO Vojske Republike Srpske Krajine	1991-1995
		Sharjah Amir Guard, Air Wing	–
State of Vietnam /		Vietnam Air Force Khong Quan Viet Nam	1955-1975
State of Vietnam /		Vietnam National Army, Air Force	1951-1955
Federation of South Arabia /		South Yemen Air Force	1967-1990
Federation of South Arabia /		Federation of South Arabia Air Force	1967
Russian Empire / Russian Republic / /		Soviet Air Forces^[88] Военно-воздушные силы	1930-1991
			1945-1991^[89]
			1930-1945
		Workers' and Peasants' Air Fleet Рабоче-крестьянский воздушный флот	1918-1930
		Imperial Russian Air Service	1910-1917
		Soviet Air Defence Forces	1948-1991
		Soviet Naval Aviation	1945-1991
		Soviet Army Aviation	1970s-1991
		Soviet Border Guards aviation	-1991
		DOSAAF paramilitary sport organisation
		Air Tigers of the 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
(now Burkina Faso)		Upper Volta Air Force	1964–1984
		Venda Defence Force, Air Wing	1983–1994
Vichy France		Vichy French Air Force	1940-1942
		German Air Force Luftwaffe	1955
		German Naval Aviation Marineflieger	1955
		German Army Aviation Corps Heeresfliegertruppe	1955
		Bundesgrenzschutz Federal Border Guards, Aviation Service	1954=2005
/ State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs / / / /		Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Tsrne Gore	2003-2006^[90]
		FR Yugoslavia Air Force Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije	1992-2003
		SFR Yugoslav Air Force^[91] Југословенско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Противваздушна Одбрана Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdušna Odbrana	1945-1991
		Yugoslav squadrons of the RAF. Nos. 351 and 352	1944-1945
		Yugoslav Partisans Air Force	1941-1945
		Royal Yugoslav Air Force Југословенско Краљевско Ратно Ваздухопловство и Поморска Авиацијса Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno VAzduhoplovstvo i Pomorska Aviacija	1929-1941
		Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department Авиацијско Одељење Југословенске Краљевске Армије Aviacijsko Odeljenje Jugoslovenske Kraljevske Armije	1918-1929
		Serbian Military Air Service	1912-1918
		Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia	1941-1945
		Croatian Air Force Legion - Foreign volunteer unit of the Luftwaffe	1941-1945
		Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service	-1941
/ Republic of Congo (Léopoldville) / Democratic Republic of the Congo /		Zaire Air Force Force Aerienne Zairoies	1971-1997
		Congolese Air Force Force Aeriennes Congolaises	1960-1971
		Force Publique Aviation	1944-1960

Other

Country			Established
Country	Service Indigenous nameCurrentFormer		Established
		Abkhazian Air Force	2008
			1992–
Dutch Caribbean		Caribbean Coastguard aviation
		People's Liberation Army Air Force – People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison	1997
		Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force	1951-1993
		Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force/RAF	1949-1951
		Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps – Air Arm/RAF	1930-1949
		Force 14 is the military air wing of Fatah, the largest faction of the PLO.	1968/1969-
		Military Corps of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta	1947-1950s
		Transnistrian Air Force	1991
		Military of Northern Cyprus	1974

Notes

^ Leese, Capt. Robert. "Afghan National Army Air Corps now Afghan National Army Air Force". US Air Force, 14 June 2010. Archived 11 February 2011 at WebCite
^ As they continued the fight against the Taliban, the Mujahideen leaders individually retained the trappings of elements of the Islamic State of Afghanistan. Most of the country's military aircraft not captured by the Taliban were retained by factions remaining aligned with former President Burhanuddin Rabbani. These groups would later form the 'United Islamic Front', which is more commonly known as the 'Northern Alliance'.
^ Little is known about the Taliban regime's air force establishment.
^ The pro-Soviet regime collapsed in late April 1992 and was succeeded by the UN-sponsored government, the "Islamic State of Afghanistan", led by Burhanuddin Rabbani until overthrown by the Taliban in September 1996.
^ Soviet Union-installed regime.
^ Official establishment occurred in 1924, but the AMAA received its first aircraft in 1921 (aside from some captured in 1919).
^ As in most cases, Argentina's air arms began as an Army formation. Following a period of service unification, the Army Aviation Command was reformed on 27 November 1956, but did not gain independence from the Air Force until 3 November 1959.
^ Date first aircraft obtained; the Barbados Defence Force itself was established in 1979.
^ Preceded by RAF Squadrons 349 and 350 (1942–1946).
^ The indicated roundel was introduced in 1937 – according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част втора, София, 1996, стр. 246–253 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part two, Sofia, 1996, pages 246–253).
^ After the First World War in accordance with the Treaty of Neuilly Bulgaria lost the right to own military air force and because of this from 1920 to 1937 its air force operated as a part of the Bulgarian civil administration – according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част първа, София, 1996, стр. 62–81 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part one, Sofia, 1996, pages 62–81).
^ The indicated version of the German Cross was slightly modified and introduced in 1915 as most widespread Bulgarian aviation sign during the First World War along with the less employed St. Andrew's Cross – according to Иван Бориславов и Румен Кирилов, "Самолетите на България", част втора, София, 1996, стр. 246–253 (in Bulgarian; in English: Ivan Borislavov and Rumen Kirilov, "The Airplanes of Bulgaria", part two, Sofia, 1996, pages 246–253).
^ Initially operated balloons. In 1912 Bulgaria received its first airplane Bleriot XXI, with which on 13 August 1912 Simeon Petrov flew to become the first Bulgarian to pilot an airplane over Bulgaria.
^ The KPAF's name was changed to "Cambodian People's Air Force" in 1989, following the restoration of the nation's former name of Cambodia. In 1992, the PKAF was briefly resurrected as the "State of Cambodia Air Force", but it never actually became operational under that title.
^ The Vietnamese invasion of 1979 resulted in the forcible disbandment of the AFKLA; formation of a successor force did not begin until 1984.
^ The Cape Verde Coast Guard received its first aircraft in November 1992; its actual date of formation is unknown at this time.
^ The Fuerza Aérea de Chile was briefly named Fuerza Aérea Nacional in 1930.
^ The year 1919, when its first aircraft were received, is the traditional establishment date of Chile's Aviación Naval (the name by which it is still popularly referred); however, it was not officially established and recognized as a branch within the Navy until 1923.
^ When Chile's unified national air force was dissolved in 1953, the Army did not regain an air arm of its own. Disappointment with this outcome led to the founding of the Club Aéreo del Personal del Ejército (Army Personnel Aero Club) in 1959. Although never formally established as an air arm, it nevertheless served as an important and foundational predecessor to the modern CAEC.
^ The NFG was formed in the summer of 1949 for the air defense of Beijing, but was replaced by the PLAAF in November of that year.
^ On 28 February 1930, the Red Army captured a Nationalist Chinese O2U-4 Corsair reconnaissance aircraft that had been forced to land due to having run out of fuel; given a red star and named after Lenin, it was later used against the Nationalist government. This may have been the first aircraft in the Red Army. Small numbers of captured aircraft were also used against the Japanese during Nanyuan Flying Group in 1949.
^ Also known as Congo-Brazzaville.
^ Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa.
^ Although Costa Rica established its air force in 1947, it did not begin flying operations until 1948.
^ The Kroatische Luftwaffen Legion was a World War II German Luftwaffe unit formed from Croatian volunteers on 2 June 1941, and had a fighter and a bomber squadron. The fighter squadron was designated 15.(Kroatische)/JG 52, and served on the Eastern Front from 6 October 1941 until July 1944. The bomber squadron was designated 15.(Kroatische)/KG 53, and served on the Eastern Front from 25 October 1941 until December 1942.
^ Full formal name is the Cuban Air Defense and Revolutionary Air Force (Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria).
^ Established by Fidel Castro in 1958, but operations with a captured Aviación Naval aircraft began the previous year.
^ Split off from the Cuban air force in 1934, but remerged in 1952 reorganization.
^ 2011 placed under the Air Force as Squadron 723.
^ 2003 placed under the air force as Squadron 724.
^ In early 1948, Army aviation became an independent and separate service as the Dominican Military Aviation Corps (DMAC) El Cuerpo de Aviación Militar Dominicana (CAMD/AMD). The Army regained an air arm of its own in 2001.
^ At the beginning of 1951, the Navy was authorized to establish its own aviation arm, but it was absorbed into the Air Force the following year. The Navy regained an air arm of its own in 2003.
^ ^a ^b From 1958–1961, the Egyptian and Syrian air forces were unified as the United Arab Republic Air Force.
^ In 1943, 'Sonderstaffel Buschmann' was redesignated Aufklärungsgruppe 127 (AGr 127) and became a regular unit of the German Luftwaffe. On 18 October 1943, AGr 127 was divided into two units, See-Aufklärungsgruppe 127 and Nachtschlachtgruppe 11
^ 'Sonderstaffel Buschmann' was a German Luftwaffe auxiliary unit for coastal patrol. It was formed on 12 February 1942.
^ The Ethiopian Air Force effectively ceased to exist in 1991, following the victory of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) in the civil war; it was reestablished in 1995.
^ Also used the ordinary French roundel: with the Cross of Lorraine as a fin flash.
^ Also used a variant of the ordinary French roundel with bars like the USAAF insignia:
^ The national flag is used as a fin flash.
^ The Gambia formed the nucleus of an air force in 2002 and sent personnel to the Ukraine for a four-year pilot training course. The Gambia bought its first aircraft, a single http://indianairforce.nic.in/ ^
^ A new Iraqi AF roundel is sometimes reported, but has yet to be confirmed, or seen on any aircraft:
^ Also uses a low-visibility roundel:
^ Flank roundel:
^ Conglomerate of the Aviazione della Regia Marina and Corpo Aeronautico Militare. Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge): , flank roundel (click to enlarge):
^ Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge):
^ Tailfin insignia (click to enlarge):
^ (Italian) Baldassare Catalanotto, Hugo Pratt, In un cielo lontano : 70 anni di aeronautica militare. Lizard editore, 1993. ISBN 88-86456-01-8
^ Patterned on the US Air Force.
^ Also used the Imperial Japanese Navy's ensign:
^ Former ROKAF roundel – used until the 2000s (click to enlarge):
^ For some time LPLAAF also used this roundel (clik to enlarge): (www.acig.org)
^ Pathet Lao insurgents operated their own small air arm from 1960–1975; it became part of the LPLAAF.
^ Following a failed attempt at a coup d'état, the Kong Le rebel faction also briefly operated a small air arm from 1960–1963, when it was re-incorporated into the RLAF.
^ Luxembourg has no air force of its own, but NATO-owned aircraft are operated under Luxembourg registration.
^ The Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) was a paramilitary adjunct of the League of Malawi Youth activist organization of the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Established in 1963, the first militarily trained cadres appeared in 1964, and the MYP obtained aircraft beginning in 1970.
^ Although founded in 1926, aircraft were not supplied until the following year.
^ On the flanks are used also the national flag, it seems to be used also this roundel:
^ The yellow variant of the soyombo roundel is also reported: .
^ Preceded by RAAF squadrons 18, 119 and 120 (1942–1946) and RAF squadrons 320, 321 and 322 (1940–1945).
^ Includes Royal New Zealand Navy aircraft as No. 6 Squadron and formerly No. 6 Squadron.
^ Also included RAF squadrons 75 and 485–490 during World War II.
^ There is also the alternate version:
^ Paraguayan Air Arms
^ Paraguay Naval Aviation
^ A new tricolour star has been reported since 2007 on several planes and helicopters: militaryphotos.net, airliners.net:
^ The Serbian-Montenegrin union of Yugoslavia was dissolved in 2006 and the former nation's military assets were divided between them.
^ After World War I, Serbia was united with other Balkan states into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
^ Finflash (click to enlarge):
^ Some units customize their roundels, painting in white inside, their own symbol or motto.
^ Merged with Swedish Air Force 2003
^ Information on the organization of Chinese military aviation prior to 1925, when the Kuomintang began establishing its Aviation Bureaus around China, is very spotty as many records have been lost during the conflicts raging from 1931–1949 and the subsequent Cultural Revolution; in fact, during most of these earlier years, China fielded multiple air forces, most being the personal air arms of various warlords — some allied with the national government and some not. During World War II (which began for the Chinese with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931), the Japanese established a number of puppet governments, several of which were permitted to field small air forces.
^ Although a formal aviation arm was not stood up until 1979, the ROC Army created an Aviation Section for each of its two corps and an Aviation Platoon for its General Headquarters in 1956.
^ Russia provided Tajikistan with several helicopters in 1993 and began to organize an indigenous air force by no later than 1994; however, most sources express doubts as to its operational effectiveness.
^ http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?158607-Japanese-use-of-Type-45-Siamese-Mauser
^ Although some aircraft were obtained after independence in 1960 and further aircraft were supplied by France in 1963, the air force was not formally established until 1964.
^ However, Tunisia's first aircraft were not obtained until 1960.
^ Includes the Dubai Defence Force Air Wing (formed 1971); Abu Dhabi Army Air Wing (formed 1968); and Abu Dhabi Air Force (formed 1972).
^ Official date of integration of the several emirate air arms, but actual integration took many years.
^ ^a ^b RNAS and RFC merged to form RAF
^ ^a ^b Formerly part of the Royal Air Force.
^ Also uses a low-visibility roundel:
^ Previous roundels as per US Navy
^ De-militarized in 1946
^ Aviación Militar Bolivariana – Paladín del Espacio Soberano
^ Preceded and supported by RAF squadrons 310–313 (1940–1946) and the Soviet Air Force's 1st Czech Fighter Regiment.
^ The Manchukuo Air Transport Company served as a para-military airline which performed transport and reconnaissance missions for Japanese military forces.
^ Until the fifties was in use the single bordered star, also painted on fuselage and rudder (click to enlarge)
^ Red outline added to celebrate victory over Nazi Germany and is referred to as the Victory Star.
^ Montenegro voted to secede from the FRY in 2006 and the union with Serbia was dissolved, with FRY military assets being divided between the (now) two nations.
^ Preceded by the Partizanska Eskadrila NOVJ and RAF squadrons 351 and 352 (the RAF Balkan Air Force, 1942–1945)

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