List_of_air_forces

Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan (Mujahideen)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\'.

Army Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)Little is known about the Taliban regime\'s air force establishment.

Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of AfghanistanThe 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.

Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah

Afghan Army Air ForceSoviet Union-installed regime.
De Afghan Hawa-e Quvah

Afghan Republican Air Force
De Afghan Hanoi Quirah

Royal Afghan Air Force

Afghan Air Force
Afghan Hawa-e Ourdou

Afghan Military Air Arm

Albanian Air Corps

Angolan People\'s Air Force & Anti-Aircraft Defence
Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Anti-Aviões

Servicio Aéronautico del Ejército

Australian Air Corps

Australian Flying Corps

Luftwaffen Kommando Österreich

Heimwehr Flieger Korps

Bahrain Ameri Air Force

Bahrain Defence Force Air Wing

Belarus Air Force

Militair Vliegwezen, Aviation Militaire

Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers

Dahomey Air Force
Force Aérienne de Dahomey

Republika Srpska Air Force
Ратно Ваздухопловство и ПВО ВРС
Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO VRS

Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force
Zručne Snage Armije Republike BiH

(Roundel used during World War II)

National Air Forces
Forças Aéreas Nacionais

Military Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM)

Naval Aviation Service
Serviço de Aviação Naval (AvN)

Royal Brunei Armed Forces Air Wing

Royal Brunei Malay Regiment Air Wing

Bulgarian Air Defense and Air Force
Противовъздушна отбрана и Военновъздушни сили

Protivovazdushna Otbrana i Voennovazdushni Sili (PVOiVVS)

Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sili (BVVS)

Bulgarian Military Air Force
Български Военновъздушни Сили

Balgarski Voennovazdushni Sily (VVS)

Air Army
Въздушни Войски

Vazdusni Voiski (VV)

Royal Bulgarian Air ForceThe 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).
Vazhdushnite na Negovo Velichestvo Voiski (VNVV)

Department of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and Telegraphs

Section of Aeronautics under Ministry of Railways, Posts and TelegraphsAfter 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).

Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie

Aeroplane Group

Army Aviation CorpsThe 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).

Aeronautical Battalion

Aeronautical DetachmentInitially 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.

Independent ASW Squadron of the Navy
Otdelna Protivolodachna Eskadrila na VMF (OPLEV-VMF)

Bulgarian Naval Aviation

Kampuchean People\'s Air Force

Air Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army

Khmer Air Force
Aviation Nationale Khmer

Royal Khmer Air Force
Aviation Royale Khmere

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Canadian Aviation Corps, Canadian Air Force

Chilean Military Aviation Service
Servició de Aviación Militar de Chile date=1910-1930

Chilean Naval Aviation Service
Servicio de Aviación Naval de Chile

Nanyuan Flying GroupThe 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.

Red Army of China Air Force

Nationalist Chinese Air Force (Central Government)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.

Chinese Aviation Ministry

Chinese Aviation Service

Chinese Army Air Arm

Airplane Corps of the Chinese Army

Army Paratroops and Special Forces Command

Army Aviation CommandAlthough 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.

Naval Anti-Submarine Group

Fleet Helicopter Squadron

Chinese Naval Air Service

Zaire Air Force

Air Section of the Costa Rica Ministry of Public Security
Sección Aérea del Ministerio de Seguridad Pública

Air Section of the Costa Rica Civil Guard
Sección Aérea de la Guardia Civil

Costa Rican Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Costarricense

Costa Rican Military Air Force
Fuerza Aérea Militar

Kroatische Luftwaffen LegionThe 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.

Cuban Rebel Air ForceEstablished by Fidel Castro in 1958, but operations with a captured Aviación Naval aircraft began the previous year.
Fuerza Aérea Rebelde

Cuban Army Air Force
Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba

Cuban Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba

Cuban Army Air Corps
Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército de Cuba

Cuban Army Aviation Corps
Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba

Royal Danish Army Air CorpsArmy aviation was resurrected from 1971-2003 as Hærens Flyvetjeneste (HFT) — Royal Danish Army Flying Service. Now placed under the Air Force as Squadron 724.
Hærens Flyvertropper

Royal Danish Naval Aviation
Marinens Flyvevæsen

Royal Danish Navy Flying Service
Søværnets Flyvetjeneste (SVF)