List of air forces

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

A

 * rowspan="11"| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan


 * rowspan="3"| 🇦🇱 Albania


 * rowspan="4"| 🇩🇿 Algeria


 * rowspan="3"| 🇦🇴 Angola


 * rowspan="1"| 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda


 * rowspan="7"| 🇦🇷 Argentina


 * rowspan="1"| 🇦🇲 Armenia


 * rowspan="11"| 🇦🇺 Australia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇦🇹 Austria


 * rowspan="1"| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan


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B

 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas


 * rowspan="4"| 🇧🇭 Bahrain


 * rowspan="5"| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh


 * rowspan="1"| 🇧🇧 Barbados


 * rowspan="2"| 🇧🇾 Belarus


 * rowspan="8"| 🇧🇪 Belgium


 * 🇧🇿 Belize


 * rowspan="3"| 🇧🇯 Benin


 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan


 * rowspan="4"| 🇧🇴 Bolivia


 * rowspan="5"| 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina


 * 🇧🇼 Botswana


 * rowspan="5"| 🇧🇷 Brazil


 * rowspan="3"| Brunei


 * rowspan="11"| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria


 * rowspan="2"| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso


 * 🇧🇮 Burundi


 * }

C

 * rowspan="8"| 🇰🇭 Cambodia


 * rowspan="1"| 🇨🇲 Cameroon


 * rowspan="14"| 🇨🇦 Canada


 * rowspan="1"| 🇨🇻 Cape Verde


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic


 * rowspan="1"| 🇹🇩 Chad


 * rowspan="4"| 🇨🇱 Chile


 * rowspan="6"| People's Republic of China


 * rowspan="14"| Republic of China


 * rowspan="4"| 🇨🇴 Colombia


 * 🇰🇲 Comoros


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇩 Congo


 * rowspan="2"| Democratic Republic of the Congo


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica


 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇭🇷 Croatia


 * rowspan="5"| 🇨🇺 Cuba


 * rowspan="2"| 🇨🇾 Cyprus


 * rowspan="4"| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic


 * }

D

 * rowspan="8"| 🇩🇰 Denmark


 * 🇩🇯 Djibouti (formerly the French Territory of Afars and Issas)


 * rowspan="16"| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic


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E

 * rowspan=1 | East Timor


 * rowspan="3"| 🇪🇨 Ecuador


 * rowspan="6"| 🇪🇬 Egypt


 * rowspan="1"| 🇸🇻 El Salvador


 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea


 * rowspan="1"| 🇪🇷 Eritrea


 * rowspan="4"| 🇪🇪 Estonia


 * rowspan="2"| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)


 * rowspan="8"| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia


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F

 * rowspan="1"| 🇫🇯 Fiji


 * rowspan="6"| 🇫🇮 Finland


 * rowspan="12"| 🇫🇷 France


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G

 * rowspan="1"| 🇬🇦 Gabon


 * 🇬🇲 Gambia (formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)


 * rowspan="3"| Georgia


 * rowspan="16"| 🇩🇪 Germany


 * rowspan="2"| 🇬🇭 Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast)


 * rowspan="9"|🇬🇷 Greece


 * rowspan="5"| 🇬🇹 Guatemala


 * 🇬🇳 Guinea


 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea)


 * rowspan="2"| 🇬🇾 Guyana (formerly British Guyana)


 * }

H

 * rowspan="3"| 🇭🇹 Haiti


 * rowspan="4"| 🇭🇳 Honduras


 * rowspan="11"| 🇭🇺 Hungary


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I
For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.


 * rowspan="2"| 🇮🇸 Iceland


 * rowspan="9"| 🇮🇳 India


 * rowspan="7"| 🇮🇩 Indonesia


 * rowspan="8"| 🇮🇷 Iran (formerly Persia)


 * rowspan="5"| 🇮🇶 Iraq


 * rowspan="3"| 🇮🇪 Ireland


 * rowspan="4"| 🇮🇱 Israel


 * rowspan="1"| Palestine


 * rowspan="20"| 🇮🇹 Italy


 * }

J

 * rowspan=1| 🇯🇲 Jamaica


 * rowspan=6| 🇯🇵 Japan


 * rowspan=2| 🇯🇴 Jordan (formerly Transjordan)


 * }

K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan


 * rowspan="3"|🇰🇪 Kenya


 * 🇰🇵 North Korea


 * rowspan="7"|🇰🇷 South Korea


 * rowspan="4"| 🇰🇼 Kuwait


 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan


 * }

L

 * rowspan="4"| Laos


 * rowspan="5"| 🇱🇻 Latvia


 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon


 * rowspan="3"| 🇱🇸 Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)


 * rowspan="2"| 🇱🇷 Liberia


 * rowspan="5"| 🇱🇾 Libya


 * rowspan="5"| 🇱🇹 Lithuania


 * rowspan="1"|🇱🇺 Luxembourg
 * }

M

 * rowspan="2"| North Macedonia


 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar (formerly the Malagasy Republic)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇲🇼 Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)


 * rowspan="9"| 🇲🇾 Malaysia (formerly Malaya)


 * 🇲🇻 Maldives


 * 🇲🇱 Mali


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇹 Malta


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇷 Mauritania


 * 🇲🇺 Mauritius


 * rowspan="5"| 🇲🇽 Mexico


 * 🇲🇩 Moldova


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇳 Mongolia


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇪 Montenegro

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 * rowspan="4"| 🇲🇦 Morocco


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇿 Mozambique


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇲 Myanmar (formerly Burma)


 * }

N

 * rowspan="3"| 🇳🇦 Namibia (formerly South West Africa)


 * rowspan="1"| NATO


 * rowspan="3"| 🇳🇵 Nepal


 * rowspan="11"| 🇳🇱 Netherlands

LOAF


 * rowspan="1"| 🇳🇱 Dutch Caribbean


 * rowspan="7"| 🇳🇿 New Zealand


 * rowspan="10"| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua


 * rowspan="2"| 🇳🇪 Niger


 * rowspan="3"| 🇳🇬 Nigeria


 * rowspan="4"| 🇳🇴 Norway


 * }

O

 * rowspan="2"| 🇴🇲 Oman (formerly Muscat and Oman)


 * }

P

 * rowspan="4"| 🇵🇰 Pakistan


 * rowspan="2"| 🇵🇦 Panama


 * rowspan="2'| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea


 * rowspan="3"| 🇵🇾 Paraguay


 * rowspan="8"| 🇵🇪 Peru


 * rowspan="11"| 🇵🇭 Philippines


 * rowspan="15"| 🇵🇱 Poland


 * rowspan="11"| 🇵🇹 Portugal


 * }

Q

 * rowspan="2"| 🇶🇦 Qatar


 * }

R

 * rowspan="17"| 🇷🇴 Romania


 * rowspan="15"| 🇷🇺 Russia


 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda (formerly Ruanda-Urundi)


 * }

S

 * rowspan="6"| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇸🇳 Senegal (formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)


 * rowspan="8"| 🇷🇸 Serbia


 * rowspan="2"| 🇸🇨 Seychelles


 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone


 * rowspan="4"| 🇸🇬 Singapore


 * rowspan="4"| 🇸🇰 Slovakia


 * rowspan="4"| 🇸🇮 Slovenia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇸🇴 Somalia


 * rowspan="7"| 🇿🇦 South Africa


 * 🇸🇸 South Sudan


 * rowspan="15"| 🇪🇸 Spain


 * rowspan="2"| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)


 * rowspan="2"| 🇸🇩 Sudan (formerly the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)


 * rowspan="2"| 🇸🇷 Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana)


 * rowspan="10"| 🇸🇪 Sweden


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇭 Switzerland


 * rowspan="5"| Syria


 * }

T

 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan


 * rowspan="2"| 🇹🇿 Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika)


 * rowspan="9"| 🇹🇭 Thailand (formerly Siam)


 * rowspan="1"| 🇹🇴 Tonga


 * 🇹🇬 Togo


 * rowspan="3"| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago


 * rowspan="2"| 🇹🇳 Tunisia


 * rowspan="12"| 🇹🇷 Turkey


 * rowspan="2"| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan


 * }

U

 * rowspan="3"| 🇺🇬 Uganda


 * rowspan="8"| 🇺🇦 Ukraine


 * rowspan="7"| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates


 * rowspan="20"| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom


 * rowspan="22"| 🇺🇸 United States


 * rowspan="7"| 🇺🇾 Uruguay


 * rowspan="1"|🇺🇿 Uzbekistan


 * }

V

 * rowspan="11"| 🇻🇪 Venezuela


 * rowspan="6"| Vietnam


 * }

Y

 * rowspan="4"| 🇾🇪 Yemen


 * }

Z

 * rowspan="3"| 🇿🇲 Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia)


 * rowspan="8"| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia)


 * }

Former countries and movements

 * rowspan="1"| Abu Dhabi


 * rowspan="5"| Austria-Hungary


 *  Biafra


 * rowspan="2"| Bophuthatswana


 * rowspan="1"| Central African Empire


 * Ceylon


 * Chechen Republic of Ichkeria


 * Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (Wang Jingwei regime)


 * Ciskei


 * Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia


 * rowspan="7"| Czechoslovakia
 * Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
 * Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
 * Third Czechoslovak Republic
 * Czechoslovak government-in-exile
 * Second Czechoslovak Republic
 * First Czechoslovak Republic


 * rowspan="1"| 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic


 * Dahomey


 * Dubai


 * Free City of Danzig


 * rowspan="2" | Free France


 * rowspan="4"| East Germany


 * Second East Turkestan Republic


 * rowspan="1"| 🇮🇪 Irish Free state


 * rowspan="1"| Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz  Kingdom of Hejaz


 * 🇮🇷 Imperial State of Iran


 * rowspan="2"| Italian Social Republic Kingdom of Italy

Khmer Republic
 * rowspan="4"| 🇰🇭 People's Republic of Kampuchea 🇰🇭 Democratic Kampuchea 🇰🇭 Kingdom of Cambodia


 * Makhnovshchina


 * 🇲🇬 Malagasy Republic

Federated Malay States / Unfederated Malay States / Malayan Union / Malaya
 * rowspan="4"| Straits Settlements /


 * rowspan="2"| Manchukuo


 * Muscat and Oman


 * rowspan="1"| 🇩🇪 Germany


 * rowspan="2"| Nazi Party


 * rowspan="2"| 🇳🇱 Dutch East Indies

North Yemen/ South Yemen
 * rowspan="4"| 🇾🇪 Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen/


 * North Vietnam


 * rowspan="2"| Ottoman Empire


 * Pathet Lao

Rhodesia and Nyasaland Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia
 * rowspan="5"| Southern Rhodesia


 * 🇸🇳🇬🇲 Senegambia Confederation


 * Republika Srpska


 * Republic of Serbian Krajina


 * rowspan="3"| 🇹🇭🇹🇭 Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam


 * 🇿🇦 South West Africa

South Vietnam
 * rowspan="2"| State of Vietnam /

South Yemen
 * rowspan="2"| Federation of South Arabia /


 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland

🇷🇺 Russian Provisional Government 🇷🇺 Russian Republic Russian SFSR Soviet Union
 * rowspan="7"| 🇷🇺 Russian Empire

🇷🇺 South Russia (1919-1920)
 * 🇷🇺 Russian State (1918-1920)


 *  Tamil Eelam


 * Transkei


 * rowspan="3"| United Arab Republic


 * Upper Volta


 * Venda


 * 🇫🇷 Vichy France


 * rowspan="4"| West Germany


 * 🇺🇦 West Ukrainian People's Republic


 * Ukrainian People's Republic

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs / Kingdom of Yugoslavia / Yugoslav government-in-exile / Democratic Federal Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
 * rowspan="9"| Kingdom of Serbia /


 * rowspan="2"| Independent State of Croatia


 * rowspan="4"| Zaire 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) Belgian Congo


 * Katanga


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Other

 * rowspan="2"| Abkhazia


 * rowspan="3"| British Hong Kong


 * Republic of Artsakh


 * South Ossetia


 * Sovereign Military Order of Malta


 * Transnistria


 * Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus


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