Air Forces

{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="10" |Afghanistan
|
|Afghan Air Force<sup>[1]</sup><br>
دافغانستان هوايۍ ځواک
|
|2010
|-
|
|Afghan National Army Air Corps<sup>[2]</sup>
''Afghan Melli-e Ourdou''
|
|2002–2010
|-
|
|The Army and Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan<sup>[3]</sup>
|
|1996–2001
|-
|
|Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan<sup>[4]</sup>
|
|1992–1996
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1983–1992
|-
|
|Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Air Force
|
|1979-1983
|-
|
|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<sup>[5]</sup>-1929
|-
| rowspan="3" |Albania
|
|Albanian Air Force
|
|1951
|-
|
|Albanian People's Army Air Force
|
|1951–1990
|-
|
|Royal Albanian Air Corps
|
|1914–1939
|-
| rowspan="4" |Algeria
|
|Algerian Air Force<br>
''Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya'', ''Armée de l'Air Algérienne''
|
|1962
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1962–1964
|-
|
|Algerian Navy
|
|
|-
|
|Algerian Gendarmerie
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Angola
|
|National Air Force of Angola<br>
''Força Aérea Nacional de Angola''
|
|2007
|-
|
|Angolan People's Air Force And Air Defence Force
''Força Aérea Popular de Angolia''
|
|1975-2007
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1975–1980
|-
| rowspan="7" |Argentina
|
|Argentine Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Argentina''
|
|1945
|-
|
|Army Aeronautical Service
''Servicio Aeronáutico del Ejército''
|
|1912–1945
|-
|
|Argentine Naval Aviation<br>
''Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina''
|
|1919
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|
|-
|
|Argentine Army Aviation<br>
''Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino''
|
|1956<sup>[6]</sup>
|-
|
|Argentine Coast Guard Air Service<br>
''Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina''
|
|1970
|-
|
|Argentine Gendarmería<br>
''Dirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería'' [1]
|
|1955
|-
| rowspan="1" |Armenia
|
|Armenian Air Force<br>
''Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր''
|
|1992
|-
| rowspan="12" |Australia
|
|Royal Australian Air Force
|
|1921
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1945–1956
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943-1946
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942–1946
|-
|
|Royal Australian Air Force
|
|1921–1942
|-
|
|Australian Air Force
|
|March–August 1921
|-
|
|Australian Air Corps
|
|1920–1921
|-
|
|Australian Flying Corps
|
|1912–1919
|-
|
|Fleet Air Arm
|
|1947
|-
|
|Australian Army Aviation
|
|1968
|-
|
|1st Aviation Regiment (Divisional)
|
|1966–1968
|-
|
|No. 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron
|
|1960–1966
|-
| rowspan="3" |Austria
|
|Austrian Air Force<br>
''Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte''
|
|1955
|-
|
|Austrian Air Force
''Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte''
|
|1928-1938
|-
|
|Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
|
|1893–1918
|-
| rowspan="1" |Azerbaijan
|
|Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force<br>
''Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri''
|
|1991
|}

== B[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
|Bahamas
|
|Royal Bahamas Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1981
|-
| rowspan="3" |Bahrain
|
|Royal Bahraini Air Force
|
|2002
|-
|
|Bahrain Amiri Air Force
|
|1987-2002
|-
|
|Bahrain Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1977-1987
|-
| rowspan="4" |Bangladesh
|
|Bangladesh Air Force<br>
<big>বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী</big><br>
''Bangladesh Biman Bahini''
|
|1971
|-
|
|Kilo Flight
|
|1971-1972
|-
|
|Bangladesh Naval Aviation
|
|2011
|-
|
|Bangladesh Army Aviation Group
|
|1978
|-
|Barbados
|
|Barbados Defence Force
|
|1981<sup>[7]</sup>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Belarus
|
|Belarusian Air Force
|
|post 1995
|-
|
|Belarus Air Force
|
|1991–1995
|-
| rowspan="8" |Belgium
|
|Belgian Air Component<br>
''Luchtcomponent'', ''Composante Air''
|
|2002
|-
|
|Belgian Air Force
''Belgische Luchtmacht'', ''Force Aerienne Belge''
|
|1946-2001
|-
|
|Free Belgian Air Force
|
|1940-1946
|-
|
|Military Aviation
''Militair Vliegwezen'', ''Aviation Militaire''
|
|1915-1940
|-
|
|Company of Aviators
''Compagnie des Ouvries et Aérostiers''
|
|1910–1915
|-
|
|Belgian Navy
|
|1962–2002
|-
|
|Belgian Army
|
|1954–2002
|-
|
|Belgian Gendarmerie
|
|<nowiki>-2001</nowiki>
|-
|Belize
|
|Belize Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1983
|-
| rowspan="3" |Benin
|
|Benin Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de Benin''
|
|1990
|-
|
|People's Republic of Benin Air Force
|
|1975–1990
|-
|
|Dahomey Air Force
''Force Aérienne de Dahomey''
|
|1961-1975
|-
|Bhutan
|
|Royal Bhutan Army Air Arm
|
|1972
|-
| rowspan="4" |Bolivia
|
|Bolivian Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Boliviana''
|
|1944
|-
|
|Bolivian Military Aviation Corps
''Cuerpo de Aviación''
|
|1923–1944
|-
|
|Bolivian Navy
|
|
|-
|
|Bolivian Army
|
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
|<br>
Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina<br>
''Ваздухопловство и ПВО''<br>
''Zrakoplovstvo i PZO''
|
|2007
|-
|
|Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force
''Zračne Snage Armije Federacije BiH''
|
|1996–2006
|-
|
|Republika Srpska Air Force
''Ратно Ваздухопловство и ПВО ВРС''
''Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i PVO VRS''
|
|1992–2006
|-
|
|Croatian Defence Council aviation
|
|1992–
|-
|
|Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Force
''Zračne Snage Armije Republike BiH''
|
|1992–1996
|-
|Botswana
|
|Botswana Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1977
|-
| rowspan="6" |Brazil
|
|Brazilian Air Force<br>
''Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB)''
|
|1941
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1941–1945
|-
|
|Military Aviation Service
''Serviço de Aviação Militar (AvM)''
|
|1918–1941
|-
|
|Brazilian Naval Aviation<br>
''Força Aeronaval''
|
|1916
|-
|
|Brazilian Army Aviation Command<br>
''Comando de Aviação do Exército Brasileiro''
|
|1986
|-
|
|Brazilian Military Police<br>
''Brazilian Army Military reserve force'' – National and state gendarmerie forces of Brazil.
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Brunei
|
|Royal Brunei Air Force<br>
''Angkatan Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei''
|
|1991
|-
|
|Royal Brunei Armed Forces Air Wing
|
|1984-1991
|-
|
|Royal Brunei Malay Regiment, Air Wing
|
|1966-1984
|-
| rowspan="11" |Bulgaria
|
|Bulgarian Air Force<br>
''Български Военновъздушни Сили''<br>
|
|1992
|-
|
|Bulgarian People's Army Air Force
''Български Военновъздушни Сили''
|
|1949–1992
|-
|
|Air Army
''Въздушни Войски''
|
|1945–1949
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1941–1944
|-
|
|Royal Bulgarian Air Force<sup>[8]</sup>
|
|1937–1941
|-
|
|Gendarmery Aeroplane Detachment
''Zhandarmeriisko Aeroplanno Otdelenie''
|
|1919-1920
|-
|
|Army Aviation Corps<sup>[9]</sup>
|
|1915–1918
|-
|
|Aeronautical Detachment<sup>[10]</sup>
|
|1906-1914
|-
|
|Bulgarian Naval Aviation<br>
''Aviatsia Na Bulgarskiya Voennomorski Flot (AnBVMF)''
|
|1992
|-
|
|Independent ASW Squadron of the Navy
''Otdelna Protivolodachna Eskadrila na VMF (OPLEV-VMF)''
|
|1959–1990
|-
|
|Bulgarian Naval Aviation
|
|1915–1918
|-
| rowspan="2" |Burkina Faso
|
|Air Force of Burkina Faso<br>
''Force Aérienne de Burkina Faso''
|
|1984
|-
|
|Upper Volta Air Force
''Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta''
|
|1964–1984
|-
|Burundi
|
|Burundi Army Aviation<br>
''Force Armée du Burundi''
|
|1966
|}

== C[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="7" |Cambodia
|
|Royal Cambodian Air Force<br>
''Toap Akas Khemarak Phoumin''<br>
''Force Aérienne Royale Cambodge''
|
|1993
|-
|
|Cambodian People's Air Force
|
|1989–1993
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1989–1993
|-
|
|Kampuchean People's Air Force
|
|1979-1989<sup>[11]</sup>
|-
|
|Air Force of the Kampuchean Revolutionary Army
|
|1977–1979<sup>[12]</sup>
|-
|
|Khmer Air Force
''Armée de l'Air Khmère''
|
|1970–1975
|-
|
|Royal Khmer Air Force
''Aviation Royale Khmere''
|
|1954–1970
|-
| rowspan="1" |Cameroon
|
|Cameroon Air Force<br>
''Armée de l'Air du Cameroun''
|
|1960
|-
| rowspan="11" |Canada
|
|Royal Canadian Air Force<br>
''Aviation Royale Canadienne''
|
|2011
|-
|
|Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM)
''Commandement de la Force aérienne du Canada''
|
|1968-2011
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1924–1968
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1967
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1945–1948
|-
|
|Canadian Air Force
|
|1920-1924
|-
|
|Canadian Air Force
|
|1918–1920
|-
|
|Royal Flying Corps Canada
|
|1917–1919
|-
|
|Canadian Aviation Corps
|
|1914–1915
|-
|
|Royal Canadian Naval Air Service
|
|1918-1919
|-
|
|Canadian Army
|
|1947–1968
|-
| rowspan="2" |Cape Verde
|
|Cape Verde Air Force<br>
''Força Aérea Caboverdiana''
|
|1982
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1982–1992<sup>[13]</sup>
|-
| rowspan="3" |Central African Republic
|
|Central African Republic Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne Centrafricaine''
|
|1979–
|-
|
|Central African Empire Air Force
|
|1976–1979
|-
|
|Central African Republic Air Force
|
|1961–1976
|-
|Chad
|
|Chadian Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne Tchadienne''
|
|1973
|-
| rowspan="4" |Chile
|
|Chilean Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh)''
|
|1930
|-
|
|Chilean Naval Aviation<br>
''Servicio de Aviación de la Armada de Chile''
|
|1953
|-
|
|Chilean Army Aviation<br>
''Comando de Aviación del Ejército de Chile''
|
|1970<sup>[14]</sup>
|-
|
|Carabineros de Chile
|
|1960
|-
| rowspan="4" |China (PRC)
|
|People's Liberation Army Air Force<br>
中国人民解放军空军<br>
''Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Kongjun''
|
|1949
|-
|
|Red Army of China Air Force
|
|c. 1930<sup>[15]</sup>
|-
|
|People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force<br>
中国人民解放军海军航空兵<br>
''Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Haijun Hangkongbing''
|
|1953
|-
|
|People's Liberation Army Ground Force Aviation<br>
中国人民解放军陆军航空兵
|
|1988
|-
| rowspan="4" |Colombia
|
|Colombian Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Colombiana''
|
|1922
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1927–1953
|-
|
|Colombian Naval Aviation<br>
''Aviación Naval''
|
|1984
|-
|
|Colombian National Army Aviation<br>
''Aviación del Ejército''
|
|1995
|-
|Comoros
|
|Comoros Military Aviation Command
|
|1976
|-
| rowspan="3" |Congo
|
|Air Force of the Republic of Congo<br>
''Force 'Aérienne Congolaise''
|
|
|-
|
|People’s Republic of Congo Air Force
''L'Armée de l'Air du Congo''
|
|1970–1992
|-
|
|Congolese Air Force
|
|1961–1970
|-
| rowspan="2" |Dem. Rep. of the Congo
|
|Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo<br>
''Force Aérienne du Congo''
|
|
|-
|
|Zaire Air Force
|
|1971–1997
|-
| rowspan="3" |Costa Rica
|
|Air Surveillance Service<br>
''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
|-
|
|Costa Rican Military Air Force
''Fuerza Aérea Militar''
|
|1947–1949
|-
|Côte d'Ivoire<br>
(Ivory Coast)
|
|Côte d'Ivoire Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de la Côte d'Ivoire''
|
|c. 1965
|-
| rowspan="3" |Croatia
|
|Croatian Air Force and Air Defense<br>
''Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana''
|
|1991
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1991–1994
|-
|
|Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
''Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske''
|
|1941–1945
|-
| rowspan="5" |Cuba
|
|Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force<sup>[16]</sup><br>
''Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria''
|
|1959
|-
|
|Cuban Rebel Air Force<sup>[17]</sup>
''Fuerza Aérea Rebelde''
|
|1958
|-
|
|Cuban Army Air Force
''Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba''
|
|1952–1958
|-
|
|Cuban Army Air Corps
''Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército de Cuba''
|
|1915–1952
|-
|
|Cuban Naval Aviation<sup>[18]</sup><br>
''Aviación Naval''
|
|1934-1952
|-
| rowspan="3" |Cyprus
|
|Cyprus Air Forces<br>
''Διοίκησης Αεροπορίας Κύπρου''
|
|1996
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|
|-
|
|Cyprus National Guard Air Wing
|
|1973–1996
|-
|Czech Republic
|
|Czech Air Force<br>
''Vzdušné síly armády České republiky''
|
|1993
|}

== D[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="7" |Denmark
|
|Royal Danish Air Force<br>
''Flyvevåbnet''
|
|1950
|-
|
|Danish Navy Air Squadron<sup>[19]</sup>
''Søværnets Helikoptertjeneste''
|
|2003-2010
|-
|
|Royal Danish Army Flying Service<sup>[20]</sup>
''Hærens Flyvetjeneste'' (HFT)
|
|1971-2003
|-
|
|Royal Danish Navy Flying Service
''Søværnets Flyvetjeneste'' (SVF)
|
|1962–2003
|-
|
|Danish Brigade in Sweden
|
|1943-1945
|-
|
|Royal Danish Army Air Corps
''Hærens Flyvertropper''
|
|1912–1950
|-
|
|Royal Danish Naval Aviation
''Marinens Flyvevæsen''
|
|1911–1950
|-
|Djibouti<br>
(formerly the French Territory of Afars and Issas)
|
|Djibouti Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne du Djibouti''
|
|1977
|-
| rowspan="16" |Dominican Republic
|
|Dominican Air Force<br>
''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<br>
''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<sup>[21]</sup>
|-
|
|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<br>
''Cuerpo de Aviación Naval Dominicana''
|
|2003
|-
|
|Coastguard Search and Rescue Squadron
''Escuadrón de Vigilancia y Rescate de Guardacostas''
|
|1951-1952<sup>[22]</sup>
|}

== E[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="3" |Ecuador
|
|Ecuadorian Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana''
|
|1944
|-
|
|Ecuadorian Naval Aviation<br>
''Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana''
|
|1967
|-
|
|Ecuadorian Army Aviation<br>
''Aviación del Ejército Ecuatoriano''
|
|1954
|-
| rowspan="6" |Egypt
|
|Egyptian Air Force<br>
''Al Quwwat Al Jawwiya Il Misriya''
|
|1961
|-
|
|United Arab Republic Air Force
|
|1958–1961<sup>[23]</sup>
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1952-1958
|-
|
|Royal Egyptian Air Force
|
|1937–1952
|-
|
|Egyptian Army Air Force
|
|1932–1937
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1932
|-
| rowspan="1" |El Salvador
|
|Air Force of El Salvador<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña''
|
|1923
|-
|Equatorial Guinea
|
|Equatorial Guinea Air Corps
|
|1979
|-
| rowspan="1" |Eritrea
|
|Eritrean Air Force
|
|1994
|-
| rowspan="3" |Estonia
|
|Estonian Air Force<br>
''Eesti Õhuvägi''
|
|1991
|-
|
|Aviation Regiment
|
|1920?–1940
|-
|
|Aviation Company
|
|1918–1920?
|-
| rowspan="2" |Eswatini<br>
(formerly Swaziland)
|
|Military of Eswatini Air Wing
|
|1979
|-
|
|Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1979-2018
|-
| rowspan="5" |Ethiopia
|
|Ethiopian Air Force<br>
''Ye Ithopya Ayer Hayl''
|
|1975<sup>[24]</sup>
|-
|
|former air force insignia
|
|1996-2009?
|-
|
|Imperial Ethiopian Air Force
|
|1946–1975
|-
|
|Imperial Ethiopian Avaiton
|
|1929-1935
|-
|
|Ethiopian Navy aviation
|
|1955–1996
|}

== F[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="1" |Fiji
|
|Air Wing of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces
|
|1987–1997
|-
| rowspan="5" |Finland
|
|Finnish Air Force<br>
''Suomen ilmavoimat''<br>
''Finländska flygvapnet''
|
|1918
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1918-1945
|-
|
|''Roundel variant on some aircraft''
|
|1943–45
|-
|
|Army Corps of Aviation
|
|1918–1928
|-
|
|Finnish Army Aviation<br>
''Suomen maavoimat – Helikopteripataljoona''<br>
''Finländska armén – Helikopterbataljonen''
|
|1997
|-
| rowspan="10" |France
|
|French Air Force<br>
''Armée de l'Air''
|
|1933
|-
|
|Free French Air Force<sup>[25][26]</sup>
''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 Naval Aviation<br>
''Aéronautique navale''
|
|1912
|-
|
|Free French Naval Air Service
''Aéronavale Francaise Libre''
|
|1940–1945
|-
|
|French Naval Air Arm
|
|1912–1940
|-
|
|French Army Light Aviation<br>
''Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre''
|
|1954
|-
|
|National Gendarmerie aviation
|
|
|}

== G[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="1" |Gabon
|
|Gabonese Air Force<br>
''Armée de l'Air Gabonaise''
|
|1961
|-
|Gambia<br>
(formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)
|
|Gambian Air Force<sup>[27]</sup>
|
|c.2003?<sup>[28]</sup>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Georgia
|
|Georgian Air Force<br>
''საქართველოს სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები<br>
sak’art’velos samxedro-sahaero dzalebi''
|
|1991
|-
|
|Democratic Republic of Georgia People's Guard air detachment
|
|1917–1920
|-
| rowspan="13" |Germany
|
|German Air Force<br>
''Luftwaffe''
|
|1955
|-
|
|Air Forces of the National People's Army
''Luftstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR''
|
|1956–1990
|-
|
|Volkspolizei-Luft (of the German Democratic Republic / East Germany)
|
|1950–1956
|-
|
|German Air Force
''Luftwaffe''
|
|1935-1945
|-
|
|''Marineluftschiffe-Abteilung''
|
|1912–1919
|-
|
|''Die Marinefliegerabteilung des deutschen Kaiserreiches''
|
|1911–1919
|-
|
|Imperial German Army Air Service
''Luftstreitkräfte (Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches)''
|
|1910–1919
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1913–1914
|-
|
|''Heeresluftschiffe-Abteilung''
|
|1909–1917
|-
|
|German Naval Aviation<br>
''Marineflieger''
|
|1957
|-
|
|East German Navy, Naval Air Force
|
|–1990
|-
|
|German Imperial Navy aviation
|
|–1918
|-
|
|German Army Aviation Corps<br>
''Heeresfliegertruppe''
|
|1957
|-
| rowspan="2" |Ghana<br>
(formerly the Gold Coast)
|
|Ghana Air Force
|
|1959
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1964-1966
|-
| rowspan="8" |Greece
|
|Hellenic Air Force<br>
Πολεμική Αεροπορία<br>
''Polemikì Aeroporia''
|
|1930
|-
|
|Greek Air Force in the Middle East
|
|1941-1946
|-
|
|Royal Hellenic Air Force
|
|1935-1973
|-
|
|Hellenic Army Air Service
|
|1912-1930
|-
|
|Hellenic Naval Air Service
|
|1915–1930
|-
|
|Hellenic Army Aviation<br>
Αεροπορία Στρατού<br>
''Aeroporia Stratou''
|
|1947
|-
|
|Navy Aviation Command
|
|2018
|-
|
|Hellenic Navy Helicopter Command
Διοίκηση Ελικοπτέρων Ναυτικού
''Dioikisi Elikopteron Naftikou''
|
|1975-2018
|-
| rowspan="5" |Guatemala
|
|Guatemalan Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG)''
|
|1948
|-
|
|Military Aeronautical Corps
''Cuerpo de Aeronáutica Militar (CAM)''
|
|1935–1948
|-
|
|Guatemalan Military Aviation Corps
''Cuerpo de Aviación Militar de Guatemala (CAM)''
|
|1929–1935
|-
|
|Guatemalan Air Force
''Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca (FAG)''
|
|1921–1929
|-
|
|Army Aviation Corps
''Cuerpo de Aviación de Ejército''
|
|1914–1921
|-
|Guinea
|
|Guinea Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de Guinée''
|
|1959
|-
|Guinea-Bissau<br>
(formerly Portuguese Guinea)
|
|Guinea-Bissau Air Force<br>
''Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau''
|
|1974-2015
|-
| rowspan="2" |Guyana<br>
(formerly British Guyana)
|
|Guyana Defence Force Air Command
|
|1973
|-
|
|Guyana Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1968-1973
|}

== H[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="3" |Haiti
|
|Haiti Air Corps<br>
''Corps d'Aviation d'Garde d'Haiti''
|
|1942–1994 (2013 re-establishment)
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1964–1986
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942–1964
|-
| rowspan="4" |Honduras
|
|Honduran Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Hondureña''
|
|1954
|-
|
|Air Force and Military Aviation School
''Fuerza Aérea y Escuela Militar de Aviación (FAEAM)''
|
|1938-1954
|-
|
|Aviation Military School
''Escuela Militar de Aviación (EMA)''
|
|1931–1938
|-
|
|National Aviation School
''Escuela Nacional de Aviación (ENA)''
|
|1924–1931
|-
| rowspan="10" |Hungary
|
|Hungarian Air Force<br>
''Magyar Légierő''
|
|1991
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1990-1991
|-
|
|Air Force of the Hungarian People's Army
''Magyar Néphadsereg légiereje''
|
|1951–1990
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1949-1951
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1948-1949
|-
|
|Royal Hungarian National Defense Air Force
''Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő''
|
|1941–1945
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1938-1941
|-
|
|Red Hungarian Air Corps
''Vörös Légjárócsapat''
|
|1919
|-
|
|''Insignia variant''
|
|
|-
|
|''Insignia variant''
|
|
|}

== I[edit] ==
''For Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire above.''
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="2" |Iceland
|
|Icelandic Coast Guard Aeronautical Division<br>
''Landhelgisgæsla Íslands – Flugdeild''
|
|1955
|-
|
|Icelandic aircraft insignia
|
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |India
|
|Indian Air Force<br>
भारतीय वायु सेना<br>
''Bhāratīya Vāyu Senā''
|
|1932
|-
|
|Royal Indian Air Force
|
|1945–1950
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942–1945
|-
|
|Indian Air Force
|
|1932–1942
|-
|
|Army Aviation Corps
|
|1986
|-
|
|Indian Naval Air Arm
|
|1948
|-
|
|Indian Coast Guard Air Wing<br>
भारतीय तटरक्षक<br>
''Bhāratīya Taṭarakṣak''
|
|1978
|-
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |Indonesia
|
|Indonesian Air Force<br>
''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
|-
|
|Indonesian Naval Aviation<br>
''Dinas Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL)''
|
|1974
|-
|
|Indonesian Naval Aviation Service
''Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Laut RI (ALRI)''
|
|1956–1974
|-
|
|Indonesian Army Aviation Command<br>
''Pusat Penerbangan TNI Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD)''
|
|1974
|-
|
|Indonesian Army Aviation Service
''Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Darat RI (DINAS PENERBAD)''
|
|1959–1974
|-
| rowspan="7" |Iran<br>
(formerly Persia)
|
|Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force<br>
<big>نیروی هوایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران</big>
|
|1979
|-
|
|Imperial Iranian Air Force
''Nirou Havai Shahanshahiye Iran''
|
|1932–1979
|-
|
|Air Officer of the Imperial Iranian Army
|
|1922-1932
|-
|
|Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation
|
|1979
|-
|
|Imperial Iranian Army Aviation
|
|1962–1979
|-
|
|Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Aviation
|
|1979
|-
|
|Imperial Iranian Navy Aviation
|
|–1979
|-
| rowspan="5" |Iraq
|
|Iraqi Air Force<br>
''Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya''
|
|1931
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|2011-2019
|-
|
|Iraqi Air Force
''Al Quwwa al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya''
|
|1958
|-
|
|Royal Iraqi Air Force
|
|1931–1958
|-
|
|Iraqi Army, Aviation
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |Ireland
|
|Irish Air Corps<br>
''Aer-Chór na h-Éireann''
|
|1924
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1939–1954
|-
|
|Irish National Army, Air Service
|
|1922–1924
|-
| rowspan="4" |Israel
|
|Israeli Defence Force / Air Force<br>
<big>חיל האוויר</big><br>
''Heyl Ha'Avir''
|
|1951
|-
|
|Israeli Air Force
''Chel Ha'Avir''
|
|1948-1951
|-
|
|Sherut Avir
''Air Service''
|
|1947-1948
|-
|
|Palavir
''Air Companies''
|
|1943-1947
|-
| rowspan="19" |Italy
|
|Italian Air Force<sup>[30]</sup><br>
''Aeronautica Militare''
|
|1946
|-
|
|Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force
''Aviazione Cobelligerante ed Aeronautica Militare Italiana''
|
|1943–1946
|-
|
|''Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana''   <sup>[31]</sup>
|
|1943–1945
|-
|
|Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica   <sup>[32]</sup>
|
|1935–1943
|-
|
|Royal Italian Air Force
Regia Aeronautica  <sup>[33]</sup>
|
|1923–1935
|-
|
|Royal Naval Aviation
''Aviazione della Regia Marina''
|
|1912–1923
|-
|
|Military Air Corps  <sup>[34]</sup>
''Corpo Aeronautico Militare''
|
|1915-1923
|-
|
|Colonial Aviation Service
''Servizio d'Aviazone Coloniale''
|
|1912-1915
|-
|
|Military Aviation Service
|
|1912-1915
|-
|
|Aviation Battalion
''Batagliore Aviatori''
|
|1912
|-
|
|Royal Army Air Service
''Servizio Aeronautico''
|
|1884<sup>[35]</sup>–1911
|-
|
|Italian Navy Aviation<br>
''Aviazione Navale''
|
|1956
|-
|
|naval aviation insignia
|
|
|-
|
|Italian aircraft insignia
|
|
|-
|
|Italian Army Aviation<br>
''Air Cavalry'', ''Cavalleria dell'Aria''
|
|2000
|-
|
|Aviazione Leggera dell'Esercito
|
|1951-2000
|-
|
|Helicopter Service of the Carabinieri Corps<br>
''Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri''
|
|1965
|-
|
|Italian Coast Guard Air Service<br>
''Italian Navy''
|
|1989
|-
|
|Italian aircraft insignia
|
|
|}

== J[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="1" |Jamaica
|
|Jamaican Defence Force
|
|1963
|-
| rowspan="5" |Japan
|
|Japan Air Self-Defense Force<sup>[36]</sup><br>
航空自衛隊 ''Kōkū Jieitai''
|
|1954
|-
|
|Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
大日本帝国陸軍航空隊 ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkū tai''
|
|1912–1945
|-
|
|Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service<sup>[37]</sup>
大日本帝国海軍航空隊 ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Kōkū tai''
|
|1912–1945
|-
|
|Fleet Air Force (JMSDF)<br>
海上自衛隊 ''Kaijō Jieitai''
|
|1954
|-
|
|Japan Ground Self-Defense Force<br>
陸上自衛隊 ''Rikujō Jieitai''
|
|1954
|-
| rowspan="2" |Jordan<br>
(formerly Transjordan)
|
|Royal Jordanian Air Force<br>
''Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya Almalakiya al-Urduniya''
|
|1955
|-
|
|Arab Legion Air Force
|
|1949–1955
|}

== K[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
|Kazakhstan
|
|Kazakh Air Defense Forces<br>
''Áue qurǵanysy kúshteri / Әуе қорғанысы күштері''
|
|1992
|-
| rowspan="4" |Kenya
|
|Kenya Air Force<br>
''Jeshi la Anga la Kenya''
|
|1994
|-
|
|The Kenya '82 Air Force
|
|1982-1994
|-
|
|Kenya Air Force
|
|1964-1982
|-
|
|Kenyan Army aviation
|
|
|-
|North Korea
|
|Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force<sup>[38]</sup>
|
|1945
|-
| rowspan="7" |South Korea
|
|Republic of Korea Air Force<sup>[39]</sup><br>
대한민국 공군 (大韓民國空軍)<br>
''Daehan Minguk Gonggun''
|
|1949
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1951–2000
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1950s
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|
|-
|
|Republic of Korea Navy, Air Wing Six
|
|1986
|-
|
|Fleet Aviation Unit
|
|1977–1986
|-
|
|Republic of Korea Army aviation
|
|1965
|-
| rowspan="4" |Kuwait
|
|Kuwait Air Force<br>
''Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya''
|
|1988
|-
|
|Free Kuwait Air Force
|
|1990-1991
|-
|
|Kuwait Air Force
|
|1960-1990
|-
|
|Directorate of Public Security, Air Wing
|
|1954-1960
|-
|Kyrgyzstan
|
|Kyrgyz Air Force
|
|1992
|}

== L[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="4" |Laos
|
|Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force<sup>[40]</sup>
|
|1975
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1975–
|-
|
|Royal Lao Air Force
''Aviation Royale Laotienne''<sup>[41][42]</sup>
|
|1960–1975
|-
|
|Laotian Aviation
''Aviation Laotienne''
|
|1955-1960
|-
| rowspan="3" |Latvia
|
|Latvian Air Force<br>
''Latvijas Gaisa Spēki''
|
|1991
|-
|
|Latvian Air Force
''Latvijas Gaisa Spēki''
|
|1919–1940
|-
|
|Aviation component of the Latvian National Guard
|
|1993–2000
|-
|Lebanon
|
|Lebanese Air Force<br>
''Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Lubnania'', ''Force Aérienne Libanaise''
|
|1949
|-
| rowspan="3" |Lesotho<br>
(formerly Basutoland)
|
|Lesotho Defence Force – Air Squadron
|
|c. 1988
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1987–2006
|-
|
|Lesotho Police Mobile Unit – Air Wing
|
|1978-1988
|-
| rowspan="2" |Liberia
|
|Liberian Army Air Wing
|
|1987
|-
|
|Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit
|
|1970s–1980s
|-
| rowspan="5" |Libya
|
|Libyan Air Force<br>
القوة الجوية الليبية<br>
''Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-libyya''
|
|2011–current date
|-
|
|Free Libyan Air Force
''Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Libiyya al Hurra''<sup>[''citation needed'']</sup>
|
|2011
|-
|
|Air Force of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
|
|1977-2011
|-
|
|Libyan Arab Republic Air Force
|
|1969–1977
|-
|
|Royal Libyan Air Force
''Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Malakiya al Libiyya''
|
|1951–1969
|-
| rowspan="4" |Lithuania
|
|Lithuanian Air Force<br>
''Karinės Oro Pajėgos''
|
|1992
|-
|
|Lithuanian Military Aviation
|
|1920–1921
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1919–1920
|-
|
|Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces, Aviation Unit
|
|1992
|-
| rowspan="1" |Luxembourg
|
|Luxembourg Army Aviation
|
|1952–1968
|}

== M[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="2" |North Macedonia
|
|Macedonian Air Force<br>
''Военно Воздухопловство и Противвоздушна Одбрана''<br>
''Voeno Vozduhoplovstvo i Protivvozdushna Odbrana''
|
|1992
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|early 1990s
|-
|Madagascar<br>
(formerly the Malagasy Republic)
|
|Malagasy Air Force<br>
''Tafika Anabakabaka Malagasy''<br>
''Armée de l'Air Malgache''
|
|1961
|-
| rowspan="3" |Malawi<br>
(formerly Nyasaland)
|
|Malawi Army Air Wing
|
|1976
|-
|
|former aircraft insignia
|
|2010-2012
|-
|
|Malawi Young Pioneers Air Arm<sup>[43]</sup>
|
|1970–1978
|-
| rowspan="9" |Malaysia<br>
(formerly Malaya)
|
|Royal Malaysian Air Force<br>
''Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia''
|
|1963
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1963–1982
|-
|
|Royal Malayan Air Force
''Tentera Udara Diraja Persekutuan''
|
|1958–1963
|-
|
|Malayan Auxiliary Air Force
|
|1950–1958
|-
|
|Malayan Volunteer Air Force
|
|1940–1950
|-
|
|Straits Settlement Volunteer Air Force
|
|
|-
|
|Royal Malaysian Navy, Fleet Air Arm
|
|1988
|-
|
|Malaysian Army Aviation<br>
''Pasukan Udara Tentera Darat''
|
|1994
|-
|Maldives
|
|Air Elements<br>
''Maldives National Defence Force''
|
|1978
|-
|Mali
|
|Malian Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de la Republique du Mali''
|
|1961
|-
| rowspan="2" |Malta
|
|Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta<br>
''Skwadra tal-Ajru tal-Forzi Armati ta' Malta''
|
|1992
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1980–1988
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mauritania
|
|Mauritania Islamic Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de la Republique Islamique de Mauritanie''
|
|1960
|-
|
|former aircraft insignia
|
|1960-2019
|-
|Mauritius
|
|Military of Mauritius
|
|1987
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mexico
|
|Mexican Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Mexicana''
|
|1915
|-
|
|Mexican Naval Aviation<br>
''Fuerza Aeronaval''
|
|1926<sup>[44]</sup>
|-
|Moldova
|
|Moldovan Air Force<sup>[45]</sup>
|
|1991
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mongolia
|
|Mongolian Air Force<sup>[46]</sup><br>
''Агаарын Довтолгооноос Хамгаалах Цэргийн Командлал''
|
|1993-presents
|-
|
|Mongolian People's Army Air Force
''Монголын Ардын Армийн Нисэх Хүчин''
|
|1925–1992
|-
| rowspan="2" |Montenegro
|
|Montenegrin Air Force<br>
''Vazdušne snage Crne Gore''
|
|2006
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|2006-2018
|-
| rowspan="5" |Morocco
|
|Royal Moroccan Air Forceⴰⴷⵡⴰⵙ ⴰⴳⴻⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵔⵓⴽⴰⵏ ⵓⵊⴻⵏⵏⴰ<br>
''القوة الجوية الملكية المغربية''<br>
''Al-quwwa al-jawwiya al-malikiyya al-maghribiyya''<br>
(''Force Aérienne Royale Marocaine'')
|
|1961
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|
|-
|
|Sherifan Royal Aviation
''Aviation Royale Chérifienne''
|
|1956–1961
|-
|
|Royal Moroccan Navy, Aviation
|
|
|-
|
|Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
|
|1962
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mozambique
|
|Mozambique Air Force<br>
''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?
|-
| rowspan="2" |Myanmar<br>
(formerly Burma)
|
|Myanmar Air Force<br>
''Tatmdaw Lei''
|
|1989
|-
|
|Burmese Air Force
|
|1947-1989
|}

== N[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="3" |Namibia<br>
(formerly South West Africa)
|
|Namibian Air Force
|
|2005
|-
|
|Namibia Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1994–2005
|-
|
|South West African Territorial Force, Air Wing
|
|1980–1989
|-
| rowspan="1" |NATO
|
|Allied Air Command
|
|2013
|-
| rowspan="3" |Nepal
|
|Nepalese Army Air Service
|
|c.2008
|-
|
|Royal Nepal Army Air Wing
|
|1979–c.2007
|-
|
|Royal Nepal Army Air Service
|
|1965–1979
|-
| rowspan="11" |Netherlands
|
|Royal Netherlands Air Force<br>
''Koninklijke Luchtmacht''
|
|1953
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942–c.1945
|-
|
|Army Aviation Brigade
''Luchtvaartbrigade''
|
|1939–1940
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1921–1940
|-
|
|Army Aviation Group
''Luchtvaartafdeling''
|
|1913–1939
|-
|
|Dutch Naval Aviation Service<br>
''Marineluchtvaartdienst''
|
|1917
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942–c.1945
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1939–1942
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1921–1940
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1917–1921
|-
|
|Netherlands Coastguard<br>
''Royal Netherlands Navy''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |New Zealand
|
|Royal New Zealand Air Force<br>
''Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa''
|
|1937
|-
|
|
|
|
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943–1946
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1939–1945
|-
|
|New Zealand Territorial Air Force
|
|1930–1957
|-
|
|New Zealand Permanent Air Force
|
|1923–1934
|-
|
|New Zealand Army Flying Corps
|
|1913–1923
|-
| rowspan="10" |Nicaragua
|
|Nicaraguan Army Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea – Ejército de Nicaragua''
|
|1996
|-
|
|Sandinista Air Force
''Fuerza Aérea Sandinista''
|
|1979–1996
|-
|
|Air Force of Nicaragua
''Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua''
|
|c.1950–1979
|-
|
|former insignia (fuselage)
|
|1962–1979
|-
|
|Guard Air Force of Nicaragua
''Fuerza Aérea Guardia de Nicaragua''
|
|c.1947–c.1950
|-
|
|former insignia (wings)
|
|1942-1962
|-
|
|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
|-
| rowspan="2" |Niger
|
|National Squadron of Niger<br>
''Escadrille Nationale du Niger''
|
|2003
|-
|
|Niger Air Force
''Force Aérienne du Niger''
|
|1961–2003?
|-
| rowspan="3" |Nigeria
|
|Nigerian Air Force
|
|1964
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|
|-
|
|Nigerian Navy, Air Arm
|
|1985
|-
| rowspan="4" |Norway
|
|Royal Norwegian Air Force<br>
''Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret''
|
|1944
|-
|
|Free Norwegian Air Force
|
|1940-1944
|-
|
|Norwegian Army Air Service
''Hærens Flyvevesen''
|
|1914–1944
|-
|
|Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
''Marinens Flyvevesen''
|
|1912–1944
|}

== O[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="2" |Oman<br>
(formerly Muscat and Oman)
|
|Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)<sup>[47]</sup><br>
''Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Sultanya al-Omanya''
|
|1990
|-
|
|Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF)
|
|1959–1990
|}

== P[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="5" |Pakistan
|
|Pakistan Air Force<br>
<big>پاک فضائيہ</big>
|
|1956
|-
|
|Royal Pakistan Air Force
|
|1947–1956
|-
|
|Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
|
|1958
|-
|
|Pakistan Naval Air Arm
|
|1971
|-
|
|Pakistan Coast Guard<br>
''Paramilitary forces of Pakistan''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |Panama
|
|Panama National Air Service<br>
''Panama Servicio Aéreo Nacional''
|
|1989
|-
|
|Panamaian Air Force
''Fuerza Aérea Panama''
|
|1969-1989
|-
| rowspan="2'" |Papua New Guinea
|
|Papua New Guinea Air Wing
|
|1990s
|-
|
|Papua New Guinea Defence Force, Air Transport Wing
|
|1975-1990s
|-
| rowspan="3" |Paraguay
|
|Paraguayan Air Force<br>
''Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya''
|
|late 1940s
|-
|
|Paraguaryan Army Aviation Corps
|
|1920s–1940s
|-
|
|Paraguayan Naval Aviation<br>
''Aviación Naval Paraguaya''<sup>[48][49]</sup>
|
|1980
|-
| rowspan="8" |Peru
|
|Peruvian Air Force<br>
''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<br>
''Fuerza Aviación Naval''
|
|1980
|-
|
|Aeronaval Service
''Servicio Aeronaval''
|
|1963–1980
|-
|
|Peruvian Army, Aviation<br>
''Aviación del Ejército''
|
|1977
|-
|
|Army Light Aviation Group
''Grupo de Aviación Ligera del Ejército''
|
|1973–1977
|-
|
|Peruvian Coast Guard<br>
''Peruvian Navy''
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |Philippines
|
|Philippine Air Force<br>
''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
|-
| rowspan="13" |Poland
|
|Polish Air Force<br>
''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 Air Forces in France and Great Britain
|
|1939-1946
|-
|
|Air Force
''Wojska Lotnicze''
|
|1918–1939
|-
|
|Polish Army Aviation<br>
''Lotnictwo Wojsk Lądowych''
|
|1994
|-
|
|Polish Naval Aviation<br>
''Lotnictwo Marynarki Wojennej''
|
|1947
|-
| rowspan="11" |Portugal
|
|Portuguese Air Force<br>
''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
|-
|
|Portuguese Naval Aviation<br>
''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<br>
''Unidade de Aviacão Ligeira do Exército''
|
|2000-2015
|}

== Q[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="2" |Qatar
|
|Qatar Air Force
|
|1974
|-
|
|Qatar Public Security Forces Air Wing
|
|1968-1974
|}

== R[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="11" |Romania
|
|Romanian Air Force<br>
''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
|-
|
|Royal Romanian Naval Aviation
|
|1920s–1940s
|-
| rowspan="12" |Russia
|
|Russian Air Force<sup>[50]</sup><br>
''Военно-воздушные cилы России''<br>
''Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii''
|
|2010
|-
|
|Russian Air Defence Force
|
|1991-2008
|-
|
|Soviet Air Defence Force
|
|1948-1991
|-
|
|Soviet Air Forces
''Военно-воздушные силы''
''Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily''
|
|1918-1991
|-
|
|
|
|1922–1943
|-
|
|Imperial Russian Air Service
''Императорский военно-воздушный флот''
''Pre-reform Russian:Императорскій военно-воздушный флотъ''
|
|1910-1917
|-
|
|Russian Naval Aviation<br>
''Авиация Военно-Морского Флота''<br>
''Aviatsiya Voyenno-Morskogo Flota''
|
|2010
|-
|
|
|
|1991-2010
|-
|
|Soviet Naval Aviation
|
|1918-1991
|-
|
|
|
|1922–1943
|-
|
|Russian Army Aviation
|
|1992-2010s
|-
|
|Soviet Army Aviation
|
|1970s–1991
|-
|Rwanda<br>
(formerly Ruanda-Urundi)
|
|Rwandan Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne Rwandaise''
|
|1972
|}

== S[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
|São Tomé and Príncipe
|
|Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe<br>
''Forças Armadas de São Tomé e Príncipe''
|
|1968
|-
| rowspan="6" |Saudi Arabia
|
|Royal Saudi Air Force<br>
القوات الجوية الملكية السعودية<br>
''Al-Quwwāt al-Jawwiyyah al-Malakiyyah as-Suʿūdiyyah''
|
|1950
|-
|
|Hejaz Air Force
|
|1921-1932
|-
|
|Royal Saudi Naval Aviation
|
|1985
|-
|
|Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation
|
|1990s
|-
|
|General Security Aviation Command
|
|1975
|-
|
|Saudi Arabian National Guard, Aviation
|
|2011
|-
| rowspan="3" |Senegal<br>
(formerly part of the Senegambia Confederation)
|
|Senegalese Air Force<br>
''Armée de l'Air du Sénégal''
|
|1989
|-
|
|Senegambia Air Force
''Armée de l'Air du Sénegambia''
|
|1982-1989
|-
|
|Senegalese Air Force
''Armée de l'Air du Senégal''
|
|1961-1982
|-
| rowspan="8" |Serbia
|
|Serbian Air Force and Air Defence<br>
''Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздухопловна одбрана Војске Србије''<br>
''Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazduhoplovna odbrana Vojske Srbije''
|
|2006<sup>[51]</sup>
|-
|
|Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro
''Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе''
''Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Crne Gore''
|
|2003–2006<sup>[52]</sup>
|-
|
|Air Force of FR Yugoslavia
''Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије''
''Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije''
|
|1992–2003
|-
|
|Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force
''Ваздухопловство војске Краљевине Југославије''
''Vazduhoplovstvo vojske Kraljevine Jugoslavije''
|
|1929–1941
|-
|
|Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department
''Авиацијско Одељење Југословенске Краљевске Армије''
''Aviacijsko Odeljenje Jugoslovenske Kraljevske Armije''
|
|1918–1929
|-
|
|Serbian Aviation
''Српска Авијатика''
''Srpska Avijatika''
|
|1915-1918<sup>[53]</sup>
|-
|
|

Air Force Command
''Ваздухопловна Команда''
''Vazduhoplovna Komanda''
|
|1912-1915
|-
|
|Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service
|
|<nowiki>-1941</nowiki>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Seychelles
|
|Seychelles People's Defence Force Air Wing (part of the Seychelles People's Defence Force)
|
|2008
|-
|
|Seychelles Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1978
|-
|Sierra Leone
|
|Sierra Leone Defence Force Air Force
|
|1973
|-
| rowspan="3" |Singapore
|
|Republic of Singapore Air Force<br>
''Angkatan Udara Republik Singapura''<br>
新加坡空军部队<br>
சிங்கப்பூர் ஆகாயப்படை
|
|1975
|-
|
|Singapore Air Defence Command
|
|1968-1975
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1968-1973
|-
| rowspan="4" |Slovakia
|
|Slovak Air Force<br>
''Vzdušné sily Slovenskej republiky''
|
|1993
|-
|
|Slovak Insurgent Air Force
''Slovenské povstalecké letectvo''
|
|August–October 1944
|-
|
|Slovak Air Force
''Slovenské vzdušné zbrane''
|
|1939-1945
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1939-1940
|-
| rowspan="4" |Slovenia
|
|Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence<br>
''Brigada zračne Obrambe in Letalstva Slovenske Vojske''
|
|2004
|-
|
|15th Aviation Brigade
''Slovenian Armed Forces''
|
|1995-2004
|-
|
|15th Aviation Brigade
''Slovenian Territorial Defence Force''
|
|1991-1995
|-
|
|Slovenian Air Force upon the break-away from the Habsburg Empire
|
|1918-1919
|-
| rowspan="2" |Somalia
|
|Somali Air Force<br>
''Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed''<sup>[54]</sup>
|
|1960
|-
|
|Somali Aeronautical Corps
''Ciidamada Cirka Soomaaliyeed''
''Corpo di Sicurezza della Somalia''
|
|1954-1968
|-
| rowspan="7" |South Africa
|
|South African Air Force (SAAF)<br>
''Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag''
|
|1920
|-
|
|
|
|1982-2003
|-
|
|
|
|1958-1981
|-
|
|
|
|1947-1957
|-
|
|South African Air Force
|
|1924-1947
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1920-1921
|-
|
|South African Aviation Corps
|
|1915-1920
|-
|South Sudan
|
|South Sudan Air Force
|
|2011
|-
| rowspan="13" |Spain
|
|Spanish Air Force (SPAF)<br>
''Ejército del Aire''
|
|1939
|-
|
|Nationalist Air Force<sup>[55]</sup>
''Aviación Nacional''
|
|1936-1939
|-
|
|Nationalist Air Force insignia (wings)
|
|1937-1939
|-
|
|Nationalist Air Force insignia variant
|
|1936-1939
|-
|
|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<br>
''Fuerzas Aeromóviles del Ejército de Tierra'' (FAMET)
|
|1973
|-
|
|Army Light Air Force
''Aviacion Ligera del Ejercito de Tierra''
|
|1965-1973
|-
|
|Spanish Navy Air Arm<br>
''Arma Aérea de la Armada''
|
|1954
|-
|
|Naval Aviation
''Aeronáutica Naval''
|
|1931-1936
|-
|
|Naval Aviation
''Aeronáutica Naval''
|
|1917-1931
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sri Lanka<br>
(formerly Ceylon)
|
|Sri Lanka Air Force<br>
ශ්රි ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව<br>
''Sri Lanka Guwan Hamudawa''
|
|1972
|-
|
|Royal Ceylon Air Force
රාජකීය ලංකා ගුවන් හමුදාව
''Rajakeeya Lanka Guwan Hamudawa''
|
|1951-1972
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sudan<br>
(formerly the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)
|
|Sudanese Air Force<br>
القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة<br>
''Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya''
|
|1956
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1956-1970
|-
| rowspan="2" |Suriname<br>
(formerly Dutch Guyana)
|
|Suriname Air Force<br>
''Surinaamse Luchtmacht''
|
|1982
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1982-1990s
|-
| rowspan="9" |Sweden
|
|Swedish Air Force<br>
''Svenska Flygvapnet''
|
|1926
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1937-1940
|-
|
|Swedish Air Force
''Svenska Flygvapnet''
|
|1926-1937
|-
|
|Defence Helicopter Wing<sup>[56]</sup>
''Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj''
|
|1998-2003
|-
|
|Swedish Army Aviation
''Arméflyget''
|
|1954-1998
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1914-1915
|-
|
|Aircraft Coy of the Signal Corps
''Flygkompaniet''
|
|1912-1926
|-
|
|Swedish Naval Aviation
''Marinflyget''
|
|1958-1998
|-
|
|Naval Air Service
''Marinens Flygväsen''
|
|1911-1926
|-
| rowspan="3" |Switzerland
|
|Swiss Air Force<br>
''Schweizer Luftwaffe''<br>
''Forces Aériennes Suisses''<br>
''Forze Aeree Svizzere''
|
|1946
|-
|
|Independent service under the Swiss Federal Military Department
''Schweizerische Flugwaffe''
|
|1936-1946
|-
|
|Swiss Army Aviation
''Schweizerische Fliegertruppe''
|
|1914-1936
|-
| rowspan="5" |Syria
|
|Syrian Arab Air Force<br>
القوات الجوية العربية السورية<br>
''Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al Arabiya as-Souriya''
|
|1961
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1972-1980
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1963-1972
|-
|
|United Arab Republic Air Force
|
|1958-1961<sup>[23]</sup>
|-
|
|Syrian Air Force
|
|1948-1958
|}

== T[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="13" |Taiwan (ROC)
|
|Republic of China Air Force<br>
中華民國空軍<br>
''Chung-Hua Min-Kuo K'ung-Chün''
|
|1938
|-
|
|Nationalist Chinese Air Force (Central Government)<sup>[57]</sup>
|
|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<sup>[58]</sup>
|
|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
|-
|Tajikistan
|
|Tajik Air Force
|
|2006<sup>[59]</sup>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Tanzania<br>
(formerly Tanganyika)
|
|Tanzania Air Force Command<br>
''Jeshi la Anga la Wananchi wa Tanzania''
|
|1964
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1964-2010
|-
| rowspan="9" |Thailand<br>
(formerly Siam)
|
|Royal Thai Air Force<br>
<big>กองทัพอากาศไทย</big><br>
''Kongthap Akat Thai''
|
|1937
|-
|
|Former marking
|
|1942-1945<sup>[60]</sup>
|-
|
|Former marking
|
|1940-1941
|-
|
|Royal Siamese Air Force Division
<big>กรมทหารอากาศ</big>
''Krom Tahan Akat''
|
|1935-1937
|-
|
|Royal Siamese Air Division
<big>กรมอากาศยาน</big>
''Krom Akatsayan''
|
|1921-1935
|-
|
|Siamese Army Aviation Division
<big>กรมอากาศยานทหารบก</big>
''Krom Akatsayan Tahan Bok''
|
|1917-1921
|-
|
|Siamese Army Aviation Unit
<big>กองบินทหารบก</big>
''Kong Bin Tahan Bok''
|
|1914-1917
|-
|
|Royal Thai Army Air Division<br>
<big>กองบินทหารบกไทย</big><br>
''Kong Bin Tahan Bok Thai''
|
|1977
|-
|
|Royal Thai Naval Air Division<br>
<big>กองการบินทหารเรือไทย</big><br>
''Kongkanbin Tahan Ruea Thai''
|
|1921
|-
| rowspan="2" |Tonga
|
|Tonga Defence Services aviation
|
|2013<sup>[61]</sup>
|-
|
|HMAF Air Wing
|
|1996-2013
|-
|Togo
|
|Togolese Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne Togolaise''
|
|1964<sup>[62]</sup>
|-
| rowspan="3" |Trinidad and Tobago
|
|Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Guard
|
|2005
|-
|
|Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1977-2005
|-
|
|Air Wing of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Coast Guard
|
|1966-1977
|-
|Tunisia
|
|Tunisian Air Force<br>
القوات الجوية التونسية<br>
''Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya At'Tunisia''
|
|1959<sup>[63]</sup>
|-
| rowspan="12" |Turkey
|
|Turkish Air Force<br>
''Türk Hava Kuvvetleri''
|
|1972
|-
|
|''former insignia''
|
|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<br>
''Kara Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı''
|
|1948
|-
|
|Naval Forces Aviation Command<br>
''Deniz Kuvvetleri Havacılık Komutanlığı''
|
|1971
|-
|
|naval aviation insignia
|
|
|-
|
|Coast Guard Aviation Command<br>
''Sahil Güvenlik Havacılık Komutanlığı''
|
|1993
|-
|
|Turkish aircraft insignia
|
|
|-
|
|Gendarmerie Aviation Command<br>
''Jandarma Havacılık Komutanlığı''
|
|1968
|-
| rowspan="2" |Turkmenistan
|
|Turkmen Air Force
|
|1991
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1991-2011
|}

== U[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="3" |Uganda
|
|Ugandan People's Defence Force
|
|1997
|-
|
|Uganda Police Air Wing
|
|1964–1987
|-
|
|Ugandan Army Air Force
|
|1964-1987
|-
| rowspan="6" |Ukraine
|
|Ukraine Air Force<br>
Військово-Повітряні Сили України ''Viys'kovo-Povitriani Syly Ukrayiny''
|
|1992
|-
|
|Ukrainian Air Defence Forces
|
|1992-2004
|-
|
|Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet
|
|1917-1921
|-
|
|Ukrainian Naval Aviation<br>
Авіація Військово-Морських Сил ''Aviatsiya Viys'kovo-Mors'kykh Syl''
|
|1992
|-
|
|Ukrainian Army Aviation
|
|1992
|-
|
|National Guard of Ukraine, Aviation
|
|2014
|-
| rowspan="7" |United Arab Emirates
|
|United Arab Emirates Air Force
|
|1976<sup>[64]</sup>
|-
|
|Sharjah Amiri Guard Air Wing
|
|1984-1997
|-
|
|Dubai Police Air Wing
|
|1973-1976
|-
|
|Dubai Union Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1971-1973
|-
|
|Abu Dhabi Air Force
|
|1972-1976
|-
|
|Abu Dhabi Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1968-1972
|-
|
|United Arab Emirates Navy, Aviation
|
|
|-
| rowspan="21" |United Kingdom
|
|Royal Air Force
|
|1918
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942-1947
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942-1945
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1937-1942
|-
|
|Royal Air Force
|
|1918-1937
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1915-1918
|-
|
|Royal Flying Corps
|
|1912-1915
|-
|
|Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers
|
|1911-1912
|-
|
|School of Ballooning
|
|1888-1911
|-
|
|Fleet Air Arm
|
|1937
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1944-1945
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942-1947
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|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<sup>[66]</sup>
|
|1957
|-
|
|Glider Pilot Regiment
|
|1941-1957
|-
|
|3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron<br>
''Royal Marines''
|
|1968-1995
|-
| rowspan="32" |United States
|
|United States Air Force<sup>[67]</sup>
|
|1947
|-
|
|
|
|1947–
|-
|
|insignia variant
|
|1973
|-
|
|United States Army Air Forces
|
|1941-1947
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942-1943
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1941-1942
|-
|
|United States Army Air Corps
|
|1926-1941
|-
|
|United States Army Air Service
|
|1918-1926
|-
|
|Division of Military Aeronautics
|
|20–24 May 1918
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1917-1919
|-
|
|Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps
|
|1914-1918
|-
|
|Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps
|
|1907-1914
|-
|
|United States Army Aviation Branch
|
|1983
|-
|
|Army Aviation
|
|1947-1983
|-
|
|United States Navy
|
|1911
|-
|
|
|
|1947–
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943-1947
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1943
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942-1943
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1942
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1919-1942
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1918-1919
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1917-1918
|-
|
|Naval Flying Corps
|
|1916-1917
|-
|
|United States Marine Corps Aviation<sup>[68]</sup>
|
|1912
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1912
|-
|
|United States Coast Guard
|
|1916
|-
|
|US Coast Guard insignia
|
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |Uruguay
|
|Uruguayan Air Force<br>
''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<br>
''Aviación Naval Uruguaya''
|
|1951
|-
|
|Naval Air Service
''Servicio Aeronáutico''
|
|1925–1951
|-
| rowspan="1" |Uzbekistan
|
|Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces
|
|1992
|}

== V[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="11" |Venezuela
|
|Venezuelan Air Force<br>
''Aviación Militar Bolivariana''
|
|2006<sup>[69]</sup>
|-
|
|Venezuelan Military Aviation
''Aviación Militar de Venezuela''
|
|2001–2006
|-
|
|Venezuelan Air Force
''Fuerza Aérea Venezolana''
|
|1946–2001
|-
|
|Army Aeronautical Service
''Servicio de Aeronáutica del Ejército''
|
|1944–1946
|-
|
|Aviation Regiment N° 1
''Regimiento de Aviación N° 1''
|
|1936–1944
|-
|
|Venezuelan Military Aviation School
''Escuela de Aviación Militar''
|
|1920–1936
|-
|
|Venezuelan Army Aviation<br>
''Servicio Aéreo del Ejército Venezolano''
|
|1970
|-
|
|Venezuelan Naval Aviation<br>
''Aviación de la Marina Venezolana''
|
|1985
|-
|
|Servicio de Aviacion Naval Venezolana
|
|1974-1985
|-
|
|Naval Aviation Centre
|
|1922
|-
|
|National Guard of Venezuela<br>
''Comando de Apoyo Aéreo de Guardia Nacional''
|
|1999
|-
| rowspan="5" |Vietnam
|
|Vietnam People's Air Force<br>
''Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam''
|
|1975
|-
|
|North Vietnam Democratic Republic Air Force
|
|1955–1975
|-
|
|Republic of Vietnam Air Force
''Không lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa''
|
|1955–1975
|-
|
|Cochin China Air Force
|
|1941–1945
|-
|
|Vietnam People's Navy, Aviation
|
|
|}

== Y[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="3" |Yemen
|
|Yemeni Air Force<br>
''Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Yemeniya''
|
|1990
|-
|
|North Yemen Air Force
|
|1962–1990
|-
|
|South Yemen Air Force
|
|1969–1990
|}

== Z[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="3" |Zambia<br>
(formerly Northern Rhodesia)
|
|Zambian Air Force
|
|1968
|-
|
|Zambia Air Wing
|
|1964–1968
|-
|
|Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Air Force
|
|1954–1963
|-
| rowspan="8" |Zimbabwe<br>
(formerly Southern Rhodesia)
|
|Air Force of Zimbabwe
|
|1980
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1982–1994
|-
|
|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 Regiment Air Unit
|
|1935–1939
|}

== Former countries and movements[edit] ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!<br>
<small>Current</small>
!Service<br>
<small>Indigenous name</small>
!<br>
<small>Former</small>
!Established
|-
| rowspan="1" |Abu Dhabi
|
|Abu Dhabi Air Force
|
|1968–1976
|-
| rowspan="5" |Austria-Hungary
|
|Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops<br>
''Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen''
|
|1912–1919
|-
|
|
|
|1915–1918
|-
|
|
|
|1914–1916
|-
|
|Imperial and Royal Aviation Service
''KuK. Militär-Aeronautische Anstalt''
|
|1893–1912
|-
|
|Austro-Hungarian Navy
|
|1916–1918
|-
|'' Biafra''
|
|Biafran Air Force
|
|1967–1970
|-
| rowspan="2" |Bophuthatswana
|
|Bophuthatswana Air Force
|
|1987–1994
|-
|
|Bophuthatswana Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1981-1987
|-
| rowspan="1" |Central African Empire
|
|Central African Empire Air Force
|
|1976–1979
|-
|Ceylon
|
|Royal Ceylon Air Force
|
|1951–1972
|-
|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
|
|Chechen National Guard aviation
|
|1990s
|-
|Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China
|
|Collaborationist Chinese Army
|
|1940–1945
|-
|Ciskei
|
|Ciskei Defence Force
|
|1980–1994
|-
|Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
|
|Croatian Defence Council aviation
|
|1992–
|-
| rowspan="6" |Czechoslovakia
* Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
* Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
* Third Czechoslovak Republic
* Second Czechoslovak Republic
* First Czechoslovak Republic
|
|Czech and Slovakian Air Force
|
|1990–1993
|-
|
|Czechoslovak Air Force
|
|1945–1990
|-
|
|Slovak Insurgent Air Force
|
|August–October 1944
|-
|
|1st Czechoslovak Mixed Air Division
''1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR''
|
|1944-1945
|-
|
|Czechoslovak Army Air Force
|
|1918–1939
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1918–1920
|-
| rowspan="1" |Slovak Republic
|
|Slovak Air Force
|
|1939–1945
|-
|Dahomey
|
|Dahomey Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de Dahomey''
|
|1961–1975
|-
|Dubai
|
|Dubai Police Air Wing
|
|1971-1976
|-
| rowspan="2" |Free France
|
|Free French Air Force
|
|1940–1945
|-
|
|Free French Naval Air Service
|
|1940–1945
|-
| rowspan="2" |East Germany
|
|Air Forces of the National People's Army<br>
''Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik''
|
|1956-1990
|-
|
|People's Navy
|
|<nowiki>-1990</nowiki>
|-
|Second East Turkestan Republic
|
|Ili National Army aviation
|
|1945-1949
|-
| rowspan="1" |Irish Free state
|
|Irish National Army
|
|1922–1924
|-
| rowspan="1" |Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz<br>
 Kingdom of Hejaz
|
|Hejaz Air Force<sup>[70]</sup><br>
القوات الجوية الحجازية
|
|1921–1932
|-
|Imperial State of Iran
|
|Imperial Iranian Air Force
|
|1925–1979
|-
| rowspan="2" |Italian Social Republic<br>
 Kingdom of Italy
|
|Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
|
|1943–1945
|-
|
|Regia Aeronautica
|
|1923–1943
|-
| rowspan="4" |People's Republic of Kampuchea<br>
 Democratic Kampuchea<br>
 Kingdom of Cambodia<br>
 Khmer Republic
|
|Cambodian People's Air Force
|
|1989–1993
|-
|
|Kampuchean People's Air Force
|
|1979–1989
|-
|
|Kampuchean Revolutionary Armed Forces Air Force
|
|1977–1979
|-
|
|Khmer Air Force
|
|1970–1975
|-
|Malagasy Republic
|
|Malagasy Air Force
|
|1961
|-
| rowspan="4" |Straits Settlements /<br>
 Federated Malay States /<br>
Unfederated Malay States /<br>
 Malayan Union /<br>
 Malaya
|
|Royal Malayan Air Force
|
|1958–1963
|-
|
|Malayan Auxiliary Air Force
|
|1950–1958
|-
|
|Malayan Volunteer Air Force
|
|1940-1950
|-
|
|Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force
|
|
|-
| rowspan="1" |Manchukuo
|
|Manchukuo Air Force
|
|1937–1945
|-
|Muscat and Oman
|
|Sultan of Oman's Air Force
|
|1959–1990
|-
| rowspan="1" |Nazi Germany
|
|Luftwaffe
|
|1933–1945
|-
| rowspan="2" |Dutch East Indies
|
|Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force
|
|1939-1950
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1921–1948
|-
| rowspan="2" |Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen/<br>
 North Yemen
|
|Yemen Arab Republic Air Force
|
|1962–1990
|-
|
|Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen Air Force
|
|<nowiki>-1962</nowiki>
|-
|North Vietnam
|
|North Vietnam Air Force
|
|1955–1975
|-
| rowspan="2" |Ottoman Empire
|
|Ottoman Air Force<br>
''Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği''
|
|1909–1920
|-
|
|Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service<br>
''Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi''
|
|1914–1919
|-
|Pathet Lao
|
|Pathet Lao aviation
|
|1960–1975
|-
| rowspan="5" |Southern Rhodesia<br>
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland<br>
 Rhodesia<br>
 Zimbabwe Rhodesia
|
|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 Regiment Air Unit
|
|1935–1939
|-
|Senegambia Confederation
|
|Senegambia Air Force<br>
''Armée de l'Air du Sénégambia''
|
|1982–1989
|-
|Republika Srpska<br>
|
|Republika Srpska Air Force
|
|1992–2006
|-
|Republic of Serbian Krajina<br>
|
|105th Aviation Brigade<br>
''Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina''
|
|1991–1995
|-
| rowspan="3" |Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam
|
|Royal Siamese Air Division
|
|1921–1935
|-
|
|Siamese Army Aviation Division
|
|1917–1921
|-
|
|Siamese Army Aviation Unit
|
|1914–1917
|-
|South West Africa
|
|South West Africa Territorial Force, Air Wing
|
|1980–1989
|-
| rowspan="2" |State of Vietnam /<br>
 South Vietnam
|
|Republic of Vietnam Air Force<br>
''Khong Quan Viet Nam''
|
|1955–1975
|-
|
|Vietnam National Army, Air Force
|
|1951–1955
|-
| rowspan="2" |Federation of South Arabia /<br>
 South Yemen
|
|Air Force of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
|
|1967-1990
|-
|
|Federation of South Arabia Air Force
|
|1967
|-
|Swaziland
|
|Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing
|
|1979-2018
|-
| rowspan="7" |Russian Empire<br>
 Russian Republic<br>
 Russian SFSR<br>
 Soviet Union
|
|Soviet Air Forces<sup>[71]</sup><br>
''Военно-воздушные силы''
|
|1930–1991
|-
|
|
|
|1943–1992<sup>[72]</sup>
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1922–1943
|-
|
|Soviet Volunteer Group
|
|1937–1941
|-
|
|Imperial Russian Air Service
|
|1910–1917
|-
|
|Soviet Air Defence Forces
|
|1948–1991
|-
|
|Soviet Naval Aviation
|
|1918–1991
|-
|'' Tamil Eelam''
|
|Air Tigers<br>
''Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam''
|
|1998–2009
|-
|Transkei
|
|Transkei Defence Force, Air Wing
|
|1986–1994
|-
| rowspan="3" |United Arab Republic
|
|United Arab Republic Air Force
|
|1958–1961
|-
|
|Egyptian Air Force
|
|1952–1958
|-
|
|Syrian Air Force
|
|1948–1958
|-
|Upper Volta
|
|Upper Volta Air Force<br>
''Force Aérienne de Haute-Volta''
|
|1964–1984
|-
|Venda
|
|Venda Defence Force
|
|1983–1994
|-
|Vichy France
|
|Vichy French Air Force
|
|1940–1942
|-
| rowspan="3" |West Germany
|
|German Air Force<br>
''Luftwaffe''
|
|1955
|-
|
|German Naval Aviation<br>
''Marineflieger''
|
|1957
|-
|
|German Army Aviation Corps<br>
''Heeresfliegertruppe''
|
|1957
|-
|Ukrainian People's Republic
|
|Ukrainian People's Republic Air Fleet
|
|1917-1921
|-
| rowspan="9" |Kingdom of Serbia /<br>
 State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs /<br>
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia /<br>
 SFR Yugoslavia /<br>
 FR Yugoslavia /<br>
 Serbia and Montenegro
|
|Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro<br>
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе<br>
''Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Crne Gore''
|
|2003–2006<sup>[52]</sup>
|-
|
|FR Yugoslavia Air Force
Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Југославије
''Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Jugoslavije''
|
|1992–2003
|-
|
|SFR Yugoslav Air Force<sup>[73]</sup>
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 Army Air Force
Ваздухопловство војске Краљевине Југославије
''Vazduhoplovstvo vojske Kraljevine Jugoslavije''
|
|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
|-
|
|Royal Yugoslav Navy, Naval Air Service
|
|<nowiki>-1941</nowiki>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Independent State of Croatia
|
|Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia
|
|1941–1945
|-
|
|Croatian Air Force Legion
|
|1941–1945
|-
| rowspan="4" |Zaire<br>
 Congo-Kinshasa<br>
 Léopoldville<br>
 Belgian Congo
|
|Zaire Air Force<br>
''Force Aerienne Zairoies''
|
|1971–1997
|-
|
|Congolese Air Force
''Force Aeriennes Congolaises''
|
|1960–1971
|-
|
|former insignia
|
|1960–1964
|-
|
|Force Publique Air Arm
|
|1944–1960
|-
|Katanga
|
|Katangese Air Force<br>
''Force Aerienne Katangaise''
|
|1960–1963
|}
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