A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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
| Country | Current | Service Indigenous name |
Former | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
|
Islamic Emirate Air Force[1] دافغانستان هوايۍ ځواک |
2021 | |
.svg){kind=small}
|
2010–2021 | |||
|
|
2002–2010 | |||
.svg){kind=small}
|
1996–2001 | |||
|
Air and Air Defense Force of the Islamic State of Afghanistan[4] |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1992–1996 | ||
|
former insignia |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1983–1992 | ||
.svg){kind=small}
|
1979-1983 | |||
|
Afghan Republican Air Force |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1973–1979 | ||
|
|
1948–1973 | |||
|
Afghan Air Force |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1937–1947 | ||
.svg){kind=small}
|
1924[5]-1929 | |||
 Albania
|
|
Albanian Air Force | 1951 | |
|
Air Force of the Albanian People's Army |
_%E2%80%93_Type_2.svg){kind=small}
|
1951–1991 | ||
|
1914–1939 | |||
 Algeria
|
|
Algerian Air Force Al-quwwa al-jawwiyya al-jazaeriyya, Armée de l'Air Algérienne |
1962 | |
|
former insignia |
|
1962–1964 | ||
|
|
Algerian Navy | |||
|
|
Algerian Gendarmerie | |||
 Angola
|
|
National Air Force of Angola Força Aérea Nacional de Angola |
2007 | |
|
Angolan People's Air Force And Air Defence Force |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1975-2007 | ||
|
former insignia |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1975–1980 | ||
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing | 2022 | |
 Argentina
|
|
Argentine Air Force Fuerza Aérea Argentina |
1945 | |
|
Army Aeronautical Service |
|
1912–1945 | ||
|
Argentine Naval Aviation Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina |
1919 | ||
|
former insignia |
.svg){kind=small}
|
|||
|
|
Argentine Army Aviation Comando de Aviación del Ejército Argentino |
1956[6] | ||
|
Argentine Coast Guard Air Service Servicio de Aviación de la Prefectura Naval Argentina |
1970 | ||
|
|
Argentine Gendarmería Dirección de Aeronáutica de Gendarmería |
1955 | ||
 Armenia
|
|
Armenian Air Force Հայաստանի Ռազմաօդային Ուժեր |
1992 | |
 Australia
|
|
Royal Australian Air Force | 1921 | |
|
former insignia |
|
1945–1956 | ||
|
former insignia |
|
1943-1946 | ||
|
former insignia |
.svg){kind=small}
|
1942–1946 | ||
|
1921–1942 | |||
|
|
March–August 1921 | |||
|
|
1912-1920 | |||
|
|
Fleet Air Arm | 1947 | ||
|
Australian Army Aviation | 1968 | ||
|
|
1966–1968 | |||
|
|
1960–1966 | |||
 Austria
|
|
Austrian Air Force Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte |
1955 | |
|
Austrian Air Force |
|
1928-1938 | ||
|
1893–1918 | |||
 Azerbaijan
|
|
Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force Azərbaycan hərbi hava qüvvələri |
1991 |
