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

 * rowspan="11"| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan


 * rowspan="6"| 🇦🇱 Albania


 * 🇩🇿 Algeria


 * rowspan="3"| 🇦🇴 Angola


 * rowspan="6"| 🇦🇷 Argentina


 * 🇦🇲 Armenia


 * rowspan="9"| 🇦🇺 Australia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇦🇹 Austria


 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan


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B

 * 🇧🇸 Bahamas


 * rowspan="3"| 🇧🇭 Bahrain


 * 🇧🇩 Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)


 * 🇧🇧 Barbados


 * rowspan="2"| 🇧🇾 Belarus


 * rowspan="4"| 🇧🇪 Belgium


 * 🇧🇿 Belize (formerly British Honduras)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇧🇯 Benin (formerly Dahomery)


 * 🇧🇹 Bhutan


 * 🇧🇴 Bolivia


 * rowspan="4"| 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina


 * 🇧🇼 Botswana(formerly Bechuanaland)


 * rowspan="7"| 🇧🇷 Brazil


 * rowspan="3"| Brunei


 * rowspan="17"| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria


 * rowspan="2"| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)


 * 🇧🇮 Burundi


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C

 * rowspan="6"| 🇰🇭 Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇲 Cameroon


 * rowspan="11"| 🇨🇦 Canada


 * rowspan="2"| 🇨🇻 Cape Verde


 * rowspan= "3"| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (formerly the Central African Empire)


 * 🇹🇩 Chad


 * rowspan="5"| 🇨🇱 Chile


 * rowspan="5"| People's Republic of China


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇴 Colombia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇩 Congo


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


 * rowspan="5"| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica


 * 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇭🇷 Croatia


 * rowspan="7"| 🇨🇺 Cuba


 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus


 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic


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D

 * rowspan="6"| 🇩🇰 Denmark


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


 * rowspan="16"| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic


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E

 * rowspan="8"| 🇪🇨 Ecuador


 * rowspan="5"| 🇪🇬 Egypt


 * rowspan="5"| 🇸🇻 El Salvador


 * 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea (formerly Spanish Guinea)


 * 🇪🇷 Eritrea


 * rowspan="6"| 🇪🇪 Estonia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia (formerly Abyssinia)


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F

 * rowspan="2"| 🇫🇯 Fiji


 * rowspan="6"| 🇫🇮 Finland


 * rowspan="12"| 🇫🇷 France


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G

 * 🇬🇦 Gabon


 * 🇬🇲 Gambia


 * rowspan="2"| Georgia


 * rowspan="12"| 🇩🇪 Germany


 * 🇬🇭 Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast)


 * rowspan="5"|🇬🇷 Greece


 * rowspan="5"| 🇬🇹 Guatemala


 * 🇬🇳 Guinea


 * 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (formerly Portuguese Guinea)


 * 🇬🇾 Guyana (formerly British Guyana)


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H

 * 🇭🇹 Haiti


 * rowspan="4"| 🇭🇳 Honduras


 * rowspan="10"| 🇭🇺 Hungary


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


 * rowspan="2"| 🇮🇸 Iceland


 * rowspan="7"| 🇮🇳 India


 * rowspan="8"| 🇮🇩 Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies)


 * rowspan="5"| 🇮🇷 Iran (formerly Persia)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇮🇶 Iraq


 * rowspan="3"| 🇮🇪 Ireland (Eire)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇮🇱 Israel (formerly the British Mandate of Palestine)


 * rowspan="11"| 🇮🇹 Italy


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J

 * rowspan="2"| 🇯🇲 Jamaica


 * rowspan="5"| 🇯🇵 Japan


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


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K

 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan


 * 🇰🇪 Kenya


 * 🇰🇵 North Korea


 * rowspan="2"|🇰🇷 South Korea


 * rowspan="2"| 🇰🇼 Kuwait


 * 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan


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L

 * rowspan="3"| Laos


 * rowspan="4"| 🇱🇻 Latvia


 * 🇱🇧 Lebanon


 * 🇱🇸 Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)


 * 🇱🇷 Liberia


 * rowspan="5"| 🇱🇾 Libya


 * rowspan="2"| 🇱🇹 Lithuania


 * 🇱🇺 Luxembourg


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M

 * 🇲🇰 Macedonia


 * 🇲🇬 Madagascar


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇼 Malawi (formerly Nyasaland)


 * rowspan="4"| 🇲🇾 Malaysia (formerly Malaya)


 * 🇲🇻 Maldives


 * 🇲🇱 Mali


 * 🇲🇹 Malta


 * 🇲🇷 Mauritania


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇺 Mauritius


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇽 Mexico


 * 🇲🇩 Moldova


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇳 Mongolia


 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇦 Morocco


 * rowspan="2"| 🇲🇿 Mozambique


 * 🇲🇲 Myanmar (formerly Burma)


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N

 * rowspan="2"| 🇳🇦 Namibia (formerly South West Africa)


 * rowspan="3"| 🇳🇵 Nepal


 * rowspan="10"| 🇳🇱 Netherlands


 * rowspan="5"| 🇳🇿 New Zealand


 * rowspan="9"| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua


 * rowspan="2"| 🇳🇪 Niger


 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria


 * rowspan="4"| 🇳🇴 Norway


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O

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


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P

 * rowspan="4"| 🇵🇰 Pakistan


 * 🇵🇦 Panama


 * 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea


 * rowspan="2"| 🇵🇾 Paraguay


 * rowspan="7"| 🇵🇪 Peru


 * rowspan="2"| 🇵🇭 Philippines


 * rowspan="15"| 🇵🇱 Poland


 * rowspan="11"| 🇵🇹 Portugal


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Q

 * 🇶🇦 Qatar


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R

 * rowspan="9"| 🇷🇴 Romania


 * rowspan="10"| 🇷🇺 Russia


 * 🇷🇼 Rwanda


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S

 * 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia


 * 🇸🇳 Senegal


 * rowspan="4"| 🇷🇸 Serbia


 * 🇸🇨 Seychelles


 * 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone


 * rowspan="3"| 🇸🇬 Singapore


 * rowspan="3"| 🇸🇰 Slovakia


 * rowspan="4"| 🇸🇮 Slovenia


 * rowspan="3"| 🇸🇴 Somalia


 * rowspan="6"| 🇿🇦 South Africa


 * 🇸🇸 South Sudan


 * rowspan="9"| 🇪🇸 Spain


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


 * 🇸🇩 Sudan (formerly the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan)


 * 🇸🇷 Suriname (formerly Dutch Guyana)


 * 🇸🇿 Swaziland


 * rowspan="8"| 🇸🇪 Sweden


 * rowspan="3"| 🇨🇭 Switzerland


 * rowspan="3"| Syria


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T

 * rowspan="13"| Republic of China


 * 🇹🇯 Tajikistan


 * 🇹🇿 Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika)


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


 * 🇹🇴 Tonga


 * 🇹🇬 Togo


 * 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago


 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia


 * rowspan="10"| 🇹🇷 Turkey


 * 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan


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U

 * 🇺🇬 Uganda


 * rowspan="2"| 🇺🇦 Ukraine


 * 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (formerly the Trucial States)


 * rowspan="15"| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom(Great Britain)


 * rowspan="29"| 🇺🇸 United States


 * rowspan="7"| 🇺🇾 Uruguay


 * 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan


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V

 * rowspan="5"| 🇻🇪 Venezuela


 * rowspan="4"| Vietnam


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Y

 * 🇾🇪 Yemen


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Z

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


 * rowspan="6"| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia)


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Former countries and movements

 * Abu Dhabi


 * rowspan="3"| Austria-Hungary


 * Belgian Congo


 *  Biafra


 * Bophuthatswana


 * Central African Empire


 * Ciskei


 * Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville)


 * rowspan="2"| Czechoslovakia


 * Dahomey


 * Dubai


 * East Germany


 * Federation of South Arabia


 * 🇰🇭 Democratic Kampuchea


 * 🇰🇭 People's Republic of Kampuchea


 * Katanga


 * Khmer Republic


 * Malaya


 * rowspan="2"| Manchukuo


 * 🇳🇱 Dutch East Indies


 * North Yemen


 * North Vietnam


 * rowspan="5"| Ottoman Empire


 * Rhodesia


 * Rhodesia and Nyasaland


 *  Republika Srpska


 *  Serbian Krajina


 * Sharjah


 * Straits Settlements


 * South Vietnam


 * South Yemen


 * Southern Rhodesia


 * rowspan="4"| Soviet Union


 * Tamil Eelam (Liberation Tigers of)


 * Transkei


 * rowspan="3"| United Arab Republic


 * Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)


 * Venda


 * West Germany

SFR Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia
 * rowspan="6"| Kingdom of Yugoslavia /

(now Democratic Republic of Congo)
 * Zaire


 * Zimbabwe Rhodesia


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Other

 * rowspan="2"|  Abkhazia


 * rowspan="4"| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong


 *  Nagorno-Karabakh


 *  Sovereign Military Order of Malta




 *  Transnistria


 *  Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus


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