Air Army

An air army was a type of large military formation, comprising several corps or divisions, in the forces of the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire before, during and after the Second World War. Today only the Russian Federation's Russian Air Force retains air armies.

Air army (Soviet Union)
Air army (Japanese Empire)

Famous quotes containing the words air and/or army:

    “I remember when I was first assigned to jets. I said to the colonel, “Colonel, I joined this man’s air force to fly an airplane. But nobody’s gonna hitch me to no Roman candle.””
    —Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)

    “I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.”
    —Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)