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:

    “Only the gaunt fierce bird
    Flies, merciless with fear
    Lest air hold him not,
    Beats up the scaffold of space
    Sick of the world’s rot
    God’s hideous face.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “A poor widow, by the name of Baird, has a son in the Army that for some offence has been sentenced to serve a long time without pay, or at most, with very little pay. I do not like this punishment of withholding pay—it falls so very hard upon poor families.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)