Former Countries and Movements
| Country | Established | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Indigenous name |
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| Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi Defence Forces, Air Wing | |||
| Austria-Hungary | Austro-Hungarian Air Corps Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen Császári és Királyi Légierő |
1912-1919 | ||
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Imperial and Royal Aviation Service |
1893-1912 | |||
| Belgian Congo | Force Publique | 1944–1960 | ||
| Biafra | Biafran Air Force | 1967-1970 | ||
| Bophuthatswana | Bophuthatswana Air Force | 1981–1994 | ||
| Ciskei | Ciskei Defence Force, Air Wing | 1980–1994 | ||
| Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) | Congolese Air Force | 1960–1971 | ||
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovak Air Force Československé Vojenské Letectvo |
1945-1993 | ||
|
Czechoslovak Army Air Force |
1918-1939 | |||
| Dahomey | Dahomey Air Force | 1961–1975 | ||
| Dubai | Dubai Defence Force, Air Wing | – | ||
| East Germany | East German Air Force Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik |
1956-1990 | ||
| Democratic Kampuchea | Air Force of the Kampuchean Liberation Army | 1977-1979 | ||
| People's Republic of Kampuchea | Kampuchean People's Air Force | 1979-1989 | ||
| Katanga | Kantangan Air Force | 1960–1963 | ||
| Khmer Republic | Khmer National Air Force | 1970–1975 | ||
| Malaya | Malayan Auxiliary Air Force | – 1958 | ||
| Manchukuo | Manchukuo Air Force | 1938-1945 | ||
| Manchukuo Air Transport Company Manchu Kokuyuso Kabushiki Kaisha |
1932-1945 | |||
| Netherlands East Indies | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force | 1939-1950 | ||
| North Yemen | Yemen Arab Republic Air Force | 1962-1990 | ||
| North Vietnam | North Vietnamese Air Force | 1959-1975 | ||
| Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Aviation Inspectorate Kuva-yı Havaiye Müfettişliği |
1918-1920 | ||
|
Ottoman Aviation Affairs Inspectorate |
1915-1918 | |||
|
Ottoman Aviation Organization Inspectorate |
1914-1915 | |||
|
Ottoman Aviation Commission |
1911-1914 | |||
| Ottoman Naval Aviation Academy and Service Bahriye Tayyare Mektebi ve Havacılık Şubesi |
1914-1919 | |||
| Rhodesia | Rhodesian Air Force | 1969-1980 | ||
| Rhodesia and Nyasaland | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 1954-1963 | ||
| Zimbabwe Rhodesia | Rhodesian Air Force | 1979-1980 | ||
| Republika Srpska |
Republika Srpska Air Force 1 Puk Vazduhoplovstva i protivvazdušna odbrana Vojske Republike Srpske |
1992-2006 | ||
| Republic of Serbian Krajina |
Krajina Air Force RV i PVO Vojske Republike Srpske Krajine |
1991-1995 | ||
| Sharjah | Sharjah Amir Guard, Air Wing | – | ||
| Straits Settlements | Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force | |||
| Siam | Siamese Air Force Division | 1935-1937 | ||
| Slovakia | Slovak Insurgent Air Force | 1944 | ||
| South Vietnam | Vietnam Air Force Khong Quan Viet Nam |
1954-1975 | ||
| South Yemen | South Yemen Air Force | 1967-1990 | ||
| Southern Rhodesia | Southern Rhodesian Air Force | 1939-1954 | ||
| Soviet Union | Soviet Air Force Военно-воздушные силы |
1930-1991 | ||
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1945-1991 | |||
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1930-1945 | |||
|
Workers' and Peasants' Air Fleet |
1918-1930 | |||
| Tamil Eelam (Liberation Tigers of) | Air Tigers | 1998-2009 | ||
| Transkei | Transkei Defence Force, Air Wing | 1986–1994 | ||
| United Arab Republic | United Arab Republic Air Force | 1958-1961 | ||
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Egyptian Air Force |
1952-1958 | |||
|
Syrian Air Force |
1948-1958 | |||
| Upper Volta | Upper Volta Air Force | 1964–1984 | ||
| Venda | Venda Defence Force, Air Wing | 1983–1994 | ||
| West Germany | German Air Force | 1955- | ||
| Kingdom of Yugoslavia / SFR Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia |
Serbia and Montenegro Air Force Ратно ваздухопловство и противваздушна одбрана Војске Србије и Црне Горе Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdushna odbrana Vojske Srbije i Tsrne Gore |
2003-2006 | ||
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FR Yugoslavia Air Force |
1992-2003 | |||
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SFR Yugoslav Air Force |
1945-1991 | |||
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Yugoslav Royal Air Force |
1929-1941 | |||
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Yugoslav Royal Army Aviation Department |
1923-1929 | |||
| Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) |
Zaire Air Force | 1971-1997 | ||
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