Aircrafttotal Encyclopedia
Air forces of the world
The air forces of the world: their history, their bases and the aircraft they fly.
25air forces
3regions
1911–1992founded
24countries
About the air forces
Shortly after the first powered flights, armies and navies started to use aircraft. In 1918 the Royal Air Force became the first independent air force in the world; today almost every country has its own air force, often with naval and army aviation next to it.
On these pages you find the air forces of the Aircrafttotal Encyclopedia: their history, facts and the aircraft they fly, taken straight from the Aircraft Database.
Choose a region below, or use the A–Z list to go straight to an air force.
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- 1918
- 1918
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- 1992
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No air forces found.