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See also: airforce and Air Force

air force ‎(plural air forces)

A branch of the military mainly devoted to air warfare, as opposed to (land) army and navy
a unit in the U.S. Air Force larger than a division but smaller than a command
When you're in the air force you have to be prepared to launch missiles at people from the air.‎

branch of the military devoted to air warfare

Afrikaans: lugmag
Albanian: forca ajrore
Arabic: سِلَاح طَيَرَان m ‎(silāḥ ṭayarān)
Armenian: ռազմաօդային ուժեր ‎(ṙazmaōdayin užer), ՌՕՈՒ ‎(ṘŌU)
Azeri: hava qüvvələri pl
Belarusian: вае́нна-паве́траныя сі́лы f pl ‎(vajénna-pavjétranyja síly)
Breton: aerlu m
Bulgarian: военновъздушни сили f pl ‎(voennovǎzdušni sili)
Burmese: လေတပ် (my) ‎(letap)
Catalan: força aèria f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 空軍 (zh), 空军 (zh) ‎(kōngjūn)

Min Nan: 空軍, 空军 ‎(khong-kun)
Czech: letectvo n, vzdušné síly pl
Danish: flyvevåben n, luftvåben n, luftstyrke c
Dutch: luchtmacht (nl)
Esperanto: aerarmeo, flugarmeo
Estonian: lennuvägi
Finnish: ilmavoimat (fi)
French: armée de l'air (fr) f, force aérienne f
Galician: forza aérea f
Georgian: საჰაერო ძალები ‎(sahaero ʒalebi), სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები ‎(samxedro-sahaero ʒalebi)
German: Luftwaffe (de) f, Luftstreitkräfte (de) pl
Greek: αεροπορία (el) f ‎(aeroporía)
Hebrew: חיל אוויר m ‎(kheil avir)
Hindi: वायु सेना f ‎(vāyu senā)
Hungarian: légierő (hu)
Icelandic: loftvopn n
Ido: aer-armeo (io)
Indonesian: angkatan udara (id)
Irish: aerarm m, aerfhórsa m
Italian: aeronautica militare f
Japanese: 空軍 (ja) ‎(くうぐん, kūgun)
Javanese: ꦮꦢ꧀ꦪꦲꦁꦒꦼꦒꦤ ‎(wadya anggegana)

Khmer: កងទ័ពអាកាស ‎(kɑɑŋ toap aakaah)
Korean: 공군 (ko) ‎(gonggun) (空軍 (ko))
Lao: ກອງທັບອາກາດ (lo) ‎(kǭng thap 'ā kāt)
Latvian: gaisa spēki f pl
Limburgish: lóchhèèr
Lithuanian: karinės oro pajėgos f pl
Macedonian: воздухопло́вство n ‎(vozduhoplóvstvo)
Malay: tentera udara
Maori: tauā rangi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: flyvåpen n, luftforsvar n

Nynorsk: flyvåpen n, luftforsvar n
Persian: نیروی هوائی ‎(niruye havāyi)
Polish: siły powietrzne f pl
Portuguese: força aérea (pt) f
Romanian: forță aeriană f, aviație militară f
Russian: вое́нно-возду́шные си́лы f pl ‎(vojénno-vozdúšnyje síly), ВВС (ru) f pl ‎(VVS)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ратно зракопловство n, војно зракопловство n, ратно ваздухопловство n

Roman: ratno zrakoplovstvo n, vojno zrakoplovstvo n, ratno vazduhoplovstvo n
Slovak: vojenské letectvo n, vzdušné sily f pl
Slovene: vojno letalstvo n
Spanish: fuerza aérea (es) f
Swedish: flygvapen (sv) n
Tagalog: hukbong-panghimpapawid
Tamil: வான்படை (ta) ‎(vāṉpaṭai)
Thai: กองทัพอากาศ ‎(gong táp aa-gàat)
Turkish: hava kuvetleri pl
Ukrainian: військо́во-пові́тряні си́ли f pl ‎(vijsʹkóvo-povítrjani sýly)
Vietnamese: không quân (vi) (空軍)
Welsh: awyrllu m

unit in the U.S. Air Force