An air division is an
air force
An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviati ...
or naval air formation that is roughly equivalent to an
army division. An air division is usually commanded by a
major general and it is composed of multiple
wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces both Lift (force), lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two shape characteristics, an airfoil section and a planform (aeronautics), planform. Wing efficiency is expressed as lift-to-d ...
s,
group
A group is a number of persons or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.
Groups of people
* Cultural group, a group whose members share the same cultural identity
* Ethnic group, a group whose members share the same ethnic iden ...
s, air brigades, or equivalently-sized air force formations.
Examples
Examples of air divisions which have been used in different nations include:
*
Aviation Division of Soviet forces
*
Air Division (United States)
*
1 Canadian Air Division and
2 Canadian Air Division
* Air divisions in the German
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe () was the aerial warfare, aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. German Empire, Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial German Army, Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Ge ...
(see
Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–45)#Fliegerkorps and Fliegerdivision)
* Air divisions in the German
Bundeswehr
The (, ''Federal Defence'') are the armed forces of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. The is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part consists of the four armed forces: Germ ...
(see
:de:Luftwaffendivision)
*
1st Fighter Aviation Division (People's Liberation Army Air Force) of China, and other aviation divisions
*
Royal Thai Naval Air Division
See also
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Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps (1907–1914)
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Aviation Division (Pakistan) (a department of Government of Pakistan, not an air division)
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:Air divisions (air force unit)
References
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