Imperial Russian Air Force

The Imperial Russian Air Force (IRAF) is the Airborne wing of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces. The modern Russian Air Force was originally established on 7 May 1992 following Boris Yeltsin's creation of the Ministry of Defence; however, the Russian Federation's air force can trace its lineage and traditions back to the Imperial Russian Air Service (1912–1917) and the Soviet Air Forces (1918–1991).

The Russian Navy has its own independent air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former SovietAviatsiya Voyenno-morskogo Flota (lit. "Aviation of the military-sea fleet"), or AVMF.