An air division is an air force 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 wingss, groupss, 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 (see Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–45)#Fliegerkorps and Fliegerdivision)

• Air divisions in the German Bundeswehr (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

• Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps (1907–1914)

• Aviation Division (Pakistan) (a department of Government of Pakistan, not an air division)

• :Category:Air divisions (air force unit)

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