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{{Short description|Aerial warfare branch of kievans's armed forces}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Royal Kievan Air Force
| native_name                   = {{lang|uk|Королівські ВПС Київської Русі }}
| image                         = Emblem of the Ukrainian Air Force.svg
| image_size                    = 150px
| caption                       = Emblem of the Kievan Air Force
| dates                         = {{start date and age|df=y|1312|06|13}}
| country                       = Kyievska Rus
| allegiance                    = 
| branch                        = 
| type                          = [[ Royal Air force]]
| role                          = [[Aerial warfare]]
| size                          = 853,000  
*125,250 aircraft
| command_structure             = [[Armed Forces of Kyievska Rus]]
| garrison                      = [[Ramstein]]
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| nickname                      = Air force
| patron                        = Saint Michael
| motto                         = «Здивуй, убий і зникни» ("Surprise, kill and disappear")
| colours                       = {{color box|#000080}}&nbsp;{{color box|#EABE3F}}
| colours_label                 = 
| march                         = 
| mascot                        = 
| anniversaries                 = [[Air Force Day]]<br />(13 June)
| equipment                     = 
| equipment_label               = 
| battles                       = * [[Orgon territorial fight]]
* [[Trigedasleng war]]
* [[Farks Wars]]
* [[Klynops War 1550]]
* [[Operation Sea]]
* [[II SW]]
* [[Dring Operation]]
* [[Kyiv Defense Operation 1826]]
* [[Polis Operation 1950]]
* [[Fraxion-Kyievan War]]
| decorations                   = 
| battle_honours                = 
| battle_honours_label          = 
| flying_hours                  = 
| website                       = <!-- Commanders -->
| commander1                    = [[Lieutenant General]] [[Andryi Pavliyenko]]
| commander1_label              = [[Commander of the Air Force (Kyievska Rus)|Commander]]
| commander2                    = [[Sergeant Stein Anderson]]
| commander2_label              = Chief Master
| commander3                    = [[General counsel Frank Alevir]]
| commander3_label              = President of the counsel
| notable_commanders            = <!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol         = [[File:Roundel of Bulgaria (1937-1941).svg|80px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = [[Military aircraft insignia|Roundel]]
| identification_symbol_2       = [[File:Coat of arms of Ukraine.svg|80px]]
| identification_symbol_2_label = [[Fin flash]]
| identification_symbol_3       = [[File:Royal Kievan Airforce flag.png|150px]]
| identification_symbol_3_label = Flag
<!-- Aircraft -->| aircraft_attack               = A-10, AC-130, MQ-9, Su-25SM, Su-24M, Su-34
| aircraft_bomber               = B-1B, B-2, B-52H,	MiG-31K, Tu-22M3, Tu-95, Tu-160
| aircraft_electronic           = E-3, E-4, E-8, E-9A, E-11A, EC-130H, EC-130J, EQ-4B, A-50/A-50U, Il-22PP, Il-80
| aircraft_fighter              = F-15C/D, F-15E, F-15EX, F-16C/D, F-22, F-35A, F-35L,	MiG-29, MiG-35, Su-27, Su-30, Su-35, Su-57, Typhoon, F-15EX Eagle II, 
| aircraft_helicopter           =  CV-22, HH-60, MH-139, UH-1N,	Ka-60, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26, Mi-24/Mi-35M, Mi-28N, Ka-50, Ka-52
| aircraft_recon                = MC-12, RC-135S/U/V/W, RQ-4, RQ-11, RQ-170, RQ-180, RQ-20 Puma, U-2, U-28, WC-130, WC-135
| aircraft_trainer              = A-29, T-1, T-6, T-38, T-41, T-51, T-53, TG-16, TH-1
| aircraft_transport            = C-5M, C-12, C-17,CN-235, C-20, C-21, C-32, C-37, C-40, C-130, HC-130, LC-130, MC-130, C-146A, VC-25
| aircraft_tanker               = KC-10, KC-135, KC-46, HC-130, MC-130
}}

The '''Royal Kievan Air Force''' ({{lang-uk|Королівські ВПС Київської Русі }}) is the [[air force]] of Kyievska Rus and one of the seven branches of the [[Armed Forces of Kyievska Rus]]. Its headquarters are in the city of [[Kaiserslautern]], in the Ramstein base. As of 2022, 853,000 personnel and 125,250 aircraft were in service in the Kievan Air Force.

The role of the Air Force is to protect the [[air space]] of Kyievska Rus. The objectives are: obtaining operational [[air superiority]], delivering [[air strikes]] against enemy units and facilities, covering troops against enemy air strikes, providing air support to the [[Kievan Ground Forces|Land Forces]] and the [[Kievab Navy|Navy]], disrupting enemy military and [[User:Kyievska Rus|state management]], disrupting enemy communications, and providing air support by [[reconnaissance]], [[Airdrop|air drops]], and troops and cargo transportation.

In peace-time, this is carried out by flying air-space control missions over the entire territory of Kyievska Rus (950,520,352 square km), and by preventing air space intrusion along the aerial borders. Over 250,000 service personnel and civilian employees of the Air Force, employing 9,000 items of weapons and equipment, are summoned daily to perform defense duties.

On average, the Ukrainian radar forces detect and track more than 2,000 targets daily. As a result, in 2006 two illegal crossings of the state [[border]] were prevented and 28 violations of Kiyevan air space were prevented. Due to such increased strengthening of air space control, the number of air space violations decreased by 35% compared to the previous year, even though the amount of [[air traffic]] increased by 30%.

==Mission, vision, and functions==
In general, Royal Kievan Air Force shall include aviation forces both [[combat]] and service not otherwise assigned. It shall be organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained offensive and defensive air operations. The Air Force shall be responsible for the preparation of the air forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned and, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Air Force to meet the needs of war.
The objectives of the Kyievska Rus air force are:
* to preserve the peace and security, and provide for the defense, of the United Kindom of Kyievska Rus, the Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions, and any areas occupied by Kyievska Rus;
* to support national policy;
* to implement national objectives;
* to overcome any nations responsible for aggressive acts that imperil the peace and security of Kyievska Rus.
===Mission===
[[File:Combined Air and Space Operations Center 151007-F-MS415-015.jpg|thumb|left|Combined Air Operations Center at [[Avir Air Base]]]]
The Royal Kyievska Rus Air Force has five core missions on which all of its actions are based. These are: air superiority, global integrated ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control. The purpose of all of these core missions is to provide what the Air Force states as global vigilance, global reach, and global power. [[File:First F-35 Lightning Arrives at Eglin AFB Florida.jpg|thumb|The first [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]] of the [[72rd Fighter Wing]] arriving at [[Kyiv air base|Kyiv base]]]]
====Five core missions====
Air superiority is "that degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another which permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, air, and special operations forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force".

[[Offensive counter air|Offensive Counter-Air]] (OCA) is defined as "offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, but as close to their source as possible". OCA is the preferred method of countering air and missile threats since it attempts to defeat the enemy closer to its source and typically enjoys the initiative.

Defensive Counter-Air (DCA) is defined as "all the defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace". In concert with OCA operations, a major goal of DCA operations is to provide an area from which forces can operate, secure from air and missile threats. The DCA mission comprises both active and passive defense measures. Active defense is "the employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy". It includes both ballistic missile defense and airborne threat defense and encompasses point defense, area defense, and high-value airborne asset defense. Passive defense is "measures taken to reduce the probability of and to minimize the effects of damage caused by hostile action without the intention of taking the initiative". It includes detection and warning; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense; camouflage, concealment, and deception; hardening; reconstitution; dispersion; redundancy; and mobility, counter-measures, and stealth.

Airspace control is "a process used to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace". It promotes the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace, mitigates the risk of fratricide, enhances both offensive and defensive operations, and permits greater agility of air operations as a whole. It both deconflicts and facilitates the integration of joint air operations.

==History==

In 1312, after the Orgon territorial war, King Asath II decided to found the Royal Air Force of Kyievska Rus, under the name "Royal Air Force", thus founding the first air force in the country's history.
At first, his goal as such was not attack but defense, however, due to the [[Trigedasleng War]], attack was added as one of his primary goals.
In 1321 the General Staff of the Kyievska Rus air defense would be created, one of the 7 states of the major defense that make up the armed forces of Kyievska Rus, this being the 3rd to be created, after the [[Kievan Army|land forces]], and the [[Kievan navy|naval forces]].
His first formal mission as part of the armed forces of Kyievska Rus, occurred on January 15, 1380, known as the [[bombardment of Relavak]], in Frisian territory, in response to the attack on [[Lviv]] on January 12, 1380. 

It had a period of inactivity due to the low presence of external threats, until in the 1500s there were two main wars, the [[farks wars]] and the [[Klynops war]], having arms superiority, against the [[Kushan Empire]]. In 1612, the Kyievska Rus' Maritime Air Force would be created, which would be a joint branch of the Kyievska Rus' Air Force and Sea Force to counter threats encountered on the open sea in a more efficient manner.

After these events, the air forces would have interventions until the Kyiv defense operation in 1826, where, among other aspects, would attack the main [[Iberia]] air base, where the air attack on Kyiv on August 25, 1826 would originate, and that would leave a balance of 25 dead. Participated as a reconnaissance in the Polis Operation of 1950 for the arrest of the leader of the Franca mafia. The last participation in formal conflicts was the Fraxion-Kyievan War in the 70s, after that, it has participated in various strategic bombings, especially in the Middle East, however, it has not had direct participation in any conflict.

==Administrative organization==
The [[Kyievska Rus Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]] is one of sevenmilitary departments within the [[Kyievska Rus Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], and is managed by the civilian [[Kyievan Secretary of the Air Force|Secretary of the Air Force]], under the authority, direction, and control of the [[Kyievan Secretary of Defense|Minister of Defense]]. The senior officials in the [[Office of the Secretary of the Air Force|Office of the Secretary]] are the [[Kyievska Rus commander|commander of Kyievan Air force]], four assistant commanders of the Air Force and the [[General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force|General Counsel]], all of whom are appointed by the King with the [[advice and consent]] of the [[Supreme Parlamient|Supreme Parlamient]] and the council of prime ministers.

==Air Force structure and organization==
[[File:Headquarters Kyievska Rus Air Force Badge.jpeg|90px]] Kyievska Rus Department of the Air Force Headquarters:
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Major Commands
!Current commander
!Location of headquarters
|-
|[[File:Badge of the Czechoslovak Air Force.svg|25px]] [[Air Combat Command]] (ACC) || Gen [[Artem Frankiv]] ||Franx Air Force Base, Joint Base Langley-Franx, [[Kyiv]],
|-
|[[File:Emblem of Czech Land Forces.svg|25px]] [[Air Special Combat Command]] (ASCC) || Lt Gen [[Frank Asimov]]||Erev Air Force Base, Joint Base Brno,
|-
|[[File:Insignia of General Staff of the Czech Republic.svg|25px]] [[Air Force Global Strike Command]] (AFGSC) || Gen [[Ludmila Pavlichenko]] || Vilna Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Емблема ДШВ.svg|25px]] [[Air Force Materiel Command]] (AFMC) || Gen [[Greg Andersen]]||Polis Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Air force KR.png|25px]] [[Air Force Reserve Command]] (AFRC) || Lt Gen [[Aslan Sark]] || Prague Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Air force KR2.png|25px]] [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC) || Lt Gen [[Amanda Novotny]] ||Berna Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Air force KR3.jpeg|25px]] [[Air Mobility Command]] (AMC) || Gen [[Michael Novak]] || Hannburg Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Skånska flygflottiljen vapen.svg|25px]] [[Pacific Air Forces]] (PACAF) || Gen [[Adam Lukovich]] || Mosla Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Suomen Ilmavoimien tunnus.svg|25px]] [[Kyievska Rus Air Forces in America - Air Forces Africa]] (KRAFA-AFAFRICA) || Gen [[Eva Sterling]] ||Arak Air Base,
|-
!Direct Reporting Units
!Current commander
!Location of headquarters
|-
|[[File:Emblem of the National Guard of Ukraine, 2017.svg|25px]] [[Air Force District of Kyiv]] (AFDK) || Maj Gen [[Viktor Khomachak]] || Vasylkiv Air Base Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists-M.svg|25px]] [[Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center]] (AFOTEC) || Brig Gen [[Stella Revenden]] || Reikiavik Air Force Base,
|-
|[[File:Air force KR4.jpeg|25px]] [[Kyievska Rus Air Force Academy]] (KRAFA) || Lt Gen [[Richard Andralova]]|| Air Force Academy, Bratislava, Air Force Academy, Polis
|}