Royal Kievan Air Force

Royal Kievan Air Force
Королівські ВПС Київської Русі
Emblem of the Kievan Air Force
Active	13 June 1312 (1312-06-13)
Country	Kyievska Rus
Type	Royal Air force
Role	Aerial warfare
Size	853,000 125,250 aircraft
Part of	Armed Forces of Kyievska Rus
Headquarters	Ramstein
Nickname(s)	Air force
Patron	Saint Michael
Motto(s)	«Над нами тільки зірки» ("Above us, only the stars")
Colours
Anniversaries	Air Force Day (13 June)
Engagements	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
Commanders
Commander	Lieutenant General Andryi Pavliyenko
Chief Master	Sergeant Stein Anderson
President of the counsel	General counsel Frank Alevir
Commander in chief	Jaroslav II
Insignia
Roundel
Fin flash
Flag
Aircraft flown
Attack	A-10, AC-130, MQ-9, Su-25SM, Su-24M, Su-34
Bomber	B-1B, B-2, B-52H, MiG-31K, Tu-22M3, Tu-95, Tu-160
Electronic warfare	E-3, E-4, E-8, E-9A, E-11A, EC-130H, EC-130J, EQ-4B, A-50/A-50U, Il-22PP, Il-80
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,
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
Reconnaissance	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
Trainer	A-29, T-1, T-6, T-38, T-41, T-51, T-53, TG-16, TH-1
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
Tanker	KC-10, KC-135, KC-46, HC-130, MC-130

The Royal Kievan Air Force (Ukrainian: 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 Land Forces and the Navy, disrupting enemy military and state management, disrupting enemy communications, and providing air support by reconnaissance, 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

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.

The first F-35 Lightning II of the 72rd Fighter Wing arriving at 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 (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 land forces, and the 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 Department of the Air Force is one of sevenmilitary departments within the Department of Defense, and is managed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force, under the authority, direction, and control of the Minister of Defense. The senior officials in the Office of the Secretary are the commander of Kyievan Air force, four assistant commanders of the Air Force and the General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the King with the advice and consent of the Supreme Parlamient and the council of prime ministers.

Air Force structure and organization

Kyievska Rus Department of the Air Force Headquarters:

Major Commands	Current commander	Location of headquarters
Air Combat Command (ACC)	Gen Artem Frankiv	Franx Air Force Base, Joint Base Langley-Franx, Kyiv,
Air Special Combat Command (ASCC)	Lt Gen Frank Asimov	Erev Air Force Base, Joint Base Brno,
Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)	Gen Ludmila Pavlichenko	Vilna Air Force Base,
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)	Gen Greg Andersen	Polis Air Force Base,
Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)	Lt Gen Aslan Sark	Prague Air Force Base,
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)	Lt Gen Amanda Novotny	Berna Air Force Base,
Air Mobility Command (AMC)	Gen Michael Novak	Hannburg Air Force Base,
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)	Gen Adam Lukovich	Mosla Air Force Base,
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
Air Force District of Kyiv (AFDK)	Maj Gen Viktor Khomachak	Vasylkiv Air Base Force Base,
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC)	Brig Gen Stella Revenden	Reikiavik Air Force Base,
Kyievska Rus Air Force Academy (KRAFA)	Lt Gen Richard Andralova	Air Force Academy, Bratislava, Air Force Academy, Polis

Kyievska Rus Rank Insignia

KR DoD pay grade	Special grade	O-10	O-9	O-8	O-7	O-6	O-5	O-4	O-3	O-2	O-1
Kyievska Rus code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1
Insignia
Service dress uniform
Service uniform
Mess dress uniform
Title	General of the Air Force	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain	First lieutenant	Second lieutenant
Abbreviation	Gen	Lt Gen	Maj Gen	Brig Gen	Col	Lt Col	Maj	Capt	1st Lt	2d Lt