Royal Acrean Air Force

Royal Acrean Air Force Luftvåbnet Luftwaffe Forces Aériennes
Active	10 February 1915 - Present
Country	Acrea
Type	Air Force
Size	320,103 active duty personnel 156,000 civilians 68,298 reserve personnel
Part of	Acrean Armed Forces
Headquarters	Trier
Motto(s)	"Från horisont till horisont"
Aircraft	3,438 total aircraft : 1,584 Tactical combat aircraft 46 Bombers 382 Transport aircraft 193 Refueling tankers 186 C3/ISR/EW/BM aircraft 112 Helicopters 825 Trainer aircraft 343 Unmanned aircraft
Engagements	Ruvelkan Civil War Great Eracuran War Refusal War Zemplen War Midsummer War
Commanders
Royal Air Marshal	Christoph Volland
Chief of Defence Staff	Eirik Stordalen

The Royal Acrean Air Force is the aerial and space warfare branch of Acrea, a part of the Acrean Armed Forces. It was formed in 1915 as a successor to the Royal Army Air Service, and at the time of its creation was the largest air force in the region. It is the youngest branch of the armed forces. The RAAF is administered by the Ministry of Defence and is led by the Chief of the General Staff. Since its creation, the RAAF has served a major role in every conflict Acrea has been involved with since. It maintains a long tradition of innovation and development, and is responsible for numerous aeronautical milestones in Tyran.

Organisation

The highest level of command in the Acrean Air Force is the Acrean Joint Headquarters (Nordic: Nordriges Felles Hovedkvarter), or HKV, led by the Supreme Commander (Nordic: Øverstkommanderende) and which reports to the Chief of Defence Staff. Subordinate to the HKV is the Air Force Command (Nordic: Luftvåbnetskommando) or LVK, led by the Chief of the Air Force.

Traditionally, the RAAF has been divided into the Air Forces (Nordic: Luftstyrker) and the Air Defence Forces (Nordic: Luftforsvarsstyrker), though the two were consolidated in 1998. The Luftstyrker composed the bulk of the RAAF's tactical aviation fleet and was responsible for general combat operations, but also possessed the RAAF's strategic and logistical air capabilities. The Luftforsvarsstyrker was always the smaller of the two, and was tasked specifically with the defence of Acrean and allied airspace. The command structures for these two parts of the RAAF were separated beneath LKV, and because of their mission sets also pursued the procurement of different combat aircraft. The divide became more prominent in the 1960s, with the Luftstyrker usually pursuing flexible multirole fighters whereas the Luftforsvarsstyrker opted for procuring large, heavy, high speed aircraft with long range armament to perform its air defence and interception missions.

The structure of the RAAF was radically altered with reforms in 1995 that instead organised the RAAF into two new separate commands, the Combat Air Force (Nordic: Stridsluftvåbnet or CAF/SLV) and the Strategic Air Force (Nordic: Strategiskluftvåbnet or SAF/SKLV), finally consolidating all tactical aviation under the same command, though the distinction between the Luftstyrker and Luftforsvarsstyrker still exists as a component of how different squadrons are equipped, trained, and tasked.

Aircraft Inventory

Main article: List of active Acrean Air Force aircraft