Royal Kievan Air Force
| Royal Kievan Air Force | |
|---|---|
| Королівські ВПС Київської Русі | |
 Emblem of the Kievan Air Force | |
| Active | 13 June 1312 |
| Country | Kyievska Rus |
| Type | Royal Air force |
| Role | Aerial warfare |
| Size | 853,000
|
| Part of | Armed Forces of Kyievska Rus |
| Headquarters | Ramstein |
| Motto(s) | «Здивуй, убий і зникни» ("Surprise, kill and disappear") |
| Colours | |
| Anniversaries | Air Force Day (13 June) |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Lieutenant General Andryi Pavliyenko |
| Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force | Chief Master Sergeant Stein Anderson |
| Insignia | |
| Roundel | .svg) |
| 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%.