Mascyllary Air Force

Mascyllary Air Force
Königliches Luftheer
Badge of the Luftheer
Founded	9 February 1919; 101 years ago
Country	Mascylla
Branch	Air force
Role	Aerial warfare Space warfare Aerial supremacy Space security and supremacy ISTAR Airlift Global strike operations Command and control
Size	63,827 (January 2020) 1,514 aircraft 12,700 reserve personnel
Part of	Reichswehr
Motto(s)	Per Audacia ad Astra ("Through Boldness to the Stars")
Colors	Ultramarine blue
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	Queen Dorothea I
Prime Minister	Thomas Falkner
Minister of Defence	Rüdiger Meißert
Generalfeldmarschall	Julius Götzge
Colonel of the Regiment of the Air Force	Generaloberst Erhard Meil
Vice Chief of Air Force Supreme Command	General Günther Hardt
Notable commanders	Generalleutnant Johannes Rathmann Generalmajor Janssen Kahlert Oberst Matthias Schrödel Brigadegeneral Dieter Persche
Insignia
Ensign
Roundel
Fin flash

The Mascyllary Air Force (Hesurian: Maskillisches Luftheer [maski:lɪʃəs lʊfthe:ɐ̯]), or officially the Royal Air Force (KLH), is the air force and branch for aerial warfare of the Reichswehr of Mascylla. The commander of the Air Force is Generalfeldmarschall Julius Götzge, and is supervised by the Minister of Defence of the Realm Rüdiger Meißert and Prime Minister Thomas Falkner. As of 2020, the branch had a strength of 23,827 active soldiers and 2,700 reserve personnel, 414 aircraft, operated twelve air bases, and maintained presence at three civil airports. Its size makes it the largest air force within the Telmerian Union, and among the most capable in the world.

The Mascyllary Air Force was founded in 1919 as part of the military of the Mascyllary Kingdom. There is no organizational and franchise continuity between the current Air Force and its predecessor within the Mascyllary Army, which was completely disbanded in 1924. Following the Allied victory over the Central Alliance in the Great War, the Air Force, then and until 1919 known and split as the Army Air Arm Corps (Armee-Luftwaffenkorps) and the naval aviation Navy Flight Division (Marine-Flugsabteilung), encompassed the world's largest air force fleet at the time. Since, it has progressed in its scope and overall doctrine, having assumed the equal role of Mascylla's space force and controlling two of the three components of its nuclear triad capability through Air Force Strategic Command.

The Air Force's mission is to support the objectives of the Reichswehr and the Ministry of Defence at large: "to protect the integrity and safety of Mascylla and to promote, sustain, and support peace and security internationally." In comparison to its other branches, it receives more funding and is equiped with more modern technology. Its operational fleet is very varied but consists largely of fixed-wing aircraft such as fighter and strike aircraft, airbone early warning and control, ISTAR, SIGINT, aerial refueling, and strategic and tactical transport. Though it is specifally for aerial affairs, the other branches of military also maintain air power suited for their maritime, lettoral and land environments respectively.

Organisation

The Mascyllary Air Force is de facto administered by the Mascyllary Ministry of Defence and thus its executive minister, but retains a ceremonial position under the sitting Monarch as the country's commander-in-chief of all of its armed forces which is in turn exercised by the Prime Minister as head of government. The most senior air force officer is the General Field Marshal of the Air Force (Generalfeldmarschall der königlichen Luftstreitkräfte, GMLS) who, though ceremonial in essence and not part of the chain of command in peacetime, reports directly to the Minister of Defence, the Monarch and Prime Minister. The Colonel of the Regiment of the Air Force (Oberst des königlichen Luftheeresregiments, OLR) is the main administrative and command position within the Air Force, and is a member of and supported by the Air Force Supreme Command (Oberkommando des königlichen Luftheeres).

The Air Force Supreme Command is composed of two elements subordinate to the higher structure: the Air Operations Command (Kommando Luftoperationen des königlichen Luftheeres, KLO) and Air Force Strategic Command (Kommando königliche Luftheeresstrategie, KLS). Any individual unit of the Air Force falls under one of these institutions on deployment or in other BDTA member countries. In peacetime and or within Mascylla, units are usually subordinate to the Air Force Operational Forces Command (Kommando Operationstruppen des königlichen Luftheeres, KOTL) and Air Force Support Forces Command (Kommando Unterstützungstruppen des königlichen Luftheeres, KUTL).

Air bases

Map of the air bases of the Mascyllary Air Force

Aircraft

Aircraft	Image	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
AB-2 Donnerschlag		Mascylla	Strategic bomber	27	The Donnerschlag employs variable-sweep wing design.
ABT-1 Geist		Mascylla	Stealth bomber	8
JS-11 Steinadler		Mascylla	Air superiority	143
JS-11C Steinadler II		Mascylla	Multi-role	19	Total of 50 on order.
E-07 Wanderfalke		Mascylla	Multi-role	172
Ba7 Kondor		Mascylla	Fighter-bomber	23
Airborne early warning and control
Alsich A-91 Leuchtfeuer		Mascylla	Command and control and AWACS	12
Electronic warfare
Alsich EG-017 Skorpion		Mascylla	Radar jamming and PSYOP	12
Reconnaissance
G10 ZAUER		Mascylla	AGS and ISTAR	7	Three on order purposed for additional SIGINT capabilities.
Tanker / Transport
KC-21a Pegasus		Mascylla	Aerial refueling	33

Ranks and insignia

Officers

BDTA code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1		OF(D)						Student officer
Air Force
	Generalfeldmarschall		Generaloberst		General der Waffengattung		Generalleutnant		Generalmajor		Oberst		Oberstleutnant		Major		Hauptmann		Oberleutnant		Leutnant						Fähnrich

Non-commissioned officers and others

BDTA code	OR-10		OR-9		OR-8		OR-7		OR-6		OR-5		OR-4		OR-3		OR-2		OR-1
Air Force
	Stabsflugwebel		Oberflugwebel		Flugwebel		Unterflugwebel		Unteroffizier		Stabsgefreiter		Hauptgefreiter		Obergrefreiter		Gefreiter		Flieger

Notes

a.^ Hesurian: Königliches Luftheer, IPA: [kø:nɪklɪçəs lʊfthe:ɐ̯]; lit. 'air army', 'royal air army'