The air force is a service that takes aviation as the main body and carries out air struggle, air-to-ground struggle and ground-to-air struggle. Generally, it includes aviation, ground air defense, radar, airborne troops and other arms.
The types of aircraft equipped by the Air Force usually include fighters, bombers, fighter-bombers, attack planes, reconnaissance planes, transport planes, helicopters and other special aircraft. For a long time in the past, the air force mainly supported the army and navy.
The air force is an important force in modern three-dimensional operations, which can have a significant impact on the process and outcome of the war and has an important position and role in modern national defense and modern war.