{{Short description|Military unit size designation}} An '''air division''' is an air force or naval air formation that is roughly equivalent to an army division. An air division is usually commanded by a major general<ref>{{cite book |title=APP-6D NATO Joint Military Symbology |date=October 2017 |publisher=NATO Standardization Office |pages=B-1 - B-2}}</ref> and it is composed of multiple wings, groups, air brigades, or equivalently-sized air force formations.
==Examples== Examples of air divisions which have been used in different nations include:
* Aviation Division of Soviet forces * Air Division (United States) * 1 Canadian Air Division and 2 Canadian Air Division * Air divisions in the German Luftwaffe (see Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–45)#Fliegerkorps and Fliegerdivision) * Air divisions in the German Bundeswehr (see :de:Luftwaffendivision) * 1st Fighter Aviation Division (People's Liberation Army Air Force) of China, and other aviation divisions * Royal Thai Naval Air Division
==See also== * {{intitle|Aviation Division}} * {{intitle|Air Division}} * Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps (1907–1914) * Aviation Division (Pakistan) (a department of Government of Pakistan, not an air division) * :Category:Air divisions (air force unit)
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