Terran Aerospace Force

## Terran Aerospace Forces

Logo of the Terran Aerospace Forces.

The **Terran Aerospace Forces** also known as the **Terran Air Force** is a sub-branch of the Terran Armed Forces alongside with the Terran Marine Corps, is a unified Air Force and Air Defense of the Terran Alliance from different countries with a purpose of defending the skies of planet Earth and Solar System against the existential threats from the Andromeda Galaxy like the CIS (during the Clone Wars) and the Galactic Empire (during the First Galactic Civil War).

The Aerospace Force is headed by the Chief of Air Defense Operations who serves as a commander of both Air Force and Aerospace Defense of Terra, similar to the organizational structure of the United States Air Force.

## Aircraft Inventory and Arsenal

**Fighters**
* F-14 Tomcat - Interceptor, Fighter
* F-16 Fighting Falcon - Multirole Fighter
* F-15 Eagle - Air-superiority Fighter
	+ F-15E Strike Eagle - Multirole Fighter (Strike and Air-superiority)
	+ F-15EX Eagle II - Multirole Fighter (Strike and Air Superiority)
	+ SF-15 Space Eagle - Multirole and Space-superiority Starfighter (Terran Starfleet)
* F/A-18 Hornet - Multirole Fighter
	+ F/A-18E/F Super Hornet - Multirole Fighter
	+ SF/A-18 Space Hornet - Multirole Starfighter (Terran Starfleet)
* F-22 Raptor - Stealth Air-superiority Fighter
* F-35A Lightning II - Stealth Multirole Fighter
* SU-57 Felon - Stealth Multirole Fighter
* Chengdu J-10 Firebird - Multirole Fighter
* Chengdu J-20 Mighty Dragon - Stealth Multirole Fighter
* Shenyang FC-31 Gyrfalcon - Stealth Multirole Fighter
* MiG-21 Fishbed - Interceptor, Fighter
* MiG-29 Fulcrum - Multirole Fighter
	+ MiG-35 Fulcrum-F - Multirole Fighter
* MiG-31 Foxhound - Interceptor, Fighter
* MiG-41 PAK DP - Interceptor, Fighter
* Su-27 Flanker - Air-supriority Fighter
	+ J-11 Flanker-L - Air-supriority Fighter
	+ J-15 Flanker-X2 - Carrier-based Multirole Fighter
	+ J-16 Flanker-C2 - Multirole Fighter
	+ SU-35 Flanker-E - Air-superiority Fighter
	+ SU-30 Flanker-C - Multirole Fighter
	+ SU-36 Space Flanker - Space-superiority Starfighter (Terran Starfleet)
* SAAB Jas-39 Gripen - Multirole Fighter
* Eurofighter Typhoon - Multirole Fighter
* Dassault Rafale - Multirole Fighter
* Dassault Mirage-2000 - Multirole Fighter
	+ Dassault Mirage-5000 - Multirole Starfighter
* HAL Tejas - Multirole Fighter
	+ HAL Tejas mk2 - Multirole Fighter, updated variant
* JF‑17 Thunder - Multirole Fighter
* Mitsubishi F-2 ViperZero - Multirole Fighter
* KAI FA-50 Fighting Eagle - Multirole Light Fighter
	+ KAI SF-50 Fighting Eagle - Starfighter
* KAI KF-21 Boramae - Multirole and Air-superiority Fighter, Stealth Air-superiority Fighter
* TAI TF-X Kaan - Stealth Multirole and Air-superiority Fighter

**Helicopters**
* AH-1 Cobra - Attack Helicopter (non-US Army/Marine operators only)
	+ AH-1Z Viper (non-US Marine operators only)
* AH-64 Apache - Attack Helicopter (non-US Army operators only)
* T-129 ATAK - Attack Helicopter (Philippine Air Force)
* Mi-24 Hind - Transport Attack Helicopter
* Mi-28 Havoc - Attack Helicopter
* Kamov Ka-52 Aligator/Hocum - Attack Helicopter
* UH-60 BlackHawk - Transport Helicopter
	+ HH-60 Pave Hawk variant
* UH-1 Huey - Transport Helicopter
	+ Bell 412 - Transport Helicopter
	+ UH-1Y Venom - Transport Helicopter
* Mi-8/17 Hip - Transport Helicopter
* Mi-26 Halo - Transport Helicopter
* Boeing CH-47 Chinook
* Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey - Transport VTOL
* Changhe Z-18 - Transport Helicopter
* Eurocopter EC725/Airbus Helicopters H225M - Transport Helicopter
* Eurocopter EC635 - Transport Helicopter

**Transports**
* CASA/IPTN CN-235 - Propelled transport
	+ EADS CASA C-295 - Propelled transport
* Airbus A400M - Propelled transport
* Antonov/Taqnia An-132 - Propelled transport
* Shaanxi Y-8 Propelled transport
* Shaanxi Y-9 Propelled transport
* C-130 Hercules - Propelled transport
	+ C-130J Super Hercules - Propelled transport
	+ AC-130 Spooky - Propelled Attack gunship variant
* Ilyushin Il-112 - Propelled transport
* Ilyushin Il-76 - Jet transport
* Ilyushin Il-78 - Jet transport
* Xian Y-20 - Jet transport
* C-17 Globemaster III - Jet transport
	+ Kawasaki C-2 - Jet transport
* Embraer KC-390 - Jet transport
* Boeing KC-46 Pegasus - Tanker, Jet transport
* LAAT Assault Gunship - VTOL Transport and attack gunship
* LAAT Transport Carrier - VTOL Transport

**Air Defense Systems**
*See also: List of SAM systems*

* MIM-104 Patriot
* Terminal High Altitude Area Defense - Mobile anti-ballistic missile system
* Type 03 Chū-SAM
* Akash missile systems
* SPYDER missile systems
* L-SAM (Korea)
* S-300/SA-10 Grumble missile system
	+ HQ-9 missile system (Chinese variant)
	+ HQ-22 missile system (Chinese variant)
	+ S-300VM/SA-23 Gladiator/Giant missile system
* S-400 Triumph/SA-21 Growler missile system
* S-500 Triumfator-M missile system