
The Spanish Air Force (SAF) is the aerial branch of the Spanish Armed Forces.

Spanish military units have coats of arms, badges and emblems to distinguish them from other units both joint Armed Forces and service branches units.

The term "Aviación Nacional" or "Fuerza Aérea Nacional" refers to military air units supporting General Franco in the Spanish Civil War and includes:The rebel air arm of the Spanish Air Force made up of planes supplied by Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and by aircraft captured from the Spanish Republican Air Force Condor Legion of Nazi Germany Aviazione Legionaria of Fascist Italy

Patrulla Águila, formed July 4, 1985, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force. It is based at San Javier Air Base at the location of the academy of officers of the Spanish Air Force, near Mar Menor and La Manga, in the Murcia region of Spain. Flying seven Casa C-101 Aviojets, they are the only team to use yellow smoke and are also known for their formation landings.

The Air Force Honors Squadron is the ceremonial unit attached to the as an operational component of the Spanish Air Force. The EDHEA part of the Security Group of the Grouping of the General Headquarters and is located at Madrid-Cuatro Vientos Airport.

The Spanish Republican Air Force was the air arm of the Armed Forces of the Second Spanish Republic, the legally established government of Spain between 1931 and 1939.