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| unit_name = Royal Antoran Air Cavalry
| native_name = ''Caballería Aérea de Antora Réal''
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| start_date = 24 September 1913
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| type = [[wikipedia:Air Force|Air Force]]
| role = [[wikipedia:Aerial_warfare|Aerial warfare]]
| size =
| command_structure = [[File:ArmedForcesCyR.png|30px]] [[Royal
| garrison = [[Descarai]], Casilló y Réal
| garrison_label = Headquarters
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| nickname =
| motto = Somos Rapidos y Furiosos
| colors = Sky,
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The '''Royal Antoran Air Cavalry''' (Corric: ''Caballería Aérea de Antora Réal'', abbreviated CAAR,) is the air component of the [[Royal Antoran Defense Forces]]. Until 2022, it was known as the Royal Corric Air Cavalry (''Caballería Aérea de Corrí Réal.'') It was formed in 1938 after the [[Great War]] as the Antoran military modernized and the concept of combat aircraft became more widespread.
Originally consisting of a few dozen light fighters, the Air Cavalry expanded significantly in subsequent decades to become a key part of Antoran defense policy. Efforts in the 1950s to design competitive attack craft paid off with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk L-60 Mantarayya] and the [[L-65 Tiburón]], which have variants still in service today. The focus of the Air Cavalry shifted in the mid-1970s to airlift and transport, and the success of the aircraft produced for this purpose saw them enter the civilian market after several years.
According to current doctrine, the Air Cavalry has four main goals: to defend the nation and its infrastructure and citizens from foreign aggression, to provide capacity to transport ground-based troops and equipment of the Royal Antoran Defense Forces, to operate ground-attack capability against surface targets, and to operate as a surveillance and control element during warfare.
== Organization ==
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== Personnel ==
In 2022, the CACR possessed a strength of 58,007 active members and 8,211 reservists. The civilian personnel component made up approximately 60% of these numbers, most working in maintenance, logistics, and damage control. In 2021, the Royal Antoran Defense Forces began a significant downsizing and modernization effort to reduce bloated service numbers and replace old equipment from the mid-1900s. The General Staff have indicated they would like to reduce the Air Cavalry in size to
=== Training ===
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== Aircraft ==
The Air Cavalry operates 298 aircraft across its Brigades. The past use of a variety of foreign fighter craft has led to the creation of the "Antorize" policy. All foreign aircraft serving in the Air Cavalry undergo an extensive refit to replace their avionics, weapons, and engines with appropriate domestic models. This ensures that the Air Cavalry will not have a surplus of spare parts for certain planes and a deficit of others in wartime.
The Air Cavalry operates 391 aircraft across its various Brigades with some being phased out of service over the coming years. The General Staff upgraded the fighter inventory in late 2021 with the purchase of twenty-four GA-20M and thirty-six GA-36s from [[Volkia]] and twelve JAS-39E Gripens from [[Cryria]], replacing the 56 L-65 Tiburóns that had been in service since the 1970s and the 32 L-60 Mantarayyas from the 1950s. The Mantarayyas were sold as scrap and the Tiburóns sold to the [[The Company of the Quill|Company of the Quill]] as their new air wing. In 2022, the CAAR recieved delivery of twenty-four L-75 Gavilán light fighters from the joint Antoran-Cryrian Advanced Lightweight Adaptable Military Aircraft project, as well as four L/U -448 Gaviotas from the domestic Compact Sumbarine Destroyer Aircraft program. This enabled the air fleet to be reorganized further, with all 36 GA-36 interceptors and 12 GA-20M fighters being transferred to the Royal Antoran Guard. Six V/U-47 maritime patrol aircraft and five L/U-449 Martín anti-submarine aircraft were transferred to the [[Royal Antoran Armada]]. ▼
The General Staff upgraded the fighter inventory in late 2020 with the purchase of twenty-four GA-20M and thirty-six GA-36s from [[Volkia]] and twelve JAS-39E Gripens from [[Cryria]], replacing the 56 L-65 Tiburóns that had been in service since the 1990s and the 32 L-60 Mantarayyas from the 1970s. The Mantarayyas were sold as scrap and most Tiburóns sold to the [[The Company of the Quill|Company of the Quill]] as their new air wing.
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As part of the induction into the [[Inter-Novaran Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance]], the Air Cavalry recieved 10 L-100 Solaris strike aircraft from [[Volscina]], enabling Antora to deploy nuclear warhead-tipped cruise missiles and bombs as part of the INTRA deterrence triad.
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! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;" |Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;" |Photo
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Notes
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| JAS-39E/ANT Grifón
| [[File:CryriaFlag.png|30x30px]] [[Cryria]]
| Multirole fighter
| [[File:SAAF-Gripen-
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| Cryrian Beyond Visual Range air superiority fighter, ground attack and anti-ship capabilities
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|Multirole fighter
|[[File:L-75 Gavilán.png|200x200px]]
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|Joint Antoran-Cryrian light fighter project, assigned air superiority missions
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|L-100/ANT Solaris
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|Anti-ship and cruise missile payload capable
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! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;
▲! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_patrol Maritime Patrol]
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| V/U-47
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| Maritime patrol and surveillance
| [[File:V-U-47.png|200x200px]]
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| Maritime patrol & battlespace control, armed with sonar buoys and torpedos
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| Anti-submarine aircraft
| [[File:LU449.png|200x200px]]
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| Armed with torpedos, depth charges, magnetometers. Capable of refueling operations
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|Maritime strike aircraft
|[[File:Viking.jpg|200x200px]]
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|Armed with torpedos, bombs, anti-ship missiles
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! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;
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| E/U-449 Estática
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| Electronic warfare and surveillance
|[[File:E-U-449.png|200x200px]]
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| Special deployment EWAR aircraft
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! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;
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| V/U-47/AEWC
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control AEWC]
| [[File:U-87 AWACS.jpg|200px]]
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| Airborne battlespace control aircraft
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|Surveillance
|[[File:VU44.png|200x200px]]
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|Surveillance and artillery spotting
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! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;
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| F/U-41 Aguacero
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| Firefighter transport and water bomber
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! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;
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| T/U-42 Chupador
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| Transport
| [[File:U47T.png|200x200px]]
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| Capable of armored vehicle transport
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|[[File:NewAndoraflag.png|30x30px]] [[Antora]]
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift Airlift]
| [[File:U-89 airlift transport.jpg|
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| Strategic airlift capable
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! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"
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| H-23 Uro
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| Multirole/air assault helicopter
| [[File:28002626845 0b6b29c6ce o.png|200x200px]]
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| Has gunship and medivac variants
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|[[File:NewAndoraflag.png|30x30px]] [[Antora]]
| Utility helicopter
| [[File:H-
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| Has gunship, search & rescue, and special variants
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| Transport helicopter
| [[File:H-17 2 Delfín Rége heavy helicopter.jpg|200px]]
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| Medium-lift transport helicopter
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| T-12 Perro
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| Trainer aircraft
| [[File:U-21 Perro trainer.jpg|200px]]
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| Cannot be converted to combat use
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|Advanced lead-in trainer
|[[File:L-72 Méro lightcombat.png|200x200px]]
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|Emergency strike reserve doubles as jet trainer platform for advancing pilot cadets
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