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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. OriginallyIt consistingconsists of a298 few dozen lightly armed monoplanes, 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]aircraft and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II L-65 Tiburón]42,067 whichpersonnel havespread 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 afterover severalsix yearsairbases.

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The Air Cavalry operates 391298 aircraft across its various Brigades. withThe somepast being phased outuse of service over the coming years. The largea variety inof foreign fighter craft has led to the creation of the "AnotanizeAntorize" 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 defecitdeficit of others in wartime.

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 1970s1990s and the 32 L-60 Mantarayyas from the 1950s1970s. 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.

In 2022, the CAAR recievedreceived delivery of twenty-four L-75 Gavilán light fighters from the joint Antoran-Cryrian Advanced Lightweight Adaptable Military Aircraft project, as well as ten 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 Royal Guard. Six V/U-47 maritime patrol aircraft and five L/U-449 Martín anti-submarine aircraft were transferred to the [[Royal Antoran Armada]].

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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