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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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| 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. It consists of 298 aircraft and 42,067 personnel spread over six airbases.
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 [
The Air Cavalry was reduced in size after the Corric Succession Crisis in 1987. Two squadrons of fighter craft and one of transport craft were removed from the official structure after their participation in the armed insurrection against the crown. In 2022, the Air Cavalry was renamed to the Royal Antoran Air Cavalry.
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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 "
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
In 2022, the CAAR
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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