Back القوات الجوية البلقانية Arabic Balkan Air Force Italian Balkan Air Force Dutch Força Aérea dos Balcãs Portuguese Balkansko ratno vazduhoplovstvo Serbo-Croatian Балканско ратно ваздухопловство Serbian
| Balkan Air Force | |
|---|---|
_Squadron_RAF,_aka_Balkan_Air_Force_(18_August_1944).jpg) Spitfire Vc's of the Yugoslav-manned No 352 (Y) Squadron RAF before first mission on 18 August 1944, from airport Canne - Italy | |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Air Force |
The Balkan Air Force (BAF) was an Allied air formation operating in the Balkans during World War II. Composed of units of the Royal Air Force and South African Air Force under the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces command, it was active from 7 June 1944 until 15 July 1945. Air Vice Marshal William Elliot and then George Mills, both RAF officers, were its Air Officer Commanding (AOC).
The BAF operated mainly over Yugoslavia, supporting the Partisans against Germany and its allies, but occasionally supporting the Greek and Albanian resistance movements also.