New Tyne Air Militia

The New Tyne Air Militia was the aerial component of the militia of, founded by former Venezian   pilot turned  Kevin Frantwik in.

Although the Air Militia was only at first composed of Frantwik's Pelican, and armed civilian aircraft whose owners Frantwik had recruited into the organization. However, with the aid and, the Air Militia managed to acquire more combat grade aircraft, including  F/A-440s, and three  by.

By, the Air Militia had a total of five squadrons of aircraft, although over 50% were either armed military trainers or armed civilian aircraft, as well as a 200-fighter strong militia security detachment, making it by far the largest hub of aerial power on  at that time.

Thanks to intelligence gathered by informants within the  in, hinting that they might launch an attack on , the Air Militia was dispersed to hidden airfields around , with the objective of not being wiped out in the first days of the possible invasion, which came on July 16th,.

As the Air Militia was not destroyed in the initial assault, it began flying missions against the as soon as the battle began. However, by the 21st, 75% of the Air Militia's aircraft had been lost to various causes, and by the 23rd, it was effectively neutralized.