Cameroonian Air Force
Cameroon Air Force |
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AAC emblem |
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Lineup | January 1, 1961 |
Country | Cameroon |
Armed forces | Cameroonian Armed Forces |
Type | Armed forces ( air forces ) |
Strength | 300 |
headquarters | Yaoundé |
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Aircraft cockade |
The Cameroonian Air Force ( French Armée de l'Air du Cameroun, abbreviated AAC ; English Cameroon Air Force ) is the air force of the armed forces of the Republic of Cameroon .
history
The Cameroonian Air Force was set up on January 1, 1961, still under the name Escadrille Nationale and with a fleet of three aircraft. It was only given the name Armée de l'Air du Cameroun in 1966. In 1973, a Cameroonian officer took over command of the air force for the first time, previously a French soldier had been assigned for this purpose.
Currently, the Cameroonian air force is mainly carrying out operations against the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram , with efforts being significantly increased in May 2014 and the transport fleet being used to supply the units bound in the north of the country and border area with Nigeria and Chad .
bases
The air forces of Cameroon deploy on six locations across the country: Yaounde ( Base aérienne [BA] 101 ), Bertoua ( BA 102 ), Douala ( BA 201 ), Bamenda ( BA 202 ) and Garoua ( BA 301 ). No units are permanently stationed at the base in Ngaoundéré .
Cameroonian Air Force bases |
Aircraft
The fleet currently comprises 36 aircraft. Several types of microlight aircraft are used in the Cameroonian Air Force as reconnaissance aircraft, but not in operations against Boko Haram because of their low speed and altitude .
template | number | task | unit | In | Remarks |
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Alpha Jet | 6th | Fighter bomber | 31éme Escadron | Garoua | Delivered in 1984, two machines were lost, another was so badly damaged that it had to be written off. In 2014 "several" flew in a parade. |
Bell 206 B-3 | 2 | connection | 11éme Escadron | Yaoundé | |
Aérospatiale SA 330 | 2 | transport | 12éme Escadron | Yaoundé | |
Mil Wed-17 | 5 | Transport / attack helicopter |
13éme Escadron | Bertoua | |
Xi'an MA60 | 1 | transport | 21éme Escadron | Douala | |
CASA CN-235 | 1 | transport | 21éme Escadron | Douala | |
Lockheed C-130 | 3 | transport | 22éme Escadron | Douala | Two C-130H, one (extended) C-130H-30 |
Harbin Z-9 | 4th | transport | 22 / 23éme Escadron | Barmenda | |
Aero Synergy J300 Joker | 2 | Small plane | 32éme Escadron | Garoua | |
Humbert Tétras | 8th | Small plane | 32éme Escadron | Garoua | Six machines of the Tétra 912 BSM version, two Tétra 912 CSM |
B&F FK 9 | 2 | Small plane | Garoua |
Web links
- Armed forces overview of the Cameroonian Armed Forces at GlobalDefence.net
- The Cameroonian Armed Forces at CameroonWeb