Belarusian Air Force
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Belarusian Air Force |
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 Coat of arms of the Belarusian Air Force |
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| active | June 15, 1992
Realignment 2001 |
| Country |
 Belarus
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| Armed forces | Belarusian armed forces |
| Type | Armed forces |
| management | |
| Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces |
Defense Minister (in case of war: President of the Republic of Belarus ) |
| Military Commander of the Armed Forces |
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| Air Force Commander |
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| Aircraft cockade |
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| Aircraft | |
| Attack aircraft | Su-25 |
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Fighter aircraft / helicopter |
Wed-35 |
| Interceptor | MiG-29 |
| education | Jak-130, L-39, Mi-2 |
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Transport aircraft / helicopter |
Il-76, An-26, Mi-8, Mi-26 |
The Belarusian Air Force ( Belarusian Ваенна-паветраныя сілы і войскі супрацьпаветранай абароны Рэспублікі Беларусь. ) Are part of the Belarusian Defense Forces. The most important base of the air force is the Baranavichy military airfield .
history
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the 26th Air Army was reclassified into the Air Force of Belarus. In December 2001, the two areas of Air Force (WWS) and Air Defense (PWO) were merged. The air force has a strength of 18,170 soldiers.
organization
In peacetime, the air forces protect the country's borders and monitor the Belarusian airspace.
The air force is divided into six flight regiments. These include two regiments for interceptors, three for combat aircraft and one for reconnaissance. These are distributed over two interceptor bases, a bomber / reconnaissance base, a fighter-bomber base, a mixed aviation base, an independent helicopter base and a combat helicopter base as well as three other helicopter bases. There are also 12 Russian Su-27s stationed in Baranavichy, which, in cooperation with radar stations built by Russia, secure the air shield against the west.
The military airfields are as follows:
equipment
The air force has around 200 aircraft and helicopters, most of which are in active service. Thanks to Russian help, they are relatively well maintained. However, financial restrictions do not allow sufficient flight hours. They can be divided into the following categories:
| Multipurpose fighter aircraft | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 BM / UB | ≈ 37 |
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| Fighter bomber / tact. spotter | Sukhoi Su-25 | ≈ 68 |
| Transport aircraft | Ilyushin Il-76 M | ≈ 2 |
| Antonov An-26 | 4th | |
| Training aircraft (jet trainer) | Yakovlev Yak-130 | 4 (+4 ordered) |
| Attack helicopter | Mil Mi-24 W / Mi-35 | ≈ 20 |
| Transport helicopter | Mil Wed-26 | ≈ 5 |
| Mil Mi-8 MT / Mi-8MTW-5 / Mi-8AMTSch | ≈ 25 (+17 ordered) |
At the beginning of the 2010s, the Su-24 aircraft were out of service. About a dozen of them were processed and exported to Sudan . In 2008, 33 MiG-23s were delivered from Belarus to Syria.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Stationing of Su-27
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from 23 August 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Sudan Adds Precision Bomber to Arsenal , satsentinel.org, August 27, 2013
- ↑ Belarus exported conventional arms to Azerbaijan, Uganda, Sudan in 2009, report says , Navini.by, July 27, 2010