Yemeni Air Force
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Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Yemeniya |
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| Country |
 Yemen
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| Armed forces | Yemeni Armed Forces |
| Type | Armed forces ( air force ) |
| Strength | 5,000 |
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The Yemeni Air Force ( Al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jamahiriya al Yemeniya ) (including Air Defense) is part of the Yemeni Army . They have a strength of about 5,000 soldiers and are divided into a squadron with MiG-21, a squadron with MiG-21 and MiG-29, a squadron Su-22 and F-5E, a helicopter squadron with Mi-24 and Mi-8 , a helicopter squadron with Mi-8, a training squadron with L-39C and a transport squadron.
Flight material
For the fulfillment of the tasks of the air force they have:
- Multipurpose fighter aircraft:
- 20 MiG-29SMT (FULCRUM) (of which 2–4 UTB)
- 58 MiG-21bis (FISHBED-L)
- 8 F-5E "Tiger" II
- Hunter / fighter bomber :
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Transport aircraft :
- 3 An-12BP (CUB)
- 1 An-24RV (COKE)
- 8 An-26 (CURL)
- 2 C-130H "Hercules" (are civilly registered)
- 4 Il-14 (CRATE)
- 1 Il-76TD (CANDID) (is civil registered)
- Training aircraft :
- Combat helicopter :
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Liaison / transport helicopter :
- 14 Wed-8 (HIP)
- 1 Wed-171
- 4 AB.206B "Jet Ranger"
- 1 AB.204B
- 3 AB.212
The following weapon systems are used as on-board weapons:
Air defense
Air defense uses the S-75 , S-125 Neva , 2K12 Kub , 9K32 Strela-2 , 9K31 Strela-1 , 9K35 Strela-10 and 9K34 Strela-3 weapon systems .
Locations
The air force is mainly based in Sanaa, but also frequently operates from Hudaydah and Taiz.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
- ↑ FliegerRevue April 2010, pp. 28–30, “Hot Heaven over Yemen”.
