Cameroonian Air Force

Cameroon Air Force Armée de l'Air du Cameroun (AAC) Cameroon Air Force
AAC emblem
Lineup	January 1, 1961
Country	Cameroon
Armed forces	Cameroonian Armed Forces
Type	Armed forces ( air forces )
Strength	300
headquarters	Yaoundé
insignia
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 .

Yaoundé (BA101) Bertoua (BA102) Douala (BA201) Bamenda (BA202) Garoua (BA301) Ngaoundéré

Cameroonian Air Force bases

Aircraft

A Cameroon Air Force C-130

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
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

Commons : Cameroon Air Force  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Armed forces overview of the Cameroonian Armed Forces at GlobalDefence.net
• The Cameroonian Armed Forces at CameroonWeb

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Erwan de Cherisey: Upping its Game . In: Air Forces Monthly . No. 4 . Key Publishing, April 2016, ISSN  0306-5634 , p. 82-89 .
2. ↑ Cameroon displays new Chinese military hardware , Defense Web, May 23, 2014