Slovenian Air Force

Slovenian Air Force
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Country	Slovenia
Insinuation	Slovenian Armed Forces
insignia
Aircraft cockade
National emblem ( vertical stabilizer )

The Slovenian Air Force is part of the Slovenian Armed Forces and reports to the Slovenian Ministry of Defense .

history

Slovenian territorial defense became the nucleus of the Slovenian army, which was founded in 1993. The Slovenian Air Force is no longer an independent military force.

Since Slovenia does not have its own jet aircraft , the security of the state airspace has been taken over by Hungarian Saab 39 fighter pilots since 2014 . Previously (since Slovenia joined NATO in 2004) Italian units had done this .

equipment

Aircraft

The Air Force does not have any combat aircraft, but has eleven Pilatus PC-9 training aircraft. In addition, Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter and L-410 Turbolet transport aircraft are in use. Four Bell 206 JetRanger , eight Bell 412 and four Eurocopter AS 532AL Cougar are used as helicopters (status at the end of 2014). As part of the Strategic Airlift Capability Program, Slovenia and the other participating countries also operate three C-17 Globemaster IIIs that can be used for strategic military air transport.

Aircraft	photo	origin	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Planes
Pilatus PC-6 "Turbo Porter"		Switzerland	Transport plane	PC-6	2
Let L-410 "Turbolet"		Czech Republic	Transport plane	L-410UVP-E	1
Pilatus PC-9 "Turbo Trainer"		Switzerland	Trainer aircraft	PC-9M	11		Equipped with machine guns, bombs, auxiliary tanks and missiles
helicopter
Eurocopter AS.532AL "Cougar"		Europe	Transport helicopter	AS.532 "Cougar"	4th
Bell 412 "Iroquois"		United States	Transport helicopter	Bell 412EP / HP / SP	8th
Bell 206B-3 "Kiowa"		United States	School and observation helicopters	Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III	4th

Air defense

The anti-aircraft force has the SA-18 Grouse portable missile system , the BOV-3 anti-aircraft gun tank and the Roland anti-aircraft guided missile system .

literature

• Marko Malec: The Air Force of Slovenia from 1918 until today . In: Fliegerrevue Extra . No. 10 . Möller, Berlin 2005, p. 98-113 .

Web links

• Equipment and armament for the Slovenian armed forces

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article in "DiePresse.com" of January 23, 2014, accessed on June 26, 2014
2. ↑ World Air Forces 2015 (PDF; 3.7 MB) ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger : Armed PC-9 as a replacement for Gripen? , accessed on May 18, 2015