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colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Armed Forces of the Nation</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación</i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Paraguay.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Coat_of_arms_of_Paraguay.svg/220px-Coat_of_arms_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Coat_of_arms_of_Paraguay.svg/330px-Coat_of_arms_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="external text" href="http://ffmm.mil.py/">ffmm<wbr />.mil<wbr />.py</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Paraguay" title="President of Paraguay">Commander-in-chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data">President <a href="/wiki/Santiago_Pe%C3%B1a" title="Santiago Peña">Santiago Peña</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister of Defense</th><td class="infobox-data">General EJ (R) Oscar Luis González Cañete.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Paraguay)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)">Commander of the Armed Forces</a></th><td class="infobox-data">General of the Army Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available for<br />military service</th><td class="infobox-data">1,678,335<sup id="cite_ref-CIA_World_Fact_Book_“Paraguay”_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIA_World_Fact_Book_“Paraguay”-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, age 16–49 (2010 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fit for<br />military service</th><td class="infobox-data">1,409,859, age 16–49 (2010 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reaching military<br />age annually</th><td class="infobox-data">73,367 (2010 est.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">15,650 active military (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2012_398_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2012_398-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />14,800 paramilitary (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2012_398_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2012_398-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">168,500 (2012)<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2012_398_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2012_398-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$US 248 million (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2012_398_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2012_398-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Percent of GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1% (2020)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foreign suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a><br /><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a><br /><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Paraguay" title="Military ranks of Paraguay">Military ranks of Paraguay</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Armed Forces of <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">Fuerzas Armadas de Paraguay</i>) officially the <b>Armed Forces of the Nation</b> (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consist of the <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Army" title="Paraguayan Army">Paraguayan army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Navy" title="Paraguayan Navy">Paraguayan navy</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval aviation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marine_corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine corps">marine corps</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Air_Force" title="Paraguayan Air Force">air force</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Paraguay" title="Constitution of Paraguay">constitution of Paraguay</a> establishes the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Paraguay" title="President of Paraguay">president of Paraguay</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a>. </p><p>Paraguay has <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">compulsory military service</a>, and all 18-year-old males and 17-year-olds in the year of their 18th birthday are liable for one year of <a href="/wiki/Active_duty" title="Active duty">active duty</a>. The 1992 constitution allows for conscientious objection to obligatory military service, it was legislated and sanctioned by both chambers of the Congress, to be promulgated by the Executive Power on June the 17th of 2010. This law is known as, <i><b>«Law number 4013/10, "That established the exercise of the right to conscientious objection to obligatory military service and establishes the substitute service for it for the benefit of the civilian population"»</b></i> </p><p>In July 2005, military aid in the form of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces" title="United States Army Special Forces">U.S. Special Forces</a> began arriving at Paraguay's <a href="/wiki/Mariscal_Estigarribia" title="Mariscal Estigarribia">Mariscal Estigarribia</a> air base, a sprawling complex built in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clarin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Army">Army</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Army" title="Paraguayan Army">Paraguayan Army</a></div> <p>In land forces the Paraguayan Army is composed of a Presidential Guards Regiment, composed two battalions (<a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> and military police), an armored squadron, and a battery of field <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a>, plus the operationally attached Mounted Ceremonial Squadron "Aca Caraya" (which serves independently but as the mounted escort in state events, and serves as part of the 4th Cavalry Regiment). Their equipment includes three Argentinean modified M-4 tanks, four EE-9 armored cars, four EE-11 armored personnel carriers (APCs), three M-9 half-tracks mounting 20mm guns, and four M-101 105 mm <a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">howitzers</a>. Arguably, this "flagship" of military rule is structurally and physically the strongest of the EP. The REP is an independent unit from other commands. The EP features two artillery groups (GAC 1–12 88 mm QF-25 and GAC 2–12 105mm M-101) and one <a href="/wiki/Antiaircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiaircraft">antiaircraft</a> artillery group (GAA 13 40 mm L 40/60, <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm cannons</a>, and six M-55 4x12, 7.0 mm). </p><p>Six battalions of <a href="/wiki/Combat_engineer" title="Combat engineer">combat engineers</a>, one communications battalion, one Special Forces battalion, seven regiments of infantry, six regiments of cavalry (R.C.-2 equipped with 12 M3A1, five operational, 20 M9 half-tracks modernized and R.C.-3: 24 EE-9 Cascavels, eight EE-11 Urutu APCs plus utility trucks for motorized infantry). This has little organic aviation available to it. </p><p>Each corps has a weapons school run by its command. The logistical command manages 10 addresses materials, mobilization, health care, etc. The command of the Army Institute of Education administers three schools, commissioned and noncommissioned officers, a military academy, and the CIMEFOR (a center for pre-military study that trains Reserve officers). </p><p>Each of the nine divisions that make up the three corps has one or two regiments of infantry or cavalry, its platoon of engineers, its communications section, military police units, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Navy">Navy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Navy" title="Paraguayan Navy">Paraguayan Navy</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2010</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg/220px-Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg/330px-Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg/440px-Naval_Jack_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Naval Jack of Paraguay</figcaption></figure> <p>Although Paraguay is a landlocked country, it has a strong naval tradition by virtue of the fact that it has access to the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Paraguay_River" title="Paraguay River">Paraguay</a>–<a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná</a> rivers. The Paraguayan Navy has twelve bases. The main base is the Puerto Sajonia in <a href="/wiki/Asuncion" class="mw-redirect" title="Asuncion">Asuncion</a>, followed by Bahia Negra, Ciudad del Este, Encarnacion, Salto del Guaira. It also has facilities in Puerto Sajonia for helicopters and airplanes in SGAS. Naval personnel including Marine Corps aviation personnel, and the naval inward waters prefecture equal about 8,950. The Marine Corps have 800 marines, of which 400 are assigned to one commando unit with the rest being organized into a single battalion consisting of three <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">companies</a>. </p><p>In terms of vessels, the Navy has 34 surface ships, some of which have reached centenarian age. (This is due in part to limited use and floating in fresh water.) The main vessels and the flagship of the Paraguay Navy is still <a href="/wiki/Humait%C3%A1-class_gunboat" title="Humaitá-class gunboat"><i>Paraguay</i></a>, which was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> prior to Paraguay's involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Chaco_War" title="Chaco War">Chaco War</a>. It has a further four <a href="/wiki/Patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol vessel">patrol vessels</a>, of which the oldest was commissioned in 1908 and the newest in 1985. The Navy has 17 patrol boats of various drafts, four of which were donated by <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and the United States, while the other 13 were built locally. The rest of the fleet is composed of <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tugboats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barge" title="Barge">barges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a>, transports, and a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_yacht" title="Presidential yacht">presidential yacht</a>. The new additions are four Croc-class riverine vessels from Australia, plus 43 locally built riverline patrol vessels constructed from 2006 to 2009. For air support, one <a href="/wiki/Helibras_HB350" class="mw-redirect" title="Helibras HB350">Helibras HB350</a> helicopter is used to provide <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">SAR</a>, <a href="/wiki/MEDEVAC" class="mw-redirect" title="MEDEVAC">MEDEVAC</a> and utility work<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2020_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2020-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Paraguay (C1) has a sister ship, Humaita (C2), that was turned into a museum ship after she ceased operations in 1983, but hasn't functioned as such this last decade. Humaita is in poor shape. (ABC Color News, 12/28/22) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>COMANFLOT: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Comando de la Flota de Guerra</i></span>.(Fleet Forces Command) </p><p>COMIM: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Comando de Infantería de Marina</i></span>.(Fleet Marine Command) </p> <ul><li>Marine Forces Regiment <ul><li>BIM 1 - Rosario</li> <li>BIM 2 - Vallemi</li> <li>BIM 3 - Carapegua</li> <li>Marine Commando Battalion</li></ul></li> <li>COMAVAN(Naval Aviation Command)</li></ul> <p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Grupo Aeronaval de Helicópteros</i></span> (GAHE), Sajonia </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Escuadrilla de Helicópteros de Ataque</i></span> (EHA) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Escuadrilla de Propósitos Generales</i></span> (EPG) </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg/220px-Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg/330px-Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg/440px-Ca%C3%B1onero_ARP_C-1_%22Paraguay%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3009" /></a><figcaption>Flagship, River gunboat ARP C-1 Paraguay</figcaption></figure> <p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Grupo Aeronaval de Propósitos Generales</i></span> (GAPROGEN) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Grupo Aeronaval de Entrenamiento</i></span> (GAEN) </p> <ul><li>COAPCOM: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Comando de Apoyo al Combate</i></span>.(Combat Support Command)</li> <li>CINAE: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Comando de Institutos Navales y Enseñanza</i></span>. (Naval Education and Training Command)</li> <li>PGN: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Prefectura General Naval</i></span>.(General Naval Prefecture)</li></ul> <p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Cuartel General</i></span> (Command) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Estado Mayor</i></span> (HQ) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Prefectura Zona Pilar</i></span> (Pilar Naval Prefecture) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Prefectura Zona Alberdi</i></span> (Alberdi Naval Prefecture) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Prefectura Zona Central</i></span> (Central Naval Prefecture) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Prefectura Zona Concepcion</i></span> (Cencepcion Naval Prefecture) </p><p><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Prefectura Zona Olimpo</i></span> (Olimpo Naval Prefecture) </p> <ul><li>DIRMAT: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Dirección del Material</i></span> (Material Directorate)</li> <li>DIAPSER: <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Dirección de Apoyo al Servicio</i></span> (Service Support Directorate)</li></ul> <p>As of 2022, the Commander of the Paraguayan Navy is Rear Admiral Carlos Diaz. He is "Contraalmirante, Comandante de la Flota de Guerra de la Armada". (ABC Color, 12/28/22: "Gunboat 'Humaita' returns to its normal position after worrying inclination") </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Air_Force">Air Force</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Air_Force" title="Paraguayan Air Force">Paraguayan Air Force</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg/220px-Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg/330px-Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg/440px-Roundel_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="602" /></a><figcaption>Air Force roundel</figcaption></figure> <p>The air force, the newest and smallest of the services, has about 1,100 personnel as of 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2012_399_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2012_399-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Paraguayan Air Forces is organised in an Air Brigade of seven air groups and a brigade of paratroopers on battalion level. Almost all operating units are based in or around the <a href="/wiki/Silvio_Pettirossi_International_Airport" title="Silvio Pettirossi International Airport">Silvio Pettirossi International Airport</a> (SGAS) in Asunción. </p><p>The units comprising the force are: the <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Aerotactico group</i></span> (TAG) with three fighter squadrons (numbered 1 to 3), respectively equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">MB-326</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_T-33" title="Lockheed T-33">T-33</a> and <a href="/wiki/Embraer_EMB_312_Tucano" title="Embraer EMB 312 Tucano">EMB-312</a>. The first two are not in operation, due to the withdrawal of their aircraft. The squadron "Moros", equipped with Tucanos, has only one squadrille (3 airplanes active). The Air Transport Group (GTA) operates aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/CASA_C-212_Aviocar" title="CASA C-212 Aviocar">CASA</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-6_Twin_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter">DHC-6</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Baron" title="Beechcraft Baron">Beechcraft</a> types. The Helicopter air group (HLG) has a SAR squadron, a utility squadron, and a squadron of attack craft, and is equipped with ex-Taiwanese <a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois_variants#UH-1H" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants">UH-1H</a> and Brazilian <a href="/wiki/Helibras_HB350" class="mw-redirect" title="Helibras HB350">HB-350B</a> aircraft. The Air Group Instruction (AFI) has T-25 and <a href="/wiki/ENAER_T-35_Pill%C3%A1n" title="ENAER T-35 Pillán">T-35 aircraft</a>. Photogrammetric called air group (GAF) and group aviation maintenance section (SEMAER) do not have aircraft assigned. The Parachute Brigade operates CASA aircraft. </p><p>Besides these groups is a command of Institutes of Education and one of regions air, this latter has nominal jurisdiction over 12 tracks and airports as six of these are considered Air Bases.<sup id="cite_ref-PMAOB_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMAOB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Per Arasunu (December 2021-No. XVI), the magazine of the PAF, the current organizational structure: </p><p>- Comandante Interino de la Fuerza Aerea Paraguaya (CC-Gral Div Aer) -- Jefe del Estado Mayor General de la Fuerza Aerea Paraguaya (CV-Gral Div Aer) --- Comandante de la Brigada Aerea (Gral Brig Aer) --- Comandante del Comando de Regiones Aereas (Gral Brig Aer) --- Comandante Interino de la Brigada Aerotransportada "SP" (CNEL DCEM) --- Comandante Interino del Comando de Instituteos Aeronauticos de Ensenanza (CNEL DCEM) --- Comandante Interino de la Brigada Logistica (CNEL DCEM) </p><p>The current PAF/CC is Arturo Javier Gonzalez Ocampo. The PAF/CV is Ruben Dario Piris Fernandez.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (September 2024)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Order_of_battle_2">Order of battle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">1º Brigada Aérea (Air Brigade; Asunción/Base Aérea Ñu Guazú)</i></span> <ul><li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Grupo Aerotáctico (Air Tactical Group; Asunción/Base Aérea Pettirossi)</i></span></li> <li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">1º Escuadrón de Caza 'Guaraní' (Escuadrilla 'Orion' y 'Centauro')</i></span>, no longer active</li> <li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">2º Escuadrón de Caza 'Indios' (Escuadrilla 'Taurus' y 'Scorpio')</i></span>, no longer active</li> <li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">3º Escuadrón de Reconocimiento y Ataque 'Moros'</i></span> (Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron; <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Escuadrilla 'Gamma' y 'Omega'</i></span>): EMB-312</li> <li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Grupo Aéreo de Instrucción</i></span> (Instrucción Air Group) 'Escuadrón Fenix': T-25A</li> <li><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Escuadrilla 'Antares' / 'Pantera' / 'Halcón'</i></span>: T-35A/B</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_ranks">Military ranks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Military ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Paraguay" title="Military ranks of Paraguay">Military ranks of Paraguay</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Paraguay)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)">Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francisco_L%C3%B3pez_Military_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Francisco López Military Academy">Francisco López Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Paraguay" title="List of wars involving Paraguay">List of wars involving Paraguay</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_of_Paraguay&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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title="Jamaica Defence Force">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Armed_Forces" title="Mexican Armed Forces">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Armed_Forces" title="Nicaraguan Armed Forces">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Armed_Forces" title="Peruvian Armed Forces">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_Defence_Force" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_National_Army" title="Suriname National Army">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Defence_Force" title="Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Uruguay" title="Armed Forces of Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Bolivarian_Armed_Forces_of_Venezuela" title="National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependencies</a> and<br />other territories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Aruba" title="Military of Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Bermuda" title="Military of Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="Military of the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Armed_Forces" title="Netherlands Armed Forces">Caribbean Netherlands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bonaire" title="Bonaire">Bonaire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saba_(island)" title="Saba (island)">Saba</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Armed_Forces" title="Netherlands Armed Forces">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Military of the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Greenland" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Greenland">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Montserrat_Defence_Force" title="Royal Montserrat Defence Force">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Military of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">Saint Barthélemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">Saint Martin, (Collectivity of)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Armed_Forces" title="Netherlands Armed Forces">Sint Maarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Military of the Falkland Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovereign states">Sovereign states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Costa_Rica" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Dominica" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Dominica">Dominica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Grenada" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Grenada">Grenada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Panama" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Panama">Panama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Saint_Lucia" title="Military of Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Military of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> have no military and thus are not included in the list. The <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependent territory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" title="Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies of Venezuela</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Bolivarian_Armed_Forces_of_Venezuela" title="National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela">Venezuela</a>) is not listed. The <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division" title="Administrative division">integral area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Armed_Forces" title="British Armed Forces">United Kingdom</a>) is not listed. The uninhabited islands of <a href="/wiki/Bouvet_Island" title="Bouvet Island">Bouvet Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Defence_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Defence Force">Norway</a>), <a href="/wiki/Clipperton_Island" title="Clipperton Island">Clipperton Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">France</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States</a>) are not listed. The uninhabited disputed territories of <a href="/wiki/Bajo_Nuevo_Bank" title="Bajo Nuevo Bank">Bajo Nuevo Bank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Serranilla_Bank" title="Serranilla Bank">Serranilla Bank</a> are not listed.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Air_forces_of_Latin_America31" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Air_Force" title="Chilean Air Force">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Aerospace_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian Aerospace Force">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Air_and_Air_Defense_Force" title="Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Air_Force" title="Dominican Air Force">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Air_Force" title="Ecuadorian Air Force">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Air_Force" title="Salvadoran Air Force">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Air_Force" title="Guatemalan Air Force">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haiti_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Haiti Air Corps">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_Air_Force" title="Honduran Air Force">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Air_Force" title="Mexican Air Force">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Air_Force" title="Nicaraguan Air Force">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Air_Force" title="Paraguayan Air Force">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Air_Force" title="Peruvian Air Force">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force" title="Uruguayan Air Force">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Air Force">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="List_of_air_forces5857" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air forces</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abkhazian_Air_Force" title="Abkhazian Air Force">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afghan_Air_Force" title="Afghan Air Force">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Air_Force" title="Albanian Air Force">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_Air_Force" title="Algerian Air Force">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Air_Force_of_Angola" title="National Air Force of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Air Wing">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_Air_Force" title="Argentine Air Force">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Air_Force" title="Armenian Air Force">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Air_Force" title="Austrian Air Force">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Air_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Air Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahamas_Defence_Force" title="Royal Bahamas Defence Force">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahraini_Air_Force" title="Royal Bahraini Air Force">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Air_Force" title="Bangladesh Air Force">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Air_Force" title="Belarusian Air Force">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belize_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Belize Defence Force Air Wing">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benin_Air_Force" title="Benin Air Force">Benin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_Air_Force" title="Bolivian Air Force">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_and_Anti-Aircraft_Defence_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_Defence_Force_Air_Wing" title="Botswana Defence Force Air Wing">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Air_Force" title="Brazilian Air Force">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Air_Force" title="Royal Brunei Air Force">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Air_Force" title="Bulgarian Air Force">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Cambodian_Air_Force" title="Royal Cambodian Air Force">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_Air_Force" title="Cameroon Air Force">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic_Air_Force" title="Central African Republic Air Force">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadian_Air_Force" title="Chadian Air Force">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Air_Force" title="Chilean Air Force">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Air Force">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Aerospace_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian Aerospace Force">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congolese_Air_Force" title="Congolese Air Force">Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Air_Force" title="Croatian Air Force">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Air_and_Air_Defense_Force" title="Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Air_Command" title="Cyprus Air Command">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Air_Force" title="Czech Air Force">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Air_Force" title="Royal Danish Air Force">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djibouti_Air_Force" title="Djibouti Air Force">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Air_Force" title="Dominican Air Force">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_Air_Force" title="Ecuadorian Air Force">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force" title="Egyptian Air Force">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_Air_Force" title="Salvadoran Air Force">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Air_Force" title="Eritrean Air Force">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Air_Force" title="Estonian Air Force">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Air_Force" title="Ethiopian Air Force">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabonese_Air_Force" title="Gabonese Air Force">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Air_Force" title="Georgian Air Force">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Air_Force" title="Ghana Air Force">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Air_Force" title="Guatemalan Air Force">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau_Air_Force" title="Guinea-Bissau Air Force">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haiti_Air_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Haiti Air Corps">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduran_Air_Force" title="Honduran Air Force">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Air_Force" title="Hungarian Air Force">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Air_Policing" title="Icelandic Air Policing">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Air_Force" title="Indonesian Air Force">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force" title="Iraqi Air Force">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Air_Corps" title="Irish Air Corps">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Air_Force" title="Italian Air Force">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Republic_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Air_Force" title="Royal Jordanian Air Force">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Air_Defense_Forces" title="Kazakh Air Defense Forces">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Air_Force" title="Kenya Air Force">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Air_Force" title="Kuwait Air Force">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Air_Force" title="Kyrgyz Air Force">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Air_Force" title="Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Air_Force" title="Latvian Air Force">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Air_Force" title="Lebanese Air Force">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberian_Armed_Forces#Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberian Armed Forces">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force" title="Libyan Air Force">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Air_Force" title="Lithuanian Air Force">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malagasy_Air_Force" title="Malagasy Air Force">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Air_Force" title="Royal Malaysian Air Force">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malian_Air_Force" title="Malian Air Force">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Wing_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Malta" title="Air Wing of the Armed Forces of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritania_Islamic_Air_Force" title="Mauritania Islamic Air Force">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Air_Force" title="Mexican Air Force">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldovan_Air_Force" title="Moldovan Air Force">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Air_Force" title="Mongolian Air Force">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_Air_Force" title="Montenegrin Air Force">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Moroccan_Air_Force" title="Royal Moroccan Air Force">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozambique_Air_Force" title="Mozambique Air Force">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Air_Force" title="Myanmar Air Force">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibian_Air_Force" title="Namibian Air Force">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air Force">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force" title="Royal New Zealand Air Force">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaraguan_Air_Force" title="Nicaraguan Air Force">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force" title="Nigerian Air Force">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army_Air_Force" title="Korean People's Army Air Force">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_Air_Brigade" title="North Macedonia Air Brigade">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Air_Force" title="Royal Norwegian Air Force">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_of_Oman" title="Royal Air Force of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraguayan_Air_Force" title="Paraguayan Air Force">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Air_Force" title="Peruvian Air Force">Peru</a></li> <li><a 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