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style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonel</a> Viesturs Masulis<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<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%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft_insignia" title="Military aircraft insignia">Roundel</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_Latvia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Roundel_of_Latvia.svg/80px-Roundel_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" 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title="An-2">An-2</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Latvian Air Force</b> (<a href="/wiki/Latvian_language" title="Latvian language">Latvian</a>: <i lang="lv">Latvijas Gaisa spēki</i>) is the aviation branch of the <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Latvia" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Latvia">National Armed Forces</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first air force (AF) units were established in 1919 and re-established in 1992. It has no air combat capability, thus the defense of <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvian</a> air space is maintained by <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, with rotating detachments of four aircraft to <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a> at four-monthly intervals (see <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Air_Policing" title="Baltic Air Policing">Baltic Air Policing</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100,_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_(35547403716).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100%2C_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_%2835547403716%29.jpg/220px-I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100%2C_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_%2835547403716%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100%2C_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_%2835547403716%29.jpg/330px-I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100%2C_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_%2835547403716%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100%2C_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_%2835547403716%29.jpg/440px-I.V.L._A.22_Hansa_4.G.100%2C_Latvian_ilmavoimille_myyty_kappale_%2835547403716%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="781" /></a><figcaption>Latvian <a href="/wiki/Hansa-Brandenburg_W.33" title="Hansa-Brandenburg W.33">IVL A.22 Hansa</a></figcaption></figure> <style 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class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Roundel_of_Latvia_-_National_Guard_%281926-1940%29.svg/77px-Roundel_of_Latvia_-_National_Guard_%281926-1940%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="77" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Roundel_of_Latvia_-_National_Guard_%281926-1940%29.svg/116px-Roundel_of_Latvia_-_National_Guard_%281926-1940%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Roundel_of_Latvia_-_National_Guard_%281926-1940%29.svg/154px-Roundel_of_Latvia_-_National_Guard_%281926-1940%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="609" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Aizsargi" title="Aizsargi">Aizsargi</a> organization (1937–1940)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1919–1940"><span id="1919.E2.80.931940"></span>1919–1940</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1919–1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Latvian Air Force was first founded during the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_War_of_Independence" title="Latvian War of Independence">Latvian War of Independence</a>. On 7 June 1919 an Air Group was formed, commanded by Lt. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfr%C4%93ds_Valeika&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfrēds Valeika (page does not exist)">Alfrēds Valeika</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfr%C4%93ds_Valeika" class="extiw" title="lv:Alfrēds Valeika">lv</a>]</span>. The first aircraft were former Bolshevik <a href="/wiki/Nieuport_24" title="Nieuport 24">Nieuport 24bis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_1%C2%BD_Strutter" title="Sopwith 1½ Strutter">Sopwith 1½ Strutter</a>, both seized from German forces. They first flew on 5 August 1919, and accomplished the first bombing mission on 26 August 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From September the air force had three aircraft, and took part in fighting against the Germans and <a href="/wiki/White_movement" title="White movement">White Russians</a>. Another 7–8 aircraft were seized and repaired after defeating of Russo-German forces, and 7 <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Camel" title="Sopwith Camel">Sopwith Camels</a> and 3 <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_1%C2%BD_Strutter" title="Sopwith 1½ Strutter">Sopwith 1½ Strutters</a> were received from the British in December 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Latvian air force flew 69 missions during the war of independence.<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the years to follow many more aircraft were added to the inventory and the Air Group was eventually renamed the Aviation Regiment in 1926. An interesting feat of the Latvian naval aviation was a 6000-km trip to England and back, by three <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seal" title="Fairey Seal">Fairey Seal</a> floatplanes, in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1939, the Aviation Regiment consisted of three fighter squadrons, armed with 24 <a href="/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator" title="Gloster Gladiator">Gloster Gladiator</a> and 6 <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">Bristol Bulldog</a> (a fourth squadron was in organization), three reconnaissance squadrons, armed with up to 12 <a href="/wiki/Letov_%C5%A0-16" title="Letov Š-16">Letov Š-16</a>LS, 2 <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hind" title="Hawker Hind">Hawker Hind</a> and 10 <a href="/wiki/Stampe_et_Vertongen_SV.5_Tornado" title="Stampe et Vertongen SV.5 Tornado">Stampe SV.5</a>, and a naval reconnaissance squadron with 4 <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seal" title="Fairey Seal">Fairey Seal</a> and two other planes.<sup id="cite_ref-insignia_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insignia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1939, Latvia ordered and paid for 30 British <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">Hawker Hurricane</a> fighters, but due to the country being overrun, they were never delivered.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1940, there were almost 130 aircraft in service. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A separate, mostly light aircraft Aviation Regiment of the <a href="/wiki/Aizsargi" title="Aizsargi">Aizsargi</a> organization also existed parallel to the air force until the Soviet occupation.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to biplanes, it also purchased planes locally produced by the <a href="/wiki/VEF" title="VEF">VEF</a> factory, e.g. at least four <a href="/wiki/VEF_I-12" title="VEF I-12">I-12</a> trainers in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The roundel of the air force since 1919 was a maroon-red <i><a href="/wiki/Ugunskrusts" title="Ugunskrusts">ugunskrusts</a></i>, with the Aizsargi Aviation Regiment adopting an <i><a href="/wiki/Auseklis" title="Auseklis">auseklis</a></i> symbol as their insignia (which was replicated by the National Guard airmen later in the 1990s). </p><p>In 1940, the Aviation Regiment and the Latvian Armed Forces were dissolved after the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Latvia_in_1940" title="Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940">Soviet occupation of Latvia</a> and some aircraft and personnel were pressed into service of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Force</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Since_1992">Since 1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Since 1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg/220px-Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg/330px-Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg/440px-Pelegrin_Tarragon_TR-91.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Pelegrin Tarragon TR-91 trainer</figcaption></figure> <p>The post-Soviet Latvian Air Force was formed on 24 February 1992 at <a href="/wiki/Spilve_Airport" title="Spilve Airport">Spilve Airport</a>. In August 1994 the air force moved to the ex-Soviet <a href="/wiki/Lielv%C4%81rde_Air_Base" title="Lielvārde Air Base">Lielvārde Air Base</a>. As the withdrawing <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Force</a> did not leave any aircraft in Latvia, the first aircraft operated by the air force were four Polish <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-2#Variants" title="Mil Mi-2">PZL Mi-2U</a> helicopters that were received from civilian aviation in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:33_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:33-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:42_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:42-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2020_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2020-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were supplemented with two <a href="/wiki/Let_L-410_Turbolet" title="Let L-410 Turbolet">Let L-410UVP</a> utility planes donated by Germany in 1993, however, one was lost in a <a href="/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Let_L-410_Turbolet" title="List of accidents and incidents involving the Let L-410 Turbolet">1995 accident</a> in Lielvārde.<sup id="cite_ref-:33_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:33-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:43_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:43-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Six <a href="/wiki/PZL-104_Wilga" title="PZL-104 Wilga">PZL-104 Wilga-35A</a> trainer aircraft from ex-<a href="/wiki/DOSAAF" title="DOSAAF">DOSAAF</a> stocks were mostly used by the Aviation Component of the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_National_Guard" title="Latvian National Guard">Latvian National Guard</a> since 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:44_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:44-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the Component acquired around 20 <a href="/wiki/LET_L-13_Blan%C3%ADk" title="LET L-13 Blaník">LET L-13 Blaník</a>, three <a href="/wiki/SZD-48_Jantar_Standard_2/3" title="SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2/3">SZD-48-3 Jantar Standard 3</a> and three <a href="/wiki/LAK-12" title="LAK-12">LAK-12</a> gliders.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the beginning of the 21st century two new and heavier <a href="/wiki/Mi-8MTV" class="mw-redirect" title="Mi-8MTV">Mi-8MTV</a> Hip helicopters were bought. Both helicopters are fitted with <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> equipment, but are also used for transportation of troops, evacuation and support of the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Special_Tasks_Unit" title="Latvian Special Tasks Unit">Special Forces</a>. In 2000, the Aviation Component of the National Guard was merged into the air force.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004 the Ministry of Defense bought two more Mi-8MTVs at the Russian <a href="/wiki/Ulan-Ude_Aviation_Plant" title="Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant">Ulan Ude helicopter (rework) factory</a>. These two might replace the first two, because of the limited flying time left on the first two examples. One Mi-8MTV is normally at SAR stand-by in <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a>, which is closer to the sea than <a href="/wiki/Lielv%C4%81rde" title="Lielvārde">Lielvārde</a>. In 2004, the air force commenced the modernization of the surface air defense capabilities by signing a contract regarding procurement of <a href="/wiki/RBS-70" class="mw-redirect" title="RBS-70">RBS-70</a> missiles. </p><p>In 2005, soldiers of the Air Force Air Defense Wing started the respective training course. One Air Defense Battery was to be supplied with the armament; and the personnel training of the Air Defense Wing was completed by the end of 2007. </p><p>It was planned to accommodate all the air force units at the Lielvārde military base in the near future. AF Air Operations Center was opened in 2009. Renovation of the air base was finished by 2014. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Team_Dobbins,_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Team_Dobbins%2C_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg/220px-Team_Dobbins%2C_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Team_Dobbins%2C_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg/330px-Team_Dobbins%2C_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Team_Dobbins%2C_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg/440px-Team_Dobbins%2C_Latvian_air_force_collaborate_for_Sky_Fist_161009-F-BT139-880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1358" /></a><figcaption>Latvian Air Force commander Col. Armands Saltups with a major of the U.S. Air Force <a href="/wiki/700th_Airlift_Squadron" title="700th Airlift Squadron">700th Airlift Squadron</a> in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2018, it was reported that the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Latvia)" title="Ministry of Defence (Latvia)">Ministry of Defence</a> was planning to buy four helicopters for search and rescue, evacuation, and firefighting operations.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 3, 2018, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">US State Department</a> issued a news release, stating that it had approved a possible <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Military_Sales" title="Foreign Military Sales">Foreign Military Sale</a> of four <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">UH-60M Black Hawk</a> helicopters to Latvia.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 11, 2018, an intergovernmental agreement with the United States for the acquisition of the four UH-60M helicopters was concluded by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Latvia" title="Government of Latvia">Cabinet of Ministers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first deliveries would take place at the end of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Latvia)" title="Ministry of Defence (Latvia)">Ministry of Defence</a> announced plans to renovate three of four <a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-2" title="Antonov An-2">An-2</a>. One aircraft is already in use, which was completely refurbished in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second refurbished An-2 was received in August 2020 and the third in December 2021, with plans to modernize the fourth An-2 within two years.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2021, the air force signed a contract for the purchase of two locally made ultralight <a href="/wiki/Pelegrin_Tarragon" title="Pelegrin Tarragon">Pelegrin Tarragons</a> with delivery planned in 2022 and 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> in 2022, Latvia has donated to Ukraine 2 <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8MTV-1</a> transport helicopters,<sup id="cite_ref-lv-supply-aug-16_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lv-supply-aug-16-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2 <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-2" title="Mil Mi-2">Mil Mi-2</a> transport helicopters<sup id="cite_ref-lv-supply-aug-16_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lv-supply-aug-16-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 2 <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mi-17</a> helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters.com_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters.com-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Freed up funds have allowed the Ministry of Defence to purchase four <a href="/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MD_500" title="MD Helicopters MD 500">MD 530F Cayuse Warrior</a> light helicopters; delivery date is planned to be between 2026 and 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_(6357773853).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_%286357773853%29.jpg/220px-Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_%286357773853%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_%286357773853%29.jpg/330px-Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_%286357773853%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_%286357773853%29.jpg/440px-Ministru_prezidents_Valdis_Dombrovskis_v%C4%93ro_Nacion%C4%81lo_bru%C5%86oto_sp%C4%93ku_vien%C4%ABbu_milit%C4%81ro_par%C4%81di_11.novembra_krastmal%C4%81_%286357773853%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Servicemembers at the <a href="/wiki/L%C4%81%C4%8Dpl%C4%93sis_Day" title="Lāčplēsis Day">Lāčplēsis Day</a> parade in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>The air force carries out Latvian airspace <a href="/wiki/Surveillance" title="Surveillance">surveillance</a>, control and defense, provides air defense support to the Land Forces units and participates in <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a> operations over the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Riga" title="Gulf of Riga">Gulf of Riga</a> and dry land. They also transport NAF soldiers and cargo, provide transport for the State President, as well as other high-level Latvian and foreign officials during their visits to Latvia and abroad. AF aircraft also assist other NAF units, the Interior Ministry and the Crisis Medicine Centre. The air force carries out the national airspace surveillance by military <a href="/wiki/Radars" class="mw-redirect" title="Radars">radars</a> included in its armament. </p><p>One of the key priorities for the development of the AF is their integration into the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> Air Defense System. The modernization of air defense equipment and the training of personnel is carried out with this purpose in mind. Enhancing the Air Space Surveillance System, developing a search and rescue helicopter subdivision and personnel training are also included on this list of priorities. air force helicopters in co-operation with the Disaster Medicine Center also transport patients in grave condition, persons injured in accidents and persons injured in traffic accidents from rural regions to Riga hospitals. </p><p>Development of the Lielvārde military base will ensure centralization of air force units and establishment of an efficient command and control system, which will result in a reduction of the maintenance costs of the air force units. </p><p>The main mission of air force is to: </p> <ul><li>Provide for the control and defense of the national air space;</li> <li>Provide combat and mobilization readiness for units;</li> <li>Participate in people and object search and rescue operations;</li> <li>Perform air transportation duties and air defense.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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style="top:57.389%;left:53.745%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lielvārde"><img alt="Lielvārde" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white"><b><a href="/wiki/Lielv%C4%81rde_Air_Base" title="Lielvārde Air Base">Lielvārde</a></b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:57.389%;left:52.346%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="background-color:white"><small><a href="/wiki/Ventspils" title="Ventspils">Čalas</a></small></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Latvia_adm_location_map.svg" title="File:Latvia adm location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Latvian Air Force locations 2018: <br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Green_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Air Base <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orange_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/15px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/20px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-77" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/TPS-77">AN/TPS-77(V)</a> Radar Station</div></div></div> <ul><li><b>Air Force Headquarters</b>, at <a href="/wiki/Lielv%C4%81rde_Air_Base" title="Lielvārde Air Base">Lielvārde Air Base</a> <ul><li><b>Aviation Squadron</b>, at Lielvārde Air Base <ul><li>Squadron Staff</li> <li>Helicopter Section (<a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">UH-60 Black Hawk</a> helicopters)</li> <li>Transport Plane Section (<a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-2" title="Antonov An-2">An-2</a> aircraft)</li> <li>Training Section</li> <li>Rescue Section (<a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">UH-60 Black Hawk</a> helicopters)</li> <li>Aircraft Maintenance Section</li></ul></li> <li><b>Air Surveillance Squadron</b>, at Lielvārde Air Base<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Air Operations Center, at Lielvārde Air Base, reports to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Air_Surveillance_Network" title="Baltic Air Surveillance Network">Baltic Air Surveillance Network</a>'s Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre, in Karmėlava in Lithuania</li> <li>1st Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, at <a href="/wiki/Lielv%C4%81rde_Air_Base" title="Lielvārde Air Base">Lielvārde Air Base</a>, with <a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-77" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/TPS-77">AN/TPS-77</a></li> <li>2nd Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, in <a href="/wiki/Audri%C5%86i" title="Audriņi">Audriņi</a>, with <a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-77" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/TPS-77">AN/TPS-77</a></li> <li>3rd Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, in <a href="/wiki/Ventspils" title="Ventspils">Čalas</a>, with <a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-77" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/TPS-77">AN/TPS-77</a></li> <li>Mobile Radar Section, with <a href="/wiki/AN/TPS-77" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/TPS-77">TPS-77 MRR</a></li> <li>Signal Section</li> <li>Engineer Section</li> <li>Security Platoon</li></ul></li> <li><b>Air Defense Division</b>, at Lielvārde Air Base <ul><li>Staff and Supply Battery</li> <li>1st Air Defense Battery<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Giraffe_radar" title="Giraffe radar">PS-70</a> (aka Giraffe 40) radar and <a href="/wiki/RBS_70" title="RBS 70">RBS 70</a> missile systems)</li> <li>2nd Air Defense Battery (PS-70 (aka Giraffe 40) radar and RBS 70 missile systems)</li> <li>3rd Air Defense Battery (PS-70 (aka Giraffe 40) radar and RBS 70 missile systems)</li></ul></li> <li><b>Signal and Flight Support Section</b>, at Lielvārde Air Base</li> <li><b>Air Force Training Center</b>, at Lielvārde Air Base</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inventory">Inventory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Inventory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#acc;">Aircraft </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#acc;">Origin </th> <th style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;">Type </th> <th style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;">Variant </th> <th style="text-align:center; background:#acc;">In service </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#acc;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-2" title="Antonov An-2">Antonov An-2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>3<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">Helicopters</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utility_helicopter" title="Utility helicopter">Utility</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk#Special_purpose" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">UH-60M</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 on order<sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2024_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2024-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Trainer_aircraft" title="Trainer aircraft">Trainer aircraft</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pelegrin_Tarragon" title="Pelegrin Tarragon">Pelegrin Tarragon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trainer_aircraft#Basic_training" title="Trainer aircraft">Basic trainer</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Also used for reconnaissance<sup id="cite_ref-Gaisa_spēki_svinīgi_saņem_divus_Latvijā_ražotos_lidaparātus_“Tarragon”_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gaisa_spēki_svinīgi_saņem_divus_Latvijā_ražotos_lidaparātus_“Tarragon”-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Retired">Retired</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Retired"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Previous aircraft flown were <a href="/wiki/Let_L-410_Turbolet" title="Let L-410 Turbolet">Let L-410UVP Turbolet</a>, <a href="/wiki/PZL-104_Wilga" title="PZL-104 Wilga">PZL-104 Wilga 35-A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8MTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17" title="Mil Mi-17">Mi-17</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-2" title="Mil Mi-2">PZL Mi-2U</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-World_Air_Forces_2023_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Air_Forces_2023-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lv-supply-aug-16_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lv-supply-aug-16-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-reuters.com_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters.com-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png/220px-Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png/330px-Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png/440px-Bofors_automatic_gun_L70.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/70" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70">Bofors 40 mm L/70</a> anti-aircraft gun</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_defense">Air defense</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Air defense"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;">Name </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;">Origin </th> <th style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;">Type </th> <th style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">Anti-aircraft weapons</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Piorun_(missile)" title="Piorun (missile)">PPZR Piorun</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Man-portable_air-defense_system" title="Man-portable air-defense system">MANPADS</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/RBS_70" title="RBS 70">RBS-70</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td>MANPADS </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_L/60_gun" title="Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun">Bofors 40 mm L/60</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/70" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70">L/70</a> </td> <td>Sweden </td> <td>Towed <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">anti-aircraft gun</a> </td> <td>L60 and L70 variants<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ranks">Ranks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latvian_Air_Force&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ranks"><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 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style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"> <th>NATO code</th> <th colspan="2">OF-10</th> <th colspan="2">OF-9</th> <th colspan="2">OF-8</th> <th colspan="2">OF-7</th> <th colspan="2">OF-6</th> <th colspan="2">OF-5</th> <th colspan="2">OF-4</th> <th colspan="2">OF-3</th> <th colspan="2">OF-2</th> <th colspan="6">OF-1 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="2"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Air_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="260" 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title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania"><img alt="Romania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Air_Force" title="Romanian Air Force">Romanian Air Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia"><img alt="Slovakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img 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Force">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Air_Force" title="Royal Netherlands Air Force">Netherlands</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/Polish_Air_Force" title="Polish Air Force">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Air_Force" title="Romanian Air Force">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Serbian Air Force and Air Defence">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_Air_Force" title="Slovak Air Force">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_former_sovereign_states" title="List of former sovereign states">Historical states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Aviation_Troops" title="Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops">Austria-Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovak_Air_Force" title="Czechoslovak Air Force">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Forces_of_the_National_People%27s_Army" title="Air Forces of the National People's Army">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte" title="Luftstreitkräfte">German Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Nazi Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Aviation_Squadrons" title="Ottoman Aviation Squadrons">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republika_Srpska_Air_Force" title="Republika Srpska Air Force">Republika Srpska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Russian_Air_Service" title="Imperial Russian Air Service">Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Air_Force" title="Yugoslav Air Force">Yugoslavia</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 scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><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 href="/wiki/Template:Air_forces" title="Template:Air forces"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Air_forces" title="Template talk:Air forces"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Air_forces" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Air forces"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="List_of_air_forces5857" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_forces" title="List of air forces">List of</a> <a 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 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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> 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