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Ethiopian Air Force
  • የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል
  • Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer ḫayili
Emblem of the Ethiopian Air Force
Founded19 August 1929; 94 years ago (1929-08-19)
CountryEthiopian Air Force Ethiopia
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size5,000 personnel
Part ofEthiopian National Defense Force
Equipment112 aircraft[1]
Engagements
  • Gugsa Wale's Rebellion
  • Second Italo-Ethiopian War
  • Eritrean War of Independence
  • 1964 Ethiopian-Somali Border War
  • Ethiopian Civil War
  • Ogaden War
  • 1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War
  • Ethiopian-Eritrean War
  • Tigray War
  • War in Oromia
  • War in Ahmara
Commanders
Supreme CommanderPresident Sahle-Work Zewde
Commander-in-chiefPrime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Minister of DefenseAbraham Belay
Chief of General StaffField Marshal General Birhanu Jula
Deputy Chief of General StaffGeneral Abebaw Tadesse
Chief of the Air ForceLieutenant General Yilma Merdasa[2]
Deputy Chief of the Air ForceBrigadier General Tesfaye Legesse
Insignia
Roundel
Flag
Aircraft flown
AttackSu-25, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35
FighterMiG-21, MiG-23, Su-27, Su-30
TrainerAermacchi SF-260, Aero L-39 Albatros, Grob G 120TP
TransportAntonov An-12, Antonov An-26, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mil Mi-8

The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer ḫayil) is the air service branch of the Ethiopian National Defence Force. The ETAF is tasked with protecting the national air space, providing support to ground forces, as well as assisting civil operations during war.

  1. ^ "World Air Forces 2023". Flightglobal Insight. 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ Solomon, Salem (2022-02-02). "Ethiopia Ups Use of Drone Strikes in Conflict Prompting Worries About Civilian Toll". VoA. Archived from the original on 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

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