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Kuwait Air Force
  • القوات الجوية الكويتية
  • al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya
Emblem of the Kuwait Air Force
Founded1953
CountryKuwait Air Force Kuwait
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size
  • 8,000 personnel
  • 132 aircraft
Part ofKuwait Military Forces
Garrison/HQAbdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base
Motto(s)
  • الله والوطن والامير
  • "God, Country, and Emir"
Anniversaries25/26 February (National and Liberation Day)
Engagements
  • Operation Vantage
  • 1973 Samita border skirmish
  • Invasion of Kuwait
  • Operation Desert Storm
  • War on Terror
    • War in Afghanistan
    • War in Iraq
    • Syrian civil war
  • 2015 military intervention in Yemen
Commanders
Chief of the General StaffLieutenant general Mohammed Khaled Al-Khadher
Insignia
Roundel
Fin flash
Aircraft flown
FighterF/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Eurofighter Typhoon
HelicopterBoeing AH-64 Apache, Aerospatiale Gazelle
InterceptorF/A-18 Hornet, Eurofighter Typhoon
TrainerShort Tucano, BAE Hawk
TransportBoeing C-17 Globemaster III, Lockheed L-100 Hercules, Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma, C-130
TankerKC-130J

The Kuwait Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الكويتية, romanized: al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of Kuwait. The Air Force headquarters is located at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defense Brigades, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base. The Kuwait Air Force numbers approximately 2,500 officers and enlisted personnel.

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