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Revision as of 08:29, 6 September 2021

Air Force
Active11 August 1959 – present
Country Solevant
Allegiance Solevant
Size20,000 personnel
5,000 reserve personnel
Part ofSolevanti Defense Forces
Commanders
PresidentTimothée Clérico
Councillor-General of DefenseCédric Delaunay
Head of the Defense ForcesAir Marshal Dylan Vaillancourt
Head of the Air ForceAir Marshal Jérémie Bouchard

The Air Force (Merovingian: Force aérien) is the aerial warfare branch of the Solevanti Defense Forces.

Current inventory

Aircraft Photo Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Mirage 2000D  Sieuxerr Mirage 2000D (cropped).jpg Strike fighter 12 Purchased in the mid-2000s from Sieuxerrian Air Force stocks. Primary strike fighter.
Type-74  Hallia F-16ABlock1.jpg Multirole Type-74A
Type-74B
38
10
72 purchased in the 1980s, however by today only 48 are still in service. Last Hallian upgrades were to the Block 15 standard, new Sieuxerrian-made upgrades started in the early 2000s.
Tanker
KC-130  Hallia US Navy 070205-M-3968C-119 Two KC-130J Hercules aircraft, assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, stagger themselves during a refueling training exercise off the coast of Southern California.jpg Refueler 3 7 C-130s have been placed into reserve and storage to provide parts for existing KC-130s. 2 more KC-130s may be built from these aircraft.
Transport
Embraer C-390 Millennium Template:Country data Maracaibo Embraer KC-390, Paris Air Show 2019, Le Bourget (SIAE0824).jpg Transport 5 Replaced the C-130.
Embraer Legacy 600 Template:Country data Maracaibo Embraer ERJ-135BJ Legacy 600, London Executive Aviation JP6974088.jpg Transport 3 VIP transport aircraft
Embraer Lineage 1000 Template:Country data Maracaibo A6-AJH (8830512064).jpg Transport 2 Presidental aircraft
Embraer EMB 121 Xingu Template:Country data Maracaibo Xingu.jpg Transport 3 Light transport aircraft.
Cessna 208 Caravan  Themiclesia Iraqi Air Force Cessna 208 Caravan training mission.jpg Transport 8