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|{{wpl|Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D|Mirage 2000D}}
|[[Super-Mirage|Mirage 4000]]
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|Purchased in the mid-2000s.
|Purchased in the mid-2000s.

Revision as of 14:33, 4 March 2023

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 4000  Sieuxerr [ Strike fighter NGD 12 Purchased in the mid-2000s.
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