Air Force (Solevant)
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Air Force | |
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Active | 11 August 1959 – present |
Country | Solevant |
Allegiance | Solevant |
Size | 20,000 personnel 5,000 reserve personnel |
Part of | Solevanti Defense Forces |
Commanders | |
President | Timothée Clérico |
Councillor-General of Defense | Cédric Delaunay |
Head of the Defense Forces | Air Marshal Dylan Vaillancourt |
Head of the Air Force | Air 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 |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
Mirage 2000D | Sieuxerr | Strike fighter | 12 | Purchased in the mid-2000s from Sieuxerrian Air Force stocks. Primary strike fighter. | ||
Type-74 | Hallia | 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 | 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 | Transport | 5 | Replaced the C-130. | ||
Embraer Legacy 600 | Template:Country data Maracaibo | Transport | 3 | VIP transport aircraft | ||
Embraer Lineage 1000 | Template:Country data Maracaibo | Transport | 2 | Presidental aircraft | ||
Embraer EMB 121 Xingu | Template:Country data Maracaibo | Transport | 3 | Light transport aircraft. | ||
Cessna 208 Caravan | Themiclesia | Transport | 8 |