The Ethiopian Air Force is the air force of Ethiopia. An Air force is a military or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare. ...

Combat aircraft

• • 4 Canberra
  • 20 MiG-17
  • 28 MiG-21
  • 19 MiG-23
  • 26 F-5
  • 2 Su-25
  • 8 Su-27

The English Electric Canberra was a first-generation jet bomber manufactured in large numbers through the 1950s. ... MiG-17 at the Central Texas Airshow, USA, May 2003. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Flogger). ... The F-5 Freedom Fighter (or Tiger II) is a low cost entry level supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, beginning in 1962. ... Su-25 of the Russian Air Force The Su-25 (NATO reporting name Frogfoot) is a battlefield attack, close air support, and anti-tank aircraft designed by the Soviet Union. ... The Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name Flanker) is a Russian fighter aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau (SDB). ...

Trainers

• • 20 Aero L-39
  • 4 Cessna T-41
  • 16 T-33
  • 30 T-28
  • 36 F-86
  • 47 Saab 91

L-39C Albatros Slovak L-39 ZA at Radom Air Show 2005 The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance, jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín. ... The T-41 Mescalero is a military version of the popular Cessna 172 used by the United States Air Force and the United States Army as a pilot training aircraft. ... Categories: Aircraft stubs | U.S. military trainer aircraft 1940-1949 ... The Soviet T-28 was among the worlds first medium tanks. ... The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. Many elements of German jet design were implemented in the Sabre, after the American liberation troops captured a number of working Messerschmitt Me 262 experimental... Saab 91C of the Swedish Airforce. ...

Transport aicraft

• • 13 An-12
  • 2 An-26
  • 1 An-32
  • 3 DHC-6
  • 13 C-47 Skytrain
  • 2 C-54
  • 10 C-119
  • 2 Harbin Y-12
  • 1 Il-14
  • 4 C-130
  • 1 Tu-154
  • 1 Yak-40

Antonov An-12 landing The Antonov An-12 (NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft. ... The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a 2-engined light prop transport aircraft and is a development of the An-24. ... Antonov An-32P © ANTONOV ASTC The Antonov An-32 (NATO reporting name: Cline) is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft. ... The DHC-6 Twin Otter is the most successful aircraft program in Canadas history. ... C-47A USAAF Serial #43-48052 The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota was a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. ... The C-54 Skymaster was a four engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Force in World War II. Like its mate the C-47 Skytrain, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from the prototype of a civilian airliner (the DC-4). ... The C-119 was a U.S. military transport aircraft developed from the World War II Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. ... The Harbin Y-12 is a high wing twin-engine turboprop utility aircraft built by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC). ... The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name Crate) was a Soviet commercial and military personnel/cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950. ... The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the main tactical air transport aircraft of the United States and UK military forces. ... The Tupolev Tu-154 is a Russian medium-range trijet airliner. ... Yakovlev Yak-40 The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined regional transport aircraft. ...

Attack helicopters

• • 5 Alouette III
  • 2 Ka-50
  • 16 Mi-24

South African Air Force Aérospatiale Alouette III The Aérospatiale Alouette III is a general purpose, single-engined light utility helicopter originally manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale of France, now Eurocopter). ... The Ka-50 is a Russian single-seat military helicopter, designed as a gunship. ... The Mil Mi-24 is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ...

Transport helicopters

• • 1 Eurocopter Puma
  • 6 Bell 204
  • 16 Bell 205
  • 2 Mi-2
  • 22 Mi-8
  • 2 Mi-14

... The Bell Helicopter UH-1 Iroquois, commonly (or officially in the United States Marine Corps) known as the Huey, is a multipurpose military helicopter, famous for its use in the Vietnam War. ... The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, commonly (or officially in the USMC) known as the Huey, was a multipurpose military helicopter, famous for its use in the Vietnam war. ... The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name is Hoplite) was a small, lightly armored transport helicopter that could also provide close air support when armed with 57 mm rockets and a 23 mm cannon. ... Russian Mi-8 Hip The Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name Hip) is a large transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. ... The Mil Mi-14 (NATO reporting name Haze) was a Soviet military transport helicopter, derived from the earlier Mi-8. ...

External links

• A history of the Ethiopian Air Force (dehai-news)