The Air Force of Venezuela is one of the branches of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela . The full official name is National Bolivarian Military Aviation ( Spanish: Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana ).
| Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana Venezuelan Air Force | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms of the air force of Venezuela | |
| Years of existence | since June 22, 1946 |
| A country |  Venezuela |
| Subordination | Ministry of Defense of Venezuela |
| Included in | Venezuelan Armed Forces |
| Type of | Air Force |
| Patron | Mother of God Loretta |
| Motto | Spatium Superanus Palatinus lat Defender of Sovereign Space |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Lieutenant General Jorge Arevalo Oropes Pernalet |
Content
History
Structure
The Venezuelan Air Force includes the Joint Aerospace Defense Command (Comando de Defensa Aeroespacial Integral - CODAI), which includes six territorial-based airspace surveillance and control groups: Grupo de Vigilancia y Control Occidente, Grupo de Vigilancia y Control Los Llanos, Grupo de Vigilancia y Control Central, Grupo de Vigilancia y Control Oriente, Grupo de Vigilancia y Control Guayana, Grupo Táctico de Vigilancia y Control 'General Pedro Torres Finol'. All 6 CODAI groups are equipped with Chinese JYL-1 and JY-11B airborne target radars, and must interact with six formed air defense teams equipped with the Russian S -125 Pechora-2M, Buk-2ME and S-300VM Antey-2500 air defense systems ".
Base Points
- El Libertador Air Base ( Spanish: El Libertador )
Battle
| Designation of the formation or part | Armament and equipment | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Grupo Aéreo de Caza No.12 | K-8W | |
| Escuadrón de Escuela de Combate No.35 | K-8W | Teniente Vicente Landaeta Gil Barquisimeto Air Base, Lara state |
| Grupo Aéreo de Operaciones Especiales No.15 | K-8W | Marakaibo |
Equipment and weapons
| Type of | Production | Appointment | amount | Picture | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | |||||
| Su-30MKV | Russia | fighter bomber | 23 [3] | Option for 12 cars optional. Delivered in 2006-2008 | |
| Lockheed F-16A Block 15 Fighting Falcon | USA | multirole fighter | 12 | 12 in combat readiness. Delivered in 1982-1984 [4] Planned to be decommissioned in the future. | |
| Attack aircraft | |||||
| Rockwell OV-10A / E Bronco | USA | four | As part of the 15th special operations air group in Maracaibo. 4 aircraft are in service, the rest are decommissioned | ||
| Administrative Aircraft | |||||
| Dassault Falcon 20DC Prometeo EW | France | five | 1 PC. (EW, Falcon-20DC) 4 pcs. (VIP, Falcon-20DC; Falcon-20F) | ||
| Training | |||||
| Aermacchi SF-260EV Marchetti | Italy | ||||
| Embraer EMB 312 Tucano | Brazil | training | 32 | only 19 already delivered | |
| K-8W Karakorum | China | training | sixteen | Deliveries in March and September 2010. Equipped with WS-11 engines (Ivchenko AI-25TLK version) | |
| Diamond DA40 | Austria | training | 0 | 36 ordered in November 2013 [5] | |
| Hongdu L-15 Falcon | China | training | 0 | 24 ordered in July 2014 [6] | |
| Transport aircraft | |||||
| Shaanxi y-8 | China | medium transport | eight | Delivery time not defined | |
| Cessna 182N Skylane | USA | 2 | |||
| Lockheed C-130H Hercules | USA | 6 | Transport | ||
| Airbus A319 CJ | European Union | administrative | one | ||
| Boeing 707-320C / 346C | USA | Transport | 2 | ||
| Boeing 737-2N1 | USA | one | |||
| Dassault Falcon 20 DC / F (VIP) | France | five | |||
| Dassault Falcon 50 EX | USA | one | |||
| Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | USA | eight | |||
| Cessna 206 Stationair | USA | sixteen | |||
| Beechcraft Super King Air | USA | five | |||
| Fairchild C-26A Metroliner | USA | ||||
| Short 330 | Great Britain | 2 | |||
| Cessna 550 Citation II (VIP) | USA | ||||
| Cessna 500 Citation (VIP) | USA | ||||
| Beechcraft A65-80 Queen Air | USA | ||||
| Alenia G. 222 | Italy | ||||
| Cessna 750 Citation X | USA | ||||
| Helicopters | |||||
| Eurocopter AS-532AC Cougar Eurocopter AS-532UL Cougar | France | military transport | 8 [7] 2 [7] | ||
| Eurocopter AS-332B1 Super Puma | France | military transport | 4 [7] | ||
| Mi-17 -1V | Russia | multipurpose | 8 [7] | ||
| Mi-172 | Russia | VIP | 2 [7] | ||
| Enstrom 480 B | USA | training helicopter | 0 | 16 ordered [8] | |
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||
| UAV | 12 | ||||
| Air Defense Tools | |||||
| Buk-2ME | Russia | SAM | 12 Buk-M2E and 200 9M317 missiles | Ordered in 2009. Delivered in 2013 [9] | |
| S-300VM Antey-2500 | Russia | SAM | 2 divisions [10] | ||
| S-125 "Pechora-2M" | Russia | SAM | 18 [11] | In September 2009, 11 divisions were ordered. As of February 2014, they equipped four brigades. [12] | |
| Tor-M1 | Russia | SAM | 12 [13] | ||
| Barack | Israel | SAM | more than 10 [7] | ||
| Adams | Israel | SAM | [7] | ||
| Needle-C | Russia | MANPADS | 200 [7] | ||
| Mistral | France | MANPADS | [7] | ||
| TCM-20 | Israel | 20 mm anti-aircraft artillery mount | 114 [11] | with two 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 automatic cannons | |
| 35 mm anti-aircraft gun | [eleven] | ||||
| Bofors l70 | Sweden | 40 mm anti-aircraft gun | 114 [11] | ||
| Radar | |||||
| JYL-1 | China | Three-axis radar | 10 [11] | 3 ordered in August 2005, another 7 in 2006. All delivered by the end of 2010 [14] | |
| JY-11 B | China | Radar | 3 | 3 ordered in 2006. All delivered by the end of 2010 [14] | |
| Flycatcher | Netherlands | Radar | 3 | [eleven] | |
Venezuela has the most advanced deep-layered air defense system in Latin America, based on two divisions of the S-300VM air defense system, Buk-M2E air defense system, Pechora-2M air defense system and ZU-23. Three purchases of Buk-M2E divisions, 11 Pechora-2M divisions, as well as 300 ZU-23 caliber 23 mm caliber, 11 P-18M radar stations and automated air defense control systems are planned to be purchased in Russia. Caracas may receive the bulk of these funds by the end of 2013.
In addition to those listed, Venezuelan air defense has at least 10 Barak air defense systems, 10 Roland air defense systems, as well as RBS-70 air defense systems and about 230 towed anti-aircraft systems. [15]
Identification Marks
Venezuelan Air Force Identification Badge
Insignia
Generals and officers
| Categories [16] | Generals | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuelan rank | General en jefe | Mayor general | General de división | General de brigada | Coronel | Teniente coronel | Mayor | Capitan | Primer teniente | Teniente |
| Russian conformity | Army General | Colonel General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Ensign |
Subofficers
| Categories | Podofitsery | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | |
| Venezuelan rank | Maestro Técnico Supervisor | Maestro Técnico Mayor | Maestro tecnico de primera | Maestro Técnico de Segunda | Maestro Técnico de Tercera | Sargento tecnico de primera | Sargento tecnico de segunda | Sargento tecnico de tercera |
| Russian conformity | ||||||||
Sergeants and soldiers
| Categories | Sergeants | Soldiers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | 30px | |||||
| Venezuelan rank | Aerotecnico Supervisor | Aerotecnico ayudante | Aerotecnico mayor | Aerotecnico de primera | Aerotecnico de segunda | Aerotecnico de tercera | Aerotecnico | Cabo primero | Cabo segundo | Distinguido | Soldado raso |
| Russian conformity | |||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Comandante General de la Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana
- ↑ Comandante General de Aviación Militar Venezolana
- ↑ Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana (Venezuela)
- ↑ F-16 Air Forces - Venezuela :: F-16.net
- ↑ Lenta.ru/ Venezuela bought 36 Diamond training aircraft
- ↑ TSAMTO: Hundu signed a contract to supply Venezuela 24 UTS L-15 Falcon
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Military Balance 2012. - P. 406.
- ↑ Enstrom Helicopter will supply 16 Venezuelan Air Force helicopters 480B
- ↑ Stockholm Internation Peace Research Institute - Arms Transfers Database
- ↑ Venezuela received the Russian S-300VM air defense system
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Military Balance 2012. - P. 407.
- ↑ Venezuela received anti-aircraft systems "Pechora-2M"
- ↑ The Military Balance 2013 .-- P. 472.
- ↑ 1 2 Error in footnotes ? : Invalid
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- ↑ Grados (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 1, 2009. Archived August 23, 2009.