Belarusian Air Force

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The Belorussian Air Force is the air force of the Armed Forces of Belarus.

1 Organization
2 Inventory
3 See Also
4 References

[edit] Organization

In accordance with the edict of the President of republic Belarus' in the year 2001 the Air Force and troops of air defense were created as one of the forms of the armed forces of republic Belarus. The VVS and air defense forces as the form of the armed forces are intended for the protection of centers, regions, objects (administrative, industrial, economic), groupings of troops from the impacts/shocks of enemy from air, and also for the defeat of objects, military-economic potential and hostile troops, fire support and guarantee of combat operations of ground forces.In peacetime VVS and air defense forces by the part of the forces and facilities they bear standby alert for the purpose of the protection of state boundary in air and the control of the observance of the order of the use of airspace of republic Belarus'.

The Air Force and Air Defense of the Armed Forces of Belarus are organized into six major flying regiments, including two interceptor, three strike, and a reconnaissance. The air force consists of more than 22,000 personnel, though this number is being reduced. Major bases include Balbasovo, Bobr, Luninets, Maladzyechna, Pribytki, Smarhon, and Vitebsk. The air force is responsible for all military aviation, as the Army maintains no aircraft of its own.

[edit] Inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[1]
Aero L-39	Czechoslovakia	Trainer	L-39C	6
Antonov An-12	Soviet Union	Transport	An-12BP	6
Antonov An-24	Soviet Union	Transport		1
Antonov An-26	Soviet Union	Transport		6
Ilyushin Il-76	Soviet Union	Transport	Il-76M	4
Mikoyan MiG-23	Soviet Union	Fighter	MiG-23M	34
Mikoyan MiG-29	Soviet Union	Fighter		41
Sukhoi Su-24	Soviet Union	Strike	Total Su-24MK Su-24MR	34 22 12
Sukhoi Su-25	Soviet Union	Close support	Total Su-25 Su-25UB	76 70 6
Sukhoi Su-27	Soviet Union	Fighter	Total Su-27 Su-27UB	18 14 4
Tupolev Tu-134	Soviet Union	VIP transport	Tu-134A	1