Ethiopian Air Force

Ethiopian Air Force
Ethiopian Air Force
የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል; Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer ḫayili;
	Emblem of the Ethiopian Air Force
Founded	19 August 1929
Country	Ethiopia
Type	Air force
Role	Aerial warfare
Size	5,000 personnel
Part of	Ethiopian National Defense Force
Equipment	112 aircraft
Engagements	Gugsa Wale's Rebellion; Second Italo-Ethiopian War; Eritrean War of Independence; 1964 Ethiopian-Somali Border War; Ethiopian Civil War; Ogaden War; 1982 Ethiopian-Somali Border War; Ethiopian-Eritrean War; Tigray War; War in Oromia; War in Ahmara;
Commanders
Supreme Commander	President Sahle-Work Zewde
Commander-in-chief	Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Minister of Defense	Abraham Belay
Chief of General Staff	Field Marshal General Birhanu Jula
Deputy Chief of General Staff	General Abebaw Tadesse
Chief of the Air Force	Lieutenant General Yilma Merdasa
Deputy Chief of the Air Force	Brigadier General Tesfaye Legesse
Insignia
Roundel
Flag
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-25, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35
Fighter	MiG-21, MiG-23, Su-27, Su-30
Trainer	Aermacchi SF-260, Aero L-39 Albatros, Grob G 120TP
Transport	Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Mil Mi-8

The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አየር ኃይል, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer ḫayil) is the air service branch of the Ethiopian National Defence Force. The ETAF is tasked with protecting the national air space, providing support to ground forces, as well as assisting civil operations during war.

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