Azerbaijani Air Forces Explained

Unit Name:Azerbaijani Air Forces
Native Name:Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri
Start Date:
    Country:
      Type:Air force
      Role:Air assault
      Airlift
      Airstrike
      Anti-aircraft warfare
      Anti-tank warfare
      Aerial reconnaissance
      Aerial warfare
      Close air support
      Combat search and rescue
      Counter-battery fire
      Indirect fire
      Fire support
      Intelligence assessment
      ISTAR
      Military intelligence
      Support special operations
      Command Structure:Azerbaijani Armed Forces
      Garrison:Nasosnaya Air Base
      Garrison Label:Headquarters
      Anniversaries:14 February (Air Force Day)[1]
      Commander1:Lieutenant General Namig Islamzadeh
      Commander1 Label:Commander of the Air Force
      Identification Symbol Label:Roundel
      Identification Symbol 2 Label:Flag
      Aircraft Attack:Su-25, An-2, Bayraktar TB2, IAI Harop, SkyStriker
      Aircraft Electronic:Elbit Hermes 900
      Aircraft Fighter:MiG-29
      Aircraft Helicopter:Mil Mi-17, Ka-32, Bell 412
      Aircraft Helicopter Attack:Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35M
      Aircraft Helicopter Trainer:PZL Mi-2
      Aircraft Recon:Orbiter UAV, Aerostar TUAV, Hermes 450, IAI Searcher, IAI Heron
      Aircraft Trainer:Aero L-39, Super Mushshak, MiG-29UB
      Aircraft Transport:Il-76,C-27J

      The Azerbaijani Air Forces and Air Defense Troops (stylized as Azerbaijani: HHQ və HHM Qoşunları|label=none), composed of the Azerbaijani Air Forces (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri) and the Azerbaijani Air Defense Troops (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Hava Hücumundan Müdafiə Qoşunları|label=none), are the air and air defense service branch of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

      History

      The Azerbaijani Air Forces traces its origin to 1919 during the short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which had originally bought its first military aircraft on 26 June 1918. Following Azerbaijan's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the former Soviet air bases in the country helped to develop the Air Forces and Air Defense Troops.[2]

      On February 11, 2009, the Commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev, was assassinated outside his home by an unidentified armed assailant.[3] Rzayev had been reportedly negotiating closer ties with the United States regarding air force modernisation before his death, possibly including the acquisition of US fighter aircraft.[4] He was succeeded by Major-General Altay Mehdiyev who was appointed the new Commander of the Air Forces on 12 May 2009.[5] [6]

      Structure

      Brinkster.net reported in October 2004 that the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Force comprised a fighter squadron at Nasosnaya Air Base with MiG-25PDs and training variants, a bomber aviation regiment at Kyurdamir with Su-17/24/25, MiG-21s, and L-29/39s, a transport aviation squadron at Ganja Airport with Il-76s(?), Аn-12/24, and Тu-134s, a helicopter squadron at Baku Kala Air Base with Mi-2/8/24s, two aircraft repair factories, and two air defense missile units. Other air bases include Dollyar Air Base (which Jane's Sentinel says is reported to be non-operational) Nakhchivan Airport in the Nakhchivan exclave, Sanqacal Air Base, and Sitalcay Air Base.

      The units at Nasosnaya, Kyurdamir and the helicopter force at Baku Kala now appear to be numbered the 408th, 411th, and 843rd units.

      Air Defense Force

      The Air Defense Force is a component of the Air and Air Defense Force of Azerbaijan.[7] There are some installations of the Cold War era left by the Soviets in 1990.

      Education

      The Azerbaijan Higher Military Aviation School is the educational institution of the Azerbaijani Air Force and a branch of the education system of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.[8] In 1997, the school graduated its first class of military pilots.[9] [10] By presidential decree of 24 December 2015, the school was abolished and transferred to the Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy with the establishment of the corresponding faculties there.[11]

      Azerbaijani pilots are trained at the Azerbaijan Air Force School and then develop their skills further within their units. Azerbaijan has an experience exchange with Turkey, the United States, Ukraine, and a number of other NATO countries. Turkish Air Force School plays a great role in the training of military pilots.[12] The Azerbaijani pilots are also trained in Ukraine's Pilot Training School.[13]

      Infrastructure

      The United States is the most active participant in the modernisation of Air Force airfields.[13] Airfields in Gala and the Nasosnaya Air Base near Haji Zeynalabidin settlement have been modernised with US support as part of the Azerbaijan-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan. Special equipment were installed there to provide flight security. The starting command points, engineering control systems and engineering air force service were provided with new buildings. Negotiations over the modernisation of Kurdamir airfield are currently under way. An advanced Flight Control System has been installed at Dollyar Air Base with support from the United States.

      Since September 2008, Turkey has helped to modernise the Air Force central command headquarters. According to a Turkish-Azerbaijani agreement, a NATO standard central command management center will be installed there. A great number of projects such as joint manufacture of unmanned aircraft will be implemented with Turkey in the near future.[14] [15]

      The Gabala OTH Radar was operated by the Russian Space Forces. The radar station had a range of up to 6,000 kilometres (3,728 mi), and was designed to detect missile launches as far as from the Indian Ocean. It is not known whether Russia shared any of the radar's data with Azerbaijan. The equipment was dismantled and sent back to Russia after 2012.

      In 2006, the US provided Azerbaijani military with additional radar installations. Plans were announced for the US to modernize one radar station near the Iranian border at Lerik and another near the border with Georgia at Agstafa. Joint work also commenced on two radar stations on the Russia-Azerbaijani border and Iran-Azerbaijani border to monitor Caspian Sea traffic.[16] [17]

      Equipment

      Aircraft

      The MiG-29 has been designated as the standard aircraft for the AzAF.[18] In September–October 2010, Azerbaijan purchased 24 Mi-35M from Rostvertol.[19] [20] [21] 8 of them have been delivered in the end of the first quarter of 2012 and four more in August 2012.[22] With the arrival of the MiG-29s, the Air Force appears to have retired the MiG-25 aircraft that it used to fly from Nasosnaya Air Base.[23] IISS estimates in 2007 reported 26 as still in service; other figures previously placed the total as high as 38.[24] [25]

      The Air Force retains in store and L-39 fighter training aircraft produced in the Czech Republic and Ukraine.

      Azerbaijan also manufactures Israeli-designed spy planes. Among the licensed UAVs is the Orbiter-2M and the Aerostar. Both are manufactured at the government-owned Azad Systems Company plant near Baku.[26] [27] [28] The head of the Defense Industry, Yaver Jamalov, said that by the end of 2011 a total of 60 UAVs will be produced.[29] [30]

      In 2016 three Bell 412 helicopters were purchased from Canada, and by 2018 a number of pilots were trained in the type. A further undisclosed number of Bell 407 and MD-530 helicopters were obtained but neither type is currently operational as pilots have not been trained yet.[31]

      In 2023, a contract was signed for the modernization of Su-25s currently in use by the Azerbaijani Air Force. The project aimed to carry out the integration of Turkish Guided Ammunition Weapon Systems and avionics into the aircraft.[32]

      Current inventory

      AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
      Combat Aircraft
      MiG-29Soviet Unionmultirole15[33] 3 used for conversion training
      Sukhoi Su-25Soviet Unionattack121 used for training
      PAC JF-17 ThunderPakistanmultirole24 on order[34]
      Transport
      Ilyushin Il-76Soviet Uniontransport 2
      C-27J SpartanItalytransport1
      Helicopters
      Bell 412United Statesutility AB-4122
      Mil Mi-17Russiautility / transport64
      Mil Mi-24RussiaattackMi-351612 are the Mil-24G[35]
      Kamov Ka-27Russiautility Ka-324
      Trainer Aircraft
      Aero L-39Czech Republicjet trainer12
      PZL Mi-2Polandrotorcraft trainer7
      PAC Super MushshakPakistantrainer10
      UAV
      Bayraktar AkıncıTurkeyUCAVN/AUnknown quantity delivered.[36]
      Bayraktar TB2TurkeyUCAVN/AUnknown quantity delivered.[37]
      Hermes 450Israelsurveillance 12[38] two are Hermes 900
      IAI HeronIsraelsurveillance 5
      IAI SearcherIsraelsurveillance 5
      OrbiterIsraelsurveillance 10[39] produced in Azerbaijan
      AerostarIsraelsurveillance 4produced in Azerbaijan

      Air defense

      Azerbaijan has also a number of missile systems covering Azerbaijani airspace. The S-75 Dvina has been installed around Baku and additional installations are near the border with Iran and Dagestan. Some are installed to defend against Armenian aircraft. In terms of numbers, the IISS reported in 2002 that Azerbaijan had 100 S-75 Dvina, S-125 Neva/Pechora, and S-200 systems.[40] Among them are the medium range 2K11 Krug, for short range the 9K33 Osa and the 9K35 Strela-10 mobile SAM and the ZSU-23-4 Shilka vehicles to cover the armored forces against airstrikes. Azerbaijan has also lighter AA guns and MANPADS of varying quality.

      In 2009 Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry signed a contract with Russia's Rosoboronexport company to buy two battalions of S-300PMU-2 Favorit.[41] [42]

      In January 2012, Azerbaijan and Israel signed a $1.6 billion deal that includes anti-aircraft and missile defense systems.[43]

      Current inventory

      NameOriginTypeIn serviceNotes
      SAM
      S-300PMU2[44] SAM system2 units with 200 missiles[45]
      Barak 8[46] IsraelSAM systemunknown quantity [47]
      Pechora-2TMSAM system 3 units
      mobile SAM system2 units
      1000

      Future developments

      Jane's said in 2009 that 'efforts to acquire more modern hardware are understood to have been underway for several years, but funding constraints proved to be a stumbling block. Until quite recently, only limited success was achieved, with the most significant addition to the inventory being a handful of Su-25s that were obtained from Georgia in 2002. In 2007, however, Azerbaijan took delivery of the first of a substantial number of MiG-29 'Fulcrum' fighters. These are understood to have originated from disparate sources, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, with at least some having been overhauled at Odesa in Ukraine prior to delivery.[48]

      In January 2008, Azerbaijan engaged in talks with Pakistan over the JF-17 Thunder's possible sale to Azerbaijan.[49] In 2015, the Azerbaijani Air Forces negotiated with China for several dozen JF-17s worth approximately each. In 2018, Pakistani Armed Forces actively discussed military and defence cooperation with Azerbaijan, culminating in the latter expressing an interest in purchasing the fighter jet.[50] In December 2018, Turan, an independent Azerbaijani news agency, reported that the negotiations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan on the purchase of JF-17 Block II combat aircraft were coming to the end.[51] In December 2019, Azerbaijan, eyeing military cooperation with Pakistan, again expressed its interest in purchasing the aircraft.[52]

      On 22 February 2024, it was reported that Azerbaijan had signed a contract worth US$1.6 billion with Pakistan for the purchase of an unspecified number of JF-17C Block 3 multi-role combat aircraft. The deal includes including aircraft, training, and ordnance.[53] [54] [55]

      On 20 February 2020, Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov signed a preliminary agreement on the procurement of Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master during the President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Italy on that day. The Air Force plans to purchase 10-15 aircraft.[56]

      Accidents and incidents

      Ranks

      See main article: Military ranks of Azerbaijan.

      Commissioned officer ranks

      The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

      Other ranks

      The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

      See also

      Notes and References

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