| Unit Name: | Guinea-Bissau Air Force |
| Native Name: | Portuguese: Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau |
| Country: |  Guinea-Bissau |
| Type: | Air force |
| Role: | Aerial warfare |
| Command Structure: | Revolutionary Armed Forces of the People |
| Garrison: | Bissau |
| Garrison Label: | Headquarters |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Roundel |
| Aircraft Transport: | Cessna 208 |
The Guinea-Bissau Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau) is the air force arm of the military of Guinea-Bissau.
On leaving Bissalanca by 1973–74, the Portuguese Air Force left three North American T-6Gs, nine C-47 Skytrains, two Dornier Do 27s, and two Aérospatiale Alouette IIIs.[1] After achieving independence from Portugal, the air force was formed by officers returning from training in Cuba and the USSR. The FAGB was re-equipped with eight or ten MiG-17Fs and two MiG-15UTIs supplied by East Germany and the Soviet Union.[1]
In 1978 France provided more aircraft aid in the form of a Reims-Cessna FTB.337 for coastal patrol and a surplus Alouette II.[1] A Dassault Falcon 20F was donated by the Angolan government but was soon sold to the USA. In 1978, the Soviet Union provided a Mil Mi-8T helicopter as aid. In 1986, the Soviets delivered seven MiG-21bis fighters and MiG-21UM trainer aircraft.[1]
The force's title was changed to Força Aérea da Guiné-Bissau (FAGB) after the outbreak of the civil war in 1998. Cooper and Weinert state 'when sighted for the last time in...1991, most of the [MiG] fleet was in 'storage' inside several hangars on the military side of Bissalanca IAP (Osvaldo Vieira International Airport), and in a deteriorating condition.'
By 2011, Guinea-Bissau had two 'probably' non-operational MiG-17s and a MiG-15UTI, while its MiG-21s and fixed-wing transport aircraft were withdrawn from service, leaving only an Aérospatiale Alouette II and a couple of Alouette IIIs for liaison.[2] [3] [4]
The Air Force has only a Cessna 208B as of 2023.[5]
Former inventory: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Aérospatiale Alouette II, Aérospatiale Alouette III, Dassault Falcon 20, Dornier Do 27, North American T-6 Texan, Reims-Cessna FTB.337, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Antonov An-24, Mil Mi-8.[6] [7]