Croatian Air Force and Defense
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Croatian Air Force and Defense (Croatian: Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo i protuzračna obrana) is a branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.
Croatian Air Force and Air Defence aim is securing sovereignty of the air space of the Republic of Croatia and providing air support to other services in implementation of their tasks in joint operations. It is a proponent and organizer of the Croatian air defence integrated system. This double role of the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence is realized with the following main tasks:
- Inspection and control of the air space security
- Predominance in Croatian air space, over land and sea, with defence and attacks
- Providing help in natural, humanitarian and technological disasters
- Search and rescue operations
- Support to control of the proliferation of people and material goods
- Air Force Command
- Staff Service Support
- 91st Airbase
- 92st Airbase
- 93st Airbase
- 95st Airbase
- 218th Air Surveillance Brigade
- 205 Air Defense Brigade
- 74th Military Police Battalion
- 25th Mixed Elint Battalion
- 279th Signal Battalion
- 313th Logistic Brigade
- Air Force Education and Training Command
- Air Force Medicine Institute
- 42nd Engineer Battalion
Operational Fleet
- COMBAT AIRCRAFT
- CARGO AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
-19 Mi-8s
- TRAINING AIRCRAFT
- COMBAT HELICOPTERS
NOTE: There are supposedly 32 more misceallaneous aircraft than listed in the Croatian Air Force
External links
- [Croatian Air Force and Air Defense] at Vojska.net
- [Croatian Air Force] at YuAirWar
- [Croatian Air Force] by Dragan Kostadinov
- [Croatian Air Force History]
- [Croatian Air Arms]
- [MiGs Over Croatia]
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