Yemeni Air Force

Yemen Air Force and Air Defence
القوات الجوية اليمنية والدفاع الجوي Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yamaniya wal-Difa' al-Jawwiy
Emblem of the Yemen Air Force and Air Defence
Founded	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Country	Yemen
Type	Air force
Role	Aerial warfare Aerial defence
Part of	Yemeni Armed Forces
Engagements	Yemeni Civil War (1994) Houthi insurgency Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Yemeni Revolution Yemeni civil war (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
Commanders
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Air Force	Major General Rashid Nasir al-Jundi
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed Forces	Lieutenant General Sagheer Hamoud Aziz
Insignia
Roundel
Fin flash
Ensign of the Yemeni Air Force
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-22
Fighter	MiG-21, MiG-29
Helicopter	Mil Mi-17, Bell 204, Bell 212
Attack helicopter	Mil Mi-24
Trainer	Aero L-39, Yak-11, Zlin Z 142
Transport	C-130, Il-76, An-12, An-24, An-26, Yak-40

Yemeni Armed Forces
Leadership
Minister of Defense
Military services
Yemeni Army Yemeni Navy Yemeni Air Force Yemeni Coast Guard
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The Yemeni Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية اليمنية, romanized: al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yamaniya) is the air operations branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces. Numbers of aircraft can not be confirmed but serviceability of these aircraft is low. Aircraft have been acquired by donations from other countries supporting either the Soviet Union or the United States during the Cold War. However, most of the air force was destroyed by airstrikes during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.