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
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Country Yemen
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Airlift
Anti-aircraft warfare
Combat search and rescue
Medical evacuation
Part ofYemeni Armed Forces
Engagements
Commanders
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Air ForceMajor General Rashid Nasir al-Jundi
Chief of Staff of the Yemeni Armed ForcesLieutenant General Sagheer Hamoud Aziz
Insignia
Roundel
Fin flash
Ensign of the Yemeni Air Force
Aircraft flown
AttackSu-22
FighterF-5E, MiG-21, MiG-29
HelicopterKa-32, Mi-14, Mi-17, Bell 206, Bell 212, UH-1H
Attack helicopterMi-24
ReconnaissanceCessna 208
TrainerAero L-39, F-5B
TransportAn-24, An-26

The Yemeni Air Force (YAF; Arabic: القوات الجوية اليمنية, romanizedal-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yamaniya) is the air force branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces. It inherited its aircraft from the former states of North and South Yemen who were supported by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, respectively. However, numbers of its aircraft can not be confirmed but serviceability of these aircraft is low, as a result of most of the air force being destroyed by airstrikes during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni Civil War.