Free Libyan Air Force

Free Libyan Air Force
القوات الجوية الليبية الحرة
ActiveMarch 2011 – October 2011
Country Libya
AllegianceNational Transitional Council
BranchAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size3,000 volunteers

28+ aircraft
9+ Helicopters

1 UAV
Part ofAnti-Gaddafi forces
HeadquartersBenina Airbase, Benghazi
Engagements
Commanders
Chief of StaffSaqr Geroushi
Notable
commanders
Colonel Abdullah El-Hassi
Colonel Ali Atiyya
Insignia
Roundel
Fin Flash
Aircraft flown
FighterMiG-21, MiG-23
HelicopterCH-47 Chinook, Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-14, Mil Mi-17
Attack helicopterMil Mi-24
TrainerAero L-39, SF.260, Soko G-2 Galeb, Soko J-21
TransportIl-76, An-26

The Free Libyan Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الليبية الحرة) was the air force of the National Transitional Council during the First Libyan Civil War. It was established by and was a collection of Libyan Air Force defectors with captured aircraft that aligned themselves with the anti-Gaddafi forces in the civil war.