Aviation and Air Defense Command | |
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Founded | 1992 | (as Georgian Air Force)
Country | Georgia |
Type | Air force |
Role | Aerial warfare |
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Part of | Georgian Defence Forces |
Headquarters | Alekseevka, Tbilisi |
Anniversaries | 19 September |
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Website | MOD Website in georgian |
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Commander-in-Chief | President Salome Zourabichvili |
Prime Minister | Irakli Kobakhidze |
Minister of Defense | Irakli Chikovani |
Chief of Defense Forces | Maj. Gen. Giorgi Matiashvili[1] |
Commander | Colonel Sergo Ninua [2] |
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The Aviation and Air Defence Command of the Defence Forces (Georgian: თავდაცვის ძალების ავიაციისა და საჰაერო თავდაცვის სარდლობა, romanized: tavdatsvis dzalebis aviatsiisa da sahaero tavdatsvis sardloba),[2] (formerly Georgian Air Force (Georgian: საქართველოს საჰაერო ძალები, sak’art’velos sahaero dzalebi)) is the air force of the Defense Forces of Georgia. It was established as part of the Georgian Armed Forces in 1992 and merged into Army Air Section in 2010. As part of reforms in the Georgian military, the Air Force was reestablished as a separate command of the Defense Forces in 2016.[3]