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  Uzbekistan   Uzbekistan Air Force and Air Defence Forces
Republic of Uzbekistan (Ozbekiston Respublikasi / O'zbekstan Respublikası / Ўзбекистон Республикаси)

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Land boundaries: 6,221 km, Location: Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

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Air Force and Air Defense

A treaty signed in March 1994 by Russia and Uzbekistan defines the terms of Russian assistance in training, allocation of air fields, communications, and information on air space and air defense installations. In 1995 almost all personnel in Uzbekistan's air force were ethnic Russians. The Chirchiq Fighter Bomber Regiment, taken over in the initial phase of nationalization of former Soviet installations, has since been scaled down by eliminating older aircraft, with the goal of reaching a force of 100 fixed-wing aircraft and thirty-two armed helicopters. According to the Soviet structure still in place, separate air and air defense forces operate in support of ground forces; air force doctrine conforms with Soviet doctrine. Some thirteen air bases are active.

In 1994 Uzbekistan's inventory of aircraft was still in the process of reduction to meet treaty requirements. At that stage, the air force was reported to have two types of interceptor jet, twenty of the outmoded MiG-21 and thirty of the more sophisticated MiG-29. For close air support, forty MiG-27s (foundation of the Chirchiq regiment) and ten Su-17Ms were operational. Twenty An-2 light transport planes, six An-12BP transports, and ten An-26 transports made up the air force's transport fleet. Training aircraft included twenty L-39C advanced trainers and an unknown number of Yak-52 basic trainers. Six Mi-8P/T transport helicopters were available. The air defense system consisted of twenty operational Nudelman 9K31 low-altitude surface-to-air missiles, which in 1994 were controlled by two Russian air defense regiments deployed along the Afghan border.

 
Su-27 Flanker-B
Uzbekistan Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker-A
Uzbekistan Aero L-39C Allbatros
Uzbekistan MiG-29 Fulcrum-A
Uzbekistan Sukhoi Su-24M Fencer-C
Uzbekistan Ilyushin IL-76TD Candid-A
Uzbekistan AF
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   Uzbekistan AF News:

Uzbekistan at Odds with Russia Over CSTO Rapid Reaction Force and Suspends Partnership

• Uzbekistan at Odds with Russia Over CSTO Rapid Reaction Force and Suspends Partnership  (2.07.2012)



 

 



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