Fuerza Aérea Chadiana

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Fuerza Aérea Chadiana

Armée de l’Air Tchadienne · القوات الجوية التشادية

The Chadian Air Force (Armée de l’Air Tchadienne) began in 1961 as a French-run transport squadron, collapsed in 1979 under rebel missiles and civil war, was rebuilt in 1984 around four American Hercules, and has grown since on oil money and Turkish drones into a small strike force of Su-25s, Hind gunships and armed Hürkuşs — which in January 2025 took back its main base at N’Djamena after French forces left.

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Photo: U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
PaísChadFundado1961EstadoActivoSedeN’Djamena
La historia

The Chadian Air Force story: Skyraiders over Faya-Largeau, Hercules for the Toyota War and Turkish drones

1961–1976: a squadron of Dakotas and a French air base

Chad’s air arm was formed in 1961, the year after independence, as the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne (ENT); the national army dates its own creation to 27 May 1961 under President François Tombalbaye. It was a transport squadron rather than an air force. By 1969 it had five Douglas C-47s and three Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard liaison aircraft, and it flew alongside a much larger French presence: France had kept an air base at Fort-Lamy, today’s N’Djamena, since 1939 as Base aérienne 172. In the mid-1970s six ex-French AD-4N Skyraiders arrived, with more C-47s and Douglas C-54s, and three Reims-Cessna FTB337s followed in 1977. The Skyraider article on Wikipedia notes that the type flew in Chad first with the French Armée de l’Air and later with ‘a nominally independent Chadian Air Force staffed by French mercenaries’ — a fair description of what the ENT was in its first two decades.

1977–1979: Skyraiders over the north, SA-7s and collapse

The ENT’s real war began in mid-1977, when FROLINAT rebels backed by Libya pushed into the north. Its Skyraiders flew their first attack sorties from Faya-Largeau on 1 July 1977, attacking from as low as 60 metres and releasing all their weapons in a single pass; nearly all were damaged by ground fire, and Zouar was overrun on 6 July. The rebels then received Soviet SA-7 shoulder-launched missiles. On 29 January 1978 a C-47 flying very low was shot down and its crew killed; the next day a C-54 was hit by two SA-7s and force-landed, its crew surviving. A Skyraider and its pilot were lost to an SA-7 on 16 April 1978, as France launched Opération Tacaud. The missile threat ended ENT operations around Faya, and when the government disintegrated in 1979 and French personnel left, the squadron stopped flying and was, in Wikipedia’s words, de facto disbanded.

1984–1994: rebuilt around American Hercules for the Toyota War

For five years Chad had no functioning air arm, through the worst of the civil war and the Libyan occupation of the north. It was reconstituted in 1984 as the Armée de l’Air Tchadienne, and its first aircraft were four Lockheed C-130 Hercules donated by the United States. That shaped its part in the Toyota War of 1986–1987, in which Hissène Habré’s FANT drove Libyan forces out of most of northern Chad on pickups armed with MILAN missiles. France’s Opération Épervier, begun on the night of 13–14 February 1986, bombed the Libyan base at Ouadi Doum on 16 February and kept the Libyan air force largely grounded. The Chadian air contribution was logistic: the Hercules carried troops and supplies north, and one was abandoned after catching fire near Yebbibou in late 1987. The famous figure of about 32 Libyan aircraft destroyed at Maaten al-Sarra on 5 September 1987 is Chad’s claim, from a ground raid.

2005–2010: oil money, contractors and gunships

Oil revenue, about 500 million dollars a year from the mid-2000s according to Tom Cooper and Adrien Fontanellaz, rebuilt the force. They describe how President Idriss Déby and Habib Boukharouba, a former French air force pilot of Algerian origin, did it through Griffon Aerospace, which brought in some 50 French, Mexican and Algerian instructors and technicians. Ukrainian Mi-24V gunships and Mi-17s were bought, and Griffon fitted a Pilatus PC-9 trainer, TT-QAG, with hardpoints for Pakistani-made bombs. Photographed armed in early 2008, it caused a scandal in Switzerland: Wikipedia records that its alleged use against dissidents was considered a breach of Swiss export controls. The gunships proved effective against rebel columns in the Battle of N’Djamena on 2–4 February 2008, though a government helicopter’s missile also hit the main market. Six Su-25s arrived from Ukraine between 2008 and 2010, and in May 2009 Sudan accused Chadian aircraft of raids inside Darfur, which Chad called preventive action.

2013–2021: Su-25s against Boko Haram, a storm and a president killed

Four more Su-25s came from Ukraine in 2013, two Alenia C-27J Spartans in 2013 and 2014, and the first of three MiG-29s in 2014. When Chad intervened against Boko Haram in early 2015 — its troops entered Gamboru in Nigeria on 4 February after preliminary air strikes — its Su-25s flew in Cameroon and Nigeria. The United States added two Cessna 208 surveillance aircraft under an AFRICOM counter-terrorism programme. Then a storm struck N’Djamena on 1 July 2017; photographs analysed by Military Africa showed three Fennec helicopters, a PC-12, a MiG-29 and two Su-25s damaged, and a US Air Force maintenance squadron from Holloman arrived on 7 January 2018 to build shelters. Hinds and Su-25s were later overhauled in Georgia, and a Mi-24/35 crashed between N’Djamena and Faya in September 2019. On 20 April 2021 President Idriss Déby died of wounds suffered fighting FACT rebels in the north, and his son Mahamat took power.

2022–2026: Turkish and Chinese drones, the French leave and partly return

Since 2022 Chad has turned to Turkey and, apparently, China. Turkish Aerospace announced an order for three Hürkuş in July 2022; three armed Hürkuş-Cs and two Anka drones were in Chad by mid-2023 and formally handed over on 9 August 2023, and an Aksungur was flying from the Adji Kosséi air base in N’Djamena by April 2024. In August 2026 satellite imagery reportedly showed at least four Chinese CH-4 combat drones at Abéché. After Chad ended its defence agreement with France on 28 November 2024, French fighters left on 10 December, Abéché was handed back on 10 January 2025 and the Adji Kosséi base from 31 January 2025. By April 2026 French personnel had quietly returned for training and intelligence support, without permanent bases. The force remains small — about 350 people in 2024 — and no official Chadian inventory was found, so every fleet figure here is a third-party estimate.

The ENT’s real war began in mid-1977, when FROLINAT rebels backed by Libya pushed into the north.Chadian Air Force · verified 2026-10-01
De un vistazo

The Chadian Air Force in numbers

Servicio

Nombre nativo
Armée de l’Air TchadienneFrench and Arabic are Chad’s official languages; the Arabic form القوات الجوية التشادية is as given by Wikipedia. No official air force website was found to confirm the spelling. From 1961 to 1979 the service was the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne (ENT)
Fundado
1961Formed as the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne; de facto disbanded in 1979 and reconstituted as the Armée de l’Air Tchadienne in 1984. The national army dates its creation to 27 May 1961
Parte de
Chad National ArmyThe national army comprises ground forces and the air force; the gendarmerie, the National and Nomadic Guard and the presidential DGSSIE are separate forces
Base principal
N’Djamena International AirportShared with the civil airport (ICAO FTTJ). The military side, the Sergent Adji Kosséi base, was French Base aérienne 172 until it was handed back from 31 January 2025
Chief of air staff
No name could be confirmed from a government statement or major news source reached for this page
Supreme commander
Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby ItnoHead of the Transitional Military Council from 20 April 2021; elected president on 6 May 2024 (61.3 per cent, result contested by the opposition) and sworn in on 23 May 2024; marshal since 9 December 2024

Fortaleza

Personal
About 350The 2024 figure given on Wikipedia, out of about 37,750 in the armed forces; about 200 in 1986
Aviones de combate
  • Su-25 — 9 (two used for training)
  • Hürkuş-C — 3
  • MiG-29 — three delivered from 2014; current status unconfirmed

Wikipedia’s inventory; no official count is published. The MiG-29 is missing from Wikipedia’s current table but was photographed damaged in 2017 and is still listed by Military Africa in 2022–2023

Combat drones
  • Anka-S — 2 (2023)
  • Aksungur — 1–2 (2024)
  • CH-4 — at least 4 reported (2026)

Turkish deliveries confirmed by TAI and Chadian video; the CH-4s were identified on satellite imagery by International Defence Analysis, as reported by defenceWeb. No Bayraktar TB2 was found in the sources checked

Helicópteros
  • Mi-24V / Mi-35 — 3–7
  • Mi-17 / Mi-171 — 6–7
  • AS550 Fennec — 6
  • Alouette III — 1

Wikipedia gives three Hinds and six Mi-17s; Military Africa (2021) gives four Mi-24V, three Mi-35 and seven Mi-8MTV/Mi-171, hence the ranges

Transporte y vigilancia
  • C-130H Hercules — 1
  • C-27J Spartan — 1–2
  • An-26 — 3
  • Cessna 208 — 2–4

C-27J: Wikipedia’s inventory gives one, its C-27J article two; one crash-landed at N’Djamena, as reported on 1 December 2023. Cessna 208: two ISR aircraft donated by the US (Military Africa), four per Wikipedia

Presupuesto de defensa
2.5–2.9 per cent of GDP (2020–2023)Down from 4.2 per cent (about 300 million dollars) in 2006 and 2.0 per cent in 2011

Infraestructura

bases aéreas
  • N’Djamena (Sergent Adji Kosséi) — main base, jets, helicopters, transports, drones
  • Abéché — former French base, handed back 10 January 2025; CH-4 drones reported in 2026
  • Faya-Largeau — northern airfield, Skyraider base in 1977

Military use of each field is documented here only as far as published; the stations file carries details

presencia francesa
Ended 31 January 2025Chad ended the 1966 defence agreement (revised 2019) on 28 November 2024. French troops returned from April 2026 for training and intelligence support without permanent bases; ISS puts the new detachment at about 600
Shelters
Three Large Area Maintenance SheltersBuilt at N’Djamena by the US 635th Materiel Maintenance Squadron from January 2018, after the 2017 storm destroyed hangars and aircraft
Estructura

How the Chadian Air Force is organised

The air arm of the Chad National Army, about 350 strong in 2024 according to Wikipedia, with its main base on the military side of N’Djamena International Airport. Its strike force is about nine Su-25s, three armed Hürkuş-Cs and Mi-24 and Mi-35 gunships, with Turkish Anka-S and Aksungur drones and, reportedly since 2026, Chinese CH-4s. No official inventory, squadron structure or current chief of air staff has been published, so every figure here is a third-party estimate.

Sede

Fuerza Aérea Chadiana

Armée de l’Air Tchadienne
N’Djamena

The air arm of the Chad National Army, about 350 strong in 2024 according to Wikipedia, formed in 1961 as the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne and reconstituted under its present name in 1984. The name of the current chief of staff of the air force could not be confirmed from a government statement or a major news source. The supreme commander is Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, head of the Transitional Military Council from 20 April 2021 and sworn in as elected president on 23 May 2024.

Primera línea

Su-25 and MiG-29 jets

N’Djamena

Nine Su-25s, two of them used for training, according to Wikipedia: ten came from Ukraine, six in 2008–2010 and four in 2013, and they flew against Boko Haram in Cameroon and Nigeria in 2015. Three MiG-29s were delivered from 2014, Chad’s only fighter type; one was photographed damaged in the storm of July 2017 and whether any are airworthy is unconfirmed. English Wikipedia lists Su-25s among the aircraft stationed at N’Djamena; no squadron designations are published.

Light attack and drones

Hürkuş-C, Anka-S, Aksungur and CH-4

N’Djamena and Abéché, as reported

Three armed Hürkuş-Cs and two Anka-S drones from Turkish Aerospace were formally handed over on 9 August 2023. An Aksungur was shown taking off from the Adji Kosséi base at N’Djamena in April 2024, and in August 2026 defenceWeb, citing satellite imagery identified by International Defence Analysis, reported at least four Chinese CH-4 drones at Abéché; no Chadian or Chinese statement was found.

Helicópteros

Gunships and transport helicopters

N’Djamena, per English Wikipedia for the Mi-24s

Three to seven Mi-24V and Mi-35 Hinds and six or seven Mi-17/Mi-171s, the range set by Wikipedia and Military Africa; the Hinds fought rebel columns in the Battle of N’Djamena in February 2008, and at least two Mi-35s were overhauled in Tbilisi by 2021. Six ex-Singapore AS550 Fennecs, three of them damaged in the 2017 storm, and one Alouette III complete the fleet.

Transporte y vigilancia

Flota de transporte e ISR

N’Djamena

One C-130H remains of the four the United States donated in 1984, beside one or two C-27J Spartans, one of which made a nose-gear-up landing at N’Djamena in 2023, three An-26s and two to four Cessna 208s, two of them ISR aircraft donated by the United States, one seen at Adji Kosséi. A PC-12 was severely damaged in the 2017 storm and its status is unconfirmed.

Capacitación

Zapatos de deporte

Two Pilatus PC-7s, a French donation of the 1980s according to Wikipedia, and the single PC-9, TT-QAG, which Griffon Aerospace fitted with hardpoints and Pakistani-made bombs; its alleged use in 2008 was considered a breach of Swiss export controls. No training school or unit is named in the sources checked.

En servicio

What the Chadian Air Force flies today

Cada tipo está sujeto a cargos, vinculado a su página en el Libro de las Bestias, cuando existe. Las cifras corresponden a aeronaves registradas, no a aeronaves disponibles en un día determinado.

Tipo Role En servicio Desde Unidades Notas
Sukhoi Su-25 y Su-25UBEn servicio Aviones de ataque a tierra 9 2008 Nine in service per Wikipedia, two of them used for training. Ten delivered from Ukraine: six (four Su-25, two Su-25UB) in 2008–2010 and four in 2013.

Más

Two were damaged in the storm of 1 July 2017.
Mikoyan MiG-29En servicio Combatiente 2014 Three delivered, the first in 2014 (Wikipedia). Not in Wikipedia’s current inventory table nor in its list of MiG-29 operators; one was photographed damaged in the 2017 storm.

Más

Airworthiness in 2026 unconfirmed.
TAI Hürkuş-CEn servicio Armed trainer and light attack 3 2023 Three ordered in 2022 and delivered in 2023.
TAI Anka-SEn servicio dron armado 2 2023 Dos.
TAI AksungurEn servicio Armed drone (twin-engine) 2024 At least one (serial 23013) seen in an air force video released on 21 April 2024; Wikipedia gives two.
CASC Caihong-4 (CH-4)En servicio dron armado 4 2026 At least four, seen on satellite imagery at Abéché in mid-August 2026.
Mil Mi-24V and Mi-35 HindEn servicio Helicóptero de ataque Sources differ: three (Wikipedia) to seven (four Mi-24V and three Mi-35, Military Africa 2021). In 2006 Le Figaro reported only two non-working Mi-24s, as cited by Wikipedia.
Mil Mi-17 / Mi-171 (Mi-8MTV)En servicio Helicóptero de transporte Six (Wikipedia) to seven (Military Africa 2021).
Eurocopter AS550 FennecEn servicio Helicóptero utilitario ligero 6 2008 Six, ex-Republic of Singapore Air Force.
Aeroespacial Alouette III (SA316B)En servicio Helicóptero ligero 1 1995 Uno.
Lockheed C-130H HérculesEn servicio Transporte táctico 1 1984 One in service. Four were donated by the US in 1984; one was abandoned after a fire near Yebbibou in late 1987 and TT-PAF was destroyed landing at Abéché on 11 June 2006.
Alenia C-27J SpartanEn servicio Transporte táctico 2013 Two delivered (2013 and 2014).

Más

Wikipedia’s inventory gives one in service, its C-27J article two; one made a forced, nose-gear-up landing at N’Djamena, reported on 1 December 2023, with minor damage.
Antonov An-26En servicio Transporte 3 Tres según Wikipedia.
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (ISR)En servicio Transporte y vigilancia 2017 Two ISR aircraft donated by the US (Military Africa, 2018); Wikipedia gives four Cessna 208s.
Pilatus PC-12En servicio Servicios públicos y enlace One reported; severely damaged in the 2017 storm. Current status unconfirmed.
Pilatus PC-7En servicio Entrenador 2 Two per Wikipedia; one overhauled in 2005.
Pilatus PC-9En servicio Trainer, armed by contractor 1 2005 One, TT-QAG.
Su-259
Fennec6
CH-44
Hürkuş3
An-263
Anka2
PC-72
Alouette III1
Anteriormente operado

Every type the Chadian Air Force has retired

7 types, from the Douglas C-47 Skytrain to the Douglas AD-4N Skyraider. Las cifras máximas corresponden a las aeronaves puestas en servicio durante toda su vida útil, no al número total de efectivos de la flota en una fecha concreta.

Tipo Role Cima Servido Reemplazado por Notas
Douglas AD-4N Skyraider Aviones de ataque 6 Six, ex-French, in the mid-1970s.
Tren aéreo Douglas C-47 Transporte 1961– C-130 Five in 1969, with more added in the mid-1970s; three still listed in 1986.
Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard Enlace 3 Three in 1969.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster Transporte Added in the mid-1970s; one still listed in 1986.
Reims-Cessna FTB337 Light attack and liaison 3 1977– Tres.
CASA C-212 Aviación Transporte ligero 1 One in 1986.
SIAI-Marchetti SF.260W Ataque ligero 4 2006– Four from Libya.
bases aéreas

Where the Chadian Air Force flies from

Los marcadores negros indican bases activas, los marcadores huecos, aeródromos que han cerrado. N’Djamena, French Base aérienne 172 beside the Chadian air force for decades, and Abéché in the east were both handed back by France in January 2025, after Chad ended its defence agreement on 28 November 2024. Faya-Largeau was the Skyraider base of 1977, and Ouadi Doum, Libya’s main air base in the north, is listed for its capture in March 1987. Coordinates are taken from Wikipedia, as the ASECNA AIP could not be checked, and entries with no published aerodrome data carry no pin.

Base aérea activa Cerrado o reservadoHaz clic en un marcador para abrir la página principal.

Chad

One of the 4 bases above sits outside Chad, so the world map has to pull back until the home airfields cannot be told apart. The same pins again, without the overseas base.

Base OACI Estado Pista Unidades y aeronaves
AbéchéOuaddaï FTTC Activo 09/272.800 m
Faya-LargeauBorkou FTTY Activo 06/242.800 m
N’DjamenaSergent-chef Adji KosséiN’Djamena FTTJ Activo 05/232.800 m

Ninguna base aérea coincide con esa búsqueda.

Orden de batalla

Who is stationed where in the Chadian Air Force

Unidades por base. Chad publishes no squadron designations or aircraft counts by base, so no flying units are listed; the base entries name only the aircraft that Wikipedia and defenceWeb place there, such as Su-25s, Mi-24s and C-130s at N’Djamena and CH-4 drones at Abéché. The French detachments that shared Chadian airfields until 2025 are described in the base histories, not as units.

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Cronología

Chadian Air Force milestones, 1914 to today

1939

France opens an air base at Fort-Lamy (today’s N’Djamena), later Base aérienne 172.

1961

The Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne is formed; the national army dates its creation to 27 May.

1969

The ENT has five Douglas C-47s and three MH.1521 Broussards.

1977

1 July: Skyraiders fly the ENT’s first attack sorties from Faya-Largeau. Three Reims-Cessna FTB337s are delivered.

1978

29–30 January: a C-47 is shot down by an SA-7 and a C-54 is hit by two. 16 April: a Skyraider is lost with its pilot during the Salal offensive.

1979

The government collapses, French personnel leave and the ENT is de facto disbanded.

1984

Reconstituted as the Armée de l’Air Tchadienne with four C-130s donated by the United States.

1986

13–14 February: France launches Opération Épervier; 16 February it bombs Ouadi Doum and on the 17th a Libyan Tu-22 attacks N’Djamena airport.

1987

Toyota War: 5 September raid on Maaten al-Sarra (Chad claims about 32 aircraft destroyed); 7 September a Libyan Tu-22 is shot down over N’Djamena by a French Hawk; ceasefire 11 September. A C-130 is lost near Yebbibou.

1994

3 February: the International Court of Justice awards the Aouzou Strip to Chad.

2006

13 April: rebels repulsed at N’Djamena. 11 June: C-130 TT-PAF destroyed landing at Abéché. November: four SF.260Ws arrive from Libya.

2008

2–4 February: Mi-24s and Mi-17s fight in the Battle of N’Djamena. The first of six Su-25s arrive from Ukraine (to 2010).

2013

Four more Su-25s and the first C-27J Spartan; the first of three MiG-29s follows in 2014.

2015

February: Su-25s fly against Boko Haram in Cameroon and Nigeria.

2017

1 July: a storm at N’Djamena damages Su-25s, a MiG-29, Fennecs and a PC-12.

2021

20 April: President Idriss Déby dies of wounds suffered fighting FACT rebels; Mahamat Déby takes power.

2023

9 August: three Hürkuş-Cs and two Anka drones formally handed over by Turkish Aerospace.

2025

31 January: the Adji Kosséi base at N’Djamena is handed back by France, after Abéché on 10 January.

historial de combate

Every war the Chadian Air Force has fought

Salidas y pérdidas donde consta en el registro, y un espacio en blanco honesto donde no.

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  • The northern rebellion and the first Libyan intervention 1977–1979 Reconnaissance, close air support and air supply from Faya-Largeau, alongside French forces
  • The Toyota War 1986–1987 Air transport of FANT troops and supplies to the north with C-130s; air cover came from France’s Opération Épervier
  • Rebel offensives and the Sudan border war 2006–2010 Helicopter gunship attacks on rebel columns, transport, and strikes on rebel bases, including across the border in Darfur according to Sudan
  • Boko Haram and ISWAP in the Lake Chad basin 2015–present Su-25 attack missions in Cameroon and Nigeria in 2015 in support of Chadian ground forces; later operations around Lake Chad
  • The FACT offensive 2021 Supported the army against the Libya-based FACT rebels; details of air operations were not published

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Los fabricantes

Who built the Chadian Air Force fleet

Cada empresa que fabrica los aviones que aparecen en esta página tiene su propia página: la historia, todos los tipos que ha fabricado, las cifras y las demás fuerzas aéreas que los utilizan.

Preguntas y respuestas

Everything people ask about the Chadian Air Force

What is the Chadian Air Force called in French and Arabic?
In French it is the Armée de l’Air Tchadienne, the name it took when it was reconstituted in 1984; in Arabic, القوات الجوية التشادية. Both forms are as given by Wikipedia, because no official air force website was found. From 1961 to 1979 it was the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne (ENT).
What aircraft does the Chadian Air Force fly?
Its strike force is about nine Su-25 attack jets and three armed Turkish Hürkuş-Cs, backed by Mi-24 and Mi-35 gunships and Mi-17 transport helicopters. Drones include two Anka-S, at least one Aksungur and, reportedly since 2026, at least four Chinese CH-4s. Transports are a single C-130H, C-27J Spartans, An-26s and Cessna 208s. No official inventory is published, so these are third-party figures.
When was the Chadian Air Force founded?
In 1961, as the Escadrille Nationale Tchadienne, a small transport squadron run with French help. It stopped flying and was de facto disbanded in 1979, and was reconstituted in 1984 as the Armée de l’Air Tchadienne with four American-donated C-130 Hercules.
Did Chadian aircraft win the Toyota War?
No. The war of 1986–1987 was won on the ground by Hissène Habré’s FANT in armed Toyota pickups, while France’s Opération Épervier kept the Libyan air force largely grounded. The young Chadian air force flew C-130 transport missions to the front. The claim of about 32 Libyan aircraft destroyed at Maaten al-Sarra in September 1987 is Chad’s, and refers to a ground raid on the base.
Does Chad fly Bayraktar TB2 drones?
Not according to any source checked for this page: Chad’s Turkish drones are two TAI Anka-S, delivered in 2023, and the twin-engine Aksungur, seen flying from N’Djamena in April 2024. Chad is not listed as a TB2 operator. In September 2026 defenceWeb reported at least four Chinese CH-4 combat drones at Abéché, identified on satellite imagery.
Have French forces left Chad?
Yes, as a permanent garrison. Chad ended its defence agreement with France on 28 November 2024; French fighters left on 10 December, Abéché was handed back on 10 January 2025, and the handover of the Sergent Adji Kosséi base at N’Djamena began on 31 January 2025, ending more than six decades of French basing. defenceWeb and the ISS reported in August 2026 that French personnel had returned from April 2026 for training and intelligence support, without permanent bases.
Has the Chadian Air Force fought Boko Haram?
Yes. When Chad intervened in early 2015, its Su-25 flew attack missions in neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria in support of Chadian troops, who entered Gamboru on 4 February 2015 after preliminary air strikes. Chad has fought Boko Haram and ISWAP around Lake Chad since, including after the Boma attack of March 2020 and a counteroffensive in 2024–2025, though the air role in those operations is not described in the sources checked.
What was the Pilatus PC-9 scandal in Chad?
In 2005–2008 the contractor Griffon Aerospace fitted Chad’s only PC-9 trainer, TT-QAG, with hardpoints and Pakistani-made bombs. When it was photographed armed in early 2008 it caused a scandal in Switzerland, because the aircraft was supposed to be an unarmed trainer; its alleged use against rebels was considered a breach of Swiss export controls.
Does Chad have MiG-29 fighters?
It received three MiG-29, the first in 2014, and one was photographed damaged in the N’Djamena storm of July 2017. Whether any are still airworthy is unclear: Wikipedia’s current inventory table and its list of MiG-29 operators leave Chad out, while Military Africa still listed the type in 2022 and 2023.
Who commands the Chadian Air Force?
The name of the current air force chief of staff could not be confirmed from a government statement or major news source for this page. The supreme commander of the armed forces is President Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, in power since April 2021 and elected in May 2024.

Fuentes y lecturas adicionales

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