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סדר הקרב · Angola

חיל האוויר הלאומי של אנגולה

Força Aérea Nacional

The National Air Force of Angola (Força Aérea Nacional) was founded on 21 January 1976 in the middle of a civil war, flew Soviet jets with Cuban pilots against the South African Air Force up to Cuito Cuanavale, fought UNITA until 2002, and today pairs 12 ex-Indian Su-30Ks and new C295s with a large Soviet-era fleet that is mostly in storage.

73מטוסי קרב
8בסיסי אוויר פעילים
1976מְבוּסָס
5סוגים שהוצאו משימוש
מְדִינָהאנגולהמְבוּסָס1976סטָטוּספָּעִילמַטֶהLuandaמְפַקֵדVirgínio António da Cunha Pinto
הסיפור

The Angolan National Air Force story: Soviet jets and Cuban pilots in 1976, the air war over Cuito Cuanavale and ex-Indian Su-30Ks

1975–1976: an air force born in a war

The National Air Force of Angola was created in a hurry. Before independence on 11 November 1975, members of the Aeroclube de Angola were gathered at Luanda as the nucleus of an air arm, and Portuguese Wikipedia says the new service took over aircraft and airfields of the Portuguese 2nd Air Region. The MPLA government was already at war with the FNLA and UNITA, and South African forces had entered the country in Operation Savannah. Cuban troops arrived by air, and by the end of December a US intelligence report quoted on Wikipedia counted eight Soviet fighters, "probably MiG-17s", being assembled at Luanda, with Cuban pilots to fly them. The People’s Air Force of Angola / Air and Anti-Aircraft Defence, FAPA/DAA, was formally established on 21 January 1976, and from that month 12 MiG-21MFs arrived from the Soviet Union. It began as an air force of Soviet aircraft and Cuban crews.

1976–1988: Soviet jets, Cuban pilots and the South African Air Force

For the next twelve years the service was organised on Soviet lines, in aviation regiments, and fought the South African Air Force over southern Angola. Deliveries were large: according to Wikipedia’s operators list, 20 second-hand MiG-21PFMs in 1981–82, 30 MiG-21bis in 1983 and 32 more in 1984; 12 Su-20Ms around 1982; later MiG-23s, Mi-8s and Mi-24s. Romania sent about 150 instructors around 1983–85 to help found a Military Aviation School. Quantity did not buy experience. South Africa claims MiG-21s shot down by Mirage F1s on 6 November 1981 and 5 October 1982, and the Su-20 squadron lost at least six of its 12 aircraft by 1985, most in accidents. On the ground the DAA built up a Soviet missile network of SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, SA-8 and other systems.

Cuito Cuanavale: the air war both sides say they won

The turning point came at Cuito Cuanavale between August 1987 and March 1988. FAPLA’s offensive against UNITA was stopped on the Lomba river, and the fight moved to the town and its airstrip. In the air Cuban-flown MiG-23MLs, better armed than the SAAF’s Mirage F1s, and the missile belt made South African operations costly: on 27 September 1987 a Cuban MiG-23 crippled Captain Arthur Piercy’s Mirage, and two more Mirages were lost in 1988. South African sources claim 12 Angolan and Cuban MiGs destroyed. Havana and Luanda call the battle a victory; Pretoria says it achieved its limited aims; most historians call it inconclusive. What is not disputed is that it led to the New York Accords of 22 December 1988, the Cuban withdrawal and Namibian independence.

1992–2002: mercenaries, shopping lists and the end of the war

Peace did not last. The armed forces were reorganised as the FAA in October 1991, but UNITA rejected the 1992 election result and the war resumed. The government turned to Executive Outcomes, whose South African pilots flew air force MiG-23s, PC-7s and loaned Su-25s until the 1994 accord. When fighting returned in 1998 Luanda bought what it could: Human Rights Watch documented Mi-35s, Mi-17s from Ukraine, reconditioned MiG-23s, two Su-24s and Brazilian Tucanos, and Su-27s arrived in mid-2000. UNITA’s missiles were a real threat; one Su-27 was reported shot down while landing in November 2000. The war ended after Jonas Savimbi was killed on 22 February 2002.

2013–2026: Su-30Ks, K-8s and C295s

Peace brought a second generation of aircraft. The service took the name Força Aérea Nacional around 2007. Six Super Tucanos for border surveillance came from Embraer in 2013. In October 2013 Angola ordered 12 ex-Indian Su-30Ks in a reported US$1 billion Rosoboronexport package that also brought eight armed Mi-171Sh helicopters; the Su-30s, overhauled in Belarus, arrived late, between 2017 and 2019. China supplied 12 K-8W trainers to Catumbela in 2020 and MA60 transports; Israel converted a Cessna Citation for maritime patrol in 2017; and Airbus delivered three C295s in 2024–2025. In 2026 Angola approved 14 AW119 helicopters and ordered up to four L-39 Skyfox trainers.

What the numbers hide

On paper the service has about 6,000 people and more than 250 aircraft, and its seven Il-76s give it, in defenceWeb’s words, Southern Africa’s only heavy airlift. In practice its own past is the problem. defenceWeb’s 2025 profile says the age of many aircraft and insufficient maintenance have left a large part of the fleet inoperable or stored; FlightGlobal still lists 23 MiG-21s that other sources say were retired by 2007. The recent purchases are sensible ones — maritime patrol, trainers, utility helicopters — and they point to an air force that is slowly shrinking to what it can keep flying. Its official history is thinly published, and much of what is known still comes from foreign sources.

For the next twelve years the service was organised on Soviet lines, in aviation regiments, and fought the South African Air Force over southern Angola.National Air Force of Angola · verified 2026-10-01
במבט חטוף

The National Air Force of Angola in numbers

שֵׁרוּת

שם מקומי
Força Aérea Nacional (FAN)Portuguese, the official language. defenceWeb also writes Força Aérea Nacional de Angola (FANA). From 1976 to 2007 the service was the Força Aérea Popular de Angola / Defesa Aérea e Antiaérea (FAPA/DAA). The armed forces’ own site, faa.ao, could not be reached to check its spelling
מְבוּסָס
21 January 1976Members of the Aeroclube de Angola were gathered at Luanda in October 1975, before independence on 11 November 1975; the anniversary is kept on 21 January (the 39th was marked on 21 January 2015)
Former name
FAPA/DAA, 1976–2007People’s Air Force of Angola / Air and Anti-Aircraft Defence; the CIA World Factbook reported the new name by 2007
חלק מ
Angolan Armed Forces (FAA)Commander-in-chief: President João Lourenço. Chief of the General Staff since 20 January 2023: General Altino Carlos José dos Santos, an air force general
מַטֶה
LuandaWith a Northern and a Southern Air Region below it, according to defenceWeb
מְפַקֵד
Virgínio António da Cunha PintoSince 2023 according to defenceWeb; not confirmed on an Angolan government page. General Francisco Afonso was commander in 2015 and 2017

כּוֹחַ

כוח אדם
About 6,000–8,0006,000 in defenceWeb and the IISS figure cited on Wikipedia; Wikipedia’s armed forces article gives about 8,000
מטוסי קרב
  • Su-30K — 12
  • Su-27/Su-27UB — about 6 (defenceWeb)
  • MiG-23 — 22 (FlightGlobal) or likely stored (defenceWeb)
  • MiG-21bis — 23 (FlightGlobal), reported retired by 2007 elsewhere
  • Su-22M4 — 10–18, mostly stored
  • EMB 314 Super Tucano — 6

How many of the older Soviet types can fly is the main unknown: defenceWeb says age and poor maintenance have left a large part of the fleet inoperable or stored

נעלי ספורט
  • K-8W — 12
  • PC-7 — 22; PC-9 — 4
  • EMB 312 Tucano — 12–14
  • L-39C — 2–4
  • Cessna 172R — 6

Counts from FlightGlobal (via Wikipedia) and defenceWeb; up to four L-39 Skyfox ordered in June 2026

Transport and maritime
  • Il-76TD — 7
  • An-12, An-26, An-32, An-72
  • C295 — 3 (1 transport, 2 maritime surveillance)
  • MA60 — 2; C-212; Kodiak 100; Cessna Citation (maritime)

defenceWeb calls the Il-76 fleet Southern Africa’s only heavy airlift capability

מסוקים
  • Mi-8/Mi-17 family — about 39–65, plus 8 armed Mi-171Sh
  • Mi-24/Mi-35 — 14–25
  • Alouette III — 21; Bell 212 — 9
  • AW139 — 4; AW109 — 2–6; AS565 Panther — 8

Ranges reflect FlightGlobal versus defenceWeb; not all Mi-8s and Mi-17s are serviceable. 14 AW119s were approved in April 2026

רחפנים
Aksungur MALE on orderA US$93 million contract was approved in October 2022; defenceWeb reported no update since 2023

תַשׁתִית

בסיסי אוויר
  • Luanda — headquarters and transport squadron
  • Catumbela (Lobito) — training, K-8W
  • Kuito, Huambo, Luena, Menongue
  • Lubango and Moçâmedes (Namibe)

Lists differ: defenceWeb names Catumbela-Lobito, Huambo, Cuito, Luena, Menongue, Moçâmedes and Luanda; Wikipedia adds Belas and Lubango

אִרגוּן
Six aviation regimentsSoviet model: regiments (regimentos de aviação) of several squadrons; defenceWeb names the 25th Fighter Aviation Regiment for the Su-30K
אזורי אוויר
Northern and SouthernEach covering a group of provinces, per defenceWeb
הכשרת טייסים
בית הספר לתעופה צבאיתSet up with about 150 Romanian instructors around 1983–85; basic training at Lobito, K-8W at Catumbela
הגנה אווירית קרקעית
SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, SA-8, SA-9, SA-13Part of the same service, the old DAA; SA-6 (2K12) systems upgraded, reported in 2019. Numbers vary by source
מִבְנֶה

How the National Air Force of Angola is organised

One of the branches of the Angolan Armed Forces, run from Luanda over a Northern and a Southern Air Region and organised on the Soviet model in six aviation regiments, according to Wikipedia. The front line is 12 ex-Indian Su-30Ks delivered in 2017–2019, which defenceWeb placed with the 25th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Kuito, beside about six Su-27s; defenceWeb describes most of the older MiG-23s, Su-22s and Su-25s as stored, and the MiG-21s’ status is uncertain. Wikipedia’s list of regiments and squadrons is undated, and the air force publishes little about its own organisation.

VA

General (exact rank not confirmed)Virgínio António da Cunha PintoCommander of the National Air Force · in office since 2023
חיל האוויר הלאומי של אנגולהForça Aérea Nacional
מַטֶה

National Air Force

Força Aérea Nacional
Luanda

One of the branches of the Angolan Armed Forces, formed in October 1991, under the commander-in-chief, President João Lourenço; it also runs the ground-based air defence systems of the old DAA. defenceWeb names Virgínio António da Cunha Pinto as commander since 2023, which could not be checked on an Angolan government page; English Wikipedia still names General Altino dos Santos, who became Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces on 20 January 2023 according to Portuguese Wikipedia. defenceWeb describes a Northern and a Southern Air Region below the headquarters.

קו החזית

25th Fighter Aviation Regiment

Kuito

defenceWeb reported in 2019 that the 12 ex-Indian Su-30Ks, delivered between 2017 and 2019, fly with its 13th Fighter Squadron at Kuito. Wikipedia’s undated list also gives the regiment Su-27s, of which defenceWeb counts about six operational, and MiG-23 and MiG-21 squadrons, which defenceWeb describes as likely stored and of uncertain status. Bellingcat’s satellite imagery of October 2018 showed newly delivered Su-30s at Lubango instead.

קו החזית

26th Fighter Aviation Regiment

Moçâmedes

Wikipedia’s undated list places the regiment at Moçâmedes with squadrons of Su-24s, Su-25s and the Su-22M4Ks that arrived in 1989–90. defenceWeb’s 2025 profile describes the Su-22s as mostly stored, the Su-25s as stored and the single Su-24MK as likely retired or stored, so the regiment’s flying strength is doubtful.

תַחְבּוּרָה

23rd Air Transportation Regiment

Luanda

Wikipedia places the transport regiment at Luanda. Its seven Il-76TDs are, in defenceWeb’s words, Southern Africa’s only heavy airlift capability, beside An-12s, An-32s, An-72s, two MA60s and three Airbus C295s: one transport, which landed in Luanda on 25 July 2024, and two maritime surveillance aircraft delivered in November 2025. Commercial flights left the Luanda airport on 1 March 2026; what that means for the air force side is not stated in the sources.

מסוקים

21st and 22nd Helicopter Regiments

Luena and Huambo

Wikipedia places the 21st Transport Helicopter Regiment at Luena with Mi-8s and Mi-17s and the 22nd Combat Helicopter Regiment at Huambo with Mi-24s, Mi-25s and Mi-35s. Fleet counts differ: about 39 Mi-8s and Mi-17s by defenceWeb’s count against 65 Mi-17s in FlightGlobal, and 14 to 25 Mi-24s and Mi-35s. Eight armed Mi-171Sh came in 2015–2016 under the 2013 Rosoboronexport deal, and 14 Leonardo AW119s were approved in April 2026.

הַדְרָכָה

24th Training Regiment and the jet trainers

Menongue, Catumbela and Lobito

Wikipedia places the 24th Training Regiment at Menongue with L-39s, Tucanos, PC-7s and PC-9s, and the Pilot Basic Training School at Lobito. The 12 Chinese K-8W jet trainers, whose unit is not published, were received at Catumbela in 2020, and up to four Aero L-39 Skyfox were ordered in June 2026. The Military Aviation School was set up with about 150 Romanian instructors around 1983–85.

בשירות

What the National Air Force of Angola flies today

כל סוג בטעינה, מקושר לדף ספר החיות שלו במידה וקיים כזה. ספירות הן מטוסים בספרים, לא מטוסים זמינים ביום נתון.

סוּג תַפְקִיד בשירות מֵאָז יחידות הערות
סוחוי סו-30Kבשירות לוחם רב-משימתי 12 2017 12 delivered September 2017–April 2019. Reports in October 2013 spoke of 18; Irkut said 12 in February 2014.
סוחוי סו-27 וסו-27UBבשירות לוחם עליונות אווירית 6 2000 About six operational of 18 delivered (defenceWeb); FlightGlobal lists a single Su-27UB.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23ML and MiG-23BNבשירות מטוס קרב ומפציץ קרב 22 22 in FlightGlobal’s 2026 table (via Wikipedia); defenceWeb counts 25 and says they are likely retired or stored.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF, PFM, bis, R and UMבשירות לוֹחֶם 23 1976 23 MiG-21bis in FlightGlobal; other sources report the type retired by 2007, so its status is uncertain.
Sukhoi Su-22M4K and Su-22UM3Kבשירות מפציץ קרב 10 1989 10 in FlightGlobal; about 18 in defenceWeb, in storage with some lost; 14 in Wikipedia’s Su-17 article.
אמבראר EMB 314 סופר טוקאנובשירות Light attack and border surveillance 6 2013 Six ordered; the first three were handed over in Brazil around the end of January 2013.
Embraer EMB 312 Tucanoבשירות מאמן בסיסי 12 1998 12 in FlightGlobal (described as ex-Peruvian); defenceWeb lists 14.
הונגדו K-8W קרקורוםבשירות מאמן סילון ותקיפה קלה 12 2020 12: six in January 2020, six on 14 December 2020.
Aero L-39C אלבטרוסבשירות מאמן סילון 4 Up to four (defenceWeb 2026, FlightGlobal); defenceWeb’s 2025 profile says two.
פילאטוס PC-7בשירות מאמן בסיסי 22 22 in FlightGlobal’s table (via Wikipedia).
פילאטוס PC-9בשירות אימון טורבו-פרופ מתקדם 4 Four in FlightGlobal’s table (via Wikipedia).
Cessna 172Rבשירות מאמן ראשי 6 Six, per defenceWeb.
איליושין Il-76TDבשירות הובלה כבדה 7 Seven in FlightGlobal and defenceWeb.
אנטונוב An-12בשירות תַחְבּוּרָה 8 Eight in FlightGlobal (via Wikipedia).
אנטונוב אנ-26בשירות תובלה טקטית 1 One in FlightGlobal.
אנטונוב אנ-32בשירות תובלה טקטית 4 Four in FlightGlobal.
אנטונוב An-72בשירות תַחְבּוּרָה 5 Five in FlightGlobal.
איירבוס C295בשירות תחבורה ומעקב ימי 3 2024 One transport (delivered July 2024) and two maritime surveillance aircraft (November 2025).
קאזה C-212 אביוקרבשירות תחבורה קלה וסיור ימי 2 One maritime and one utility in FlightGlobal; Portuguese Wikipedia lists five C.212M.
Cessna Citation I (ASIO maritime surveillance)בשירות מעקב ימי 1 2017 אֶחָד.
שיאן MA60בשירות תַחְבּוּרָה 2 2019 Two delivered in 2019; CATIC was supplying two more in 2021.
Daher Kodiak 100בשירות שירות ומעקב 3 2020 Three in FlightGlobal; defenceWeb said in 2020 the number was unclear.
בריטן-נורמן BN-2A איילנדרבשירות תחבורה קלה Listed by defenceWeb without a number.
מיל מי-8 ומי-17בשירות מסוק תובלה 39 About 22 Mi-8 and 17 Mi-17, not all serviceable (defenceWeb); FlightGlobal lists 65 Mi-17.
מיל מי-171שבשירות Armed transport helicopter 8 2015 Eight delivered in 2015–2016.
מיל מי-24 ומי-35בשירות מסוק תקיפה 14 14 Mi-35 in FlightGlobal; about 25 Mi-35P and Mi-24 in defenceWeb.
אירוספייאלה אלואט IIIבשירות מסוק קל לשימוש 21 21 in FlightGlobal (via Wikipedia).
בל 212בשירות מסוק שירות 9 About nine.
AgustaWestland AW139בשירות מסוק חיפוש והצלה ומסוק שירות 4 2016 Four in FlightGlobal and defenceWeb.
AgustaWestland AW109E Powerבשירות מסוק קל לשימוש 6 Six in defenceWeb; two plus four on order in FlightGlobal.
Eurocopter AS565 Pantherבשירות מסוק שירות 8 Eight, per defenceWeb.
מי-8/1739
מיג-2123
מיג-2322
PC-722
אלואט השלישי21
מי-24/3514
Su-30K12
טוקאנו12

בהזמנה

סוּג הוזמן משלוח ראשון הערות
Aero L-39 סקייפוקסבהזמנה 4 Up to four, announced by Aero Vodochody on 18 June 2026 with training and support; Angola is the first African customer. Value and delivery dates were not published.
Leonardo AW119M and AW119Kxבהזמנה 14 12 AW119M and two AW119Kx for the Ministry of National Defence, EUR 132.8 million, approved by Presidential Decree 137/26 published 17 April 2026, for troop transport, casualty evacuation, search and rescue and command.

יוֹתֵר

Separate AW119s and AW139s delivered in 2025 belong to the National Police.
טאי אקסונגורבהזמנה Medium-altitude long-endurance drone; US$93 million contract approved in October 2022 through Simportex.

יוֹתֵר

The number was not disclosed and defenceWeb had no update on delivery by December 2025.
AgustaWestland AW109בהזמנה 4 Four on order according to FlightGlobal’s table as quoted on Wikipedia; not confirmed elsewhere.
הופעל בעבר

Every type the National Air Force of Angola has retired

5 types, from the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 to the Sukhoi Su-20M. נתוני השיא הם מספר שלדי המטוסים שנלקחו תחת אחריות לאורך כל חיי השירות, לא מספר כוחות הצי בכל תאריך נתון.

סוּג תַפְקִיד שִׂיא מוגש הוחלף על ידי הערות
Sukhoi Su-20M מפציץ קרב 12 1982– Su-22M4K 12 supplied in 1982 or 1983.
סוחוי סו-25 התקפה קרקעית 8 Eight in storage of 14 delivered, per defenceWeb.
סוחוי סו-24MK מטוסי תקיפה 1 One, likely retired or stored, per defenceWeb in 2025. Human Rights Watch reported two ordered in the late 1990s.
מיקויאן-גורביץ' מיג-17 לוֹחֶם 1975– מיג-21 Eight Soviet fighters, "probably MiG-17s", were reported being assembled at Luanda in December 1975.
Aero L-29 דלפין מאמן סילון 12 12 in storage.
בסיסי אוויר

Where the National Air Force of Angola flies from

Black pins are active bases, hollow pins historic airfields. Menongue was the forward base for Cuban and Angolan MiG-23s in the Cuito Cuanavale campaign of 1987–88, when South African shelling closed the Cuito Cuanavale strip to fixed-wing aircraft; like Luanda and Negage, it was built as a Portuguese Air Force base before independence. defenceWeb lists seven current bases, and Wikipedia adds Lubango, where Su-30s were seen in 2018. Coordinates are from English Wikipedia because the Angolan AIP could not be reached; Moçâmedes and Cuito Cuanavale have no published position and carry no pin.

בסיס אווירי פעיל סגור או שמורלחץ על סיכה כדי לפתוח את דף הבסיס
בָּסִיס ICAO סטָטוּס מַסלוּל הַמרָאָה יחידות ומטוסים
CatumbelaBenguela Province FNCT פָּעִיל 02/203,700 מטר
HuamboHuambo Province FNHU פָּעִיל 11/292,660 מטר
KuitoBié Province FNKU פָּעִיל
LuandaLuanda Province FNLU פָּעִיל 05/233,716 m07/252,600 מטר
  • 23rd Air Transportation Regiment: Ilyushin Il-76, Antonov An-12, An-26, An-32, An-72, Airbus C295, Xi’an MA60, Lockheed C-130K and Boeing 707 (former, per Wikipedia)
LubangoHuíla Province FNUB פָּעִיל 10/283,150 מטר
LuenaMoxico Province FNUE פָּעִיל 11/293,350 מטר
  • 21st Transport Helicopter Regiment: מיל מי-8/מי-17, Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama, Aérospatiale SA 342M Gazelle
מנונגהמחוז קובנגו (Cuando Cubango עד 2024) FNME פָּעִיל 13/31— מ
MoçâmedesNamibe Province FNMO פָּעִיל
Cuito Cuanavale airfieldCuando Province (Cuando Cubango until 2024) סָגוּר

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סדר הקרב

Who is stationed where in the National Air Force of Angola

יחידות מעופפות לפי בסיס, היחידות הנוכחיות תחילה. Angolan flying units follow the Soviet model of numbered aviation regiments with several squadrons: the 25th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Kuito, the 26th at Moçâmedes, the 23rd Air Transportation Regiment at Luanda, the 21st and 22nd Helicopter Regiments at Luena and Huambo and the 24th Training Regiment at Menongue. Most regiment, squadron and type lists rest on an undated English Wikipedia list that defenceWeb confirms only base by base, and the entries say so. Where a unit’s designation is not published, as for the K-8W trainers at Catumbela, the entry names the fleet instead.

Menongue Air Base · FNME24th Training Regiment, Southern Air Region, National Air Force of Angola
24th Training Regiment (8th Training Squadron)גדוד אימונים · פעיל
Aero L-39ZA אלבטרוס, Embraer EMB 312 Tucano, פילאטוס PC-9, פילאטוס PC-7, Aero L-29 Delfín, Cessna 172
Kuito · FNKU25th Fighter Aviation Regiment
25th Fighter Aviation Regiment (11th, 12th and 13th Fighter Squadrons)גדוד קרב · פעיל
Sukhoi Su-30K (13th Squadron), Sukhoi Su-27/Su-27UB (13th Squadron), MiG-23ML/UB (12th Squadron), MiG-21 (11th Squadron)
Catumbela · FNCTחיל האוויר הלאומי של אנגולה
K-8W jet training unitJet training unit · active
הונגדו K-8W קרקורום
Pilot Basic Training School (Lobito)בית ספר לטיסה · פעיל
Luanda · FNLU23rd Air Transportation Regiment; Northern Air Region
23rd Air Transportation RegimentTransport regiment · active
Ilyushin Il-76, Antonov An-12, An-26, An-32, An-72, Airbus C295, Xi’an MA60, Lockheed C-130K and Boeing 707 (former, per Wikipedia)
Lubango · FNUBחיל האוויר הלאומי של אנגולה
Su-30K detachmentיחידת לוחמים · פעילה
סוחוי סו-30K
Moçâmedes · FNMO26th Fighter Aviation Regiment
26th Fighter Aviation Regiment (14th, 15th and 16th Fighter Squadrons)Fighter-bomber regiment · active
Sukhoi Su-24MK (14th Squadron), Sukhoi Su-25K/UBK (16th Squadron), Sukhoi Su-22M4K/UM3K (15th Squadron)
Huambo · FNHU22nd Combat Helicopter Regiment
22nd Combat Helicopter Regimentגדוד מסוקי תקיפה · פעיל
Mil Mi-24/Mi-25, Mil Mi-35
Luena · FNUE21st Transport Helicopter Regiment
21st Transport Helicopter RegimentTransport helicopter regiment · active
מיל מי-8/מי-17, Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama, Aérospatiale SA 342M Gazelle

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ציר זמן

National Air Force of Angola milestones, 1914 to today

1975

October: members of the Aeroclube de Angola are assembled at Luanda. 11 November: independence from Portugal. December: Cuban pilots arrive and the first Soviet MiG fighters are assembled at Luanda.

1976

21 January: the People’s Air Force of Angola / Air and Anti-Aircraft Defence (FAPA/DAA) is formally established. From January, 12 MiG-21MFs are delivered from the USSR.

1981

6 November: SAAF Mirage F1s and FAPA MiG-21s clash; South Africa claims one MiG-21 shot down.

1982

5 October: a second clash; the SAAF claims one MiG-21 destroyed and one damaged. Su-20Ms arrive around this time.

1983

30 MiG-21bis arrive, and 32 more in 1984. Around 1983–85 about 150 Romanian instructors help set up a Military Aviation School.

1987

September: the air battles over the Lomba river during Operation Moduler; on 27 September a Cuban MiG-23ML damages a SAAF Mirage F1.

1988

Cuito Cuanavale is besieged until March; 27 June: Cuban MiG-23s bomb the Calueque dam; 22 December: the New York Accords. 1989–90: 14 Su-22M4Ks join the 26th Air Regiment at Moçâmedes.

1991

9 October: the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) are formed after the Bicesse Accords; the last Cuban forces leave.

1992

War resumes after the disputed election; Executive Outcomes later flies air force MiG-23s, Su-25s and PC-7s for the government.

1998

Reconditioned MiG-23s, Tucanos and L-39s are bought as the war restarts.

2000

Mid-year: the Su-27 enters service. 19 November: one is reported shot down by a UNITA missile while landing.

2002

22 February: Jonas Savimbi is killed in Moxico; a ceasefire follows about six weeks later, ending 27 years of war.

2007

The service is reported under its new name, Força Aérea Nacional.

2013

February: first three of six Super Tucanos handed over. October: Su-30Ks ordered in a reported US$1 billion Rosoboronexport deal. Eight Mi-171Sh follow in 2015–16.

2017

September: first two Su-30Ks arrive; South Africa returns the MiG-21 that landed near Tsumeb in 1988. 2020: 12 K-8W trainers reach Catumbela.

2024

25 July: the first of three C295s lands in Luanda.

2025

November: Airbus delivers the two C295 maritime surveillance aircraft.

2026

April: 14 AW119 helicopters approved. June: up to four L-39 Skyfox ordered.

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  • מלחמת העצמאות וההתערבות הקובנית 1975–1976 Newly assembled MiGs and a handful of transport aircraft, largely flown by Cubans, supported the MPLA government against the FNLA, UNITA, Zaire and the South African column of Operation Savannah
  • מלחמת הגבולות של דרום אפריקה 1976–1988 Air defence of southern Angola against South African raids, ground attack against UNITA and support of the army; Soviet-built missile systems were operated by the DAA
  • קרב קואיטו קואנוואלה 1987–1988 Close air support and interdiction for the FAPLA offensive on the Lomba river and the defence of Cuito Cuanavale; air defence against SAAF strikes; Cuban MiG-23 strikes near the Namibian border in 1988
  • מלחמת האזרחים באנגולה, השלב הסופי 1992–2002 Ground attack, helicopter assault and airlift against UNITA, at times with South African contractors of Executive Outcomes flying air force aircraft; rapid rebuilding of the fleet with purchases from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Brazil and the Czech Republic

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איך קוראים לחיל האוויר של אנגולה בפורטוגזית?
Força Aérea Nacional (FAN), the National Air Force; defenceWeb also writes Força Aérea Nacional de Angola (FANA). From its founding on 21 January 1976 until about 2007 it was the Força Aérea Popular de Angola / Defesa Aérea e Antiaérea (FAPA/DAA), the People’s Air Force and Air and Anti-Aircraft Defence, according to the English and Portuguese Wikipedia articles. "National Air Force of Angola" is the current English Wikipedia title.
אילו מטוסי קרב מפעילה אנגולה?
The front-line fighter is the Su-30K: 12 ex-Indian aircraft overhauled in Belarus and delivered between 2017 and 2019. About six מטוסי Su-27 remain from 18. FlightGlobal still lists MiG-21s, MiG-23s and Su-22s, but defenceWeb reports most of the older Soviet jets as stored or likely retired.
מתי נוסד חיל האוויר של אנגולה?
היא הוקמה רשמית ב-21 בינואר 1976, חודשיים לאחר קבלת העצמאות ב-11 בנובמבר 1975, והיא שומרת על תאריך זה כיום השנה שלה. העבודה החלה באוקטובר 1975, כאשר חברי מועדון האווירו-אנגולה של אנגולה התאספו בלואנדה, והמיגים הסובייטיים הראשונים הורכבו שם בדצמבר 1975 בסיוע קובני.
מי ניצח במלחמת האוויר בקואיטו קואנוואלה?
Each side claims success. Cuba and Angola describe the 1987–88 battle as a victory that stopped South Africa; South Africa says it achieved its limited aims, and most historians call it tactically inconclusive. In the air, Cuban-flown MiG-23MLs and Soviet missile systems made SAAF operations far harder, and South Africa lost two Mirage F1s in 1988; South African sources in turn claim 12 Angolan and Cuban MiGs destroyed.
האם טייסים קובנים הטיסו מטוסים אנגוליים?
כן. המודיעין האמריקאי דיווח על טייסים קובנים שהגיעו בדצמבר 1975 כדי להטיס את מטוסי המיג הראשונים, ובמלחמה עם דרום אפריקה הוטסו מטוסי מיג-23 רבים על ידי קובנים; הטייס שלוקח קרדיט על הפגיעה במטוס מיראז' של חיל האוויר המלכותי ב-27 בספטמבר 1987, אלברטו ליי ריבאס, היה קובני. כוחות קובנים עזבו את אנגולה ב-1991 במסגרת הסכמי ניו יורק.
מדוע דרום אפריקה החזירה לאנגולה מיג-21?
On 14 December 1988 a FAPA MiG-21bis got lost on a ferry flight from Lubango to Menongue and landed in a field near Tsumeb in South West Africa. South Africa kept it in the SAAF Museum from 1991, and in September 2017 returned it as a goodwill gesture by President Jacob Zuma, flown home in an Angolan Il-76, according to defenceWeb.
What did Executive Outcomes do for the Angolan Air Force?
The South African private military company first trained and then fought for the government against UNITA after 1992, with its pilots flying air force MiG-23s, PC-7s and loaned מטוסי Su-25, according to Wikipedia. Its contract ended under UN and US pressure after the 1994 Lusaka accord.
Does Angola still fly the Su-24?
Probably not. Human Rights Watch reported two Su-24s ordered in the late 1990s and defenceWeb listed the type in 2015 and 2017, but its 2025 profile counts a single סו-24MK, likely retired or stored. No new Su-24 or Mi-171 order was found for 2024–2026.
What new aircraft is Angola buying?
Three Airbus C295s arrived in July 2024 and November 2025, two of them for maritime surveillance. In April 2026 Angola approved 14 Leonardo AW119 helicopters, and in June 2026 it ordered up to four Aero L-39 Skyfox jet trainers. A Turkish Aksungur drone contract approved in 2022 had seen no reported delivery by late 2025.
Who commands the Angolan Air Force?
defenceWeb names Virgínio António da Cunha Pinto as commander since 2023; this could not be checked on an Angolan government page. An earlier commander, General Francisco Afonso, was in post in 2015 and 2017, and the air force general Altino Carlos José dos Santos became Chief of the General Staff of the armed forces on 20 January 2023.

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