Ukrainian Air Force
Ukrainian Air Force | |
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Повітряні сили Збройних сил України | |
Active | 1917–1921 1992–present |
Country | Ukraine |
Type | Air force |
Role | Aerial warfare |
Size | 35,000 (2022)[1] 207 aircraft (2021)[2] |
Part of | Armed Forces of Ukraine |
Headquarters | Vinnytsia |
Anniversaries | Air Force Day (6 August)[3] |
Engagements |
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Commanders | |
An-178 |
The Ukrainian Air Force (Ukrainian: Повітряні сили Збройних сил України, romanized: Povitriyani syly Zbroiynyh syl Ukraiyini, PS ZSU) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the seven branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[5] Its current form was created in 2004 by merging the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces into the Air Force.
When the
The Ukrainian Air Force participated in the
Missions
The role of the Air Force is to protect the
In peace-time, this is carried out by flying air-space control missions over the entire territory of Ukraine (603,700 square km), and by preventing air space intrusion along the aerial borders (totaling almost 7,000 km, including 5,600 km of land and 1,400 km of sea). Over 2,200 service personnel and civilian employees of the Air Force, employing 400 items of weapons and equipment, are summoned daily to perform defense duties.[10]
On average, the Ukrainian radar forces detect and track more than 1,000 targets daily. As a result, in 2006 two illegal crossings of the state border were prevented and 28 violations of Ukrainian air space were prevented. Due to such increased strengthening of air space control, the number of air space violations decreased by 35% compared to the previous year, even though the amount of
History
1917–1945
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Ukrainian military aviation started with the winter 1917 creation of the
Sometime in 1918 the West Ukrainian People's Republic created its own aviation corps with the Ukrainian Galician Army headed by Petro Franko, a son of renowned Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. In 1918 he organized an aviation school of the Ukrainian Galician Army Command Center which was active until 1920.[13][14]
The airplanes used by Ukraine in this period included Belgium-built SPAD S.VIIs. The Ukrainian Galician Army used Nieuport 17 biplanes. At the beginning of 1918, 188 aircraft of 26 models were listed in Ukrainian registers.[11]
During
Collapse of the USSR
Air Forces
On the basis of the ex-Soviet Air Forces formations in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force, as a service branch of the young Armed Forces, was established on 17 March 1992, in accordance with a Directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the AFU. The headquarters of the
The new Air Force inherited the
In April 1999, immediately after
Ukraine also had
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From 24 January 1992, after the collapse of the USSR,
There were also three air defence corps: the 28th (Lviv), 49th (Odesa), and 60th (Dnipropetrovsk). Holm reports that all three air defence corps were taken over by Ukraine on 1 February 1992, and that the 28th ADC became the Western AD Region on 1 June 1992. The first issue of the Military Balance after the Soviet collapse, 1992–93, listed one Air Defence army, 270 combat aircraft, and seven regiments of Su-15s (80), MiG-23s (110) and MiG-25s (80).[23]
By March 1994 Air Forces Monthly reported three air defence regions: the Southern with the 62nd and 737th Fighter Aviation Regiments, the Western with the 92nd (transferred from 14th Air Army and based at Mukachevo), 179th, and 894th Fighter Aviation Regiments (from 28th AD Corps/2nd Air Defence Army), and the Central with the 146th (Vasilkov), 636th (Kramatorsk, seemingly disbanded 1996 and its Su-15s broken up for scrap),[24][25] and 933rd Fighter Aviation Regiments.[26] The Military Balance 95/96 said that six fighter regiments had been disbanded.[citation needed]
In March 1994 the 14th Air Army became the
Air Defence Forces
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The Soviet Army kept the forces dedicated to national air defence (
- 28th Corps of Air Defence (HQ in Lviv), part of the 2nd Separate Army of Air Defence (HQ in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR) provided air defence umbrella over the western parts of the country;
- 49th Dnipropetrovsk), part of the 8th Separate Army of Air Defence (HQ in Kyiv) provided air defence umbrella over the central and eastern parts of the country;
- 60th Red Banner Corps of Air Defence (HQ in Odesa), part of the 8th Separate Army of Air Defence (HQ in Kyiv) provided air defence umbrella over the southern parts of the country.
In 1992 the newly independent Ukrainian State took over control over the three AD corps stationed in Ukraine and retained the Air Defence Forces of Ukraine as a separate armed service, equal in status to the Ground Forces, Air Forces and the Navy. The 28th Corps was transferred to the now-Ukrainian 8th Separate Army of Air Defence,[30] and the army was later re-designated as the Air Defence Forces of Ukraine (Вiйська Противоповiтряної оборони України). The ADFU existed as a separate service from 1992 to 2004, when they were merged with the Air Forces of Ukraine (literally Military Aviation Forces or Вiйськово-Повiтрянi Сили) to form the present-day unified Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Повiтрянi Сили Збройних Сил України).
1991–2014
After
The
In 2005, the UAF was planning to restructure in an effort to improve efficiency. Ukraine was planning to put more advanced jet aircraft into service. Possibly buying newer
In 2011 the
Collection, processing and transmission of radio information was automated as part of the Automated Command and Control System for aviation and
Role in the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Following the
During the 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea the air force did not fight but lost several aircraft to Russia; most were returned to Ukraine.
Since 12 July 2014 the Ukrainian Air Force has been put on full combat alert.[4] Around this date the Air Forces started restoring its former military airfields in Voznesensk (Mykolaiv Oblast), and Velykyi Buialyk and Artsyz (both in Odesa Oblast).[40]
Ukraine inherited a large inventory of aircraft from the Soviet Union, these were mostly decommissioned and stored as the nation had little use or funding to keep a large fleet active. In 2014, the air force announced that it would be bringing back 68 aircraft that had been in reserve since the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the Tupolev Tu-141 reconnaissance drone.[6][41][unreliable source?][42] In April 2014 two MiG-29 aircraft were restored.[43] In August a decommissioned An-26 transport aircraft was also restored to active service by a volunteer group.[44] In January 2015 the air force received another 4 newly restored airplanes, two MiG-29s and two Su-27s, as well as two Mi-8 and Mi-2 helicopters.[45][46]
As a result of the war in Donbas the government of Ukraine realized the importance of drone surveillance in locating enemy troops, and recommissioned 68 Soviet era
A crowd funding project for a "people's drone" aimed to purchase an American or Israeli drone. However, Ukrainian designers and engineers were able to build their own model based on the commercially available DJI Phantom 2 drone.[48]
In October 2014, students from Ivano-Frankivsk designed their own drone to be used in the war in Donbas. The drone could broadcast live pictures, unlike the Tu-141 which relies on film that must be recovered. The drone was built from off the shelf components and funded by volunteers. The drone was also stated to have an operational ceiling of 7,000 meters, a range of 25 kilometers, and cost about US$4,000 to build.[49][50]
In 2015,
Developments towards restoration
Starting in 1993 the
Role in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On Thursday, 24 February 2022, the Air Force began to respond to the advance of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft and materiel towards Ukrainian skies as part of the country's invasion by the Russian Armed Forces.[60]
The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that over 100 air defence systems and over 90 aircraft had been disabled or destroyed by 6 March 2022, which has not been confirmed by independent sources.[61] No official figures from the Ukrainian Defence Ministry were immediately available. According to US defense officials, UKAF still had 56 operational fighter jets as of 11 March 2022.[62]
In April 2022, an unspecified country offered parts to help Ukraine restore 20 aircraft to operational usage, a US defence official claimed.[63]
On 19 September, US Air Force General
In May 2023 the
As of 4 August, since 2023 began, the Ukrainian Air Force has lost seven aircraft, "four MiG-29s, an Su-24, an Su-25 and an Su-27". The reduced rate of loss, compared to 62 aircraft in 2022, is credited to longer range western weapons.[58]
Equipment
Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the information below may be outdated. |
The last reliable information of the number of Ukrainian Air Force operational aircraft came in December 2021; during the current escalation of fighting, losses, technical refitting and donations may have changed the equipment numbers reported below.
Aircraft
As of December 2023, the amount of aircraft that are still in service, especially fighter aircraft, is uncertain. Ukraine had 43 MiG-29s, 12 Su-24s, 17 Su-25s, and 26 Su-27s in active service in 2021 according to data from Flight Global.[2]
F-16 procurement
In May 2023, the United States indicated support for training Ukrainian pilots on the
Denmark will provide 19 F-16 aircraft and the Netherlands will attempt to provide up to 100% of their remaining fleet (42 aircraft),[70] with the exception of the aircraft required for the training of Ukrainian pilots and maintenance personnel that will take place in Denmark and Romania. Denmark aims to deliver six F-16s by April 2024,[71] then eight F-16s in the rest of the year and five afterwards.[72] The Netherlands committed to an initial delivery of 18 aircraft.[73]
Norway will provide two F-16s to train Ukrainian pilots,[74] while the total number of aircraft provided to Ukraine will probably be less than 10.[75] Belgium announced that they will be able to offer F-16s starting in 2025 at the earliest.[76]
All F-16 aircraft supplied by Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Belgium will be the F-16AM (single-seat) / F-16BM (twin-seat) Block 15 Mid-Life Update (MLU) variants. These variants are analogous to the F-16C/D Block 50/52.[76][77]
Current inventory
Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat aircraft | ||||||
Mikoyan MiG-29 | Soviet Union | Multirole | MiG-29A, MiG-29S, MiG-29MU1, MiG-29MU2 MiG-29G, MiG-29AS |
55[78] | 8 are used for conversion training.[78] 27 MiG-29G and MiG-29AS donated by Poland and Slovakia in 2023.[79] | |
Sukhoi Su-24 | Soviet Union | Attack | Su-24M, Su-24MR |
14[78] | Modified to carry and fire Storm Shadow missiles.[80] | |
Sukhoi Su-25 | Soviet Union | Attack / Close air support | Su-25/UB, Su-25K, Su-25M1 |
20[78] | 4 are used for conversion training.[78] | |
Sukhoi Su-27 | Soviet Union | Multirole | Su-27UB, Su-27S1M, Su-27P1M |
31[78] | 6 are used for conversion training.[78] | |
General Dynamics F-16 | United States | Multirole | F-16AM/BM | Up to 61 to enter service in 2024.[79][80] | ||
Reconnaissance | ||||||
Antonov An-30 | Soviet Union | Surveillance | An-30B | 3[78] | ||
Transport | ||||||
Antonov An-26 | Soviet Union | Transport | An-24/26 | 22[78] | ||
Antonov An-70 | Ukraine | Transport | 1[81] | |||
Antonov An-178 | Ukraine | Transport | 3 on order.[78] | |||
Ilyushin Il-76 | Soviet Union | Strategic airlifter | Il-76MD | 4[81] | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
Mil Mi-8 | Soviet Union | Transport / Utility | Mi-8TB, Mi-8MSB-V |
15[78] | Croatia donated Mi-8s to Ukraine in 2023. [82] | |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Transport / Utility | Mi-17V-5 | 25[81] | The United States donated Mi-17s (originally purchased for the former Afghan government) to Ukraine in 2022.[83] | |
Trainer aircraft | ||||||
Aero L-39 | Czechoslovakia | Jet trainer | L-39C, L-39M1 |
44[78] | ||
Unmanned aerial vehicle | ||||||
AeroVironment RQ-11 | United States | Surveillance | RQ-11B | 72[84] | ||
Bayraktar TB2
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Turkey | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle | 6[85] | 48 on order[85] |
Retired
Previous aircraft operated were the
Armament
Name | Origin | Type | Variant | Notes |
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Air-launched cruise missiles | ||||
Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG | France United Kingdom |
Long-range cruise missile | Unknown amount delivered by the United Kingdom. In July 2023, France announced it would supply Ukraine with SCALP missiles.[87][88] | |
Air-to-air missiles | ||||
R-73 | Soviet Union | Short-range | Former Soviet Union stock, more than 100 donated by Poland and Slovakia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[59][89] | |
R-60 | Soviet Union | Short-range | Former Soviet Union stock, domestically upgraded version.[90] Unknown number donated by North Macedonia and Slovakia.[59] | |
R-27 | Soviet Union | Medium-range | R-27ET R-27ER |
Former Soviet stock[89][91] and domestically manufactured by Artem.[92] Unknown number donated by Slovakia.[59] |
AIM-9 Sidewinder | United States | Short-range | Canada donated AIM-9 missiles from its stock.[93][94] | |
AIM-120 AMRAAM | United States | Medium-range | UK donated AMRAAM missiles in the wake of Russian missile attacks in October 2022.[95] The Pentagon ordered AMRAAM missiles worth $1.15 billion to supply Ukraine.[96] | |
AIM-7 Sparrow | United States | Medium-range | Canada donated 288 AIM-7 Sparrow missiles from its stock.[97][98] | |
Air-to-surface missile | ||||
Kh-25 | Soviet Union | KH-25ML | [99] | |
AGM-88 HARM | United States | Anti-radiation missile | [59] | |
Decoy missiles | ||||
ADM-160 MALD | United States | Decoy missile | ADM-160B | [59] |
Guided bombs | ||||
MAM-L | Turkey | For Baykar Bayraktar TB2.[59] | ||
MAM-C | Turkey | For Baykar Bayraktar TB2.[59] | ||
Joint Direct Attack Munition | United States | Precision-guided bomb | JDAM-ER | The US has provided Ukraine with JDAM-ER that can hit targets at 45 miles during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[100] |
Unguided bombs | ||||
OFAB-100-120 | Soviet Union | [91] | ||
FAB-250 | Soviet Union | [91] | ||
Unguided rockets | ||||
Zuni | United States | Unguided Rocket | 4000 delivered by the United States.[101] | |
S-8 | Soviet Union | Unguided Rocket | [91] | |
S-13 | Soviet Union | Unguided Rocket | [99] | |
S-24 | Soviet Union | Unguided Rocket | S-24B | [99] |
S-25 | Soviet Union | Unguided Rocket | S-25OF | [99] |
Hydra 70 | United States | Unguided Rocket | The rockets have been observed being integrated on and used by Mi-8 CAS variants and Mi-24s[102][103] |
Air Defense
Name | Origin | Type | In service | Pledged | Notes |
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Surface-to-air missile | |||||
S-300PS[104] S-300PT[104] S-300PMU[105] |
Soviet Union | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 250[106][107] | ||
2K12 Kub | Soviet Union | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 3+[108] | 2[105] | |
9K37 Buk M1 | Soviet Union | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 72[106] | Modified to fire AIM-7 Sparrow or RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles.[109] | |
S-125 Neva/Pechora[110] | Soviet Union | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 8[111] | Unknown number of S-125 Newa SCs donated by Poland.[112] | |
Iris-T SL | Germany | Mobile mid-range surface-to-air missile system | 3[113] | 5[113] | |
NASAMS | Norway / United States |
Mobile short- to medium-range surface-to-air system | 2[114] | 8[114] | |
MIM-104 Patriot | United States | Mobile long range anti-ballistic missile system | 2[115][116] | 1[113] | |
SAMP/T | Italy / France | Mobile long range anti-ballistic missile system | 1[117] | ||
Aspide | Italy | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 3[59] | Spada 2000 donated by Spain. Skyguard Aspide and Spada systems donated by Italy.[59] | |
MIM-23 Hawk | United States | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 6[118] | 6[118] | |
Avenger Air Defense System | United States | Mobile surface-to-air missile system | 20[119] | ||
Anti-aircraft guns
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ZU-23-2 | Soviet Union | Towed anti-aircraft gun | [81] |
Radars
Model | Country of origin | Type | Number | Details |
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P-14 | Soviet Union | Early-warning radar | N/A | [120] |
P-18 | Soviet Union | Early-warning radar | N/A | Being modernized to the P-18C standard.[121] The Lithuanian P-18ML and Ukrainian P-18 "Malakhit" modernisation have both been seen in use.[120] |
P-19 | Soviet Union | Mobile surveillance radar | N/A | [120] |
P-35 | Soviet Union | Early-warning radar | N/A | [120] |
1L22 "Parol" | Soviet Union | Mobile radar | N/A | [120] |
PRV-11 | Soviet Union | Towed radar | N/A | [120] |
PRV-13 | Soviet Union | Towed radar | N/A | [120] |
PRV-16 | Soviet Union | Mobile radar | N/A | In service during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Lithuanian modernsation PRV-16ML has been seen in use.[120] |
R-410 | Soviet Union | Tropospheric scatter | N/A | [120] |
36D6 'Tin Shield | Soviet Union | Air surveillance radar | 1+ | Part of the S-300 radar complex. 1 donated by Slovakia.[122] |
5N66M 'Clam Shell' | Soviet Union | Target acquisition radar | 1+ | Part of the S-300 radar complex. 1 donated by Slovakia.[122] |
5N63S 'Flap Lid B' | Soviet Union | Engagement/fire-control radar | 1+ | Fire control radar for S-300. 1 donated by Slovakia.[122] |
SURN 1S91 | Soviet Union | Target acquisition and distribution radar | 3+ | Part of the 2K12 Kub radar complex. 1 donated by Slovakia.[122] 2 donated by Czech Republic.[123] |
AN/MPQ-61
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United States | Pulse acquisition radar | 1 | Provided with the MIM-23 Hawk battery donated by Spain in December 2022.[124][125] |
AN/MPQ-62
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United States | CW acquisition radar | 1 | Provided with the MIM-23 Hawk battery donated by Spain in December 2022.[124][125] |
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel | United States | Towed air surveillance radar | 4 | Donated by the United States.[126] |
TRML | Germany | Early-warning radar | 5 | Part of the IRIS-T complex. 5 pledged by Germany as of October 2023.[113] |
Ground Master 200 | France | Mobile air surveillance radar | 2+ | Pledged by France during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[127][128] Contract signed between Ukraine and Thales for 2 systems.[129] |
Thomson-CSF RAC 3D | France | Air surveillance radar | 1 | Provided by Spain with the Aspide 2000 battery.[125] |
PS-90 | Sweden | Early warning Radar | N/A | Donated by Sweden.[130] |
VERA passive radar | Czech Republic | Long range passive radar | 4 | Pledged by the Netherlands.[131] |
Branches of the Air Force
Anti-Aircraft Missile Defense Forces
The Anti-Aircraft Missile Defense Forces Corps were created after the 2004 merger of the Air Force and the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces. It allowed the Armed Forces of Ukraine to adopt the tri-service structure,[132] common to most modern armed forces in the world as of present. Personnel of this force fall under the direct control of the Ukrainian Air Force General Command.[133]
It is a Corps[citation needed] dedicated to anti-air defense operations in defense of air force bases and facilities and other structures of state as well as economic complexes and others as mandated by law, as well as provide support to elements of the Ground Forces, Marine Corps and Navy in combat operations.[134]
As a Corps of the Air Force, it is organized on regional lines, each Air Force Regional Command hosting a number of air defense missile artillery regiments or brigades.[citation needed]
Structure
As of August 2023 the structure is as follows:[citation needed]
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Aviation | ||||
Name | Equipment | Higher Command | Air Base | |
7th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Su-24M/MR | Air Force General Command | Starokostiantyniv Air Base | |
15th Transport Aviation Brigade | An-24, An-26, An-30B, Tu-134A-3, Mi-8 | Air Force General Command | Boryspil International Airport | |
25th Transport Aviation Brigade | Il-76M/MD, Il-78, An-26 | Air Force General Command | N/A (before the war Melitopol Air Base) | |
39th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Su-27 | Air Command "Central" | Ozerne Air Base | |
40th Tactical Aviation Brigade | MiG-29 | Air Command "Central" | Vasylkiv Air Base | |
114th Tactical Aviation Brigade | MiG-29 | Air Command "West" | Ivano-Frankivsk Air Base | |
203rd Training Aviation Brigade | L-39, An-26, Mi-2 | National Air Force University | N/A (before the war Chuhuiv Air Base )
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204th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Mig-29 | Air Command "West" | Lutsk Air Base | |
299th Tactical Aviation Brigade | Su-25 | Air Force General Command | Kulbakino Air Base | |
383rd Unmanned Aircraft Regiment | Bayraktar TB2
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Air Force General Command | Khmelnytskyi Air Base
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456th Transport Aviation Brigade | An-12, An-24, An-26, Mi-8 | Air Force General Command | Havryshivka Air Base | |
831st Tactical Aviation Brigade | Su-27 | Air Command "Central" | Myrhorod Air Base | |
Anti-Aircraft Defense Missile Artillery Corps | ||||
Name | Equipment | Higher Command | Location | |
Brigades | ||||
96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade | S-300PS, Patriot[135] | Air Command "Central" | Danylivka | |
138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade | S-300PS, S-300PT, Patriot[136] | Air Command "East" | Dnipro | |
160th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade
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S-300PS | Air Command "South" | Odesa | |
201st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade | S-300PS, S-300V1 | Air Command "South" | Pervomaisk | |
208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade | S-300PS, S-300PT | Air Command "South" | Kherson | |
Regiments | ||||
11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | Buk-M1 | Air Command "West" | Shepetivka | |
156th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | Buk-M1 | Air Command "Central" | Zolotonosha | |
210th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | S-300V1 | Air Command "Central" | Uman | |
223rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | Buk-M1 | Air Command "West" | Stryi | |
301st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | S–300PS | Air Command "East" | Nikopol | |
302nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | S–300PT | Air Command "East" | Kharkiv | |
540th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment | S–300PS, S–300PT | Air Command "West" | Kamianka-Buzka | |
Radio-Technical Troops | ||||
Name | Equipment | Higher Command | Location | |
1st Radio Technical Brigade | Air Command "West" | Lypniki | ||
14th Radio Technical Brigade | Air Command "South" | Odesa | ||
19th Special Purpose Radio Intercept Brigade | Air Force General Command | Halytsynov | ||
138th Radio Technical Brigade | Air Command "Central" | Vasylkiv | ||
164th Radio Technical Brigade | Air Command "East" | Kharkiv | ||
Signal Corps | ||||
Name | Equipment | Higher Command | Location | |
31st Communication Regiment | Air Command "Central" | Kyiv | ||
43rd Communication Regiment | Air Command "South" | Odesa | ||
57th Communication Regiment | Air Command "East" | Dnipro | ||
76th Communication Regiment | Air Command "West" | Lypniki | ||
101st Communication Regiment | Air Force General Command | Vinnytsia | ||
182nd Communication Regiment | Air Force General Command | Vinnytsia | ||
Electronic Warfare Corps
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Name | Equipment | Higher Command | Location | |
17th Electronic Warfare Battalion | Air Command "West" | Kolomyia | ||
1194th Electronic Warfare Battalion | Air Command "South" | Pervomaisk | ||
2204th Electronic Warfare Battalion | Air Command "Central" | Vasylkiv | ||
Air Force ground forces | ||||
Name | Equipment | Higher Command | Location | |
(1st) Air Force Rifle Brigade | Air Force General Command | |||
28th Airfield Engineer Battalion | Air Command "South" | Mykolaiv | ||
352nd Airfield Engineer Battalion | Air Command "West" | Khmelnytskyi |
Geographic distribution
Military ranks
Officers
Rank group | General/Flag/Air officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Генерал Heneral
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Генерал-лейтенант Heneral-leytenant |
Генерал-майор Heneral-mayor |
Бригадний генерал Bryhadnyy heneral |
Полковник Polkovnyk
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Підполковник Pidpolkovnyk
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Майор Mayor |
Капітан Kapitan |
Старший лейтенант Starshyy leytenant |
Лейтенант Leytenant |
Молодший лейтенант Molodshyy leytenant |
Other ranks and NCOs
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Головний майстер-сержант Holovnyi maister-serzhant |
Старший майстер-сержант Starshyi maister-serzhant |
Майстер-сержант Maister-serzhant |
Штаб-сержант Shtab-serzhant |
Головний сержант Holovnyi serzhant |
Старший сержант Starshyi serzhant |
Сержант Serzhant |
Молодший сержант Molodshyi serzhant |
Старший солдат Starshyi soldat |
Солдат Soldat |
Training
Training activities have taken on a qualitatively new character due to their complexity, including the simultaneous employment of all branches of the Air Force aviation, anti-aircraft artillery and radar troops in close teamwork with units of other armed services of the Armed Forces. Operational and combat training has included the following activities:
- Aviation units have performed more than 6,000 tasks in combat scenarios (including more than 1,500 air battles and interceptions, 629 firing at land-based targets, 530 bombings, 21 launches of air missiles, 454 tasks in aerial surveillance, 454 airborne landings, 740 airlifts, 575 flight shifts for a total of 10,553 flying hours);
- Five tactical flying missions in a squadron, 14 in a pair and 5 in a flight organization have been carried out to perform the assigned combat tasks, and 54 pilots have been trained to perform specific tasks in difficult meteorological conditions;
- The number of flight crews being trained to defend the air space of the country and counter-terrorism air operations has almost doubled from 46 in 2005 to 90 in 2006; the units of anti-aircraft artillery and radar troops carried out 50 maneuvers involving redeployment, with each operator tracking 70 and 140 real and simulated targets, respectively.
In early September 2007, the Ukrainian Air Force conducted the most large-scale training of its aircraft to date. As the Defense Minister of Ukraine,
The Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company developed the
Invasion of Ukraine
Shooting down cruise missiles became important as the war progressed, so pilots received specialist training. The same tactics are used to intercept drones. Pilots use their infrared search and track to detect cruise missiles and drones by their heat signature. They were trained to do this using simulators. Whereas most cruise missiles fly low and are hard to detect, Russian cruise missiles leave a heat signature from their “conventional two-circuit jet engines”. President Zelenskyy singled out the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade for praise in shooting down drones. As surface to air missiles run out the fighters are called upon to do more work.[140]
See also
- Ukrainian Falcons - aerobatic demonstration team
- Juice (pilot)
Bibliography
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- Hoyle, Craig (December 2023). World Air Forces 2024. FlightGlobal (Report). London: Flight Global Insight. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-000-91070-4.
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