Turkmen Air Force


The Turkmen Air Force is the air force branch of the armed forces of Turkmenistan. It was formed from former Soviet Air Forces units within that region of the Turkestan Military District. The Turkmen Air Force inherited some 300 Soviet aircraft, and has pilots trained in Ukraine.

Aircraft

The IISS in 2012 said the Air Force had 3,000 personnel with 94 combat capable aircraft.
The total number of aircraft is 78 It said there were two fighter/ground attack squadrons with MiG-29/MiG-29UB, Sukhoi Su-17 Fitter-Bs and two Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoots. It reported one transport squadron with Antonov An-26 'Curl', and Mi-8s and Mi-24s. Training units had Sukhoi Su-7 Fitter-As and L-39 Albatros. Air defence missile units had SA-2, SA-3, and SA-5.

Current inventory

Organization