Afghan Air Force

E160385
air force military branch

The Afghan Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Afghanistan’s military, responsible for providing air support, transport, and reconnaissance for national defense and security operations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Afghan Air Force canonical 13
Royal Afghan Air Force 2
Afghan Air Force (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
commandLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
hasCapability aerial command and control support ⓘ
aerial resupply ⓘ
airborne insertion of forces ⓘ
night operations ⓘ
hasEmblemElement Afghan national colors ⓘ
hasEmblemType roundel ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kabul ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Afghan Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afghan National Army Air Corps

Afghan Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Afghan Air Force
operatedDuringConflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
operatesIn Afghan airspace ⓘ
operationalDomain air ⓘ
partOf Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan ⓘ
primaryMission internal security support ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
receivedTrainingSupportFrom International Security Assistance Force ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
reorganized 2005 ⓘ
responsibleFor close air support ⓘ
intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ
logistical airlift ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
role aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
aerial warfare ⓘ
air support ⓘ
air transport ⓘ
serviceBranchOf Afghan National Defense and Security Forces ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Armed Forces
supports Afghan National Army ⓘ
Afghan National Police ⓘ
border security operations ⓘ
counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
counterterrorism operations ⓘ
disaster relief operations ⓘ
usesAirbaseType forward operating base ⓘ
military airbase ⓘ
usesAircraftType fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
light attack aircraft ⓘ
rotary-wing aircraft ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mi-24 → usedBy → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Su-22 → usedBy → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Afghan National Army → subUnit → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan Air Force (as separate branch of armed forces)
Potez 25 → usedBy → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Air Force of Afghanistan
Sukhoi Su-7 → operator → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Saur Revolution → militaryBranchInvolved → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Antonov An-32 → user → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Mi-17 → primaryUsers → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Hind → operator → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Afghan Air Force → historicalPrecursor → Afghan Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Afghan Air Force
Afghan Air Force → historicalPrecursor → Afghan Air Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan National Army Air Corps
Avro Anson → usedBy → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Afghan Air Force
Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan → workedWith → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan (pre-1992) → hasBranch → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces → hasPart → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → hasComponent → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan Air Force (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan)
Su-17 → usedBy → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Fishbed → usedByCountry → Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Ro.37 Lince → usedBy → Afghan Air Force ⓘ