DAAFAR

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DAAFAR is the acronym for the Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force, the aerial warfare and air defense branch of Cuba’s armed forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air defense force
air force
military branch
acronym DAAFAR NERFINISHED
allegiance Cuban government NERFINISHED
Republic of Cuba NERFINISHED
commandStructure Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba NERFINISHED
conflict Angolan Civil War NERFINISHED
Bay of Pigs Invasion NERFINISHED
Cuban Missile Crisis NERFINISHED
Ogaden War NERFINISHED
country Cuba
establishedInPeriod post-1959 Cuban Revolution era
fullName Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force NERFINISHED
garrisonLocation Havana NERFINISHED
ideologyAlignment Cuban Revolution NERFINISHED
socialist state of Cuba
language Spanish
militaryBranchOf Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces NERFINISHED
nativeName Defensa Antiaérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria NERFINISHED
notableTheaterOfOperations Africa NERFINISHED
Caribbean region
operates air bases in Cuba
partOf Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba NERFINISHED
primaryMission air defense of Cuba
responsibility defense of Cuban airspace
protection of key strategic sites in Cuba
support to Cuban ground forces
support to Cuban naval forces
role aerial warfare
air defense
air support for ground and naval forces
airspace control
secondaryMission expeditionary support to allied states
type regular military force
usedAircraftFrom China NERFINISHED
Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
usedAircraftType bomber aircraft
fighter aircraft
trainer aircraft
transport aircraft
usedWeaponSystemType anti-aircraft artillery
surface-to-air missile system

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