Venezuelan Air Force

The Venezuelan Air Force, officially the Venezuelan National Bolivarian Military Aviation (Spanish: Aviación Militar Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a professional armed body designed to defend Venezuela's sovereignty and airspace. It is a service component of the National Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Aircraft Inventory[edit | edit source]

Combat Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Sukhoi Su-30MK2 x 24 (Multirole Fighter) - 12 more on order
Sukhoi Su-35 x 0 (Air Superiority Fighter) - 24 on order

ELINT Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Dassault Falcon 20DC Prometeo x 4 (Electronic Warfare)
Fairchild-Swearingen C-26B Metroliner x 2 (Electronic Warfare)

Transport Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Airbus A319CJ x 2 (Presidential Transport)
Alenia G.222 x 6 (Transport Aircraft)
Beechcraft B200 Super King Air x 4 (Transport/Air Ambulance)
Boeing 707 x 2 (Aerial Tanker/Transport)
Boeing 737-2N1 x 2 (VIP Transport)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan x 4 (Transport/Air Ambulance)
Cessna Citation II x 1 (Transport)
Cessna T206H Stationair x 15 (Transport)
Cessna Citation X x 2 (VIP Transport)
Dassault Falcon 50EX x 4 (VIP Transport)
Dassault Falcon 900 x 2 (VIP Transport)
Dornier Do228 NG x 0 (Logistics Support) - 10 on order
Ilyushin Il-78 x 4 (Aerial Tanker)
Lockheed C-130H Hercules x 4 (Tactical Transport)
Shaanxi Y-8F-200VV x 8 (Transport Aircraft)
Short 360-300 x 2 (Transport Aircraft)

Trainer Aircraft[edit | edit source]

Aermacchi SF260EV x 12 (Trainer)
Cessna 182 Skylane x 12 (Trainer)
Diamond DA40 Diamond Star x 24 (Trainer)
Diamond DA42 Twin Star x 6 (Trainer)
Embraer EMB-312 T-27 Tucano x 12 (Light Attack/Trainer)
Enstrom 480B x 4 (Trainer Helicopter)
Hongdu K-8VV Karakorum x 26 (Light Attack/Trainer)
Hongdu L-15 Falcon x 0 (Light Attack/Trainer) - 24 on order
Quad City Challenger x 7 (Trainer)

Helicopters[edit | edit source]

Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma x 8 (Transport Helicopter)
Eurocopter AS532AC Cougar x 6 (Transport Helicopter)
Eurocopter AS532UL Cougar x 2 (VIP Transport)
Mil Mi-17 x 12 (Transport Helicopter)

UAVs[edit | edit source]

Cavim ANT-3X Venezolano x 4 (Observation UAV)
Ghods Mohajer/Saint Arpia x 12 (Observation UAV)