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United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence Force [+] Print this page

Also known as: Air Force| Air Force Command| Air Force and Air Defence| Air Forces and Air Defence Command| Emirati air force| UAE AF&AD| UAE Air Force| UAE Air Force and Air Defence Force| UAE Air Forces and Air Defence| UAEAF| United Arab Emirates Air Force [+]

Country: United Arab Emirates [+]

Classified as: Air Force  Military [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Operation Decisive Storm [+] Yemen [+] Firmness Storm [+]
Operation Storm of Resolve [+]
Resolve Storm [+]
operation Asifat al-Hazm [+] 		Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+] 		26 March 2015 [+] 21 April 2015 [+]
Operation Restoring Hope [+] Yemen [+] Arab Coalition [+]
Arab Coalition Forces [+]
Arab Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen [+]
Gulf Arab coalition [+]
Hope Restoration Operation [+]
Joint Forces [+]
Operation Renewal of Hope [+]
Operation Storm of Resolve [+]
Saudi-led Arab Coalition [+]
Saudi-led Coalition [+]
coalition forces [+]
operations Renewal of Hope [+] 		Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+] 		22 April 2015 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Central Air Force Command [+] Central Air Command [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		1 May 2009 [+] December 2012 [+]
Western Air Force Command [+] Western Air Command [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+] 		1 May 2009 [+] December 2012 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed Al Alawi [+] Major General Staff Pilot [+] Commander [+] 16 December 2014 [+] 29 July 2020 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
28 September 2020 United Nations Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014 (A/HRC/45/6) 04 December 2020
11 April 2017 Security Force Monitor Name standardized in accordance with Security Force Monitor research
2010 Pen & Sword Aviation Middle East Air Power in the 21st Century 20 May 2019
21 April 2015 Al Arabiya News ‘Op Decisive Storm’ ends in Yemen 19 May 2019
26 March 2015 Al Arabiya News The 'Decisive Storm' Coalition 09 February 2021
16 December 2014 Emirates News Agency Commander of Air Force and Air Defence receives American Air Force General 23 June 2019
27 April 2015 Emirates News Agency Mohamed bin Zayed inspects UAE forces in the Arab coalition, Hope Restoration Operation - Final add 27 June 2019
19 August 2015 Emirates News Agency UAE Air Force Commander receives Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force 23 June 2019
10 February 2016 Emirates News Agency Mohamed bin Zayed arrives in New Delhi 23 June 2019
20 February 2017 Emirates News Agency VP commissions UAE-made Baynunah-class corvette Al Hili 25 June 2019
28 March 2017 Emirates News Agency Dubai Crown Prince attends 17th graduation ceremony of Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Naval College 24 June 2019
04 May 2017 Emirates News Agency UAE Armed Forces Unification Day: Report 17 May 2019
06 May 2017 Emirates News Agency UAE Armed Forces observe 41st Unification Day Anniversary 29 June 2019
29 October 2017 Emirates News Agency Commander of UAE Naval Forces attends graduation ceremony 24 June 2019
23 May 2018 Emirates News Agency Minister of State for Defence meets Chinese delegation 23 June 2019
11 August 2015 Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Saudi-UAE War Effort in Yemen (Part 2): The Air Campaign 13 May 2019
2007 Praeger Security International Gulf military forces in an era of asymmetric wars. Volume 1 09 July 2019
1994 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Persian Gulf States : country studies 26 April 2019
December 2012 Complex Operational Environment and Threat Integration Directorate OE Threat Assessment: United Arab Emirates (UAE) 20 November 2020
Ministry of Defence (United Arab Emirates) "Discover Our Armed Forces" 03 December 2020
June 2015 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly (June 2015 #327) 07 October 2019
November 2017 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly (November 2017 #356) 16 August 2019
September 2017 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly (September 2017 #354) 02 October 2019
29 July 2020 Emirates News Agency Mohamed bin Zayed receives US Secretary of the Army 03 December 2020
07 August 2020 Emirates News Agency Chief of Staff of UAE Armed Forces, his Jordanian counterpart discuss military cooperation 03 December 2020
October 2020 American Enterprise Institute Sizing Up Little Sparta: Understanding UAE Military Effectiveness 25 November 2020
01 January 2015 Al Bayan توحيد القوات المسلحة أعظم قرارات دولة الاتحاد 30 November 2020
23 April 2015 American Enterprise Institute 2015 Saudi-led Intervention in Yemen: Order of Battle 26 April 2019
21 February 2011 Department of Defense Adm. Mike Mullen meets with Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi. 03 December 2020
02 December 2015 Reuters UAE troops dig in for a long war in Yemen 01 July 2019
Scramble Magazine UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AIR FORCE 08 December 2021
06 February 2018 Saudi Press Agency عام / ملك البحرين يرعى التمرين التعبوي المشترك (قوة العزم) 23 September 2020
23 April 2018 The National Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed honours members of the UAE Armed Forces 29 June 2019
15 September 2015 The National UAE troops take part in Yemen offensive in Marib - in pictures 29 June 2019
26 January 2018 United Nations Final report of the Panel of Experts in accordance with paragraph 6 of resolution 2342 (2017). (S/2018/594). 03 June 2019