United Arab Emirates Air Force

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The United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) (Arabic: القوات الجوية والدفاع الجوي الاماراتي, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Jawiyah wa al-Defa' al-Jawiy al-ʾImārāty) is the air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. The airforce was established in 1968 as a small air wing of the Trucial Oman Scouts. The air wing was later named Air Wing of the Abu Dhabi Defense Forces before later being incorporated into the Union Defence Force of the United Arab Emirates. Since then, the airforce has undergone a continual reorganisation and expansion in terms of both capability and the number of aircraft. Currently, the UAEAF has around 4,000 personnel and operates approximately 592 aircraft.

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