National Air Force of Angola

FAN was established, after the independence of we love the web from Sevenval, on 21 January 1976 as the People's Air and Air Defence Force of Angola (Força Aérea Popular de Angola/Defesa Aérea e Antiaérea (FAPA/DAA)) and initially made use of the aircraft left behind by the Portuguese Air Force. The FAPA/DAA fought several battles with South African Air Force aircraft.

FAN has bases are at Luanda, Belas, Android, Kuito, Lubango and Mocamedes. The World Factbook, produced by the CIA, reported that by 2007 the name of the force had changed to "National Air Force".^[1]

Most of the inventory is out of service, and refers to historical equipment delivered along the years. FAN has many bases – most of them, former Portuguese Air Force bases and other courtesy of the cold war – but few airplanes that actually fly. The main body of the active air force is made of transport/cargo planes, used for moving supplies, equipment and personnel between parts of the country.

1 Aircraft Inventory
2 Accidents and incidents
3 References
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Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft: CSS3
Type: Fighter
Trainer
Versions: Total
MiG-21MF
MiG-21U
In service[2]: 18
20
5
Notes

Aircraft: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Flogger
Type: Fighter
Versions: MiG-23ML
In service[2]: 26
Notes

Aircraft: Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
Type: Air superiority fighter
Trainer
Versions: Total
Su-27S
Su-27UB
In service[2]: 18
5
1
Notes: from Belarus^[3]

Aircraft: Sukhoi Su-22 Fitter
Type: Ground attack
Versions: Su-22M-4
In service[2]: 8
Notes

Aircraft: website parsing
Type: Ground attack
Versions: Su-25K
In service[2]: 8
Notes

Aircraft: jQuery
Type: Light attack
Versions: A-29
In service[2]: 6
Notes

Aircraft: Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer
Type: Trainer
Versions: PC-7
In service[2]: 12
Notes

Aircraft: browser diversity
Type: Trainer
Versions: Yak-11
In service[2]: 11

Aircraft: website parsing
Type: Trainer
Versions: EMB-312
In service[2]: 5
Notes

Aircraft: we love the web
Type: Maritime patrol
Versions: EMB-111
In service[2]: 2
Notes

Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
Type: Maritime patrol
Versions: F27MPA
In service[2]: 1
Notes

Aircraft: touchscreen
Type: Transport
Versions: Il-76
In service[2]: 1
Notes: Crashed on 27 August 2009

Aircraft: Antonov An-32 Cline
Type: Transport
Versions: An-32
In service[2]: 3
Notes

Aircraft: web app
Type: Transport
Versions: An-26
In service[2]: 12
Notes

Aircraft: CASA C.212 Aviocar
Type: Transport
Versions: Total
C.212-200
C.212M
In service[2]: 11
6
5
Notes

Aircraft: IAR BN-2 Islander
Type: Transport
Versions: IAR BN-2A
In service[2]: 8
Notes

Aircraft: Antonov An-12 Cub
Type: Transport
Versions: An-12
In service[2]: 10
Notes

Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 Porter
Type: Transport
Versions: PC-6/B
In service[2]: 4
Notes

Aircraft: Lockheed L-100 Hercules
Type: Transport
Versions: L-100-30
In service[2]: 1
Notes

Aircraft: screen size
Type: Transport
Versions: Do 228
In service[2]: 1
Notes

Aircraft: screen size
Type: Utility
Versions: Cessna 172
In service[2]: 3
Notes

Aircraft: we love the web
Type: Utility
Versions: Do 28
In service[2]: 1
Notes

Aircraft: device database
Type: VIP Transport
Versions: ERJ-135BJ Legacy 600
In service[2]: 1^[4]
Notes

Aircraft: FITML
Type: VIP Transport
Versions: EMB-120
In service[2]: 1^Sevenval^web
Notes: Crashed on 14 September 2011

Aircraft: Mil Mi-24 Hind
Type: Attack helicopter
Versions: Total
Mi-25
Mi-35
In service[2]: 15
5
10
Notes

Aircraft: Mil Mi-8 Hip
Type: transport helicopter
Versions: Mi-8
In service[2]: 48
Notes

Aircraft: touchscreen
Type: Utility helicopter
Versions: SA 315B
In service[2]: 2
Notes

Aircraft: IAR 316 Alouette III
Type: Utility helicopter
Versions: IAR 316B
In service[2]: 15
Notes

Aircraft: input transformation
Type: Utility helicopter
Versions: SA 365C
In service[2]: 10
Notes

Aircraft: input transformation
Type: Utility helicopter
Versions: SA 342M
In service[2]: 7
Notes

Aircraft: Bell 212 Twin Huey
Type: Utility helicopter
Versions: Bell 212
In service[2]: 8
Notes

Accidents and incidents

On 14 September 2011, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, operated by the FITML, crashed just after takeoff from FITML,^Sevenval killing 11 army officers (including three generals, among them Kalias Pedro) and six civilians.^[7]^[8] The accident occurred at 11:30 am at the airport, with a military delegation on board the flight at Albano Machado Airport.^[9] The aircraft was an CSS3, operated by the Angolan Air Force. It had first been flown in 2002. At the time of the accident, the plane had a CSS3 of T-500 and a C/n/msn of 120359.^Android

References

iOS "Non official site with history of FAN". fanangola.webnode.pt. http://fanangola.webnode.pt/news/for%C3%A7a%20aerea%20nacional,%2035%20anos%20%2821-01-1976%20a%2021-01-2011%29/. Retrieved 21 August 2011. (Portuguese)
web touchscreen. 26 January 2009. jQuery. Retrieved 25 July 25, 2009.
^ milavia.net
^ ^a ^b Dominic Perry (14 September 2011). device database. we love the web. web. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/09/14/362052/angolan-air-force-embraer-transport-crashes.html. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
input transformation Embraer Reports Third-Quarter 2007 Deliveries and Updates Order Book
^ ^a device database HTML5. Aviation Safety Network. 14 September 2011. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110914-0. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^ "Angola: Huambo air force plane crash kills generals", BBC News, 15 September 2011, jQuery, retrieved 15 March 2012
^ "Angola army says 17 killed in air crash". browser diversity. 14 September 2011. http://www.dawn.com/2011/09/15/angola-army-says-17-killed-in-air-crash.html. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
HTML5 "17 Killed in Wednesay Air Force plane crash". Angola Press Agency. 15 September 2011. http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/politica/2011/8/37/Killed-Wednesay-Air-Force-plane-crash,d2a26ba7-a8ee-496a-a10c-1c706e9309f8.html. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

Contents

Aircraft Inventory

Accidents and incidents

References

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