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After World War II, the Albanian Air Force finally came into existence on 24 April 1951 when Albania was equipped with Soviet aircraft. [4] The first squadron was equipped with Yakovlev Yak-9s . The first jet fighter to enter service was the MiG-15 , entering service on 15 May 1955, followed by the MiG-17 .
After 1970 the Albanian Air Force completely replaced its fleet of Soviet MiG-15 and MiG-17 with Chinese equivalents. [5] According to former Albanian Air Force commander, Edip Ohri, China delivered a total of 100 combat aircraft including 70 F-5 (MiG-17) and 12 F-6 (MiG-19), with another batch of 95 F-6s delivered later. [6]
The Albanian Air Force was officially established on April 24, 1951. Its first aircraft were Soviet Yak-18 trainers produced after World War II and initially used at Laprakë on the outskirts of the Albanian capital of Tirana. A few years later, the Albanian Air Force would also be equipped with jet fighters.
As of November 2020, Albania Air Force operates a AN/TPS-117 Long-range radar system on Mida mountain near Pukë, which was a joint investment of Albania and the US through Lockheed Martin with $19 million coming from Albania and $3 million from the US.
The Albanian Armed Forces (Albanian: Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Shqipërisë (FARSH)) are the military of Albania and were formed after the declaration of independence in 1912. Today, it consists of the General Staff, the Albanian Land Force, Albanian Air Force and the Albanian Naval Force.
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The Albanian Joint Forces Command, consists in the branch of the Albanian Armed Forces charged with protecting the territorial integrity of Albania.The Command has under the proper structure the Rapid Reaction Brigade, the Special Operations Battalion (Albania), the Albanian Air Force, the Albanian Naval Defense Forces and the Area Support Brigade.
The Royal Albanian Air Corps (Albanian: Forcat Mbretërore të Aviacionit) existed from 1928 until 1939 and was a branch of the Royal Albanian Army.Of those European states that possessed an air corps in the years between the world wars, that of Albania was by far the smallest, numbering at most just five aircraft.