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The Somali Air Force (SAF) (, , Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä as-Ṣūmāl) is the air force of Somalia. The Somali Aeronautical Corps (SAC) was the name of the Somali Air Force during the pre-independence (1954–1960) period. After 1960, when Somalia gained independence, the name changed to the Somali Air Force. The SAF at one point had the strongest airstrike capability in the Horn of Africa. Following the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, the air force disbanded. A reconstituted Somali central government later relaunched the SAF in the 2010s.

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rdfs:label
  • Somali Air Force
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  • The Somali Air Force (SAF) (, , Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä as-Ṣūmāl) is the air force of Somalia. The Somali Aeronautical Corps (SAC) was the name of the Somali Air Force during the pre-independence (1954–1960) period. After 1960, when Somalia gained independence, the name changed to the Somali Air Force. The SAF at one point had the strongest airstrike capability in the Horn of Africa. Following the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, the air force disbanded. A reconstituted Somali central government later relaunched the SAF in the 2010s.
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  • Chief of Armed forces
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Garrison
command structure
identification symbol
  • 30(xsd:integer)
  • 100(xsd:integer)
Nickname
  • SAF
Country
Current Commander
identification symbol label
  • The Roundel
Unit Name
  • Somali Air Force
notable commanders
  • Ali Matan Hashi 1960-1978
Battles
Equipment
  • 178(xsd:integer)
Motto
  • isku tiirsada!
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  • Finflash
notable Heroes
  • Ahmed Mohamed Hassan 1971-
Size
  • 10000(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The Somali Air Force (SAF) (, , Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä as-Ṣūmāl) is the air force of Somalia. The Somali Aeronautical Corps (SAC) was the name of the Somali Air Force during the pre-independence (1954–1960) period. After 1960, when Somalia gained independence, the name changed to the Somali Air Force. The SAF at one point had the strongest airstrike capability in the Horn of Africa. Following the outbreak of the civil war in the early 1990s, the air force disbanded. A reconstituted Somali central government later relaunched the SAF in the 2010s.
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