The National Air and Navy Service of Panama, also called SENAN (Spanish abbreviation for Servicio Nacional Aeronaval), is a branch of the Public Forces of the Republic of Panama responsible for carrying out naval operations naval. Its main function is to "Perform protection, surveillance, security and defense of the Air and Maritime jurisdictional areas of the Republic of Panama '. at the date of January 2012 the Naval Air has approximately 2,000 troops in activity, with 20 boats and approximately 15 aircraft.