Yemeni Air Force

Yemeni Air Force
Emblem of the Yemeni Air Force
Active	1990 - present
Country	Yemen
Colors	Red, White, and Black
Engagements	Sa'dah Conflict Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Yemeni Revolution Saudi-led intervention in Yemen (2015–present)
Insignia
Roundel
Air Force Ensign
Aircraft flown
Attack	Sukhoi Su-22 MiG-29
Fighter	MiG-29 Northrop F-5 MiG-21
Helicopter	Mil Mi-17 Agusta-Bell AB204/AB205 Mil Mi-24
Interceptor	MiG-29 Northrop F-5 MiG-21
Reconnaissance	Northrop F-5
Trainer	Aero L-39 Albatros Yakovlev Yak-11 Zlin Z 142
Transport	Antonov An-12 Antonov An-24 Antonov An-26 Yakovlev Yak-40

The Yemeni Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية اليمنية‎‎; transliterated: al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yamaniya) is the air operations branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces. It is equipped with both eastern and western types of aircraft. Numbers of aircraft can not be confirmed but servicibility of these aircraft is low. Aircraft have been acquired by donations from other countries or either supporting both the Soviet Union or the United States during the Cold War. However, most of the air force was destroyed by airstrikes conducted by a coalition of Arab states during the 2015 military intervention in Yemen.

The Yemen Air Force, known as al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Yamaniya, was established in 1926. During the mid-1950s, the Imam of Yemen established a private fleet that was run by the military. Later, the Soviets delivered MiG-15 and MiG-17 fighters, followed by MiG-21s to the South Yemen Air Force. The northern Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) had ties with Western-oriented countries, and they supported a new air force. In the 1970s, Saudi Arabia donated F-5E and F-5B fighters, and two Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport aircraft. The Yemen Arab Republic Air Force (YARAF) aircraft markings are the basis of the current roundel and flag, which come from the North Yemen's support of the United Arab Republic between 1958 and 1961.

The South Arabian Air Force (as an air corps of the Federation of South Arabia under British protection) was supported by the British and received BAC Strikemaster Mk 81s, De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beavers, Jet Provost Mk52As and Bell 47G helicopters. The PRSY/PDRY AF (as an air corps of the independent Southern Yemen after Nov. 1967) aircraft markings were a light blue triangle with a dark outer part and a red star in the center while the fin-flash consisted of a flag in the national tricolour with a blue triangle bearing a red star. This was used as the fin-flash until the unification of Yemen in 1990.