Uganda Air Force
As Uganda's government forged closer links with the Eastern Bloc, the UAAF began to acquire more aircraft as well as support in training from the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Libya.[16][17] After Idi Amin’s overthrow and the UAAF's destruction during the Uganda-Tanzania War, subsequent Ugandan governments made repeated attempts to organize a new air force.[21] In 2011, Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the central bank governor, caused large volatility in the Ugandan shilling when he told the Financial Times that President Museveni had ignored technical advice against using Uganda's small foreign exchange reserves to buy new Sukhoi Su-30 fighter aircraft.[27][28] In late March of 2020, an upgrade of six training aircraft was completed at the Gulu Air Base by Ukrainian owned defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm (UOP), who had provided approximately 14 personnel including pilots, engineers, and designers.Upgrades included overhauling their AI-25TL Turbofan engines, bringing them to AI-25TLSh Standards, modernizing radio and navigation equipment, and installing solid-state BUR-4-1 flight data recorders.[27] In March 2022, the UPDF Air Force signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Government of India, for the latter to maintain and service Uganda's Russian-made multirole Su-30MK2 fighter jets.
UgandaAir forceAerial warfareUganda People's Defence ForceEntebbeUganda–Tanzania WarUgandan Bush WarFirst Liberian Civil WarSierra Leone Civil WarCommander-in-ChiefPresidentYoweri MuseveniEmmanuel KwihanganaRoundelFin flashAttackFighterMiG-21HelicopterBell 206Bell UH-1Mil Mi-17Bell Model 214STAttack helicopterMil Mi-24TrainerL-39 AlbatrossSF.260TransportCessna 208 CaravanCharles LutaayaIsraeliEastern BlocSoviet UnionCzechoslovakiaIdi Amin1971 Ugandan coup d'étatUganda ArmyOperation EntebbeLieutenant ColonelChristopher GoreMiG-17sMiG-15UTIsair campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania WarUganda-Tanzania WarUganda National Liberation ArmyNational Resistance MovementEmmanuel Tumusiime-MutebileUgandan shillingFinancial TimesSukhoi Su-30Mi-28N HavocGulu Air BaseUkrOboronPromAero L-39 AlbatrosAI-25TL Turbofanmemorandum of understandingGovernment of IndiaSu-30MK2Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedBengaluruKampalaBarack ObamaZeddy MaruruGodwin SuleAndrew MukoozaSamuel TuryagyendaMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21RussiaMultiroleUnited StatesUtilityHelicoptersBell UH-1 IroquoisBell 206 JetRangerMil Mi-28Trainer aircraftJet trainerL-39ZASIAI-Marchetti SF.260Military ranks of Ugandacommissioned officersGeneralLieutenant generalMajor generalBrigadierColonelCaptainLieutenantSecond lieutenantnon-commissioned officersenlisted personnelWarrant officer class 1Warrant officer class 2Staff sergeantSergeantCorporalLance corporalPrivateThe MonitorDaily MonitorUnited States Joint Publications Research ServiceThe Observer (Uganda)SolihullList ofair forcesAbkhaziaAfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBelarusBelgiumBelizeBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswana