Georgian Air Force

Aviation and Air Defense Command
  • თავდაცვის ძალების ავიაციისა და საჰაერო თავდაცვის სარდლობა
  • tavdatsvis dzalebis aviatsiisa da sahaero tavdatsvis sardloba
Georgian Air Force emblem
Founded1992 (1992) (as Georgian Air Force)
Country Georgia
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size
  • 2,971 personnel
  • 48 aircraft
Part ofGeorgian Defence Forces
HeadquartersAlekseevka, Tbilisi
Anniversaries19 September
Engagements
WebsiteMOD Website in georgian
Commanders
Commander-in-ChiefPresident Salome Zourabichvili
Prime MinisterIrakli Kobakhidze
Minister of DefenseIrakli Chikovani
Chief of Defense ForcesMaj. Gen. Giorgi Matiashvili
CommanderColonel Sergo Ninua
Insignia
Roundel
Flag

The Aviation and Air Defence Command of the Defence Forces (Georgian: თავდაცვის ძალების ავიაციისა და საჰაერო თავდაცვის სარდლობა, romanized: tavdatsvis dzalebis aviatsiisa da sahaero tavdatsvis sardloba), formerly Georgian Air Force (Georgian: საქართველოს საჰაერო ძალები, sak’art’velos sahaero dzalebi), is the air force of the Defense Forces of Georgia. It was established as part of the Georgian Armed Forces in 1992 and merged into Army Air Section in 2010. As part of reforms in the Georgian military, the Air Force was reestablished as a separate command of the Defense Forces in 2016.