Editing Peruvian Armed Forces (section)

=== Air Force ===
{{Main|Peruvian Air Force}}
[[File:Airmen work alongside Peruvian military during joint exercise.jpg|thumb|Peruvian and United States air forces during a joint exercise in 2007]]

On May 20, 1929, the aviation divisions of the Peruvian army and navy were merged into the Peruvian Aviation Corps (CAP, ''Cuerpo de Aviación del Peru''). In 1950, the corps was reorganized again and became the Peruvian Air Force (FAP, ''Fuerza Aérea del Perú'').

The Peruvian Air Force is divided into six wing areas, headquartered in Piura, [[Chiclayo]], Lima, Arequipa, [[Rioja, Peru|Rioja]] and Iquitos. With a strength of 17,969 troops, the FAP counts in its arsenal with [[Mikoyan MiG-29|MiG-29]] ([[Interceptor aircraft|interceptor]]) and [[Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]] ([[interdictor]] / [[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole aircraft]]).

It also has [[Sukhoi Su-25|Su-25]] close-support aircraft, [[Mil Mi-24|Mi-25]] attack helicopters, [[Mil Mi-17|Mi-17]] transport helicopters, [[Aermacchi MB-339]], [[Embraer EMB 312 Tucano|Embraer EMB-312 Tucano]] subsonic training aircraft, and the [[Cessna A-37|Cessna A-37B]] for light attack and [[Counterinsurgency|COIN]] missions.

In 1995, the FAP took part in the [[Cenepa War]] against [[Ecuador]] covering operations by the army and navy. After the war, the FAP began acquiring new aircraft, especially [[MiG-29]] fighters and [[Su-25]] close air support aircraft which are, along with the [[Mirage 2000]] fighters, the main combat elements of the FAP.