Editing Angolan Armed Forces (section)

=== Air Force ===
{{Main|National Air Force of Angola}}
The [[National Air Force of Angola]] (FANA, ''Força Aérea Nacional de Angola'') is the air component of the FAA. It is organized in six aviation regiments, each including several squadrons. To each of the regiments correspond an air base. Besides the aviation regiments, there is also a Pilot Training School.

The Air Force's personnel total about 8,000; its equipment includes transport aircraft and six Russian-manufactured [[Sukhoi Su-27]] [[fighter aircraft]].<ref>IISS Military Balance 2013, 494</ref> In 2002, one was lost during the civil war with UNITA forces.<ref>[http://www.globaldefence.net/streitkraefte-der-welt/afrika/346-angola.html globaldefence.net: Angolan Armed Forces] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909095916/http://www.globaldefence.net/streitkraefte-der-welt/afrika/346-angola.html |date=September 9, 2011 }} retrieved August 22, 2011 (de)</ref>

In 1991, the Air Force/Air Defense Forces had 8,000 personnel and 90 combat-capable aircraft, including 22 fighters, 59 fighter ground attack aircraft and 16 attack helicopters.