What is Azerbaijani Air Force?
{{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name=Azərbaycan Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri<br />Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force |image=Flag of the Azerbaijani Air Forces.png |caption=The Flag of the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force |dates=[[October 9]], [[1991]] - present |country={{AZE}} |branch=[[Air force]] |type=[[Military]] |role=Air [[war]]fare and [[air defence]] |size=7,900 military personnel<br> 600 [[aircraft]] and 350 [[helicopter]]s ([[2011]])<br> 4 active [[air base]]s |command_structure= |current_commander=[[Major General]] [[Altay Mehdiyev]] |garrison= |motto= |colors=[[File:Roundel of Azerbaijan.svg|100px]] |march= |mascot= |battles='''[[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]''' |notable_commanders= |anniversaries=[[June 26]], [[1918]] (first founding); [[October 9]], [[1991]] (second founding) }} The '''Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force''' often called the '''Azerbaijani Air Force''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri}}) is the [[air force]] and [[air defence]] force of the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]]. The origin of the current organization goes back to [[June 26]], [[1918]], when the [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]] which became [[independent]] in [[1918]], after the collapse of the [[Russian Empire]], bought its first [[fighter aircraft]]. After the second independence of Azerbaijan in [[1991]], after the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], the presence of former Soviet [[air base]]s in Azerbaijan helped the Air and Air Defence Force develop. ==Current organization== The Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force has about 600 [[aircraft]] and 350 [[helicopter]]s, and 7,900 personnel.<ref name=IISS158>{{cite book|title=The Military Balance 2007|url=https://archive.org/details/militarybalance200unse|last=[[IISS]]|year=2007|publisher=Routledge for the IISS|location=London|isbn=978-1-85743-437-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/militarybalance200unse/page/158 158]}} The IISS list 37 fighter aircraft, 15 fighter-ground attack aircraft, four transport aircraft, 50 training aircraft (including five combat capable