Georgian Air Force

It was established as part of the Georgian Armed Forces in 1992 and merged into Army Air Section in 2010.

On August 18, 1998, the two divisions were unified in a joint command structure and renamed the Georgian Air Force.

[4] The first combat flight was conducted by Izani Tsertsvadze and Valeri Nakopia on September 19, 1992, during the separatist war in Abkhazia.

[5] The Georgian Air Force was formally re-established in 2016 but all fixed wing aircraft were left abandoned till 2020.

The Minister of Defense also announced plans to acquire strike drones to increase Georgia's combat readiness.

A Georgian Mi-24 in flight
A Georgian Su-25 in flight