In December 1994 a total of four Cheetah and Chetak light utility helicopters bought from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited were delivered to the then Air Wing at Eros Airport.

The Indian Air Force also provided a chief engineer, five technicians and two pilots to train Namibian crews for at least six months.

[8] The Namibian Air Force has suffered a number of aircraft incidents and accidents.

The first notable accident occurred during Operation Atlantic in the DRC, where two helicopters — a Cheetah and a Chetak (serials H-702 and H-708) — collided mid-air during bad weather, resulting in the deaths of 11 personnel, five of whom were Namibian.

[citation needed] The Namibian Air Force has deployed numerous times to help civilian authorities during disasters.

Harbin Y-12 transport aircraft where used on logistics supply missions to the DRC as well as withdrawing Namibian troops at the end of the war.

On 1 August 1999 an air force flight engineer died after he was hit by anti-aircraft fire on a Harbin Y-12 that was en route to resupply Namibian and Zimbabwean troops besieged at Ikela.

Two Namibian Alouette helicopters collided in mid-air while on operations during the war due to bad weather on 15 January 1999.

[26] During the 2014 floods at Tokwe-Murkosi in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, the air force deployed a flight consisting of one Harbin Z-9 and two Alouettes to assist with the evacuation of the affected people.