Editing Mongolian Armed Forces (section)

====Air Force====
{{main|Mongolian Air Force}}

On 25 May 1925 a [[Junkers F.13]] entered service as the first aircraft in Mongolian civil and military aviation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scramble.nl/mn.htm |title=Mongolian Air Force |author=Scramble.nl |year=2001 |access-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207141726/http://www.scramble.nl/mn.htm |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref> By 1935 Soviet aircraft were based in the country. In May 1937 the air force was renamed the [[Mongolian People's Army|Mongolian People's Republic Air Corps]]. During 1939–1945 the Soviets delivered [[Polikarpov I-15]]s, [[Polikarpov I-16]]s, [[Yak-9]]s and [[Ilyushin Il-2]]s. By 1966 the first [[SA-2]] SAM units entered service, and the air force was renamed the Air Force of the Mongolian People's Republic. The [[MiG-15]], UTI and [[MiG-17]] the first combat jet aircraft in the Mongolian inventory, entered service in 1970 and by the mid-1970s was joined by [[MiG-21]]s, [[Mil Mi-8|Mi-8]]s and [[Ka-26]]s.

After the end of the Cold War and the advent of the Democratic Revolution, the air force was effectively grounded due to a lack of fuel and spare parts. However, the government has been trying to revive the air force since 2001. The country has the goal of developing a full air force in the future.<ref name="gsmaf111107" />

In 2011, the Ministry of Defense announced that they would buy [[MiG-29]]s from Russia by the end of the year, but this did not materialize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politics.news.mn/content/74388.shtml |title=Монголын нисэх хүчин МиГ-29 сөнөөгчөөр зэвсэглэнэ |author=news.mn |date=15 July 2011 |access-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134752/http://politics.news.mn/content/74388.shtml |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="news.mn">{{Cite web|url=https://news.mn/en/789888/|title=Putin's present: Mongolia gets MiG fighters - News.MN|date=28 November 2019|website=News.MN}}</ref> In October 2012 the Ministry of Defense returned a loaned [[Airbus A310-300]] to [[MIAT Mongolian Airlines]].<ref name="mod.gov - АЭРОБУС ОНГОЦЫГ БУЦААЖ ӨГНӨ">[http://www.mod.gov.mn/index.php?com=news&id=107 mod.gov – АЭРОБУС ОНГОЦЫГ БУЦААЖ ӨГНӨ]. mod.gov.mn. Retrieved on 8 April 2013. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004230817/http://www.mod.gov.mn/index.php?com=news&id=107 |date=4 October 2013 }}</ref> From 2007 to 2011 the active fleet of [[MiG-21]]s was reduced.<ref>[https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-12/world/38474183_1_ulan-bator-mongolian-officials-mongolia-s] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420020650/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-04-12/world/38474183_1_ulan-bator-mongolian-officials-mongolia-s|date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="mongolnews.mn">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mongolnews.mn/i/21470 |title=MongolNews.mn - "МИГ-21"-ИЙГ ЗАДАЛЖ ЗАРАХ ТУШААЛЫГ ЗХЖШ-ын эрх бүхий албан тушаалтан өгчээ |access-date=13 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820102905/http://www.mongolnews.mn/i/21470 |archive-date=20 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.shuud.mn/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3/ shuud.mn : Монголын цэргийнхэн Хойд Солонгосыг “зэвсэглэсэн үү”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410070626/http://www.shuud.mn/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD-%D1%86%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BD-%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%B4-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3/|date=10 April 2013}}. shuud.mn. Retrieved on 16 April 2013.</ref> In 2013 the Air Force examined the possibility of buying three [[C-130J]] transport airplanes, manufactured by Lockheed Martin.<ref name="eurasianet - Mongolia Planning To Buy U.S. Military Airplanes">[http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66752 eurasianet - Mongolia Planning To Buy U.S. Military Airplanes]. eurasianet.org. Retrieved on 8 April 2013.</ref> Left without Russian aid, the Mongolian air force inventory gradually reduced to a few Antonov An-24/26 tactical airlifters and a dozen airworthy Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters.<ref name="news.mn"/>

On 26 November 2019 Russia donated two [[MiG-29]] fighter aircraft to Mongolia, which then became the only combat-capable fighter jets in its air force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/92899/russia-donates-two-mig-29ub-fighter-aircraft-to-mongolia|title = Janes &#124; Latest defence and security news}}</ref><ref name="news.mn"/>