Editing Uganda People's Defence Force (section)

== Air Force==
{{main|Uganda Air Force}}
[[File:Roundel of Uganda - Type 1.svg|thumb|right|150px|Uganda People's Defence Air Force roundel]]
The Uganda Army Air Force (UAAF) was established in 1964 with [[Israel]]i aid. Its first aircraft was consequently of Israeli origin, and its initial pilots trained in Israel. As Uganda's government forged closer links with the [[Eastern Bloc]], the UAAF began to acquire more aircraft as well as support in training from the [[Soviet Union]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]], and [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]]. Israeli aid initially continued as well.

By late 1978, the UAAF was commanded by [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Christopher Israel Umba Gore|Christopher Gore]]{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=50}} and consisted of several dozen [[List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants#Modernisation – generation three (1968–1972)|MiG-21MFs]], [[List of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 variants#Trainer variants (1960–1968+)|MiG-21UMs]], [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|MiG-17s]],{{sfn|Cooper|Fontanellaz|2015|p=18}} and [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15UTIs]]. Some of the available aircraft were not combat-ready, however, and were abandoned during the Uganda–Tanzania War without seeing action.{{sfn|Cooper|Fontanellaz|2015|p=19}} The lack of spare parts especially affected the MiG-15s and MiG-17s.{{sfn|Seftel|2010|p=227}} The UAAF was split into three fighter squadrons.{{sfn|Seftel|2010|p=227}} However the force was effectively wiped out during the 1978-1979 [[air campaign of the Uganda-Tanzania War]].

There are conflicting reports on what aircraft the [[Ugandan Air Force]] has in service as of 2019–2020. Lieutenant General [[Charles Lutaaya|Charles Lwanga Lutaaya]], is the commander.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=25 November 2019 |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Air-force-Chief-of-staff-Kwiringira-UPDF-Maj-Gen-Birungi/688334-5177532-hc079o/index.html |title=Air Force Gets New Chief of Staff |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] |date=30 June 2019 |first=Risdel |last=Kasasira |place=Kampala}}</ref>

In 2011, [[Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile]], the central bank governor, caused large volatility in the Ugandan shilling when he told the ''[[Financial Times]]'' that President Museveni had ignored technical advice against using Uganda's small foreign exchange reserves to buy new [[Sukhoi Su-30]] fighter aircraft.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1199984/-/byjv5nz/-/ | title=New Russian-built jet fighters arrive | last1=Butagira | first1=Tabu | last2=Ssebuyira | first2=Martin | work=[[Daily Monitor|The Monitor]] | location=[[Kampala]] | date=13 July 2011 | access-date=17 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930131148/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1199984/-/byjv5nz/-/ | archive-date=30 September 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Inventory===
[[File:Uganda People's Defence Force Air Wing Sukhoi Su-30MK2 MTI-1.jpg|thumb|A Sukhoi Su-30MK2 taxiing]]
[[File:Uganda People's Defence Force Air Wing Bell 206B JetRanger II MTI-1.jpg|thumb|A [[Bell 206]] helicopter landing]]
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military aircraft#Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
|-
| [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| fighter
| 
| 5<ref name="World Air Forces 2023">{{cite news |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=90688|title = World Air Forces 2023|newspaper = Flight Global|publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2023 |doi = |access-date= 7 July 2023}}</ref>
|.
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-30]]
| [[Russia]]
|multirole
| [[Sukhoi Su-30MK2|Su-30MK2]]
| 5<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
| [[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208]]
| [[United States]]
| utility / transport
|
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
|
|-
| [[Short SC.7 Skyvan|Short Skyvan]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| utility / transport
|
| 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
|-
|[[Bell 206]]
| United States
|utility 
|
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
| 
|-
|[[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1]]
|United States
|utility 
|[[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|UH-1H]]
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
|donated by the US<ref name="Don">{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/US-explains-Shs265b-combat-helicopters--aid-Uganda/688334-3399072-p4467s/index.html | title=US explains Shs265b combat helicopters' aid to Uganda | access-date=29 September 2016 | date=29 September 2016 | first=Isaac | last=Mufumba | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | location=Kampala | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929132943/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/US-explains-Shs265b-combat-helicopters--aid-Uganda/688334-3399072-p4467s/index.html | archive-date=29 September 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Mil Mi-17]]
| Russia
| utility
|
| 10<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
| 
|-
|[[Mil Mi-24]]
| Russia
|attack
|[[Mil Mi-24 variants|Mi-35]]
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
| 
|-
|[[Mil Mi-28]]
| Russia
|attack
|
|3+<ref>{{Cite report |title=The Military Balance 2023 |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |date=2023 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781032508955 |issn=0459-7222 |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |editor-last=Hackett |editor-first=James |page=486}}</ref>
| 
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
|-
|[[Aero L-39 Albatros|Aero L-39]]
| [[Czech Republic]]
|jet trainer
|
| 8<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
| 
|-
|[[SIAI-Marchetti SF.260]]
| [[Italy]]
| basic trainer 
|
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
| 
|}