Narrative Summary:
Due to the Balkan Wars, no Albanians served in the Ottoman air arm prior to independence. Military aviation in Albania therefore had to start from scratch. An initial order for three Lohner-Daimler aircraft was placed with Austria early in 1914, with a view to forming an Albanian Air Corps, but the aircraft were taken over by Austria before delivery upon the outbreak of World War I. National financial difficulties foiled inter-war attempts to form an air force.

During it's occupation of Albania during World War Two, Italy built at least one airfield to assist with combat operations over Greece and Yugoslavia.

On 24 April 1951, an Albanian Air Force was finally formed with Soviet help. This force was formally titled Forcat Ushtarake Ajore Shqipetare, (known in the west as the Albanian People's Army Air Force - APAAF). The initial equipment was a squadron of Yak-9 fighters donated by the Soviet Union. Prior to it's formation, a number of cadet pilots had undergone initial pilot training on Yak-18s in the USSR and then transferred to Yugoslavia for conversion and advanced flying training on Yak-3 fighters, before returning to Albania. These pilot formed the nucleus of the FUAS. The first pilot fly in an Albanian Air Force plane was Lt. Petraq Polena, born in Korca, Albania, who first took to the air on 24 April 1951.

In 1955, the Soviet Union supplied two squadrons of MiG-15bis jet fighters, together with MiG-15UTI trainers. Some of these aircraft remain in service with the Albanian Air Force in 2002.

The break-down in relations with the USSR in the early 1960s forced rapid switch to Chinese supplied equipment. With the fall of the communist regime in 1990?, a reorganisation of Air Force was initiated. It was renamed to its present title, and all the units were renumbered and reduced in strength. The air force took no part in the Kosovo War. During the civil unrest in 1997, some aviation facilities at Vlorë air base were destroyed, along with several Nanchang CJ-6 trainers. In 2000 an Italian training mission, the Grupo Autonomo AM was formed at Vlorë and Pushporo, to train Albanian aircrew.

Key Dates:
early 1914   Order placed with Austria for 3 aircraft to equip planned Albanian Air Corps.
1939        First airfield in Albania, built by the Italians near Tirane
1951             Albanian Air Force established
1955             First jet aircraft (MiG-15bis) delivered
1956        First Chinese aircraft (F-2) delivered
1957             First helicopters received
1962        Air Academy at Vlora established
1990        Official title changed to 'Aviacioni Ushtarak Shqipetare'
1991        First Western-built type (Bell 222) received
1993        Official title changed back to 'Forcat Ushtarake Ajor Shqipetare'
1999             Albanian air bases are made available to NATO during the Kosovo crisis
2000         Italian Military Mission formed


Current Status:
The air force is currently equipped with a variety of elderly aircraft, and defence expenditure remains a low priority. However, the force has achieved a very high level of self-sufficiency, and aircraft availability is surprisingly high. About one-fifth of the personnel are conscripts, on a 3 year term.

Future Plans:
Reduce the current number of manpower of the Air Force to just 400. All current fixed-wing aircraft will be withdrawn from service by 2010. The number of bases will be reduced from six to two. The eventual aim is for Albania to join NATO. Acquisition of a VIP transport aircraft superior to the Y-5 is being considered. Thirteen additional UH-1 helicopters will be acquired, probably UH-1Ns. Two dedicated SAR helicopters will be ordered. A third helicopter squadron, operating a dozen attack helicopters is planned.

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i naravno ne treba zaboraviti Nikoa Hohxnu 




Air Force Colonel Niko Hoxha, considered by many as the best Albanian pilot ever. Died during a military exercise with his Shenyang J-6C on November 1965

Znaci sada imaju samo neke helikoptere i to najvise(14) onih talijanskih transportnih  AB 205 i AB206, avioni nista.

verovatno je trenutno stanje reciklaze i renorviranja 

Eh, zao mi sto nisam imucni biznismen koji ne zna ni koliko love ima, pa da sam mogo pokupovat te avione koje nisu mogli odrzavat.
Nema veze, jos uvek imama sanse da se obogatim, pa da maznem one Galebove, Orlove i  Migove oko muzeja u Beogradu.

ne treba podcenjivati nikog , jer svi se polako modernizuju , jedino mi unishtavamo svoju vojsku : 

For the future, the AAF plans the acquistion of many more new western helicopters, a new transport type, as well as a new western fighter aircraft. According to Director of Protocol of the MoD, Colonel Artur Sheiko, the future plans for a fighter wing are several. New fighter aircraft are not planned to be purchased until 2010. So far, several offers have been made and are still on the table as options. According to the MoD, Turkey has offered 26 F-5 fighters for a 10 year lease at the relativly low cost of $100 per month per aircraft. The aircraft are to be upgraded by Turkey to the latest standards of Turkish F-5s (which have begun upgrading recently), however the upgrade costs for these Albanian F-5s are to be taken from military aid that Turkey gives Albania (so Albania will in a way be paying for their upgrade). The second option that the MoD has been offered is from Germany, which has offered Alpha Jet aircraft. No other details are known about this offer. Holland has also offered fighter jets, with no other details given. Currently, Albanian pilots are in training in Turkey. One pilot, Ndrec Llusku, has already become certified in the F-5 as well has undertaken introductory training flights on Turkish F-16s. However, the MoD has not specified which of these plans, if any, will be chosen in the future. Rumor has it that China has also made several offers to the Albanian defense minister during his recent visit to China.

Naravno, potpuno se slazem s tobom bf_109_g_6 , nikoga ne potcenjivati. A mi, mi smo uvek ludi, nikako da se smirimo i naucimo pametnom delovanju - uvek ulazimo u krajnosti. Po meni bilo sta sto imas ne treba tek tako baciti, ako oruzje nije za upotrebu, zastarelo itd, onda se jos uvek to da iskoristiti - deo se cuva i restaurira za istoriju, muzeje, u krajnjoj liniji turizam (a ne da posle tamo neko drugi ima ono sto smo mi bahato izrezali i bacili), nesto moze da se koristi ako je isplativo za neke druge svrhe, a na kraju sve stvari su izvor nekih materjala za recikliranje. Najgluplje je pustiti da rdja, da neko pokrade, zapustiti. Bahati smo brate pa to ti je. Ma ne moram da pricam o naoruzanju i tehnickim stvarima, dosta mi je da vidim kako narod baca smece po travi, a to su u stvari milioni.

Da ne kacim jednu po jednu evo Ovde gomile fotografija Albanskog vazduhoplovstva
 

Nedavno sam citao ali ste to ovde vec prokomentarisali na nekoj drugoj temi dobijaju asd od Amera i Njemaca neke avione i od Turske koji su koristeni jos za vrijeme Vijetnamskog rata ali ni to nije za bacanje

Opasni 

Uvaljuju im. Sada ce biti pored kineske i dosta americke limarije.