Commander of the Air Force (Azerbaijan)

Commander of the Air Force

Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri Komandanı

Air Force Flag of Azerbaijan

Incumbent
Ramiz Tahirov

since 14 May 2014

Ministry of Defence
Member of| General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Reports to| Chief of the General Staff
Formation| 1993
First holder| Rail Rzayev
Deputy| Deputy commander of the Air Force

The Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force (Azerbaijani: Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri Komandanı) is the head of the aviation and the administrative head in the Azerbaijani Air Force, and is under the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence. The current Commander of the Air Force is Lieutenant General Ramiz Tahirov.

## List of commanders

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No. | Portrait  | Chief of the Azerbaijani Air Force | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref.

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| Rzayev, RailLieutenant general
Rail Rzayev
(1945–2009)| 1993| 11 February 2009 †| 15–16 years| .

| Mehdiyev, AltayMajor general
Altay Mehdiyev| 12 May 2009| 18 November 2013| 4 years, 190 days| [1]

| Tahirov, RamizLieutenant general
Ramiz Tahirov| 14 May 2014| Incumbent| 10 years, 79 days| [2]

## References

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1. ^ "General-mayor Altay Mehdiyev HHQ və HHM qoşunlarının komandanı təyin olunub" [General Major Altay Mehdiyev was appointed the Commander of Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Force]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
2. ^ "Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan".

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Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Assets of the Ministry of Defence|

* General Staff
* Special Forces of Azerbaijan
* Military Band Service
* Ministry of Defence Industry

Land Forces|

* 1st Army Corps
* HQ: Barda
* 2nd Army Corps
* HQ: Beylagan
* 3rd Army Corps
* HQ: Shamkir
* 4th Army Corps
* HQ: Baku
* Nakhchivan Garrison
* HQ: Nakhchivan
* 6th Army Corps
* 777th Special Forces Regiment
* Peacekeeping forces
* List of equipment

Air Force|

* Air Defence Troops
* Bases
* Nasosnaya
* Kyurdamir
* Dollyar
* Baku Kala
* Sitalchay
* List of modern equipment

Navy|

* 641st Special Warfare Naval Unit
* Marine Infantry
* Coast Guard
* Underwater Offence

Paramilitary agencies|

* Internal Troops
* National Guard
* State Border Service
* State Security Service
* Foreign Intelligence Service
* YARASA

Education|

* National Defense University
* War College
* Higher Military Academy
* Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum
* Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum
* Higher Naval Academy

Wars and conflicts|

* World War I
* Battle of Baku (1918)
* Russian Civil War
* Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)
* Sovietisation (1920)
* Invasion of Armenia (1920)
* World War II
* First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1991–1994)
* Four-Day War (2016)
* Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (2020)

Related articles|

* History
* Awards
* National Heroes
* Heroes of the Patriotic War

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Chiefs of the air force by country

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Abkhazia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Georgia
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

Former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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