Cyprus Air Command

{{Short description|Air warfare branch of Cyprus' military}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Air Command of Cyprus | native_name = {{nativename|el|nolink=on|Διοίκηση Αεροπορίας Κύπρου}} | image = 180px | image_size = | caption = Cyprus Air Force emblem | start_date = 1964 | country = {{CYP}} | branch = Air force | role = Aerial warfare | size = 1,200 personnel<hr/> 15 helicopters, 3 fixed wing aircraft, 4 unmanned aerial vehicles. On order: 2 helicopters + 4 UAVs | command_structure = Cypriot National Guard | battles = 2026 Iran war *2026 Iranian strikes on Akrotiri and Dhekelia | commander1 = Βrigadier General George Alexandrou | identification_symbol = 80px | identification_symbol_label = Roundel | identification_symbol_2 = 80px|border | identification_symbol_2_label = Fin flash | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_3_label = | aircraft_helicopter = Airbus H145 | aircraft_helicopter_utility = Aérospatiale Gazelle, AgustaWestland AW139, Bell 206 | aircraft_recon = Aerostar, IAI Searcher | aircraft_transport = Embraer ERJ-135 | aircraft_general = Firefighting Aircraft: Air Tractor AT-802 }}

The '''Cyprus Air Command''' ({{langx|el|Διοίκηση Αεροπορίας Κύπρου|Dioikisi Aeroporias Kyprou}}, {{langx|tr|Kıbrıs Hava Komutanlığı}}), also known as the '''Cyprus Air Force''' or '''Cypriot Air Force''', is the armed air wing of the National Guard. This force is equipped with attack and anti-tank helicopters, surface-to-air missile systems and integrated radar systems.

== History == The history of Cypriot aviation began on 16 August 1960, after it won its independence from the United Kingdom, when an Air Wing was established on the island which. It was equipped with a small number of light aircraft and mainly performed search and rescue tasks (SAR), transport of the sick, control of fires and marine pollution as well as defense and police forces on the Cypriot coast and territory.

Until 1987, the aircraft of the Cypriot aviation still operated with civilian brands, as the usual military nature of the young air force had not yet developed. In the same year, 3 light helicopters Bell 206, 4 utility helicopters Aérospatiale Gazelle and 2 intermediate trainers Pilatus PC-9.

From this moment on, the Cypriot air force began to adopt for its aircraft a camouflage livery and nationality insignia with the national flag and the classic cockade that perfectly follows that of Greece, the nation with which it exists a strong bond, not only military.<ref>'' JP4 - Monthly of Aeronautica '' - n ° 8 year XXXIV - August 2005.</ref>

In July 2022, the Cypriot government announced that six Eurocopter EC145 helicopters would be procured from Airbus with an option for six more. These helicopters would cover the roles of reconnaissance and attack. They will be replacing the ageing Mil Mi-24 helicopters in service which are hard and costly to maintain. Turkish Cypriot authorities have called the helicopter purchase as a “provocation”.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cyprus signs deal for Airbus attack helicopters |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/cyprus-signs-deal-airbus-attack-helicopters-85636687 |website=abcnews.go.com |publisher=ABC News |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref> The helicopters arrived in March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=Airbus delivers first two H145Ms to Cyprus {{!}} Airbus |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-03-airbus-delivers-first-two-h145ms-to-cyprus |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.airbus.com |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2026, the air defenses of the Air Command were placed on alert following the strikes in Iran, working with Greek and assisting British forces in tracking aerial threats against the island including the Sovereign Base Areas where British forces failed to intercept shahed drones which impacted RAF Akrotiri.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-02 |title=Paphos airport returns to operation after evacuation |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/03/02/paphos-airport-evacuated-reports |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=cyprus-mail.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2026-03-03 |title=Διαβεβαιώσεις Κυβέρνησης ότι δεν υπάρχουν αμερικανικά αεροσκάφη στην Πάφο. «Η Εθνική Φρουρά εντόπισε τα drone» |url=https://cyprustimes.com/politiki/diavevaioseis-kyvernisis-oti-den-yparchoun-amerikanika-aeroskafi-stin-pafo-i-ethniki-froura-entopise-ta-drone/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Cyprus Times |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tomaras |first=Apostolos |title=Σε επιφυλακή η αεράμυνα της Κύπρου |url=https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/politiki/se-epifylaki-i-aeramyna-tis-kyproy |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Kathimerini.com.cy |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-02 |title=Cyprus slams UK after Akrotiri drone strike forced locals to flee |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/cyprus-slams-uk-after-akrotiri-drone-strike-forced-locals-to-flee/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Organisation == The Cyprus Air Force consists of two aircraft squadrons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/fleet/cyprus-af-britten-norman-bn2b-21-maritime-defender.htm|title=Cyprus Air Command|date=9 April 2016|website=Aeroflight|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507225342/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/fleet/cyprus-af-britten-norman-bn2b-21-maritime-defender.htm|archive-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Note that the aircraft of the Cyprus Police operate under a separate command-structure during peacetime.

* 450th Attack Helicopter Squadron (450 M.E/P)<ref name="CA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/tag/cyprus-air-force|title=Cyprus Air Force|website=Aeroflight|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509081023/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/tag/cyprus-air-force|archive-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * 460th Search And Rescue Squadron (460 MED)<ref name="CA" />

== Air Force bases and stations == * Andreas Papandreou AFB, Paphos (ACTIVE) :The primary airbase of the Cyprus Air Force, this base adjacent to the Paphos International Airport has a runway, taxiway, hardened aircraft-shelters, and integrated command, control and communication facilities.

* Lakatamia AFB, Nicosia (HEADQUARTERS) :The reserve airbase of the Cyprus Air Force lay just south of the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. The base rarely hosted fixed-wing aircraft, and simply served as a staging-post for helicopters operating in and out of the Nicosia area.

* Troodos Stations (ACTIVE) :The Troodos Mountains, the highest mountain range in Cyprus, hosts a number of radar and air-defense facilities. Their unit designations and deployment status are not made public.

==Equipment==

=== Aircraft === {|class=wikitable width="100%" ! width="15%"| Aircraft ! width="15%"| Origin ! width="15%"| Type ! width="20%"| Photo ! width="10%"| Variant ! width="5%"| In service ! width="20%"| Notes |- ! colspan="7" |Fixed-wing aircraft |- |Embraer ERJ-135 |{{Flag|Brazil}} |VIP Transport |center|frameless|150x150px |EMB-135BJ | align="center" |1 |Donated by Greece to Cyprus in September 2022. The aircraft is used to transport the President of the Republic and other government officials.<ref>{{Cite web |last=HD |first=NEMESIS |date=2 September 2022 |title="Ένδειξη κύρους της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας" {{!}} Έτοιμο το Κυπριακό κυβερνητικό αεροσκάφος |url=https://nemesishd.gr/news/endeixi-kyroys-tis-kypriakis-dimokr/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |language=el}}</ref> |- |Air Tractor AT-802 |{{Flag|United States}} |Fire-fighting |center|frameless|193x193px | | align="center" |2 |Transferred in February 2025 from the Department of Forests to the newly created fire-fighting unit of the National Guard. 3,1 ton water tank capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-26 |title=Τελετή Αλλαγής Διοικητικής Υπαγωγής Μοίρας Αεροπυρόσβεσης - Γενικό Επιτελείο Εθνικής Φρουράς - Gov.cy |url=https://www.gov.cy/army/mi-katigoriopoiimeno/teleti-allagis-dioikitikis-ypagogis-moiras-aeropyrosvesis/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.gov.cy |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=e amyna |title=fire |url=https://x.com/e_amyna/status/1894443668414640521}}</ref> |- ! colspan="7" | Helicopters |- |Airbus H145 |{{Flag|France}} <br> {{Flag|Germany}} |Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter |center|frameless|150x150px |H145M | align="center" |5 |Another 1 on order with an option to buy an additional 6. First 4 delivered in 2025. Equipped with the [https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/helicopters/military-helicopters/hforce HForce] weapons system. Carrying 12,7mm machine gun and 12 rocket pot. It may also carry Spike ER missiles in the future.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cyprus Air Force H145M rears its head |url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/cyprus-air-force-h145m-rears-its-head |website=scramble.nl |publisher=Scaramble |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-25 |title=Κύπρος: Αυτά είναι τα νέα ελικόπτερα της Εθνικής Φρουράς που "τρέμουν" οι Τούρκοι [pics] |url=https://www.gargalianoionline.gr/κύπρος-αυτά-είναι-τα-νέα-ελικόπτερα-τη/ |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Γαργαλιάνοι Online - Οι ειδήσεις και τα νέα της Τριφυλιας, της Μεσσηνίας και της Πελοποννήσου στην ώρα τους! |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Η Εθνική Φρουρά παρέλαβε τα δύο πρώτα ελικόπτερα H-145M | website=Defence Review | date=2025-03-15 | url=https://defencereview.gr/i-ethniki-froyra-parelave-ta-dyo-prota-e/ | language=el | access-date=2025-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=Airbus delivers first two H145Ms to Cyprus {{!}} Airbus |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-03-airbus-delivers-first-two-h145ms-to-cyprus |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.airbus.com |language=en}}</ref> |- | Aérospatiale Gazelle | {{Flag|France}} | Utility/Anti-tank | center|frameless|150x150px | Gazelle SA 342L | align="center" | 4 | Armed with 4 HOT Anti-tank Guided Missiles.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="World Air Forces 2018">{{cite web |year=2018 |title=World Air Forces 2018 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-world-air-forces-maintaining-strength-443655/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202153055/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-world-air-forces-maintaining-strength-443655/ |archive-date=2 December 2017 |access-date=4 December 2017 |publisher=Flightglobal Insight}}</ref> |- | AgustaWestland AW139 | {{Flag|Italy}} | SAR/Utility | center|frameless|150x150px |AW139 | align="center" |3 |Used primarily for Search and Rescue (SAR) in coordination with JRCC Larnaca.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name="World Air Forces 2018" /> |- |Bell 206 |{{Flag|United States}} |Utility/Transport |center|frameless|150x150px |LongRanger III | align="center" |2 |Three acquired from Belgian source in the 1980s. One lost in crash in 2003.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> |- ! colspan="7" |Unmanned aerial vehicles |- | Aerostar | {{Flag|Israel}} | Surveillance/Recon | center|frameless|150x150px | | align="center" | 4 | In service since 2019. +4 on order.<ref name=":0" /> |- | IAI Searcher | {{Flag|Israel}} | Surveillance/Recon | center|frameless|150x150px | | align="center" |2 | <ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2017 |title=Current Aircraft Inventory | Cyprus Air Command |url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/in-service/cyprus-af-current-aircraft-inventory.htm |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102151319/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/user/in-service/cyprus-af-current-aircraft-inventory.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |[https://www.swarmly.aero/ Swarmly] Poseidon H-10 |{{Flag|Cyprus}} |Surveillance/Recon/VTOL | | | align="center" | |Used by the artillery Brigade for recon and target designation. Entered service 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Πογιατζή |first=Ανδρέας |date=2025-12-04 |title=Με νέα κυπριακά μη επανδρωμένα αεροσκάφη εξοπλίστηκε η Εθνική Φρουρά – Τι ισχύει για τις προσλήψεις νέων χειριστών (εικόνα) |url=https://www.philenews.com/kipros/koinonia/article/1653476/me-nea-kipriaka-mi-epandromena-aeroskafi-exoplistike-i-ethniki-froura-ti-ischii-gia-tin-proslipsi-neon-chiriston-ikona/ |access-date=2025-12-07 |website=Philenews |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-04 |title=Το UAV Poseidon της κυπριακής Swarmly στο Πυροβολικό της Εθνικής Φρουράς - Battle Proven στην Ουκρανία |url=https://defenceredefined.com.cy/to-uav-poseidon-tis-kypriakis-swarmly-sto-pyrovoliko-tis-ethnikis-froyras-battle-proven-stin-oykrania/ |access-date=2025-12-07 |language=el}}</ref> |} Retired aircraft include the Mil Mi-35P.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.key.aero/article/cyprus-transfers-remaining-mi-35p-gunships-serbia|title=Cyprus transfers remaining Mi-35P gunships to Serbia|access-date=2024-08-07|date=2023-11-30|first=Jon|last=Lake|publisher=Key Publishing}}</ref>

=== Air defense === thumb|right|A Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system {| class="wikitable" width="100%" ! width="15%" |Name ! width="15%" |Origin ! width="10%" |Type ! width="30%" |Photo ! width="5%" |In service ! width="25%" |Notes |- ! colspan="6" |Surface-to-air missiles |- |Barak MX |{{Flag|ISR|name=Israel}} |Surface-to-air missile system |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |Possibly 2 batteries.<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-03-15 |title=Εθνική Φρουρά: Τον Ιούλιο σε πλήρη επιχειρησιακή ετοιμότητα τα νέα αντιαεροπορικά Barak MX |url=https://defencereview.gr/ethniki-froyra-ton-ioylio-se-pliri-epich/ |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Defence Review |language=el}}</ref> |In operation as of December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-10 |title=Boosting Cyprus' defense is key so close to the war-wracked Mideast, defense minister says |url=https://apnews.com/article/cyprus-israel-arms-missile-air-defense-00db942acb6884103ead6a00552f5c57 |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-04 |title=Κύπρος: Νέα Αντιαεροπορικά Συστήματα Barak-MX παρέλαβε η Εθνική Φρουρά |url=https://defencereview.gr/barakl-8-new-air-defense-system-for-cyprus/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Defence Review |language=el}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-05 |title=Cyprus takes delivery of Israeli air defence system, report says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/cyprus-takes-delivery-israeli-air-defence-system-report-says-2024-12-05/ |access-date=2025-09-14 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkey's biggest enemy acquires Israel's most powerful defense system, more dangerous than Russian S-300, the country is... |url=https://www.india.com/news/world/turkeys-biggest-enemy-acquires-israels-most-powerful-weapon-more-dangerous-than-russian-s-300-the-country-is-greek-cyprus-cypriot-weapon-is-barak-mx-air-defense-systems-8072474/ |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref> |- |Aspide |{{flag|Italy}} |Surface-to-air missile system |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |24 |6 batteries/130 missiles. Utilized with the Skyguard system (Othellos) using Oerlikon GDF 35mm. 12 Skyguard radars.<ref name="database2">{{Cite web |title=Trade Registers |url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Εξοπλισμός Εθνικής Φρουράς (Κύπρος) |url=http://www.ellinikos-stratos.com/stratos/cyprus.asp |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.ellinikos-stratos.com}}</ref> |- |Mistral |{{Flag|France}} |Man-portable air defense system |center|frameless|200x200px|Cypriot SHORAD | align="center" |30 (300 missiles) |18 Mistral MANPADS and 12 x2 Mistral ATLAS system mounted on Pinzgauer utility vehicles. More than 300 missiles. More missile on order as of June 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Irish |first1=John |date=20 June 2023 |title=Five European states sign letter of intent to buy Mistral air defence systems |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/five-european-states-sign-letter-intent-buy-mistral-air-defence-systems-sources-2023-06-19/ |access-date=13 July 2023 |website=reuters.com |agency=Reuters}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name="database2" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Polignosi |title=Εθνική Φρουρά |url=http://www.polignosi.com/cgibin/hweb?-A=3372&-V=limmata |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.polignosi.com}}</ref> |- |TOR M-1 |{{flag|Soviet Union}} ----{{Flag|Russia}} |Surface-to-air missile system |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |6 |Delivered by Greece in replacement for the S-300.<ref name="database2" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Εθνική Φρουρά - Αεροπορία |url=http://www.army.gov.cy/el/aeroporias |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928141100/http://www.army.gov.cy/el/aeroporias |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=www.army.gov.cy |language=en}}</ref>~150 missiles. |- |Buk M1-2 |{{flag|Soviet Union}} ----{{Flag|Russia}} |Surface-to-air missile system |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |8 |Total number of systems is unknown. Possibly 2 batteries with 4 systems each.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2008 |title=The Cypriot Missile Crisis |url=http://geimint.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/cypriot-missile-crisis.html |access-date=2018-05-08 |website=geimint.blogspot.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Νικολοβγένης |first=Θεόδωρος |date=2021-06-05 |title=Συγκριτικό: Εθνική Φρουρά εναντίον Κατοχικού Στρατού (Μέρος Α') |url=https://defencereview.gr/sygkritiko-ethniki-froyra-enantio-ka/ |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Defence Review |language=el}}</ref> |- |9K32 Strela-2 |{{flag|Soviet Union}} ----{{Flag|Russia}} |Man-portable air defense system |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |100 |Operational numbers may be less.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cypriot Armed Forces - Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG) Land Operations Group - Maritime Wing - Air Wing - European Defence Inforamtion |url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/Europeandefence/edcountries/countrycyprus.htm#Cypriot%20National%20Guard |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.armedforces.co.uk}}</ref> |- |9S737M Ranzhir-M |{{Flag|Russia}} |Mobile command center |center|200x200px |Unknown |Mobile Command Centre for the coordination of the TOR air defense network system <ref>{{Cite web |last=Chad |date=2011-10-01 |title=Cyprus National Day Military Parade |url=https://milinme.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/cyprus-national-day/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Military In the Middle East |language=en}}</ref> |- ! colspan="6" |Anti-aircraft artillery |- |GDF-005 |{{Flag|Switzerland}} |Anti-aircraft gun |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |24 |2x35mm anti-aircraft gun. Part of the Skyguard (Othellos) system along Aspide SAMs.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="database2" /> |- |Zastava M-55 |{{Flag|Yugoslavia}} |Anti-aircraft gun |center|frameless|200x200px | align="center" |50 |3x20mm anti-aircraft gun.<ref name=":1" /> |}

In 1998 two S-300 PMU1 systems were delivered, but then transferred to Hellenic Air Force that same year due to political considerations regarding the Cyprus Missile Crisis.

== Aerial incidents between Cyprus and Turkey ==

=== Paphos Incident – 22 October 2000 === On 22 October 2000, Tor-M1 air-defense batteries operated by the Cyprus National Guard at Papandreou Air Base tracked a pair of Turkish warplanes detected approaching the airbase by "locking on" to them. By Jean Christou, Cyprus Mail, 7 April 2002. The action of engaging the Turkish aircraft with radar forced the warplanes to retreat from the area, as Greek Cypriot and Greek forces conducted joint military maneuvers in the Paphos region. The incident prompted an angry outburst from the Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktaş, who was reported in the media to have condemned the radar lock-on as a provocation that could lead to war.<ref>{{cite news|title=Denktash Warns of War Risk|author=Alex Efty|work=The Independent|date=24 October 2000|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denktash-warns-of-war-risk-635037.html|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042120/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denktash-warns-of-war-risk-635037.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Paphos Incident – 5 April 2002 === It was variously reported in the Cyprus media that combat radars of the Cyprus National Guard, based at Papandreou Air Base in Paphos, had tracked two Turkish F-16 warplanes at 11am on 5 April 2002, by "locking-on" to them. The two Turkish aircraft were reported to have incurred into the Nicosia Flight Information Region and then passed directly over the Greek Cypriot airbase at an altitude of 3500 feet. Upon realizing that they were being tracked, the two Turkish aircraft turned back towards Turkey, and then returned to their airbase.

=== Cyprus EEZ - 18 August 2022 === On 18 August 2022, Cypriot and Greek radars spotted a Turkish Navy ATR 72 whilst flying over Block 6 of the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus. According to media sources, the plane did a low pass at 4,500 feet, however a Cypriot official claimed that the plane did no such thing and remained at 29,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/08/18/turkish-spy-plane-makes-low-pass-over-cyprus-eez/ |title=Turkish 'spy plane' makes low pass over Cyprus' EEZ | Cyprus Mail}}</ref>

==Ranks== {{main|Cyprus military ranks}}

===Commissioned officer ranks=== The rank insignia of commissioned officers. {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" {{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armed Forces/OF/Blank}} {{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Air Forces/OF/Cyprus}} |}

===Other ranks=== The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;" {{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/Blank}} {{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Air Forces/OR/Cyprus}} |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Sources == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081013150120/http://www.army.gov.cy/index.php?id=13 Cyprus National Guard Official website (Air Force section – in Greek)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090118232856/http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/cyprus/af/cypaf2.htm Cyprus Air Force] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090529052603/http://www.scramble.nl/cy.htm Cyprus National Guard, Air Force Command] * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120529201241/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_454.shtml Tom Cooper "Cyprus, 1955–1973"]}}, ACIG Journal * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040220181557/http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_296.shtml Tom Cooper & Nicholas Tselepidis "Cyprus 1974"]}}, ACIG Journal * [http://www.ridder.aero/article/cypriot-gunships-450-squadron/ Dirk Jan de Ridder "Cypriot Gunships"], Ridder.aero * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101019110438/http://strategy-geopolitics.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_2518.html Air Defence of Cyprus (in Greek)]

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