Mongolian People's Army Air Force

The Mongolian People's Army Air Force was the air force of the Mongolian People's Army and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party

History
On May 25, 1925 a Junkers F.13 entered service as the first aircraft in Mongolian civil and military aviation. By 1935 Soviet aircraft were based in the country. In May 1937 the air force was renamed the Mongolian People's Republic Air Corps. During 1939–1945 the Soviets delivered Polikarpov I-15s, Polikarpov I-16s, Yak-9s and Ilyushin Il-2s. 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-15UTI and MiG-17 the first combat jet aircraft in the Mongolian inventory, entered service in 1970 and by the mid-1970s was joined by 25 MiG-21s, Mi-8s and Ka-26s.

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 current Armed Forces maintains an Air Forces Defense Command (Агаарын довтолгооноос хамгаалах цэргийн командлал), under the command of the General Staff. The country has the goal of developing a full air force in the future.

Mongolian People's Army Air Force in 1925–1945
The Mongolian People's Army Aviation drastically improved with Soviet training and vastly ameliorated within a time span of several years. In May 1925, a Junkers F.13 entered service as the first aircraft in Mongolian civil and military-related aviation. In March 1931, the Soviet Union donated three Polikarpov R-1s to the Mongolian People's Army, with Mongolia further purchasing three R-1s. In 1932, an uprising broke out against Collectivization, which saw both Soviet and Mongolian-operated R-1s taking part in actions against the rebellion. The aircraft carried out reconnaissance, leaflet dropping, and bombing missions Chinese intelligence reports that in 1945 the Mongolian People's Air Force had been with a three-fighter and three-bomber aviation-regiment, and one flight training school and greater air squadrons. It was reported that headquartered in the Mukden Manchukuo spy-section in October 1944 air force whole units had been 180 aircraft and 1231 airmen. The Mongolian People's Army Aviation demonstrated its full potential during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, which was its largest engagement. Apart from intercepting intruding aircraft, People's Aviation was used heavily to repress domestic rebel movements.

The Mongolian People's Air Force has operated a variety of aircraft types and this was the inventory in WW2:

Trainer

 * undefined Po-1
 * undefined Po-2
 * undefined Yakovlev UT-2
 * undefined Yak-11

Bomber and ground-attack aircraft

 * undefined Polikarpov R-1-Unknown number
 * undefined Polikarpov R-5-40
 * undefined Ilyushin Il-2-70

Fighter aircraft

 * undefined Lavochkin La-5- 12
 * undefined Polikarpov I-15- 50
 * undefined Polikarpov I-15bis- Unknown number
 * undefined Polikarpov I-16- 1
 * undefined Yak-7- Unknown number
 * undefined Yak-9- 34

Transport aircraft

 * undefined Lisunov Li-2
 * undefined Putilov Stal-3
 * undefined Kalinin K-5
 * undefined Yakovlev Yak-6
 * undefined Yakovlev AIR-6
 * 🇩🇪 germany Junkers F-13
 * 🇩🇪 germany Junkers W 33- 1
 * 🇯🇵 japan Nakajima Ki-34-12

Markings
The Mongolian People's Army Air Force roundel was a red star with a yellow Soyombo. The top of the Soyombo in the Air Force marking is not a flame, but a yellow 5-pointed star and two eyes and center line are not yellow but black. The roundel for the Mongolian Arat Air Squadron was the Soviet red star