Cuba Air Force Read more here: Cuba Air Force [SIZE=-1]Cuba Air Force[/SIZE] Current Title: [SIZE=-1]Fuerza Aérea Revolucionara[/SIZE] Title in English: [SIZE=-1]Cuban Revolutionary Air Force[/SIZE] Abbreviation: FAR [SIZE=-1][SIZE=+2]History[/SIZE] [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Narrative Summary: Summary Narrative History[/SIZE] Key Dates: 5 July 1913 [SIZE=-1] Creation of the Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba (CAEC) with one Curtiss Model FS[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] 18 May 1919[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 1.Escuadrón of the CAEC with 9 Curtiss JN-4D was formed.[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 18 April 1932[/SIZE][SIZE=-1] Aircraft of the CAEC bombarded the town of Gibara, which was subsequently abandoned by the rebellious forces.[/SIZE] 1934 [SIZE=-1] The service was divided into the Cuerpo de Aviación del Ejército de Cuba and the Aviación Naval.[/SIZE] 23 April 1952 [SIZE=-1] A reorganisation combined both army and naval aviation elements in a semi-autonomous force with the titel Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba (FAEC).[/SIZE] 2 May 1958 [SIZE=-1] Fuerza Aérea Rebelde (FAR) was formed by Fidel Castro.[/SIZE] 1 January 1959 [SIZE=-1] Fuerza Aérea Revolucionara (FAR) was formed.[/SIZE] 15 to 21 April 1961 [SIZE=-1]Invasion of exil-Cubans at the Bay of Pigs, which failed. [/SIZE]October 1962 [SIZE=-1]After Cuban Missile Crisis soviet missiles were withdrawn from Cuba.[/SIZE] 1972 [SIZE=-1] Fuerza Aérea Revolucionara got equal status with the Army and Navy.[/SIZE] December 1975 [SIZE=-1] Fidel Castro sent a squadron with MiG-17Fs to Angola.[/SIZE] 10 September 1977 [SIZE=-1] "Operation Pico": One squadron of MiG-21MFs overflew Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to press for the release of the merchant ship Capitan Leo, which, enroute to Angola, had violated Dominican waters and been interned by the authorities.[/SIZE] December 1977 [SIZE=-1] One squadron of MiG-17s and one squadron of MiG-21bis were sent to Ethiopia.[/SIZE] 10 May 1980 [SIZE=-1] Two FAR MiG-21s attacked the Bahamian patrol vessel HMBS Flamingo, which had arrested four Cuban fishing vessels.[/SIZE] 6 November 1981 [SIZE=-1]SAAF Mirage F-1 shot down one Mig-21MF in Angola.[/SIZE] 3 August 1986 [SIZE=-1]A FAR Mig-21F shot down one C-130 in Angola.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] 28 October 1987[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] One MiG-21UM was downed by ground fire near Luvuei in Angola.[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] 27 June 1988[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1] Eleven Cuban MiG-23MLs with demolition bombs appeared over the hydroelectric dam at Ruacana-Calueque in Namibia. The attack was a total success. [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]1989[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Cuban forces withdraw from Angola and Ethiopia.[/SIZE]
