Mexican Air Force

The **Mexican Air Force** (**FAM**; in Spanish: _Fuerza Aérea Mexicana_) is the air force branch of the Mexican Army, it depends on the _Secretary of National Defense_ (SEDENA), the commander of this air force is _Miguel Enrique Vallín Osuna_ (since 2017).

It has participated in different conflicts, During the Mexican Revolution, they participated in the Battles of Topolobampo, where the first air-naval attacks in history would be carried out, During World War II sending the Well-known "Squadron 201" which would fight in battles against the Forces Japanese in Luzon, during the Chiapas Rebellion where they would participate against the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and in the Current War against Drug Trafficking.

## Aircrafts

|style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft|style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin|style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type|style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant|style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service|style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Pilatus PC-7|Switzerland|light attack||33||||||||
|Northrop F-5|United States|fighter|F-5E/F-5F|3 / 1||||||||
|Embraer R-99|Brazil|AEW&C||1|employes a Erieye radar system|||||||
|Embraer R-99|Brazil|maritime patrol|R-99|2||||||||
|King Air|United States|surveillance|350|2||||||||
|Cessna Citation I|United States|surveillance||2||||||||
|Boeing 787|United States|VIP transport|787-8|1||||||||
|Boeing 737|United States|Strategic Transport transport|737-200/737-300/737-800|3||||||||
|C-27J Spartan|Italy|utility transport|4|||||||||
|C-130 Hercules|United States|transport|C-130E/K/L-100|3||||||||
|CASA C-295|Spain|transport||8||||||||
|Super King Air|United States|utility transport|90/300|3||||||||
|Turbo Commander|United States|transport||2||||||||
|Pilatus PC-6|Switzerland|utility / transport||2|STOL capable aircraft|||||||
|Bell 206|United States|utility||25|9 aircraft are used for training|||||||
|Bell 407|United States|utility||17||||||||
|Bell 412|United States|utility||9||||||||
|Bell UH-1|United States|utility|UH-1H|1||||||||
|Sikorsky UH-60|United States|utility|UH-60M|16|7 on order|||||||
|Mil Mi-17|Russia|utility|Mi-8/17|26||||||||
|Eurocopter EC725|France|SAR / utility||12|4 on order|||||||
|MD 500 Defender|United States|light utility|530F|13||||||||
|Pilatus PC-7|Switzerland|trainer|31|||||||||
|Pilatus PC-9|Switzerland|trainer||1||||||||
|Grob G 120TP|Germany|basic trainer||25||||||||
|SIAI-Marchetti SF.260|Italy|trainer||25||||||||
|T-6 Texan II|United States|trainer|T-6C|56||||||||
|Elbit Hermes 450|Israel|surveillance||3||||||||

## Infobox (military unit)

- **unit name**: Mexican Air Force
- **image**: Logo of the Mexican Air Force.svg
- **image size**: 250px
- **type**: Air force
- **role**: Aerial warfare
- **command structure**: Mexican Armed Forces
- **nickname**: FAM
- **battles**: * Mexican Revolution
* World War II
* Zapatista Army of National Liberation, Chiapas revolt
* Mexican Drug War
- **anniversaries**: 10 February
- **commander1**: Gerardo Vega Rivera
- **identification symbol**:
- **identification symbol label**: Military aircraft insignia, Roundel
- **identification symbol 2**:
- **identification symbol 2 label**: Fin flash
- **aircraft attack**: Pilatus PC-7, PC-7, Pilatus PC-9, PC-9M, McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender, MD 500, Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, T-6C+
- **aircraft electronic**: Embraer R-99
- **aircraft helicopter**: Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17, Eurocopter EC 725, EC-725, UH-60 Black Hawk, UH-60, McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender, MD 500
- **aircraft interceptor**: Northrop F-5E
- **aircraft recon**: Beechcraft King Air, C-90A King Air, North American Sabreliner#Variants, Sabreliner 75A, C-26 Metroliner, Fairchild C-26
- **aircraft trainer**: Pilatus PC-7, PC-7, Pilatus PC-9, PC-9M
- **aircraft transport**: C-130, Boeing 787, Boeing 757, IAI Arava, Antonov An-32