page_title: His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga)
section_title: Tongan Air Wing
hierarchical_section_title: His Majesty's Armed Forces (Tonga) / Components / Tongan Air Wing
caption_attribution_description: English: 1959-built Beech G18S twin-engined transport, registered in the United States as N45CF, ready to depart from Royal Air Force Fairford in England at the end of the Royal International Air Tattoo 2011.
context_page_description: His Majesty's Armed Forces is the military of Tonga. It is composed of three operational components and two support elements.
  The mission of HMAF is to: Defend the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Tonga.
  The HMAF is partially supported by defence co-operation agreements with Australia, the United States, China, India and New Zealand. The co-operation aims at capacity development through training of HMAF personnel in leadership, academic and trades while support for infrastructure development is another part of the security co-operation.
  In recent years, members of HMAF have supported Coalition of the Willing in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands.
context_section_description: The Air Wing was established in 1996 and operates one Beechcraft G.18S aircraft in the maritime patrol and search and rescue roles, and an American Champion Citabria light trainer. The current position of the HMAF air wing is unclear but both aircraft have not been active.
caption: A Beechcraft G18S similar to the one operated by the TDS Air Wing
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