Azerbaijan's air force was composed of forty-five combat aircraft which were often piloted by experienced Russian and Ukrainian mercenaries from the former Soviet military.
アゼルバイジャン空軍は4、50機の戦闘機を保有しており、それらは多くの場合旧ソ連軍出身の経験豊富なロシア人とウクライナ人の傭兵がパイロットとなっていた。