The reports of the death of the Georgian Air Force have been greatly exaggerated
Remember the report that claimed that Georgia was selling its entire fleet of combat aircraft? I was skeptical, and apparently rightly so. The Georgian Air Force is disappearing -- but it's just a bureaucratic move, bringing the air forces under the control of the army. Reports Georgia Times:
Givi Targamadze, the chairman of the Committee, said in this case no redundancy was meant; just Air Forces would exist as a separate structure no longer.
"Practice revealed that the Air Forces of Georgia are usually used for support of land operations. Such examples exist in world practice - for example, there is no command of the air forces of Canada. This change will simplify the command in conditions of specific operations."
Joshua Kucera, a senior correspondent, is Eurasianet's former Turkey/Caucasus editor and has written for the site since 2007.
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