Air Forces In Focus: Mauritania’s Defense Budget Increases Enabling Well-Rounded Air Force
A-29B Super Tucano in service with the Mauritanian Air Force
Credit: Julian Herzog for Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauritania_AF_Embraer_A-29B_Super_Tucano_5T-MAW_PAS_2013_02.jpg
Mauritania’s Air Force comprises 26 aircraft, most of which are relatively new and expected to remain operational into the 2030s. The air force has grown to this size thanks to Mauritania’s fivefold increase in defense spending—from $62 million in 2003 to over $250 million in 2023, according to the...
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