The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces – Air Force (UPDF-AF) is a statutory institute and a service arm of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces. It is established by the Defence Forces Act, 2005, Section 3 Subsection 2(b).
The Air Force’s mission and vision is in consonance with the country’s comprehensive Defence policy, especially in threats analysis, given the fact that we are a landlocked country. Air Force is conscious of the fact that any threats to countries that constitute Uganda’s lifelines to the seas are threats to Uganda and this forms a basic ingredient of Uganda’s strategic Defence posture.
There is ample evidence that the forces have played a crucial role in the pursuit of its stated mission. Its swiftness in evacuating causalities and in assisting civil authorities in search and rescue missions is commendable.
