{"id":141444,"date":"2024-10-18T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/caribbean-air-forces-combat-aircraft\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T09:00:12","slug":"do-any-caribbean-air-forces-have-combat-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=141444","title":{"rendered":"Do Any Caribbean Air Forces Have Combat Aircraft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do any countries in the             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"206670\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/caribbean\/\"  >Caribbean<\/a><\/span> operate             <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"58724\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/fighter-jets\/\"  >fighter jets<\/a><\/span>? This article will only consider independent Caribbean countries&#8217; air forces (of which the Cuban Air Force is by far the most capable). The US, UK, France, and the Netherlands all retain territories in the Caribbean, making them Caribbean countries of sorts, but these will not be counted. It may surprise many, but during the late Cold War,         <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink-article\" data-id=\"2030214\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/cuban-air-force-most-powerful-flying-museum\/\" >Cuba was considered to have the most powerful air force south of the US border<\/a><\/span>. 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