Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Airlines of Ethiopia, Airports in Ethiopia, Aviation Accidents and Incidents in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Air Force, Ethiopian Aviators, Victims of Aviation Accidents or Incidents in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines, Mickey Leland, List of Airports in Ethiopia, Bole International Airport, Leul Abate, John Conover Nichols, Davec, Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport, Gode Airport, Aba Segud Airport, Awasa Airport, Jijiga Airport, Gondar Airport, Harar Meda Airport, Trans Nation Airways, Alula Aba Airport, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604, Lalibela Airport, List of Airlines of Ethiopia, Axum Airport, Asosa Airport, Tippi Airport, Bahir Dar Airport, Gambela Airport, Arba Minch Airport, Beica Airport, Gore Airport, Wacca Airport, Mizan Teferi Airport, Combolcha Airport, Dembidolo Airport, Kabri Dar Airport, Debre Tabor Airport, Debre Marqos Airport, Baco Airport, Robe Airport, Shire Airport, Shilavo Airport. Excerpt: The Ethiopian Air Force is the air arm of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and is tasked with protecting the air space, providing support to the ground forces as well as assisting during national emergencies. The origins of the Ethiopian Air Force has been traced to (then Ras) Haile Selassie witnessing a show of the British Royal Air Force in November 1922 in Aden. Having never seen an airplane before, he was captivated by this demonstration of their power and abilities, and spontaneously asked if he could go up in one of the biplanes, proclaiming that it was "very fitting that he, as regent of Abyssinia should be the first Abyssinian to take flight in an aeroplane." As a result of this experience, he afterwards advocated the development of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force. This small air arm began with the delivery of a Potez 2. More:
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