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Nous avons assisté ce samedi 1 mars 2025 à un matraquage médiatique mis en scène par les terroristes AFC/M23 et leurs maîtres à penser rwandais au sujet du rapatriement dans leur pays d'origine, le Rwanda, de 14 présumés FDLR prétendument capturés à Goma. Pour les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, cette action est un montage de mauvais goût orchestré dans le but de discréditer notre armée et les Forces de la SADC. Ceci rentre également dans la stratégie rwandaise destinée à justifier l'invasion d'une partie du territoire de la RDC. Ce montage est tellement grossier que parmi les soi-disant FDLR supposés capturés en RDC se trouve Patrick Ishimwe, déjà présenté le 22 janvier 2025 par les médias rwandais à Kigali. Curieusement, son nom se retrouve par miracle sur la liste des prétendus combattants FDLR rapatrié au Rwanda ce samedi au numéro de série 6. Les autorités rwandaises qui se sont spécialisées dans l'art du mensonge et de la manipulation ont pris des anciens FDLR détenus dans la prison centrale de Gitarama au Rwanda et les ont habillés en tenues militaires neuves des FARDE récupérées dans le dépôt pour les faire passer comme des combattants FDLR capturés à Goma. En plus, selon les sources dignes et crédibles, le fameux général FDLR Gakwerere figurant sur la même liste est depuis longtemps au service de Paul Kagame. C'est sur instruction de ce dernier que Gakwerere a massacré des milliers de Congolais. Tout en sachant que la communauté internationale est saturée des mensonges et du poison rwandais, les autorités rwandaises continuent toujours de mentir. En outre, les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo saisissent cette occasion pour dénoncer l'exécution sommaire par l'armée rwandaise des militaires malades et blessés de guerre trouvés dans l'hôpital du camp Katindo à Goma. Cet acte est constitutif de crime de guerre et de crime contre l'humanité, des infractions imprescriptibles qui ne resteront jamais impunies.

SÉCURITÉ | DÉTERMINÉ À RESTAURER UNE PAIX DURABLE DANS LA RÉGION DES GRANDS LACS, SON EXCELLENCE LE PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE, CHEF DE L’ÉTAT, FÉLIX-ANTOINE TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO, A PRÉSIDÉ CE SAMEDI, DEPUIS LA CITÉ DE L’UNION AFRICAINE, UNE IMPORTANTE RÉUNION SUR LA SITUATION SÉCURITAIRE À L’EST DE LA RDC. Les échanges ont porté sur l’évolution des opérations militaires et les défis humanitaires en cours dans les provinces du Nord-Kivu et du Sud-Kivu, où les FARDC et les vaillants Wazalendo poursuivent la neutralisation des terroristes AFC-M23 soutenus par le Rwanda. Il ressort de cette réunion que la ville de Bukavu, brièvement infiltrée par les terroristes du M23, est sous contrôle total des forces armées congolaises et de leurs défenseurs déterminés. Sur le plan international, lors de la 61ᵉ Conférence de Munich sur la sécurité, Son Excellence le Président de la République a obtenu un soutien ferme de plusieurs États membres de l’Union européenne, qui ont non seulement condamné les actes criminels du Rwanda en RDC, mais travaillent activement à la mise en place de sanctions ciblées contre le régime de Kigali.

Les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) informent l’opinion publique que, par ordonnance présidentielle signée ce mardi 28 janvier 2025, le Général-Major SOMO KAKULE Evariste a été nommé Gouverneur Militaire de la province du Nord-Kivu, placée sous état de siège. Cette nomination s’inscrit dans la vision du Commandant Suprême des FARDC, Son Excellence Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, visant à renforcer les opérations de sécurisation et à rétablir l’autorité de l’État dans cette province stratégique. Officier aguerri et doté d’une vaste expérience en opérations militaires, le Général-Major SOMO KAKULE Evariste prend ses nouvelles fonctions avec pour mission principale de neutraliser les groupes armés, renforcer la protection des populations civiles et assurer la souveraineté nationale. Les FARDC réitèrent leur engagement indéfectible à défendre l’intégrité du territoire national et à soutenir le nouveau Gouverneur Militaire dans l’accomplissement de son mandat avec détermination. Sous son commandement, les opérations militaires seront intensifiées pour démanteler toutes les menaces posées par les forces négatives qui sévissent dans la région. Nous appelons la population du Nord-Kivu à rester vigilante et à se mobiliser aux côtés des FARDC dans cet effort collectif visant à ramener une paix durable et une stabilité définitive dans la province. Les forces armées restent pleinement engagées à accomplir leur mission avec discipline, patriotisme et professionnalisme. La patrie ou la mort, nous vaincrons !

This is the official website of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ( FARDC) FARDC Ministry of Defence Army Comprised of land, air, and naval forces, the FARDC plays a vital role in maintaining internal security, combating insurgencies, and supporting humanitarian efforts. The army is committed to professionalizing its ranks, modernizing its equipment, and enhancing its operational capabilities to ensure the safety and stability of the DRC. Visit Air Force Responsible for aerial operations such as reconnaissance, transport, and providing air support to ground forces, the FARDC Air Force enhances the military's capacity to respond effectively to threats. Visit NAVY The FARDC Navy is the naval branch of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's armed forces, responsible for securing the country's vast waterways, including the Congo River and major lakes. It plays a crucial role in protecting transportation routes, preventing illegal activities, and supporting ground forces during operations. Visit Latest News LE GÉNÉRAL-MAJOR SOMO KAKULE EVARISTE NOMMÉ GOUVERNEUR MILITAIRE DU NORD-KIVU Les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) informent l’opinion publique que, par ordonnance présidentielle signée... COMMUNIQUE OFFICIEL Les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo félicitent les militaires de toutes les unités des FARDC, les Patriotes... LES FARDC ANNONCENT LE DÉCÈS DU GÉNÉRAL PETER CHIRIMWAMI C’est avec une profonde tristesse que les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) annoncent le décès du Général...

The FARDC was established in 2003, integrating various armed groups following the Second Congo War. Its formation aimed to create a unified national military to ensure stability and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Over the years, the FARDC has undergone numerous reforms and modernization efforts to address internal conflicts and regional security challenges. History Of The FARDC The military history of the Democratic Republic of Congo covers about a century and a half of history across Central Africa but also in East Africa . This article is therefore a synthesis of the histories of the many conflicts that have bloodied the country and the region. The geographical area that constitutes the current Democratic Republic of Congo (successively called the Congo Free State , Belgian Congo , Congo-Kinshasa , and Zaire ) was the scene of violent clashes very early on. Indeed, as soon as the territory was unified and annexed by Leopold II of Belgium during the partition of Africa in 1885 , the latter had to impose his authority by force on the peoples over whom he declared himself sovereign; in particular, he confronted the indigenous states of Maniema on several occasions between 1892 and 1894 , who contested his supremacy. Having come under Belgian domination , strictly speaking, Congolese troops were also involved in the African theatres of the two world wars , before being, after independence in 1960 , confronted with a civil war of rare violence, which resulted in the seizure of power by Mobutu . The latter brought the country into the Western camp during the Cold War , and engaged, during the 1970s , his armed forces in the fight against communism in central and southern Africa , particularly in Angola . Supported against all odds by its traditional partners, the country experienced relative peace during the following decade. But in the mid- 1990s , the humanitarian crisis and population movements caused by the Rwandan Genocide profoundly destabilized the east of the country, and in 1996 Mobutu 's army was unable to resist Laurent-Désiré Kabila 's rebel movement for long, which was openly supported and equipped by Rwanda and Uganda . Finally, shortly after coming to power, the new master of Kinshasa turned against his former sponsors, who then invaded the country and occupied it under the cover of local movements, until 2003. Even today, eastern Congo ( Kivu and Ituri in particular) is experiencing the aftershocks of these tragic events. Public force: 1885-1960 The first organized troops in the Congo, known as the Force Publique (FP), were created in 1885 by Camille Coquilhat when King Leopold II of Belgium , who had just taken possession of the country as the Congo Free State (EIC), ordered his Minister of Interior to create a military and police force in this new territory. The Force Publique was supervised by a corps of white officers , most of them Belgian , but also European officers ( Swedish , Danish , Polish , etc.) in search of easy money, exoticism and adventure. The corps of non-commissioned officers , exclusively African, was formed by individuals from the most warlike tribes of the Upper Congo , or the fiercest soldiers of the FP contingent. Finally, the bulk of the troops, wearing blue uniforms and red fezzes, was made up of either slaves bought from Swahili traffickers in exchange for a four-year commitment to the Force Publique, or children kidnapped during raids, or men whose families were taken hostage and released after incorporation. Also, very logically, if the Force Publique very early constituted an armed force feared for its extreme violence (see: chicotte ), it was quickly confronted with numerous problems of discipline during its history. Thus, on the one hand, mutinies of black soldiers were frequent (see in particular the Batetela revolt ), on the other hand, the Congolese administration had to deal with certain white officers exceeding their powers (see: Léon Rom ) and monopolizing for their own profit the territories for which they were responsible 1 . Campaigns against the Arab-Swahilis The first mission of the Force Publique was to ensure control over the territory of the EIC, particularly in the East ( Maniema and Kivu ) where the Swahili states were prospering, led by wealthy Bantu traders from Zanzibar . Slave traders , ivory traffickers , and Muslims (hence the misuse of the term " Arabs "), the Swahili merchants were quickly caricatured in the Western press, which allowed Leopold II to sell his personal war to international opinion as an anti-slavery crusade. The conflict soon broke out and the Force Publique undertook a series of military campaigns between May 1892 and January 1894 under the command of Francis Dhanis . At the height of the engagement, at the end of 1892, around 100,000 Arab-Swahilis divided into several armies were opposed and defeated by 120 Europeans leading 3,500 regular soldiers 2 . Under pressure from international opinion regarding the conditions of the natives in the Congo, Leopold II was forced to transfer sovereignty over the Congo to the Belgian State in 1908 ; the territory then took the name of Belgian Congo . Concerning the Force Publique, many efforts were undertaken to remedy the excesses of the time of the Congo Free State, and to make the Force Publique a more classical and more disciplined colonial force. Thus, Belgian officers replaced the foreign officers put in place under the EIC. In order to retain their command, foreign officers requested and obtained Belgian naturalization. This was the case of the Dane Olsen who, from 1914 to 1918, participated in the victorious campaigns of German East Africa and later became governor. The internal organization of the Force Publique was rationalized around the standard unit of the company , commanded by a captain and comprising 150 native soldiers ( askaris ) for 4 Belgian officers. Enlistment for a period of seven years was based on a system of recruit quotas fixed by district. Most soldiers were armed with a single 11mm Albini rifle and continued to wear the blue uniform and red fez dating from the EIC, replaced between 1915 and 1917 by a khaki uniform. In 1914 , the Force Publique comprised approximately 17,000 men, most of whom served in garrison and essentially played a police role in a given territory. The First and Second World Wars From the beginning of the First World War , Belgium, despite its neutrality, was invaded by Germany and almost entirely occupied, leaving only a shred of free territory defended by the army for four years. This was very significant for the Belgian Congo. Indeed, the government of Belgium, in exile in France , no longer able to exercise its sovereignty over the metropolis, charged the Force Publique with supporting the French and especially British colonial troops against the German colonial empire . The Force Publique thus distinguished itself with success in Cameroon (see: Kamerun ), Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania (see: German East Africa ) during the victorious campaign in East Africa which ended with the Belgian victory at Tabora . Suffering from German bombardments on the towns along Lake Tanganyika , particularly the port of Albertville (now Kalemie ), the Force Publique, commanded by General Tombeur and Colonels Molitor and Olsen, responded on 18 April 1916 and captured Kigali on 6 May 1916. A month later, the town of Usumbura in Burundi fell to Belgian numerical superiority. On 17 June , the whole of Rwanda and Burundi was occupied. In Tanganyika, the Molitor brigade captured Mwanza , before marching on Tabora , which after several days of fierce fighting, finally fell on 19 September 1916 . The Belgian-Congolese and British forces then occupied the whole of German East Africa despite the strong resistance of the German General Von Lettow-Vorbeck which lasted until the armistice of November 1918 . After the Versailles Conference of 1919 confirmed the dissolution of the German colonial empire , Belgium obtained a mandate from the League of Nations (LN) over Ruanda-Urundi in 1923. Two years later, these territories were attached to the Belgian Congo while being entitled to a Belgian governor distinct from the governor of the Belgian Congo. In 1936 , Belgium opted for a policy of neutrality , which did not prevent either the invasion by Nazi Germany on 10 May 1940 , or the capitulation and arrest of King Leopold III of Belgium on 28 May . But, refusing the suzerainty of the Third Reich , the colony spontaneously sided with the United Kingdom during the Second World War , and in 1941 sent three infantry brigades to fight in Italian Abyssinia where they ended their campaign with the victories of Bortai and ….. (see: East African Campaign ), and dispatched an expeditionary force to Egypt and the Middle East . Elements of the Public Force on the move during the 1916-1917 campaign in East Africa The period of independence After the war and until 1960 , Belgium completed the transformation of the Force Publique into a disciplined and demanding police force, imbued with a culture of segregation actively maintained by the Belgian authorities. Indeed, until September 1959 , less than a year before the independence of the Belgian Congo, indigenous soldiers could not be promoted beyond the rank of non-commissioned officer . Also, since the Belgian government had not taken measures in time to establish a corps of competent indigenous officers, at independence, no officer in the Force Publique, even a junior one, was indigenous, and only 20 African cadets were receiving officer training. On 5 July 1960 , just days after Belgium granted independence , the garrisons of the Force Publique around Leopoldville mutinied against their white officers and attacked numerous European targets. The insurrection caused panic among the civilian population of European origin (mainly Belgian), who returned en masse to Europe , and the new government lost credibility by showing itself incapable of containing the mutineers and preventing the exactions (murders, rapes and pillaging), the premises of the Congolese crisis to come. A colonial institution par excellence and hated by the Congolese population, the Force Publique was renamed the National Army of Congo (ANC), and its command was Africanized. Congolese National Army: 1960-1971 Over the next five years, the secession of the mining provinces of Katanga and South Kasai , the assassination of independence leader Patrice Lumumba , and the resulting rebellion (see: Pierre Mulele ), plunged the country into an unprecedented crisis . Supported by the United Nations in the Katanga crisis (see: United Nations Operation in the Congo ), and assisted by the United States and Israel in the reconquest of rebel territory, the troops of Mobutu , a former sergeant-major of the Force Publique who had become for a time chief of staff of the ANC, managed to somewhat pacify the country. Mobutu then established himself as a key figure in the Congo. After having reorganized the military apparatus to his advantage, he took advantage of his position, and with the support of Belgium and the CIA , he led a coup d'état on 24 November 1965 against Joseph Kasa-Vubu , the first president of the newly independent Congo. Champion of the Western bloc against the advance of communism in sub-Saharan Africa , Mobutu and his army benefited from decisive technical support from the American superpower, the former Belgian metropolis and France. Thus, in May 1968 , the Western powers helped to form a parachute brigade , composed of two regiments , themselves divided into three battalions 3 . At the end of October 1971 , Mobutu launched the policy of resorting to authenticity, and the country was renamed the " Republic of Zaire ". Consequently, the National Army of the Congo (ANC) took the name of the Zairian Armed Forces (FAZ). Zairian Armed Forces: 1971-1997 In July 1975 , according to the IISS Military Balance, the FAZ consisted of 14 infantry battalions, seven guard battalions, seven paratrooper battalions (inherited from the Paratrooper Brigade formed in 1968 ). There was also an armored car regiment and a 4th mechanized infantry battalion . The Angolan Civil War Supported by the Western camp during the Cold War , Mobutu committed his troops in 1975 to the civil war in Angola , in order to support the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) against the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), of Marxist obedience, supported by the Soviet Union , and in power since November 11 , 1975. Threatening to take Luanda , the capital, the Zairian troops were finally defeated by the Cuban expeditionary force that came to the aid of Agostinho Neto . Following this bitter failure, the policy of interference in Angolan affairs intensified with the support of the Zairian Armed Forces for the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) and later for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). In response, Angola and Cuban troops based there supported the National Front for the Liberation of Congo (FNLC) in 1977 and launched an offensive in March of the same year in the rich mining province of Katanga , renamed Shaba in 1971 . The First Shaba War The first attack, launched on March 7 and involving 2,000 men, targeted mining towns near the border, including Kolwezi . The invasion met with only limited resistance from the Zairian Armed Forces, which were outnumbered, equipped by Western powers and supervised by American, French and Belgian military advisers. Faced with this rout, Mobutu was forced to request assistance from his allies. Belgium, the United States and France immediately sent airborne support, Egypt provided around fifty pilots and technicians, significantly reinforcing the Zairian Air Force, and finally Morocco deployed a seasoned contingent of 1,500 men . 5 The parachuting of French troops into Kolwezi on 9 April , and the counter-offensive of Zairian and Moroccan forces on 14 April , began the reconquest of the province, causing 50,000 refugees to flee to Angola. By the end of May, Shaba was under control and Mobutu's regime saved. However, the poor performance of the FAZ, unable to guarantee the country's defense alone, highlighted the chronic weakening of Mobutu's troops 6 , characterized by incompetent and corrupt officers, underpaid soldiers who preferred to desert rather than fight. Mobutu therefore reformed the internal organization of the army and the chain of command. He purged the FAZ of 25% of its personnel, judged disloyal and ineffective, integrated the general staff into his presidential cabinet and combined the functions of chief of staff, minister of defense and supreme commander of the FAZ. Finally, in order to guarantee security in the province of Shaba, he permanently assigned the Kamanyola (en) 7 division , an elite troop previously assigned to the defense of Kinshasa . However, if, at the end of the first Shaba war, Mobutu tried to plug the gaps, nothing fundamentally changed. The logic of the Cold War continued its course and neither Mobutu nor Agostinho Neto decided to stop maintaining the guerrilla movements ( FNLA , FLEC and UNITA on the one hand and FNLC on the other). From then on a second conflict seemed inevitable. The Second Shaba War The leader of the National Front for the Liberation of Congo (FNLC), Nathaniel Mbumba , at the head of his well-equipped, battle-hardened Katangese " Tigers " with the support of Cuban and East German officers , launched an offensive on 11 May 1978 on the town of Kolwezi , taking the 3,000 Europeans residing there hostage. After part of the government troops in Kolwezi rallied, the FAZ were routed and Mobutu was forced once again to seek assistance from his traditional partners, namely the United States , France and Belgium . In order to protect its nationals, on 16 May , France put the 2nd REP (Foreign Parachute Regiment) on alert, which, through a well-conducted surprise attack (Operation Bonite), took complete control of the city in a few days, put the Katangese rebels to flight and evacuated the European hostages. Subsequently, Belgian paratroopers and troops from an African force dominated by Moroccans helped the Foreign Legion and the FAZ to secure the region. Finally, the United States supervised negotiations between the Angolan and Zairian governments for a peace agreement and an end to support for the respective rebellions in both countries. Zaire temporarily cut off aid to FLEC , FNLA , and UNITA , and Angola withdrew its support for the Shaba separatists . Moba Wars In 1984 and 1985, the FAZ suppressed the insurrection of the People's Revolution Party of Laurent-Désiré Kabila during the Moba wars , on the shores of Lake Tanganyika . The unrest of the early 1990s The cruel lack of discipline within the Congolese forces was evident again in 1990. Indeed, with the disintegration of the Eastern bloc and the end of the Cold War, the unconditional support of the West for Mobutu's Zaire ceased. The latter, comforted by the personal relations he maintained with certain Western leaders, continued to believe in his impunity and deliberately allowed the conditions of the military to deteriorate so that his control of power would not be threatened 9 . But, in September 1991 , during the violent riots in Kinshasa , some garrisons in the capital, unhappy with low wages and the accumulation of pay arrears, ended up taking the side of the rioters. And the unrest was only stopped by the bloody repression of the Special Presidential Division (DSP), and by the intervention of French forces ("Operation Baumier") and Belgian forces ("Operation Blue Beam") 10 . In 1994 , on the eve of the Rwandan genocide and the consequences for the Great Lakes region, the situation of the FAZ was dramatic. Indeed, apart from certain privileged units such as the DSP or the 31st Airborne Brigade, the majority of the other formations had, for a decade, been poorly trained, poorly equipped, and so poorly paid that they regularly resorted to racketeering the local populations. Similarly, the politicization, as well as the progressive ethnicization of the troops, ended up discrediting in the eyes of the population and international observers an army that was already largely disowned 11 . Finally, of course, the FAZ had not escaped the general deterioration of Zairian infrastructure, victims of Mobutu's clientelist and kleptomaniac regime. The First Congo War Since 1994 , the Kivu province in the east of the country has seen the arrival of huge flows of refugees, composed of Tutsis and Hutus , fleeing the genocide in Rwanda . Welcomed in humanitarian structures set up not far from the eastern border, the refugee populations quickly included among them a number of Hutu genocidaires , eager to escape the offensive of the Rwandan Patriotic Front ( RPF ). However, protected by the international community, these humanitarian camps quickly became sanctuaries for Hutu extremists in search of revenge. Also, Paul Kagamé , leader of the RPF , and new strongman of Kigali , considering Rwanda threatened by a return of genocidal militias, undertook to arm the Banyamulenge , Tutsis who had emigrated to Kivu since the 1930s , and were seen as natural allies of Rwanda . In mid-October 1996 , humanitarian camps on the outskirts of Bukavu were attacked by Banyamulenge led by a veteran of Mulele 's Lumubist rebellion : Laurent-Désiré Kabila , who had turned to gold and ivory trading in the 1980s [ref. requested] . Lemera hospital was attacked by Banyamulenge and Rwandan soldiers on 6 October 1996. Starting from the eastern border, the rebellion, equipped and supported by Rwanda, Uganda and Angola , dispersed the refugee camps before marching west, taking the cities of Goma , Bukavu and Kisangani , the latter being taken on 15 March 1997. It advanced south towards the mining regions of Katanga , whose capital Lubumbashi was "liberated" on 9 April 1997 , and Kasai . The rebel armies, structured around Laurent-Désiré Kabila and the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL), not encountering any real opposition, occupied regions abandoned by the Zairian Armed Forces (FAZ). The latter, with the exception of a few elite units, had not received any pay for months and retreated, surrendered without fighting or even joined the rebel forces. Deprived of the strong regions of Zaire and abandoned by his Western protectors, Marshal Mobutu was unable to cope with the situation and failed to impose a ceasefire on his adversary. Also, despite the development of a peace plan by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) based on the cessation of hostilities and the opening of a political dialogue, the fighting continued. On the ground, the AFDL forces continued their advance towards Kinshasa . Similarly, despite international pressure, the meeting on 4 May 1997 between Mobutu and Laurent-Désiré Kabila , on board a South African ship, did not come to fruition. The last resistance of elite Mobutu units was broken on May 12 , 1997 during the Battle of Kenge . On May 17, 1997, the "Kadogo" of the AFDL entered Kinshasa with the support of the Rwandan army, cheered by a Kinshasa population exasperated by thirty years of dictatorship and tired of the Mobutu regime. Rejecting the symbols of the hated regime, the new power then undertook to erase some of the names born of Zairianization : the country thus became the Democratic Republic of Congo , of which Kabila proclaimed himself president, the river was renamed Congo , the Congolese franc replaced the old Zaire , the same was true for the national anthem, the motto, as well as the armed forces which took the name of Congolese Armed Forces (FAC). The Congolese armed forces are the result of the merger of guerrilla groups , such as the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), which seized power in 1997 from the former national army. Now [When?] it has about fourteen integrated brigades and an unknown number of non-integrated brigades, which are formed exclusively by a single faction, such as the RCD or the Congolese Liberation Movement . Since its formation, this force has been confronted with multiple conflicts on Congolese territory, including the Kivu War in 2008 and, between 2012 and the end of 2013, the rebellion of the March 23 Movement , which it defeated with the support of the United Nations.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo - FARDC) is a key component of the country's military structure. Its primary mission is to ensure the sovereignty of the nation's airspace, provide support to ground forces, and contribute to national security and defense. OVERVIEW LEADERS INSIGNIA Air Force Responsible for aerial operations such as reconnaissance, transport, and providing air support to ground forces, the FARDC Air Force enhances the military's capacity to respond effectively to threats. Air Force The FARDC Air Force, a vital component of the Congolese Armed Forces, plays a crucial role in national defense and security. OVERVIEW The FARDC Air Force, a vital component of the Congolese Armed Forces, plays a crucial role in national defense and security. Responsible for aerial operations such as reconnaissance, transport, and providing air support to ground forces, the FARDC Air Force enhances the military's capacity to respond effectively to threats. As part of ongoing efforts, the FARDC Air Force focuses on modernizing its fleet and improving operational efficiency to safeguard the Democratic Republic of the Congo's airspace and borders. MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Air Force is to secure the nation's airspace, support ground forces with precision air operations, and contribute to national defense and stability.