[RomanSoldier19]

human beings are trying to fight off machines that can easily track them from the sky and rain down on them, bringing along complete destruction.

[Zhang Fei]

Armenian aviation was lacking in quantity. Without control of your own airspace, you get plinked by your adversary. Guerrilla warfare doesn't work against non-Western armies, whose response is to kill everyone they encounter.

Armenian inventory

 

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Version	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
Sukhoi Su-30	Russia	Multirole	Su-30SM	4[32]	8 more are on order
Sukhoi Su-25	Russia	Attack	Su-25K	13[33]	All to be modernized to the Su-25SM3 variant[33]
Transport
Ilyushin Il-76	Russia	Heavy transport		3[34]
Helicopters
Mil Mi-8	Russia	Utility	Mi-8/17/171	12[34]
Mil Mi-24	Russia	Attack	Mi-24/35	15[34]
Trainer aircraft
Aero L-39	Czechoslovakia	Jet trainer		6[34]
Mil Mi-2	Poland	Trainer / utility		6[34]

Azeri inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat aircraft
MiG-29	Russia	multirole		12[30]
Sukhoi Su-25	Russia	attack		12[30]
Transport
Ilyushin Il-76	Russia	transport		1[30]
Helicopters
Bell 412	United States	utility		2[30]
Mil Mi-17	Russia	utility / transport		65[30]
Mil Mi-24	Russia	attack	Mi-35	17[30]
Kamov Ka-27	Russia	utility	Ka-32	4[30]
Trainer aircraft
Aero L-39	Czech Republic	jet trainer		12[30]
PZL Mi-2	Poland	rotorcraft trainer		7[30]
PAC Super Mushshak	Pakistan	trainer		10[30]
UAV
Antonov An-2	Soviet Union/Poland/Azerbaijan	Unmanned kamikaze aircraft		60	[31]
Bayraktar TB2	Turkey	Attack			[32]
Hermes 450	Israel	surveillance		12[33]	two are Hermes 900[33]
IAI Heron	Israel	surveillance		5[33]
IAI Searcher	Israel	surveillance		5[33]
Orbiter	Israel	surveillance		10[34][33]	produced in Azerbaijan
Aerostar	Israel	surveillance		14[33]	produced in Azerbaijan[34]