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World Air Forces - Directory - 2008 PDF
World Air Forces - Directory - 2008 PDF
TRANSPORT
C-130B/H/L-100 5 1
DHC-6 7
F27 4 3
F28 6 1
Merlin IV 2
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Bell 212 5
CH-47C 1
MD500 10
SA315 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
AT/IA-63 17 8
EMB-312 24
FMA/MS-760 11
Mirage IIIDA 2
TA-4AR 4
ARGENTINIAN ARMY
Type Active Stored Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION
Citation I (Recce) 1
OV-1 (Observation) 9
Alenia Aeronautica
TRANSPORT
C-212 1
DHC-6 2
Afghanistan’s equipment transformation will include 18 ex-Italian air force G222 transports G222 3
Merlin IV 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER
AFGHANISTAN L-39 32 A109 5
AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY AIR CORPS Yak-130 16 AS332 3
Type Active Stored Ordered Bell 205 1
TRANSPORT ANGOLA SA315 3
An-12 4 ANGOLAN PEOPLE’S AIR FORCE UH-1 43
An-26 2 Type Active Stored Ordered TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
An-32 7 4 COMBAT AIRCRAFT UH-12 5
G222 18 MiG-21 24 ARGENTINIAN NAVY
COMBAT HELICOPTER MiG-23 22 Type Active Stored Ordered
Mi-8/17 29 Su-22 15 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Mi-24/35 12 Su-25 15 Super Etendard 11
UH-1 9 Su-27 7 SPECIAL MISSION
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRANSPORT King Air 200 (MPA) 4
L-39 3 An-12 10 King Air 200 (Recce) 2
An-24/26 23 P-3 (MPA) 6
ALBANIA An-32 11 S-2 (AEW) 3
ALBANIAN AIR FORCE An-72/74 5 TRANSPORT
Type Active Stored Ordered BN-2 13 F28 2 1
COMBAT HELICOPTER C-212 5 L188 1 3
A109 1 Dornier 28 1 PC-6 1
AB205 3 EMB-110 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
AB206 7 F27 1 AS555 4
BO105 6 Gulfstream III 1 SA316 5
Il-76 5 SH-3D/S-61 5
ALGERIA King Air 200 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
ALGERIAN AIR FORCE Tu-134 1 T-34 10
Type Active Stored Ordered Yak-40 1
COMBAT AIRCRAFT COMBAT HELICOPTER ARMENIA
MiG-25 14 Bell 212 4 ARMENIAN AIR FORCE
MiG-29 51 Mi-8/17 57 Type Active Stored Ordered
Su-24 35 Mi-24/35 15 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
Su-27/30 18 20 SA/IAR316 24 MiG-25 1
SPECIAL MISSION SA342 8 Su-25 14
Beech 1900 (SAR) 11 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS COMBAT HELICOPTER
King Air 200 (MPA) 2 EMB-312 14 Mi-2 1
TANKER L-29 6 Mi-8 4
Il-78 3 PC-7 22 Mi-24 8
TRANSPORT PC-9 4 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Beech 1900 1 L-39 4
C-130H 17 ARGENTINA
C-295 6 ARGENTINIAN AIR FORCE AUSTRALIA
Il-76 11 Type Active Stored Ordered ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
King Air 90/200 9 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Type Active Stored Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER A-4AR 22 7 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
AW101 6* IA-58 35 13 F/A-18A 55
Bell 412 2 Mirage IIIEA 7 3 F/A-18F 24
Ka-32 3 Mirage 5P 7 F-35 100*
Mi-2 2 Nesher 13 F-111 21
Mi-8/17 112 SPECIAL MISSION SPECIAL MISSION
Mi-24 36 Learjet 35 (Calibration) 4 737 (AEW) 6
Super Lynx 300 4 TANKER AP-3C (MPA) 19
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS KC-130H 1 1 TANKER
ISAF
France’s contribution to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan has included Mirage 2000D strike aircraft
Messe Berlin
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Dhruv ALH 8
Ka-25 16 Hindustan Aeronautics’ Dhruv is entering widespread use in India, and seeking export buyers
Ka-28 25
Ka-31 9
SA316/319 24 SA316 7 SH-3D 2
Sea King 42 27 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS BO105 1 AB206 1
Harrier T4/60 4 INDONESIAN NAVY F-5F 20
Hawk 132 17* Type Active Stored Ordered FT-7 4
HJT-16 Kiran 12 SPECIAL MISSION PC-7 35
MiG-29KUB 4 C-212 (MPA) 3 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN ARMY
CN-235 (MPA) 3 Type Active Stored Ordered
INDONESIA Nomad 22 (MPA) 6 TRANSPORT
INDONESIAN AIR FORCE TRANSPORT Turbo Commander 690 3
Type Active Stored Ordered C-212 13 COMBAT HELICOPTER
COMBAT AIRCRAFT CN-235 6 AB205 50
F-16A 7 DHC-5 2 AB206 25
Hawk 209 25 Nomad 22/24 36 AH-1J 50
OV-10 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 214 56
Su-27/30 4 6 AS332 5 CH-47C 22
SPECIAL MISSION Bell 412 1* Mi-171 45
737 (MPA) 3 BO105 5 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN NAVY
CN-235 (MPA) 1 2 EC120B 6 Type Active Stored Ordered
TANKER Mi-2 8 TRANSPORT
KC-130B 1 Mi-17 2 F27 3 1
TRANSPORT Turbo Commander 690 5
737 1 IRAN COMBAT HELICOPTER
C-130B/H/L-100 18 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN AIR FORCE AB205 5
C-212 12 Type Active Stored Ordered AB206 2
CN-235 5 COMBAT AIRCRAFT AB212 10
F27 5 2 F-4D/E/RF-4E 65 CH-53 3
F28 3 F-5E/RF-5A 40 Mi-8/171 30
PC-6 2 F-6 18 SH-3D 10
COMBAT HELICOPTER F-7 17 IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
AS332 5 F-14 25 Type Active Stored Ordered
Bell 412 1 MiG-29 40 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
S-58 5 Mirage F1 3 Su-25 13
SA330 11 3* Su-20 4 TRANSPORT
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Su-22 40 An-74 11
EC120B 12 Su-24 29 Falcon 20 1
F-16B 3 SPECIAL MISSION Il-76 3
Hawk 53/109 13 707 (EW) 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER
KT-1 12 C-130E (EW) 1 Mi-8/171 28
SF-260 18 P-3 (MPA) 5 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
T-34C 16 TANKER EMB-312 15
INDONESIAN ARMY 747 1
Type Active Stored Ordered TRANSPORT IRAQ
TRANSPORT 707 8 IRAQI AIR FORCE
BN-2 1 747 6 1 Type Active Stored Ordered
C-212 3 C-130E/H 46 SPECIAL MISSION
DHC-5 3 F27 15 King Air 350 (Recce) 2 8
COMBAT HELICOPTER Falcon 20 2 TRANSPORT
Bell 205 11 PC-6 10 C-130E 3
Bell 210 18 Turbo Commander 681 2 Cessna 208 6 1
Bell 412 33 COMBAT HELICOPTER King Air 350 1 1
BO105 19 Bell 214/AB212 30 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-17 6 CH-47C 4 Bell 206 5
Mi-35 2 Mi-8/171 53 Mi-17/171 27 26
MD500 9 MD500 42
Mirage F1DJ 1 SA/IAR330 13 LAOS
T67M260 Firefly 16 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS LAOS AIR FORCE
Bulldog 103/127 11 Type Active Stored Ordered
KAZAKHSTAN F-5F 2 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
KAZAKHSTAN AIR FORCE Hawk 52 7 MiG-21 25
Type Active Stored Ordered Tucano 51 12 TRANSPORT
COMBAT AIRCRAFT An-26 1
MiG-25 16 KUWAIT COMBAT HELICOPTER
MiG-29 15 KUWAIT AIR FORCE Ka-32 6
MiG-31 42 Type Active Stored Ordered Mi-8/17 10
Su-24 40 COMBAT AIRCRAFT UH-1H 4
Su-25 14 F/A-18C 28 Z-9 2
Su-27 47 TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT L-100 3 LATVIA
An-12 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER LATVIAN AIR FORCE
An-24/26 5 AB205 1 Type Active Stored Ordered
Tu-154 1 AH-64D 16 TRANSPORT
COMBAT HELICOPTER AS332 4 L-410 1
Mi-17 14 SA330 7 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-24 36 SA342 17 Mi-8 3
Mi-26 22 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Hawk 64 10 LEBANON
L-39 1 F/A-18D 7 LEBANESE AIR FORCE
Tucano 52 12 Type Active Stored Ordered
KENYA COMBAT HELICOPTER
KENYA AIR FORCE KYRGYZSTAN AB205 10
Type Active Stored Ordered KYRGYZ AIR FORCE SA330 7 7
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Type Active Stored Ordered SA342 18
F-5E 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER UH-1H 14
TRANSPORT Mi-8 8 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
DHC-5 8 Mi-24 6 R44 4
DHC-8 4 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
COMBAT HELICOPTER L-39 3 LESOTHO
AH-1F/S 39
AS350 10
Bell 206 10
Bell 412 21
Mi-17 85
SA316 10
SA330 25
UH-1H 2
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
Bell 206 9
PAKISTAN NAVY
Type Active Stored Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION
ATL-1 (MPA) 6
P-3C (MPA) 4 5
TRANSPORT
F27 5
COMBAT HELICOPTER
Lynx HAS3 3
SA316 6
Lockheed Martin
Sea King 45 6
Z-9C 18 6
Norway will receive four C-130Js, while India and Qatar have also selected the type this year PANAMA
NATIONAL AIR SERVICE OF PANAMA
Type Active Stored Ordered
MiG-29 40 Bell 206 3 TRANSPORT
Su-7 30 NH90 1 19 BN-2 1
Su-25 34 SA330 2 C-212 5
COMBAT HELICOPTER Super Lynx 120 15 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Mi-2 149 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Bell 205 1
Mi-8/17 79 F-16D 4 Bell 212 4
Mi-14 5 Hawk 103 4 MD500 2
Mi-24 30 Jaguar T2 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS PC-9 12 T-35 7
FT-2 30
FT-5 135 PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PAKISTAN AIR FORCE PAPUA NEW GUINEA DEFENCE FORCE
NORWAY Type Active Stored Ordered Type Active Stored Ordered
ROYAL NORWEGIAN AIR FORCE COMBAT AIRCRAFT TRANSPORT
Type Active Stored Ordered A-5 39 CN-235 2
COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-5 30 Nomad 22 1
F-16A 47 F-7 144 COMBAT HELICOPTER
F-35 48* F-16A/C 25 12 UH-1H 5
SPECIAL MISSION JF-17 8 142
Falcon 20 (EW) 2 Mirage IIIEL/EP/OF/RP 82 PARAGUAY
P-3C/N (MPA) 6 Mirage 5EF/F/PA 91 PARAGUAYAN AIR FORCE
TRANSPORT SPECIAL MISSION Type Active Stored Ordered
C-130H 5 Saab 2000 (AEW) 5 TRANSPORT
C-130J 4 TANKER 707 1
Falcon 20 1 Il-78 4 C-212 5
COMBAT HELICOPTER TRANSPORT DHC-6 1
Bell 412 18 Citation Excel 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER
Lynx 86 6 C-130B/E/L-100 16 1 AS350 3
NH90 6 CN-235 3 UH-1H 9
Sea King 43 12 F27 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Falcon 20 3 EMB-312 3
F-16B 10 Gulfstream IV 1 T-35 11
ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY King Air 200 1 PARAGUAYAN NAVY
Type Active Stored Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Stored Ordered
COMBAT HELICOPTER AB205 5 COMBAT HELICOPTER
NH90 6 IAR316 3 AS350 2
Mi-171 4
OMAN Mi-35 10 PERU
ROYAL AIR FORCE OF OMAN TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS PERUVIAN AIR FORCE
Type Active Stored Ordered F-16B/D 21 6 Type Active Stored Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT FT-5 25 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
F-16C 8 FT-6 9 A-37 16
Hawk 203 11 FT-7 9 MiG-29 19
Jaguar B/GR1/S 18 K-8 24 10 Mirage 2000P 10
TRANSPORT Mirage IIIBE/BL/D/DP 19 Su-22 17
A320 2 Mirage 5DPA 2 Su-25 18
C-130H 3 SA316 7 SPECIAL MISSION
One-Eleven 3 T-37 18 Metro (Recce) 2
Skyvan 3M 11 PAKISTAN ARMY TRANSPORT
COMBAT HELICOPTER Type Active Stored Ordered 737 2 1
AB205 15 2 TRANSPORT An-32 8 5
AB212 2 Citation Bravo/V 2 An-72 2
AS332 3 Turbo Commander 840 2 C-130A/L-100 4 2
Bell 205 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER DHC-6 6
SURINAM
SURINAM DEFENCE FORCE
Type Active Stored Ordered
TRANSPORT
BN-2 1
C-212 1
SWAZILAND
Frans Dely/Gripen International
SWEDEN
The South African Air Force has taken delivery of its first four Gripen D fighters SWEDISH AIR FORCE
USA
US AIR FORCE
Type Active Stored Ordered
COMBAT AIRCRAFT Boeing’s EA-18G Growler has entered US Navy service, with Australia also showing interest
A-10A/C/OA-10 366 188
AC-130H/U 23
B-1B 56 27 Metro III (C-26) 6 OH-58A/C/D 681
B-2A 20 PC-12 (U-28) 6 UH-1H/V 174 160
B-52H 91 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER UH-60A/L/M 1,487 50
F-15A/C 382 152 CV-22 7 31 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
F-15E 223 HH-1H/N/UH-1N 69 Bell 206 (TH-67A) 181 6
F-16C 1,041 22 HH-60G 82 T-34C 4
F-22 113 64 MH-60L 2 US MARINE CORPS
F-35 1,763* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Type Active Stored Ordered
SPECIAL MISSION 737 10 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
E-3B/C (AEW) 32 Beechjet T-1A 179 AV-8B 131 1
E-4B (Comms) 4 F-15B/D 60 18 F-35 91*
E-8C JSTARS (Recce) 18 1 F-16B/D 174 F/A-18A/C/D 215 13
EC-130E/H (EW) 21 4 T-6A 350 97 SPECIAL MISSION
EC-130J (EW) 5 T-37 87 EA-6B (EW) 26
HC/MC-130J (Combat support) 38 T-38A/C 510 159 TANKER
HC-130N (SAR) 10 TC-135 3 KC-130F/R/T 38 8
Metro 23 (C-26) (Recce) 8 TE-8A 1 KC-130J 29 8
NC/NKC-135 (Trials) 3 7 TH/UH-1H 38 TRANSPORT
OC-135 (Recce) 2 1 TU-2S 4 Citation Encore/Ultra 12
RC-135 (ELINT) 22 US ARMY DC-9 2
U-2S (Recce) 29 Type Active Stored Ordered Gulfstream IV (C-20G) 1
WC-130J (Weather recce) 10 SPECIAL MISSION King Air/350 (C-12) 15 6
WC-135 (Weather recce) 2 2 DHC-7 (RC-7) (EW) 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER
YAL-1 (Airborne Laser) 1 6* DHC-7 (RC-7) (Recce) 3 AH-1W 168
TANKER EH-60A/L (ELINT) 55 AH-1Z 6 13
HC/MC-130P 49 King Air (RC-12) (Recce) 52 CH-46E 199
KC-135E/R/T 457 82 TRANSPORT CH-53D/E 178
KDC-10 59 Beech 1900 3 HH/UH-1N 88
TRANSPORT C-27J (JCA) 1 12 (+41*) MV-22B 58 165
737 (C-40) 10 C-212 3 UH-1Y 14 31
757 1 Cessna 208 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS
1125 Astra SPX 2 Citation Encore/Ultra 28 F-5N 9
An-26 1 1 DHC-6 2 F/A-18B/D 23
Beech 1900 4 DHC-7 4 HH/UH-1N 6
C-5 111 13 G550 (C-37B) 1 T-34C 3
C-17 178 12 Gulfstream III/IV (C-20A/E) 4 TAV-8B 16
C-27J (JCA) 24* Gulfstream V (C-37A) 2 US NAVY
C/MC-130E/H 420 121 King Air 90/200 (C-12) 117 11 Type Active Stored Ordered
C-130J 52 30 (+32*) L-410 1 COMBAT AIRCRAFT
C-135E 1 3 Merlin IV 1 F-35 589*
C-212 2 Metro III/23 (C-26A/B) 12 1 F/A-18A/C/D 275 20
CN-235 2 PC-6 1 F/A-18E/F 265 121
DHC-6 3 Shorts 330/360 (C-23) 43 7 SPECIAL MISSION
DHC-8 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER E-2C/D (AEW) 63 14 24
Falcon 20 (U-25) 2 AH-64A/D 701 25 E-6B (Comms) 16
G550 (C-37) 1 CH-47D/F 413 213 EA-6B (EW) 83
Gulfstream II 1 EC145 (UH-72A) 40 90 EA-18G (EW) 6 81
Gulfstream III/IV (C-20) 10 HH-60A/L/M 20 181 EH-60A (ELINT) 4
Gulfstream V (C-37) 9 MH-6M 51 EP-3E (ELINT) 16 1
King Air 200/C-12 3 MH-47E/G 64 50 NC-130H (Trials) 1
Learjet 35 (C-21) 56 20 MH-60A/K/L/M 76 P-3C (MPA) 160 2