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1995
1995 - 2003.PDF
AJu runrjBSj UP rnz VJUULD Type DHC-5D Buffalo CN-235M IAI-201 Arava PC-6B Turbo-Porter Sabreliner 40R Learjet 24D King Air 100/200 Cessna 172/185/206 SA.342K/L Gazelle AS.332B Super Puma SA.330 Puma Bell 214B UH-1 Iroquois AS.350B Ecureuil SA.315B Lama No 2 1 4 3 1 1 1/1 3/1/1 Role trans trans trans utility VIP survey survey/com ms utility 13 battlefield suppt 6 trans trans trans trans liaison SAR ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT AIR FORCE US-built combat aircraft now form the backbone of the air force, with some 167 F-16s ordered. The air force has also looked at a programme to give its UK) MiG-21 fighters night- fighting capability. It will also receive a total of 24 AH-64A Apache attack helicopters — deliveries began in 1994. Egypt has now accepted all five Grumman F.-2C Hawkeye airborne early- warning aircraft. The air force has now taken delivery of half of its 48 Aero L-59E advanced-trainer/light attack aircraft. The first two were delivered at die beginning of 1993. The aircraft include AlliedSignal avionics and a Flight Visions head-up display and mission computer. Libya donated ten L- 39 Albatros trainers to the air force in mid-1990. The air force ordered 40 FJV1B-312 Tucano trainers, most of which, togedier with the majority of 80 ordered for Iraq, were assembled in Egypt under licence from Embraer. A fol low-on order for 14 more Tucanos was placed in December 1988. Egypt received two VTI-60A VIP helicopters in October 1990. Type No F-16A/B/C/D 30/15/80/6 Mirage 2000C/B Mirage 5D/E/E2 Mirage 5SDR/SDD Xian F-7/MiG-21 Shenyang F-6/FT-6 (MiG-19) F-4E Phantom Alpha Jet/MS2 Beech 1900/C Boeing 707 C-130H Hercules DHC-5D Buffalo Gulfstream lll/IV Beech Super King Air Mystere-Falcon 20 L-29 Delfin Aero L-39 Albatros Aero L-59E Al-Gumhuria EMB-312 Tucano SA.342K/L/M Gazelle CH-47C Chinook Westland Commando B/E Westland Commando Mk-1/2 Mi-8 Hip UH-60A Black Hawk Hiller UH-12E AH-64A Apache Westland Sea King Mk-47 E-2C Hawkeye El Salvador 16/3 54/16 6/5 60/110 40 25 40 4/2 3 19/2 5/4 3/1 1 2/1 40 45 24 36 54 65/9 14/1 2/4 5/17 40 2 17 24 5 5 Role int/trng int/trng int/recce recce/trng int/recce FGA/trng int trng/attack ELINT/MP VIP trans/EUNT trans/nav trng VIP trans trans/VIP trng(WFU) trng/attack trng/attack trng trng attack/ASW trans/VIP VIP/EUNT trans trans VIP trng anti-tank ASW/anti-ship AEW FUERZA AEREA SALVADORENA (AIR FORCE) There was considerable domestic unrest spurred by a guerilla movement in die 1980s, but hostilities have now been sus pended. Military and economic aid has been supplied by the US Government. Type Ouragan A-37B Dragonfly CM.170 Magister 0-2A Super Skymaster AC-47 Spooky (Dakota) T-41A IAI-201 Arava DC-6 C-123K Provider C-47 Dakota/Turbo€7 Cessna 180/185 Dornier 28 Rallye 235GS Guerrier Hughes 300C UH-1H/M Iroquois Hughes 500/500M Equatorial Guinea No 8 10 5 13 6 1 3 1 2 6/2 3 12 2 1 60 2/4 Role FGA COIN COIN/trng C0IN/FAC COIN trng trans trans trans trans liaison trans COIN trng trans/COIN liaison/COIN EQUATORIAL GUINEA NATIONAL GUARD - AIR WING Tasked solely with transport duties, die sen-ice Operates 1VD? Yak-40 Codling and three CASA C.212 Aviocars supplied as part of a Spanish aid package. OrJier aircrft are a Cessna F337 and two Alouette Ills. Estonia has no air force, as such, but at least two Antonov An- 2s are attached to its embryonic army for liaison purposes. Ethiopia ETHIOPIAN AIR FORCE The country has recently emerged from a long civil war fol lowing the overthrow of die Mengistu regime by die Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front in May 1991. Attrition and serviceability problems have reduced the air force considerably. The air force is now run by officers of die former armed forces who have pledged loyalty to the new Government.. Type MiG-23BN Flogger MIG-21MF fishbed L-39Z0 Albatros An-12 Cub Yak-40 Codling Mi-24 Hind Mi-8 Hip Mi-14 Haze ARMY DHC-6 Twin Otter UH-1H Iroquois No is L6 15 4 1 18 21 2 2 2 Role int/attack/trng int/FGA trng trans VIP attack assault ASW/patrol trans trans EH FIJI MILITARY FORCES A single AS.355F-2 Ecureuil helicopter was donated by France in 1989 to allow the establishment of an embryonic Fijian air arm. A second helicopter, an SA.365N' Dauphin, was delivered in May 1991. It is not known if it is still service able. lafflETTJ ILMAVOIMAT (AIR FORCE) The Finnish air force will replace its SaabJ-35 Draken and MiG-2 Ibis combat aircraft with 64 McDonnell Douglas E- 18C/D Hornet fighters. Deliveries of die Hornets will begin late in 1995 and deliveries will continue through the year 2000. The batch consists of seven two-seat and 57 single-seat models, most of which will lie assembled in Finland. The air arm is organised into tiiree air defence wings, each assigned to one of the diree air defence areas into which Finland is divided. The Lapland Air Defence Wing consists of Fighter Squadron 11 at Rovaniemi, flying Saab J-35 Draken fighters on all-weather defence of northern Finland. Covering western Finland, 21 Fighter Squadron of die Satakunta Wing has also operated Drakens since 1985, and is now based at Tampere/Pirkkala Airport. The third wing is die Finnish Air Force tests a VSNF-18D Hornet replacement for its J-35 Drakens Karelia Air Defence Wing, based at Kuopio/Rissala and con sisting of 31 Fighter Squadron with MiG-2 Ibis for the air defence of eastern Finland. A reconnaissance squadron at Tikkakoski operates MiG-2 Ibis and British Aerospace Hawks. A single transport squadron is based at Utti. Alongside Hughes 500 helicopters, tJiree Fokker F27 Friendships are operated, while seven Mil Mi-8s form die utility element. Three special-mission Learjets are used for target-towing, ground-mapping and ECM training. Ten Valmet L-90 Redigos are used for liaison duties. The .Air Academy at Kauhava trains pilots on the Valmet Vinka primary trainer, followed on die Hawk. Fifty Hawk Mk51s were purchased in 1977, including 46 built under licence by Yalmet. In December 1990, the decision was made to purchase seven Hawk Mk51 As, and they were delivered in 1993 and 1994. Type F-18C/D Hornet Saab 35S/FS Draken Saab 35BS/CS Draken MiG-21bis Fishbed MiG-21UM Mongol Hawk Mk51/51A L-70 Vinka Fokker F27 Friendship 200/400 Learjet 35A/S PA-31-350 Chieftain L-90 Redigo PA-28 Arrow ll/IV Mi-8 Hip Hughes 500D No 57/7 12/24 4/5 16 2/2 47/7 28 2/1 3 6 10 4/4 7 2 Role int/trng int trng int trng trng trng trans comms comms liaison liaison utility trng r^ff^i L'ARMEE DE L'AIR (AIR FORCE) The air force's main combat-aircraft programmes have emerged relatively unscathed from the recently elected Governments review of defence procurement. While the Dassault Rafale multi-role fighter was given strong backing, support for die Future Large .Aircraft military transport, how ever, was more muted. Even although Frances 1995-2000 arms-procurement bill will be increased in real terms, key defence programmes, such as the Rafale, are to be delayed. Deliveries of the first of up to 234 Rafale Ds will now only begin in 2000, although the navy will still get its aircraft into service by 2000. Embraer's EMB-312 Tucano was selected to meet the turboprop trainer requirement, and an initial order was signed in October 1991. Deliveries of Mirage 2000s to die French air force contin ue against a requirement for 318 aircraft, and diree Mirage 2000N units are operational. A total of 18 Mirage LVA bombers were converted several years ago to Mirage IVP standard, with advanced avionics and nuclear missiles. The aircraft will remain in service until 1996. Fifty-five Mirage ElCs arc being converted to F.1CT enhanced ground-attack standard in a programme initiated in 1989. The air force would like additional military tanker/transports by die end of the century to service its Mirage 2000 fighters and the Rafale. The air force has taken deliver ' of two A310-300 troop transports on order to replace McDonnell Douglas DC-8s, which are being phased out. French air force operational units are organised under the 38 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 5 - 11 July 1995
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