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WOULD AM FOUUM3 based at the capital, La Paz, and at Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. Its single offensive type is an armed version of the venerable T-33 trainer; the first aircraft were acquired from surplus Canadian Forces stock in 1973 with follow on purchases from various sources. They are receiving a S16 mil lion avionics and cockpit upgrade from Kelowna Flightcraft of British Columbia. The first aircraft was scheduled to arrive in Canada in November 1998; Bolivia wants the programme completed by December 1999. Bolivia has requested 18TA- 4J Skyhawks from the USA which could receive a similar upgrade to Argentina's A-4ARs, but lack of funds has thwart ed a number of equipment replacement programmes in the past. The USA has supplied UH-1H helicopters and C-130s for anti-drug operations; the PC-7s are also used for this as is the Basler Turbo 67, a turboprop version of the DC-3. Training is carried out using Cessna 152s, piston-engined AerotecT-23 Uirapurusand the turboprop-powered PC-7s. Most of the transports are based around La Paz; some are flown by two military-operated airlines, Transportc Aereo Militar and Transportc Aereo Boliviano. Type AT-33/T-33 PC-7 Turbo-Trainer UH-1H SA315B Lama/HB315B C-130A/B/H Hercules L-188A Electra F27-400 Friendship DC-8-54CF C212 Aviocar CV580 Basler Turbo 67 IAI-201 Arava Sabreliner 60 Learjet 25/35 B55 Baron B36 Bonanza Cessna 206 Cessna 210 Cessna 402/421C Commander 680E/1000 T-33 Uirapuru Cessna 152 Aerobat King Air E90/B200/C200 PA-32 Cherokee No 19 10/9 21/3 3/6 10 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 2/1 1 1 24/7 5/2 2/2 2/1 30 12 1/1/1 4 Role attack COIN/trng sp ops/SAR SAR trans trans (stored) trans trans (stored) trans trans trans trans trans photo/trans liaison liaison liaison/survey liaison/SAR photo/survey survey/trans trng trng trans liaison AVIACION DE LAS FUERZAS NAVALES BOUVIANAS/AVIACION DEL EJERCITO BOLIVIANO (ARMY/NAVY) Land-locked Bolivia has a small navy which patrols the coun try's border of rivers and lakes. It has a single Cessna 402C based at the air force's El Alto base at La Paz. Bolivia's army also bases its aircraft at F.I Alto. It operates a King Air and a C212 Aviocar on light transport duties. A second C212 was destroyed in a crash in 1995. • ::-;',!; V-;^:Z»MMM—— ARMY OF THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (ABIH) Following the signing of the 1995 peace accord by Yugoslavia's three warring factions, Bosnia-Herzegovina is split into two halves, one controlled by the Muslim/Croat Federation and the other by the Bosnian Serbs. Peace has been maintained by the presence ol NATO-led troops: first the 60,000strong Implementation Force (IFOR) and later by the smaller Stabilisation Force (SFOR). ABiH has a small air arm, the bulk of which consists of 15 UH-1H helicopters donated by the USA as part of a roughly S100 million arms and training package which is designed to create a western- Style defence force and act as a deterrent for its neighbour Serbia. It has between six and 12 Mi-8/17s, but serviceability is low. It also has four UTVA-75 light aircraft which are used for communications, including operations from highways at Zenica and Bihac. The OSCF. set an ABiH force limit of 41 fixed wing combat aircraft and 14 attack helicopters. REPUBUKA SRPSKA AIR FORCE (SERBIAN REPUBLIC AIR FORCE) Rcpublika Srpska, the Serbian half of Bosnia-I Ierzegovina, is limited by the OSCF treaty to 21 fixed wing combat aircraft and seven attack helicopters. The former are a range of types indigenous to the pre civil-war Yugoslavia including Oraos, Jastrebs, Galebs and Super Calebs, mostly based at Banja Luka. Mi-8 and Gazelle helicopters are based at Pale. Republika Srpska's armed forces are also reported to have access to light aircraft. • •••••—•— BOTSWANA DEFENCE FORCE AIR ARM In late 1996 Botswana's air arm acquired its first modem com bat aircraft when it bought 13 CF-5A/D Freedotn Fighters from Canadian company Bristol Aerospace in a S50 million deal which included training. The aircraft are from a batch of 24 CF-5s upgraded with new avionics by Bristol Aerospace for the Canadian Forces, which was to have used them as lead- in fighters, gi vingnew aircrew fast jet experience before tran sitioning to the CF/A-18. The CF-5s, along with the rest of the air force, are stationed at Mapharangwane, a new air base built in 1994/5 about 75km west of the capital, Gaborone. Twoex-USAFC-130Bs arrived in mid-1997. Typo CF-5A/D PC-7 Turbo-Trainer BN-2A Defender C-130B Hercules CN235 C212-300 Aviocar Skyvan 3M BAe 125-800 Cessna 152 Bell 412 AS350 Ecureuil No 10/3 7 10 2 2 2 2 1 2 5 4 Role int/attack trng/COIN COIN/patrol trans trans trans trans VIP trng trans/VIP trng/comms FORCA AEREA BRASILEIRA (AIR FORCE) Brazil has begun to study replacements for its fighter fleet of Mirage Ills. Candidates in the FX BR programme include the Gripen, Mirage 2000, F-16, F/A-18 , MiG-29, Rafale and Euro fighter Typhoon. Deliveries would start in the middle of the next decade. In October 1998 Elbit was selected to upgrade systems and avionics of 45 F-5s plus up to 15 more that the air force hopes to acquire. Embraer will act as project manager and systems integrator. Brazil could order a fourth batch of AMX attack aircraft and conduct a similar upgrade. From 1999 Embraer will supply five AEW versions of the RJ- 145 regional jet with Ericsson's Erieye radar mounted above the fuselage for the SIVAM Amazon surveillance pro gramme. Three remote sensing RJ-145RSs are also due to be bought for the same programme, with deliveries in 2000. Embraer's ALX programme is for an armed version of the EMB-314 Super Tucano with avionics supplied by Elbit; 100 single seat A-29s and tandem-seat AT-29s are on order. They will also replace Xavantes and take over proficiency training from standard Tucanos. Other procurement plans include the CLX light aircraft to replace Buffalos, potentially a new Ml'A to replace 13 S-2 Trackers, and a successor to the BAe 125. The air force structure comprises a single air defence com mand with two Squadrons of Mirage Ills; tactical command with 14 Squadrons of various attack, reconnaissance and liai son types: air transport command with six groups and seven independent Squadrons and a training command. Type No Role FORCA AERONAVAL DA MARINHA DO BRASIL (NAVAL AIR ARM) In early 1998 it emerged that Brazil had purchased 23 ex- Kuwait air force A-4 and TA-4 Skyhawks for use aboard its single aircraft carrier, .YlinasGcrais. The aircraft carrier's cat apults and arrester gear need to be improved for use with the fast jet. Sea Skua armed Wesdand Lynx and Super Lynx deploy at sea aboard die Navy's frigates, but arc also compatible with its various other small ships. The order for Super Lynxes was placed in 1991 and deliveries began in 1996. Earlier Lynxs were upgraded to a similar standard. The Sea Kings are tasked primarily with ASW but can also operate in the ASuYV role. They deploy aboard the Minus Gerais and on two assault ships. The Cougars are used as troop transports for the Brazilian marines. Their size restricts them to the same three ships as the Sea Kings. The air force's S-2 Trackers are under navy control when they deploy aboard the Minas Gerais. Mirage IIIDBR/EBR (F-103D/E) F-5E/F/B AMX/AMX-T (A-l) EMB-111A (P-95) S-2E Tracker (P-16) EMB-314 ALX (A-29/AT-29) 4/14 56 int attack/trng 28/14 attack/trng 21 13 100" MR MR COIN/trng EMB-326GB Xavante (AT-26/RT-26) 58/38/10 C-130H/KC-130H/RC-130E Hercu COIN/trng/recon es 9/2/3 trans/tank/recon EMB-110 Bandeirante (C-95/RC-95)216 trans/calib/SAR/recon/trng 707-320C (KC-137) EMB RJ145SA/RS 737-200 (VC-96) DHC-5A Buffalo (C-115) BAe 748 (C-91/VC-91) BAe 125 (VU-93) EMB-312 Tucano (T-27) EMB-120 Brasilia (VC-97) EMB-121 Xingu (VC-9/VU-9) EMB-810C Seneca (U-7) Cessna 208 Caravan 1 (C-98) UH-IH Iroquois AS332M Super Puma HB350B/AS355F Esquilo Bell 206A/B JetRanger 0H-6A Cayuse Learjet 35 Learjet 36A 0H-13 Sioux T-25 Universal T-23 Uirapuru U-27A/L-42/U/C-42 Regente •delivery in progress **on order 4 5/3 2 17 12/1 12/3 63/8 5 5/6 31 3 29 6 27/8 4 4 12 9/3 25 98 25 tanker SIVAM VIP trans trans/VIP trans/calib trng/COIN VIP/trans VIP/trans VIP/trans trans trans trans trans/trng VIP/trng trng recon VIP/survey trng trng/COIN trng 30/50 AOP/liaison 54 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 2 - 8 December 1998
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