Senegalese Armed Forces: Army, Senegalese Navy (Marine Senegalaise), Senegalese Air Force (Armee de l'Air du Senegal)

SENEGALESE AIR FORCE (AdAS) • Armée de l'Air du Sénégal
Air Force 770 personnel

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

• AIRCRAFT 4 combat capable. Total 27 Aircraft.
  (1 Ac mix sqn with)

Advanced Flying Training unit with 4 Adv Trg ac:
4 Fouga CM-170R Magister;

Counter Insurgency unit with 4 Coin ac:
4 Rallye 235A Guerrier G (aircraft support and observation)*;

Maritime Patrol sqn with 6 MP Ac:
2 CASA/IPTN CN-235-220 (with VIP role);
1 CASA C-212-200MPA Aviocar;
1 Embraer EMB-111 Bandeirulha;
2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300MR Twin Otter (with VIP role);

Surveillance 1 unit with 2 Surv Ac:
2 Britten-Norman BN-2T Defender (anti-smuggling patrols / govt owned, mil op)

Transport 1 sqn with 7 Tpt ac:
1 Boeing 727-200 (VIP);
6 Fokker F-27-400M Troopship;
1 Reims Cessna FR.172J Skyhawk;

Basic Flying Training sqn with 4 Trg ac:
2 Socata TB-30 Epsilon
2 Socata Rallye 160ST


• HELICOPTER 4 Attack capable. Total 18 Helicopters.
  (1 Hel mix sqn with)

Anti-Armour Attack sqn with 4 Atk hel:
2 Mil Mi-35P (Mi-24P) Hind-F;
1 Aérospatiale SA-341G Gazelle (Scout / Lt Atk);
1 Aérospatiale SA-341F Gazelle  (Scout / Lt Atk);

Search and Rescue sqn with 3 SAR Hel:
1 Bell UH-1H Huey;
2 Aérospatiale SA-330H Puma;

Support sqn with 2 Spt hel:
2 Mil Mi-171Sh Hip-H;

Utility sqn with 7 Utl hel:
2 PZL Mi-2 Hoplite;
1 Aérospatiale SA-316C Alouette III;
2 Aérospatiale SA-318C Alouette II;
2 Bell 206B Jet Ranger;

Training sqn with 2 Trg hel:
2 Eurocopter AS-355F1 Twin Ecureuil;


• FACILITIES
  Senegalese Air Force Heaquarters: Dakar       
  Senegalese AF Airfield and Airbase Organisation:

Dakar Yoff (DKR) Airport - DA160 (Ouakam) AFB: CM-170R, Boeing 727-200, CN-212/235, F-27-400M, EMB-111, Rallye 235A, Cessna 172, Mi-2, Mi-171Sh, Mi-35P, UH-1H, Bell 206, SA-330H, AS-355F1, SA-341G/F, SA-316C, SA-318C

Note: Senegal has 10 airports with paved runways (over 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 914 to 1,523 m: 1 ) and 10 airports with unpaved runways (1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 1)