Air Force 11,500 (some conscripts); 136 cbt ac, 31 armed Hel, Flying hours 155 hrs/year
FTR/FGA/Attack/Recce/Tpt/Trg 16 Air grp

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

MULTIROLE STRIKE FIGHTER
2 gp with 24 Su-30MKV2 Flanker-G

MULTIROLE FIGHTER
2 gp with 15 F-16A Fighting Falcon Block 15OCU, 6 F-16B Fighting Falcon Block 15OCU

FIGHTER /GROUND BOMBER
1 gp with 13 VF-5A Freedom Fighter, 4 VF-5B Freedom Fighter, 7 CF-5A Freedom Fighter, 1 CF-5D Freedom Fighter, 3 NF-5B Freedom Fighter
1 gp with 14 Mirage 50EV, 3 Mirage 50DV (Storage)

COIN/LIGHT ATTACK/TRG
1 gp with 17 K-8W Karakoru/m

COIN/LIGHT ATTACK
1 gp with 5 OV-10E Bronco (light attack observation), 13 EMB-312 (AT-27) Tucano

RECCE (Storage)
2 RVF-5A Freedom Fighter
9 OV-10A Bronco ECM

ECM
1 sqn 2 Dassault Falcon 20DC EW, 2 Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner C-26B Merlin (ELINT)

ARMED HEL 1 air gp with
ATTACK 1 Mil Mi-28NE Havoc
COIN 5 Mil Mi-17V-5 Hip-E

TPT 3 gp and Presidential flt with;
TPT /TANKER 1 Boeing 707-384C(KC-135), 1 Boeing 707-346C (KC-135)
TPT 6 C-130H Hercules, 2 G-222, 2 HS-748, 7 C-123, 2 SC-7 Short 360-300
FLT (VIP) 2 Boeing 707-320C, 1 Boeing 737-2N1Adv, 1 Airbus A319-133X CJ, 1 G-1159A Gulfstream III, 1 Gulfstream IV, 1 Learjet 24D, 3 Dassault Falcon 20F, 3 Dassault Falcon 50EX, 2 Dassault Falcon 900; Hel (VIP) 2 Mil Mi-17V-5 Hip-E, 1 Bell 412SP

HELICOPTERS
CSAR 6 AS-532UL Cougar
SAR 5 Bell UH-1H Huey
TPT 5 AS-332B-1 Super Puma, 4 AS-532AC Cougar, 2 Bell 214ST, 4 Bell 412SP, 2 UH-1N Twin Huey, 10 Mil Mi-8 Hip-E
LIAISON / UTL 9 SA-316 Alouette III , 3 Bell 205A-1 Iroquois (UH-1D)

LIAISON AC
13 Cessna T206H Stationair, 5 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 1 Cessna 500 Citation I, 3 Cessna 550 Citation II, 1 Cessna 551 Citation II, 1 Cessna 750 Citation X, 3 Beech 80 Queen Air , 4 Beech 200 Super King Air, 2 Beech 65 Queen Air

TRAINING
2 trg air gp:
1 gp with 14 Embraer EMB-312 (T-27) Tucano,12 Aeromacchi SF-260EV Warrior
1 gp with 3 Beech VT-34A Mentor, 11 Quat City Challenger II LSS, 9 Cessna 182NSkylane,
12 T-2D Buckeye (Storage)

Ordered:
24 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E Multirole superiority fighter (delivery began in late 2010)
18 Hongdu K-8W Karakorum Light Attack /Trainer (second order of 18 to 2011)
9 Mil Mi-28NE Havoc Attack Helicopter
2 Ilyushin IL-78 Midas Tanker/Transport Aircraft
10 Ilyushin IL-76MD Candid Heavy Transport Aircraft
12 Shaanxi Y-8 China Transport Aircraft
(+?) T-35 PILAN (GP-A135-A Guara G200) Training Aircraft

MISSILES

AAM
R-530 Magic , Raytheon AIM-9L Sidewinder, Raytheon AIM-9P Sidewinder, Rafael Python 4, Vympel R-27AE (AA-10 Alamo-E), Vympel R-73E (AA-11 Archer), Vympel R-77 (AA-12 Adder)

ASM
AM-39 Exocet , Kh-29T (AS-14 Karen), Kh-31A/P (AS-17 Krypton), Kh-31P (AS-17 Krypton), Kh-59ME (AS-18 Kent)

Multipurpose Bomb
Elbit Lizard, KAB-500Kr, KAB-1500L,Mk.82, Mk.84, FAB (Fugasnaya Aviabomba), BLU-107 Durandal II, AL CB-1& CB-2, Natak (Bomba Iluminante)

Cannons and machine guns
GE M-61A1 Vulcan, Colt M-39A3, Gryazev Shipunov GSh-301,M-60C,FN MAG 58M, Giat NC-26, FN HMPRL


AIR DEFENCE

SAM
14+4 Tor-M1 (further 8 on order); 10 Roland, RBS-70, 10+Barak Mk.3,
MANPAD 200 Igla-S; Rafael ADAMS (Air Defence Advanced Mobile Systems); MBDA Mistral - Atlas

Anti Aircraft Guns 228+:
20mm: some IMI TCM-20 ; 35mm; 40mm:114: Bofors L/70 towed, Otobreda 40L70 towed

Directors of Tyre and Surveillance Radars
RADARS • LAND Thales-Nederland B.V Flycatcher Mk.1 /Mk.2, Thales-Nederland B.V Reporter ,Thales-Nederland B.V Mirador, Elta EL/M 2106 , Northrop Grumman Corporation AN/TPS-63, Westinghouse AN/TPS-43, CETEC JYL-1 3D


ORGANIZATION
Grupos Aereos Administrativos y de Caza

• Grupo Aéreo 4 con aeronaves: A-319CJ, B-737, Falcon-50, Mi-172.
• Grupo Aéreo 5 con aeronaves: BE200/350,Citation III/X,Falcon-20/900 y C-26B.
• Grupo Aéreo 6 con aeronaves: C-130, Short 330, B-707.
• Grupo Aéreo 7 no posee aeronaves (unidad para el entrenamiento fisiológico).
• Grupo Aéreo 9 con aeronaves: Cessna 206, Cessna 208.
• Grupo Aéreo 10 con aeronaves: Super Puma , Cougar.
• Grupo Aéreo 24 con aeronaves: Su-30MK2.
• Grupo Aéreo 12 con aeronaves: VF-5, CF-5, NF-5B, K-8W Karakorum.
• Grupo Aéreo 13 con aeronaves: Su-30MK2.
• Grupo Aéreo 14 con aeronaves: SF-260, AT-27 Tucano, Cessna 182.
• Grupo Aéreo 15 con aeronaves: OV-10 Bronco, AT-27 Tucano.
• Grupo Aéreo 16 con aeronaves: F-16A/B Block 15OCU.
• Grupo Aéreo 52 con aeronaves: Mil Mi-17.
• Grupo Aéreo 85 con aeronaves: Falcon-20, C-26B.