Chad Armed Forces: Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT), Chadian Air Force (Force Aerienne Tchadienne, FAT), Gendarmerie. Active 20,350 personnel (Army 17,000–20,000 Air 350) Paramilitary 9,500 active personnel (Terms of service conscription authorised /Republican Guard 5,000; Gendarmerie 4,500)

CHADIAN AIR FORCE • Force Aerienne Tchadienne (FAdT) • Armée National du Chad (FANT)
Air Force 350 personnel

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

• AIRCRAFT 9 combat capable. Total 37 Aircraft.

Counter Insurgency & Ground Attack Unit with 6 FGA/Coin ac:
4 Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot-A; (Ex-Ukrainian)
2 Sukhoi Su-25UB Frogfoot*;

Counter Insurgency & Training some sqn with 9 Trg/Coin ac:
2 Embraer EMB-312F Tucano (being delivered)
1 Pilatus PC-9 Turbo Trainer* (Sold as unarmed trainer aircraft but modified to armed version in Chad)
2 Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer (only 1*);
4 SIAI-Marchetti SF-260M/WL Warrior* (trainer/light attack);

Presidential Flt with 3 VIP Tpt ac:
1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-87;
1 Boeing 727-200;
1 Beech 1900D

Transport 1 sqn with 16 Tpt ac:
1 Lockheed Martin C-130H-30 Hercules;
1 Lockheed C-130H Hercules;
1 Lockheed C-130B Hercules;(Ex-Australian C-130A version bought by France as aid for Chad; modernized before delivery)
2 Lockheed C-130B Hercules;(Ex-US Air Force; aid; C-130A version)
1 Lockheed C-130A Hercules;
1 Antonov An-72 Coaler;
2 Antonov An-26 Curl;
1 Fokker F.27-600 Friendship;
1 Grumman Gulfstream II (VIP);
1 Casa C-212-200;
2 Pilatus PC-6B Turbo Porter (Lt Tpt);
2 Reims Cessna F-337 Super Skymaster (Lt Tpt);

Liaison 2 liaison ac:
2 Reims-Cessna F337/O-2 Skymaster


• HELICOPTER 8 armed capable. Total 21 Helicopters.
  (1 Hel sqn with)

Anti-Armour Attack 8 Atk hel:
6 Mil Mi-24V Hind-E (Ex-Ukrainian Mi-25);
2 Mil Mi-24D Hind-D (captured from Libya / store or retired);

Transport 5 Spt hel:
2 Mil Mi-171 Hip-H (armed capable; possibly from Russia; no. could be up to 6; delivery 2006)
2 Mil Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip-H (Ex-Ukrainian)
1 Mil Mi-17 Hip-H (Probably Chadian Mi-17 seriously damaged in 2002 and rebuilt; supplier uncertain; delivery 2010)

Utility 8 Utl hel:
6 Eurocopter AS-350/AS-550 Fennec (Ex-Singaporean Light helicopter; delivery 2010)
2 Aérospatiale SA-316B Alouette III* (Ex-Dutch; with ATK Hel)

* = Trainer

• FACILITIES
  Chadian Air Force Main Headquarters: N'Djamena-Chief Adji Kosseo HQ

Note: Chad has 8 airports with paved runways (over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 under 914 m: 1) and 48 airports with unpaved runways (2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 21 under 914 m: 10)