ROYAL CAMBODIAN AIR FORCE

ROYAL CAMBODIAN AIR FORCE

Royal Cambodian Armed Forces: Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force (Active 124,300 Personnel. (Army 75,000 Navy 2,800 Air 1,500; Provincial Forces 45,000) Paramilitary 67,000) Note: Terms of service conscription authorised but not implemented since 1993. 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service.

ROYAL CAMBODIAN AIR FORCE (RCAIF) • Force Aérienne Royale Cambodge (Toap Akas Khemarak Phoumin)

Air Force 1,500 personnel.

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

• AIRCRAFT No combat capable. Total 5 Aircraft.

Transport / Utility 1 sqn with 5 Tpt Utl ac:
1 Airbus A320 VIP Tpt;

1 Harbin Y12-II Turbo Panda (operated by Air Cambodia)

2 Xian MA-60 (2012 delivered from China);    
1 Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander;    

• HELICOPTER 1 Armed capable. Total 11 Helicopters.

 Anti-Armour Attack 1 Atk Hel:

1 AgustaWestland AW109;

Utility 1 sqn with 10 Utl Hel:

9 Harbin Z-9 (Aérospatiale AS-365/AS-565 Panther; 2013 delivered from China)

1 Aérospatiale AS-350B Ecureuil;

• MISSILES
  AAM 126 R-13S/AA-2S Atoll SRAAM (1986 delivered from Soviet Union. For MiG-21bis)

• RADAR • LAND RADAR

 1 P-12/Spoon Rest Air search radar (1964 delivered from Soviet Union. Designation uncertain; aid)

• FACILITIES

  Royal Cambodian Air Force Main Headquarters: HQ Located at Phnom Penh.

  RCAF Airfields and Airbases Organization (Current Order of Battle):

  Pochentong / Phnom Penh (VDPP) Air Base:
  Fighter Squadron: MiG-21bis, MiG-21UM, L-39C

  Transport Squadron: An-24RV, Y-12-II
  Helicopter Squadron: Mi-26T, Mi-17, Mi-8, UH-1H, Z-9
  Reconnaissance Squadron: P-92 Echo

  Note: Air Force with VIP Transport 1 sqn (Councel of Ministry VIP squadron) with 7 VIP Tpt Aircrafts, 8+ VIP Tpt Helicopters

• STORAGE AIRCRAFT 

Interceptors 1 sqn with 14 Ftr Ac:

14 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis Fishbed-L&N;

3 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG- 21UM Mongol-B* (up to 9 to be upgraded by IAI: 2 returned but status unclear)

Reconnaissance 1 sqn with 5 Recce Ac:

5 Tecnam P-92 Echo (pilot trg/recce);

Training and Liaison 1 sqn with 6 Trg Ac:

5 Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros* (lead-in trg);

1 Socata TB-10 Tobago

* Training Aircraft

• STORAGE HELICOPTER

Anti-Armour Attack 1 sqn with 14 Atk Hel:

10 Mil Mi-24 Hind-D;

Utility 1 Utl Hel:

1 Bell UH-1H Huey (Iroquois);

Support 1 sqns with 10 Spt (Tpt) hel:

2 Mil Mi-26 Halo;

1 Mil Mi-8P Hip-K (VIP);

3 Mil MI-17 Hip-H (Mi-8MT)

4 Mil Mi-8 Hip-C;

 • FACILITIES The Royal Cambodian Air Force primarily operates from its headquarters at Phnom Penh (Pochentong) International Airport and maintains a secondary presence at Siem Reap

Note: Cambodia has 6 airports with paved runways (2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1), and 5 airports with unpaved runways (1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 1), and one heliport.