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DIRECTORY WORLD AIR FORCES 15-21 December 2009 | Flight International | 43 flightglobal.com Italy could send its Alenia/Embraer AMX strike aircraft to Afghanistan next year 707 5 5 TRANSPORT 707 2 11 20 COMBAT HELICOPTER AH-1E/F/S 43 47 5 29 50 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-15B/D 16 65 2 35 18 10 10 TA-4H/J 20 ITALY ITALIAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT AMX 54 30 25 F-35A/B 131* Tornado ECR 18 48 SPECIAL MISSION ATL-1 (MPA) 16 ATR 72 (MPA) 4 G222 (EW) 1 TANKER KC-130J 1 KC-767 4 TRANSPORT C-27J 12 19 2 15 COMBAT HELICOPTER AB212 34 25 2 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS 767 1 19 9 6 F-16B 4 M-346 6+9* MB-339 93 45 30 6 ITALIAN ARMY Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT Dornier 228 3 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER AW109 19 52 63 58 39 23 16 NH90 4 55 ITALIAN NAVY Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT AV-8B 15 SPECIAL MISSION AW101 (AEW) 4 TRANSPORT P180 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER AB212 52 21 NH90 56 SH-3D 20 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS TAV-8B 2 IVORY COAST IVORY COAST AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT MiG-23 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER SA316/319 2 3 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Alpha Jet 7 JAMAICA JAMAICA DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT BN-2 1 JAPAN JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-2A 46 17 F/EF/RF-4EJ 105 F-15J 154 SPECIAL MISSION 767 (AEW) 4 1 13 3 4 TANKER KC-767 3 1 TRANSPORT BAe 125 29 26 16 5 3 COMBAT HELICOPTER CH-47J 22 37 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Beechjet 400 13 31 45 T/XT-4 206 48 YS-11 3 JAPAN GROUND SELF DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION King Air 350 (Recce) 5 TRANSPORT MU-2 9 COMBAT HELICOPTER AH-1S 75 8 5* CH-47J/JA 54 14 OH-6D 144 UH-1H/J 170 28 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS OH-1 13 JAPAN MARITIME SELF DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION EP-3 (EW) 5 P-1 (MPA) 4* P-3C (MPA) 99 11 4 TRANSPORT Learjet 36 4 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER CH/MCH101 (AW101) 4 10 MH-53E 10 SH/UH-60J/K 145 6 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS EC135 1 1 King Air 90 31 5 38 1 YS-11 6 JORDAN ROYAL JORDANIAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-5E 42 36 21 TRANSPORT An-32 3 1 4 1 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER AH-1F/S 25 7 9 11 9 45 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AS350 1 13 10 15 1 16 KAZAKHSTAN