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DIRECTORY WORLD AIR FORCES 50 | Flight International | 15-21 December 2009 flightglobal.com Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-5E 45 26 SPECIAL MISSION King Air 350 (Recce) 1 TRANSPORT Beech 1900 1 1 15 COMBAT HELICOPTER AS332/532 26 14 2 SA316 47 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS F-5F 12 7 37 11 6 SYRIA SYRIAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT MiG-15 10 30 MiG-21 219 MiG-23 145 40 48 69 20 TRANSPORT Falcon 20 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-2 10 Mi-8/17 100 40 42 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS L-29C 40 70 SYRIAN NAVY Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER Ka-28 2 14 TAIWAN REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F/RF-5E 32 F-16A 117 F-CK-1A 101 47 SPECIAL MISSION Beech 1900 (Calibration) 2 6 TRANSPORT C-130H 20 COMBAT HELICOPTER S-70C 13 S-92 3* TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS AT-3 52 25 33 28 10 40 REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARMY Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER AH-1W 61 AH-64D 30 CH-47SD 8 38 44 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Bell 206 29 REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION S-2 (AEW) 21 COMBAT HELICOPTER MD500 8 18 TAJIKISTAN TAJIKISTAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT HELICOPTER Mi-8 8 3 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS L-39C 4 TANZANIA TANZANIAN PEOPLE’S DEFENCE FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-5 8 8 11 TRANSPORT DHC-5 4 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER AB205 1 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS FT-2 2 1 THAILAND ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-5A/E 47 42 Gripen C 4+4* SPECIAL MISSION Saab 340 (AEW) 1 TRANSPORT A310 1 3 8 12 CN-235 6 G222 3 5 1 1 2 16 17 COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 212/412 12 UH-1H 28 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Alpha Jet 19 8 15 Gripen D 2+2* L-39ZA 36 23 Saab 340 1 ROYAL THAI ARMY Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT C-212 1 2 COMBAT HELICOPTER AB412 1 3 3 54 Mi-17 6 S-70A/UH-60L 7 3* UH-1H 89 ROYAL THAI NAVY Type Active Ordered SPECIAL MISSION F27 (MPA) 1 1 TRANSPORT Dornier 228 7 2 4 COMBAT HELICOPTER Bell 212/214 7 6 3 2 2* UH-1H 2 TOGO TOGOLESE AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered TRANSPORT King Air 200 1 COMBAT HELICOPTER SA315/316 3 1 TRAINING AIRCRAFT/HELICOPTERS Alpha Jet 5 4 3 TUNISIA TUNISIAN AIR FORCE Type Active Ordered COMBAT AIRCRAFT F-5E 12 TRANSPORT C-130B/H 9 Thailand’s first AEW-roled Saab 340 (above) and Gripen D (top) made debuts in 2009 Peter Liander/Saab