Editor's Foreword

AMPHIBIOUS • LS • LSM 3 Polnochny B (capacity 6 MBT;
180 troops)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 3: 2 AGOR; 1 TRG
FACIlItIes
Bases Located at Latakia, Tartus, Minet el-Baida
Naval Aviation
HELICOPTER 13 atk hel
ASW 13: 2 Ka-28 (Ka-27PL) Helix A (air force manpower);
11 Mi-14 Haze
Air Force 40,000 (incl 10,000 reserves); 60,000
Air Defence (incl 20,000 reserves) (total
100,000)
Flying hours 15 to 25 hrs/year on FGA/ftr; 70 hrs/year;
50 hrs/year on MBB-223 Flamingo trg ac
FORCes by ROle
Ftr 4 sqn with MiG-25 Foxbat; 4 sqn with MiG-23
MLD Flogger; 3 sqn with MiG-29A Fulcrum A
FGA 2 sqn with MiG-23BN Flogger H; 1 sqn with Su-24
Fencer; 5 sqn with Su-22 (Su-17M-2) Fitter D; 7
sqn with MiG-21 Fishbed;
Recce 4 sqn with MiG-21H Fishbed/MiG-21J Fishbed*;
MiG-25R Foxbat*
Tpt sqn with An-24 Coke; An-26 Curl;
Falcon 20; Falcon 900; Il-76 Candid; Yak-40 Codling;
Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H/Mi-8 Hip;
PZL Mi-2 Hoplite
Atk hel 3 sqns with Mi-25 Hind D; SA-342L Gazelle
Trg PA-31 Navajo; L-39 Albatros; MBB-223 Flamingo
(basic); MFI-17 Mushshak; MiG-21U Mongol A*;
MiG-23UM*; MiG-25U Foxbat*
eQUIpment by type
AIRCRAFT 555 combat capable
FTR 150+: 40+ MiG-29A Fulcrum; 30 MiG-25 Foxbat; 80
MiG-23MLD Flogger
FGA 289: 20 Su-24 Fencer; 60 MiG-23BN Flogger H; 159
MiG-21H; 50 Su-22 (Su-17M-2) Fitter D
RECCE 48: 8 MiG-25R Foxbat*; 40 MiG-21 H/J*
TPT 22: 1 An-24 Coke; 6 An-26 Curl; 2 Falcon 20; 1 Falcon
900; 4 Il-76 Candid; 2 PA-31 Navajo; 6 Yak-40 Codling
TRG 139: 70 L-39 Albatros (40 armed*); 35 MBB-223
Flamingo (basic); 6 MFI-17 Mushshak; 20 MiG-21U Mongol
A*; 6 MiG-23UM*; 2 MiG-25U Foxbat*
HELICOPTERS
ATK 71: 36 Mi-25 Hind D; 35 SA-342L Gazelle
SPT 120: 100 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H/Mi-8 Hip; 20 PZL
Mi-2 Hoplite
MSL
ASM AS-7 Kerry; HOT
AAM AA-10 Alamo; AA-2 Atoll; AA-6 Acrid; AA-7 Apex;
AA-8 Aphid
Air defence Command 60,000
Middle East and North Africa
273
FORCes by ROle
AD 2 div (total: 25 AD bde (total: 150 SAM bty with
total of 148 SA-3 Goa; 195 SA-6 Gainful; 320 SA-2
Guideline, some ADA bty with total of 4,000 SA-7A
Grail/SA-7B Grail))
SAM 2 regt (each: 2 SAM bn (each: 2 SAM bty with total of
44 SA-5 Gammon))
eQUIpment by type
AD • SAM 4,707
SP 195 SA-6 Gainful
TOWED 468: 320 SA-2 Guideline; 148 SA-3 Goa
STATIC/SHELTER 44 SA-5 Gammon
MANPAD 4,000 SA-7A Grail/SA-7B Grail
paramilitary ε108,000
Gendarmerie 8,000
Ministry of Interior
Workers’ Militia ε100,000
People’s Army (Ba’ath Party)
FOReIGn FORCes
UNTSO unless specified. Figures represent total numbers
for mission in Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
Argentina 6 obs
Australia 11 obs
Austria 7 obs • UNDOF 378; 1 inf bn
Belgium 2 obs
Canada 7 obs • UNDOF 2
Chile 4 obs
China, People’s Republic of 4 obs
Croatia UNDOF 94; 1 inf coy
Denmark 11 obs
Estonia 1 obs
Finland 15 obs
France 2 obs
Ireland 12 obs
Italy 8 obs
India UNDOF 195; elm 1 log bn
Japan UNDOF 31; elm 1 log bn
Nepal 3 obs
Netherlands 12 obs
New Zealand 7 obs
Norway 11 obs
Philippines UNDOF 12
Poland UNDOF 333; 1 inf bn
Russia 5 obs • Army/Navy 150, naval facility reportedly
under renovation at Tartus
Slovakia 2 obs
Slovenia 2 obs
Sweden 7 obs
Switzerland 10 obs
United States 2 obs
Middle East and
North Africa