Editor's Foreword

276 ThE MiliTAry BAlANcE 2010
FACIlItIes
Bases Located at Mina Sakr (Sharjah), Mina Rashid,
Khor Fakkan, Mina Zayed (Dubai), Dalma, Abu
Dhabi (Main base), Mina Khalid, Mina Jabal (Ras
al-Khaimah)
Naval Aviation
AIRCRAFT • TPT 2 Learjet 35A
HELICOPTERS
ASW/ASUW 14: 7 AS-332F Super Puma (5 in ASUW
role); 7 AS-565 Panther
UTL 4 SA-316 Alouette III
Air Force 4,500
Incl Police Air Wing
Flying hours 110 hrs/year
FORCes by ROle
FGA 3 sqn with F-16E/F-16F Falcon Block 60; 3 sqn
with Mirage 2000-9DAD/2000-9RADe; 1 sqn with
Mirage M-2000DAD; 1 sqn with Hawk MK63A/
Hawk MK63C/Hawk MK63; 1 sqn with Hawk
MK102
Recce 1 sqn with M-2000 RAD Mirage*
SAR 1 sqn with A-109K2; AB-139
Tpt 3 sqn with An-124 Condor; Beech 350 Super King
Air; C-130H Hercules; C-130H-30 Hercules; CASA
235M-100; DHC-6-300 Twin Otter; IL-76 Candid on
lease; L-100-30
OCU Hawk MK61*
Trg sqn with Grob 115TA; PC-7 Turbo Trainer
Atk hel 2 sqn with AH-64A/D Apache; AS-550C3 Fennec;
SA-342K Gazelle (eq. with HOT) ASM
Tpt hel 1 sqn with IAR-330 SOCAT Puma/SA-330 Puma;
CH-47C Chinook (SF); AB-139 (VIP); AS-365F
Dauphin 2 (VIP); Bell 206 JetRanger trg; Bell 214;
Bell 407; Bell 412 Twin Huey
eQUIpment by type
AIRCRAFT 184 combat capable
FGA 155: 55 F-16E Block 60 Desert Eagle; 25 F-16F Block
60 (13 to remain in US for trg); 18 Mirage 2000-9DAD; 44
Mirage 2000-9RAD; 13 Hawk MK102
RECCE 7 Mirage 2000 RAD*
TPT 23: 1 An-124 Condor; 2 Beech 350 Super King Air;
4 C-130H; 2 C-130H-30 Hercules; 7 CASA 235M-100; 1
DHC-6-300 Twin Otter; 4 Il-76 Candid on lease; 2 L-100-
30. 4 C-17 and 12 C-130J reportedly on order
TRG 64: 5 Hawk MK61*; 17 Hawk MK63 A/Hawk
MK63C*; 12 Grob 115TA; 30 PC-7 Turbo Trainer
HELICOPTERS
ATK 40+: 30 AH-64A Apache (being upgraded to AH-
64D standard); AS-550C3 Fennec; 10 SA-342K Gazelle
SPT 27: 12 CH-47C Chinook (SF); 15 IAR-330 SOCAT
Puma aslt/SA-330 Puma spt
UTL 40: 3 A-109K2; 8 AB-139 (incl 2 VIP); 4 AS-365F
Dauphin 2 (VIP); 9 Bell 206 JetRanger trg; 3 Bell 214; 1
Bell 407; 9 Bell 412 Twin Huey
MSL
ASM AGM-65G Maverick; AGM-114 Hellfire; AS-15
Kent; Black Shaheen; Hydra-70; PGM-1 Hakeem 1; PGM-2
Hakeem 2; HOT
AAM AIM-9L Sidewinder; MICA; R-550 Magic; AIM-120
AMRAAM
Air Defence
FORCes by ROle
AD 2 bde (each: 3 bn with I-HAWK MIM-23B)
SAM 3 short-range bn with Crotale; Mistral; Rapier; RB-
70; Javelin; SA-18 Grouse (Igla)
eQUIpment by type
AD • SAM
SP Crotale; RB-70
TOWED I-HAWK MIM-23B; Rapier
MANPAD Javelin; SA-18 Grouse (Igla)
NAVAL Mistral
Paramilitary • Coast Guard
Ministry of Interior
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 95+
PCC 7: 2 Protector; 5 (US Camcraft ’77)
PBF 9
PB 25: 16 (US Camcraft ’65); 9 (ITA Baglietto)
PBI 54 (Seaspray Assault)
deplOyment
AFGhAnIstAn
NATO • ISAF 25
FOReIGn FORCes
France 3 Mirage 2000-5, 1 KC-135F at al Dhafra (To
operate alongside UAE Mirage 2000-9s); naval and army
contingent
United States US Central Command: Army 2; Navy 1;
USAF 84; USMC 17
yemen, Republic of YEM
yemeni rial r 2008 2009 2010
GDP R 4.67tr 4.70tr
US$ 23.5bn 22.9bn
per capita US$ 1,058 1,000
Growth % 3.5 4.2
inflation % 19.0 8.4
Def bdgt R 297bn 318bn 448bn
US$ 1.49bn 1.55bn
FMA (US) US$ 3.9m 2.8m 10m
US$1=r 199 205
Population 22,858,238
Ethnic groups: Majority Arab, some African and South Asian
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 24% 6% 5% 4% 11% 1%
Female 23% 6% 5% 4% 11% 1%