Editor's Foreword

eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT 14 combat capable
FGA 13: 3 Mirage 5G/DG (Mirage 5); 4 Mirage 5E2; 6
Mirage F1-AZ
RECCE 1 EMB-111*
TPT 8 1 ATR-42F; 3 C-130H Hercules; 1 CN-235; 2 EMB-
110 Bandeirante; 1 Falcon 900
UTL 2 YS-11A
TRG 7: 4 CM-170 Magister; 3 T-34 Turbo Mentor
HELICOPTERS
ATK 5 SA-342 Gazelle*
SPT 4: 1 AS-332 Super Puma; 3 SA-330C Puma/SA-330H
Puma
UTL 5: 3 SA-316 Alouette III/SA-319 Alouette III; 2 AB-412
(Bell 412) Twin Huey
paramilitary 2,000
Gendarmerie 2,000
forceS by role
Armd 2 sqn
Paramilitary 3 bde; 11 coy
Avn 1 unit with 2 AS-350 Ecureuil; 1 AS-355
Ecureuil
eQuipmenT by Type
HELICOPTERS • SPT 3: 2 AS-350 Ecureuil; 1 AS-355
Ecureuil
deploymenT
cenTral african republic/chad
UN • MINURCAT 1 obs
ECCAS • MICOPAX 139
foreign forceS
France Army 775; 1 recce pl with ERC-90F1 Lynx; 1
(Marine) inf bn; 3 SA-330 Puma Air Force: 2 C-160 Transall;
1 AS-555 Fennec
gambia GAM
Gambian Dalasi D 2008 2009 2010
GDP D 17.5bn
US$ 735m
per capita US$ 425
Growth % 6.1 3.6
inflation % 4.5 6.5
Def bdgt D 380m 189m
US$ 16m 7m
US$1=D 23.8 26.7
Population 1,778,081
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 22% 5% 4% 4% 13% 1%
Female 22% 5% 4% 4% 13% 1%
capabilities
acTive 800 (Army 800)
organiSaTionS by Service
gambian national army 800
Inf 2 bn
Engr 1 sqn
Presidential Guard 1 coy
Sub-Saharan Africa
309
Marine Unit ε70
eQuipmenT by Type
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 3 PCI less
than 100 tonnes
faciliTieS
Base Located at Banjul
Air Wing
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT
FGA 1 Su-25 Frogfoot
TPT 1 Il-62M (VIP)
UTL 2 AT-802A
faciliTieS
Base Located at Banjul (Yundum Int’l Airport)
faciliTieS
Banjul-Yundum Int’l Airport
deploymenT
côTe d’ivoire
UN • UNOCI 3 obs
liberia
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
Sudan
UN • UNAMID 201; 1 obs; 1 inf coy
ghana GHA
Ghanaian cedi c 2008 2009 2010
GDP C 17.6bn 21.6bn
US$ 15.2bn 15.0bn
per capita US$ 647 628
Growth % 7.3 4.5
inflation % 16.8 18.5
Def bdgt C 122m 381m
US$ 105m 264m
US$1=c 1.16 1.44
Population 23,887,812
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 20% 6% 5% 4% 14% 2%
Female 19% 6% 5% 4% 14% 2%
Sub-Saharan
Africa