Editor's Foreword

326 The MiliTAry BAlAnce 2010
AMPHIBIOUS 6 LCU
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 7:
AORH 1 Drakensberg with 1 spt hel (capacity 4 LCU; 100
troops)
AGOS 1 (use for Antarctic survey, operated by private
co. for Dept of Environment)
AGHS 1 (UK Hecla)
YTM 4
faciliTieS
Bases Located at Durban Salisbury Island (Naval Station);
Port Elizabeth (Naval Station); Pretoria, Simon’s
Town
air force 10,653
Air Force office, Pretoria, and 4 op gps
Command & Control: 2 Airspace Control Sectors, 1
Mobile Deployment Wg
1 Air Force Command Post
forceS by role
Multi-role 1 sqn with JAS-39C/D Gripen forming at
Makhado
Tkr/EW/tpt 1 sqn with B-707-320
Tpt 1 (VIP) sqn with B-737 BBJ; CE-550 Citation II;
Falcon 50; Falcon 900; 1 sqn with C-47TP (Basler
Turbo-67) (6 maritime, 4 tpt, 1 PR/EW trg); 2
sqns with C-130B;C-130BZ Hercules; CN-235;
CASA 212; Cessna 185; 1 tpt and trg school
with Beech 200 Super King Air; Beech 300 Super
King Air; Cessna 208 Caravan I; PC-12 Aviocar; 9
AF Reserve sqns with ε130 private light tpt ac
Tpt hel 4 mixed sqn with Oryx (AS-332B) Super Puma;
BK-117; A109UH;
1 hel trg school with Oryx and A109
Hel 1 (cbt spt) sqn with CSH-1 Rooivalk*
ASuW/SAR4 Super Lynx 300 deployed on Navy Valour
class frigates
Trg 1 (Lead-in Ftr Trg) sqn with Hawk Mk120; 1
basic flying trg school with PC-7 MkII Astra; 1
air nav school
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT 33 combat capable
Multi-role: 9 JAS-39D Gripen (further 17 JAS-39C to be
delivered by 2012)
LIFT 24 Hawk Mk120
TPT 47: 1 B-737 BBJ; 3 Beech 200 Super King Air; 1 Beech
300 Super King Air; 8 C-130B/C-130BZ Hercules; 11
C-47TP (Basler Turbo-67); 4 CASA 212 Aviocar; 2 CE-550
Citation II; 1 CN-235; 13 Cessna 185; 2 Falcon 50; 1 Falcon
900
UTL 12: 11 Cessna 208 Caravan I; 1 PC-12
TRG 53 PC-7 Mk II Astra
HELICOPTERS
ASLT 11 CSH-1 Rooivalk*
ASuW/SAR 4 Super Lynx 300
SPT 39 Oryx (AS-332B) Super Puma
UTL 38: 8 BK-117; 30 A109UH
UAV Seeker II
MSL •AAM V3C Darter; V4 R-Darter; A-Darter; IRIS-T
Ground Defence
forceS by role
Air some SAAF regt (total: 12 (security) Air sqn)
eQuipmenT by Type
2 Radar (static) located at Ellisras and Mariepskop; 2
(mobile long-range); 4 (tactical mobile)
faciliTieS
Radar air Located at Pretoria, Hoedspruit
control sectors
South african military health Service 8,044;
ε1,115 reservists (total 9,159)
A separate service within the SANDF
deploymenT
burundi
AU • AUSTF • Operation Curiculum 417
cenTral african republic
Operation Vimbazela (bilateral support) 54
democraTic republic of congo
UN • MONUC • Operation Mistral 1,205; 17 obs; 1 inf bn;
1 engr coy; 1 avn unit, (air med evacuation team, air base
control det)
Operation Teutonic 17
Sudan
UN • UNAMID • Operation Cordite 642; 14 obs; 1 inf bn
Sudan SDN
Sudanese Dinar d 2008 2009 2010
GDP d 116bn 123bn
US$ 52.7n 49.6bn
per capita US$ 1,311 1,207
Growth % 6.9 4.0
inflation % 14.3 11.0
Def bdgt d n.a.
US$ n.a.
US$1=d 2.2 2.5
Population 41,087,825
ethnic and religious groups: Muslim 70% mainly in North;
Christian10% mainly in South; 52% mainly in South; Arab 39%
mainly in North
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 22% 6% 5% 4% 13% 1%
Female 21% 5% 5% 4% 13% 1%
capabilities
acTive 109,300 (Army 105,000 navy 1,300 Air
3,000) Paramilitary 17,500
Terms of service conscription (males 18–30) 2 years
reServe nil paramilitary 85,000