Editor's Foreword

GUNS • TOWED 116: 14.5mm 36 ZPU-1/ZPU-2/ZPU-4;
23mm 45 ZU-23; 37mm 35 M-1939
air force 4,000
Flying hours 100 hrs/year
forceS by role
Ftr 1 sqn with F-7N (F-7M) Airguard†; F-7II
(J-7II) Fishbed†; FT-7 (JJ-7) Mongol A†
FGA 1 sqn with Hawker Hunter; 1 sqn with K-8
RECCE/Trg/ 1 sqn with SF-260M;
Liaison SF-260TP*; SF-260W Warrior*
RECCE/COIN 1 sqn with Cessna 337 Skymaster*
Tpt 1 sqn with BN-2 Islander; CASA 212-200
Aviocar (VIP); IL-76 Candid
Hel 1 sqn with Mi-35 Hind*;
Mi-35P Hind (armed/liaison);
SA-319 Alouette III; AS-532UL Cougar
(VIP); 1 trg sqn with Bell 412 Twin Huey,
SA-319 Alouette III
AD 1 sqn with 37mm; 57mm
eQuipmenT by Type
AIRCRAFT 46 combat capable
FTR 10: 4 F-7N (F-7M) Airguard†; 3 F-7II (J-7II) Fishbed†
FGA 12; 12 Hawker Hunter FGA* in store
TPT 38: 5 BN-2 Islander; 10 C-47 Skytrain in store; 8
CASA 212-200 Aviocar (VIP); 14 Cessna 337 Skymaster; 1
IL-76 Candid
TRG 32: 2 FT-7 (JJ-7) Mongol A†*; 12 K-8*; 5 SF-260M; 5
SF-260TP*; 5 SF-260W Warrior*; 5 SF-260F
Sub-Saharan Africa
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HELICOPTERS
ATK 6: 4 Mi-35 Hind*; 2 Mi-35P Hind (armed/liaison)
UTL 2 AS-532UL Cougar (VIP);
TRG 10: 8 Bell 412 Twin Huey; 2 SA-319 Alouette III*;
AD • GUNS 100mm (not deployed); 37mm (not
deployed); 57mm (not deployed)
faciliTieS
School 1 with 100mm Guns (not deployed); 37mm Guns
(not deployed); 57mm Guns (not deployed) (AD)
paramilitary 21,800
Zimbabwe republic Police Force 19,500
incl Air Wg
Police Support Unit 2,300
deploymenT
côTe d’ivoire
UN • UNOCI 1 obs
liberia
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
nepal
UN • UNMIN 2 obs
Sudan
UN • UNMIS 12 obs
UN • UNAMID 8; 6 obs
Sub-Saharan
Africa