Editor's Foreword

66 The MiLiTAry BALAnCe 2010
Marine 1 (fleet) force (1 arty bn, 1 AAV bn, 1
cdo gp, 1 ADA bn, 1 marine inf bn); 1
(fleet) force (2 marine inf bn, 2 navy
det)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
RECCE 52: 12 ERC-90F Sagaie; 40 M1097 HMMWV
APC (W) 24 Panhard VCR
AAV 17: 10 LARC-5; 7 LVTP-7
ARTY 100
TOWED 105mm 18: 6 M-101; 12 Model 56 pack
howitzer
MOR 82: 70 81mm; 12 120mm
AT
MSL • MANPATS 50 Cobra/RB-53 Bantam
RCL 105mm 30 M-1974 FMK-1
RL 89mm 60 M-20
AD
SAM 6 RBS-70
GUNS 30mm 10 HS-816; 35mm GDF-001
Air Force 14,600 (plus 6,900 civilians, 21,500 in
total)
4 Major Comds – Air Operations, Personnel, Air Regions,
Logistics, 8 air bde
Air Operations Command
FORCES By ROLE
Airspace 1 sqn with Mirage EA/DA (Mirage III/E)
Defence
FGA/Ftr 5 (strategic air) sqn; 2 sqn with A-4AR/
OA-4AR Skyhawk; 2 sqn with 14 IAI
Dagger Nesher A/B;
1 sqn with Mirage 5 Mara; 2 (tac air) sqn
with IA-58 Pucara
Tac Air 2 sqn with IA-58 Pucara, 6 Tucano (on
loan for border surv/interdiction)
RECCE/Survey 1 sqn with Learjet 35A
SAR/Utl 3 sqn with Bell 212; Hughes 369*; MD-
500*; SA-315B Lama; UH-1H Iroquois;
UH-1N
Tpt/Tkr 1 sqn with B-707; 1 sqn with F-27
Friendship; 1 sqn with DHC-6 Twin
Otter; 2 sqn with KC-130H Hercules;
C-130B Hercules; C-130H Hercules;
L-100-30; 1 (Pres) flt with B-757-23ER;
S-70 Black Hawk; 1 sqn with F-28
Fellowship
Trg Aviation school with B-45 Mentor
(basic); EMB-312 Tucano (primary); Su-
29AR; 3 MD-500
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 121 combat capable
FTR 8 Mirage EA/DA (Mirage IIIE)
FGA 89: 34 A-4AR/OA-4AR Skyhawk; 7 Mirage 5PA
(Mara); 11 IAI Dagger A, 3 Dagger B; 34 IA-58 Pucara
LEAD-IN FTR TRG 24: 18 AT-63*; 6 EMB-312* Tucano
(on loan from Brazil)
TKR 2 KC-130H Hercules
TPT 38: 1 B-757-23ER; 3 C-130B Hercules; 5 C-130H
Hercules; 8 DHC-6 Twin Otter; 4 F-27 Friendship; 6 F-28
Fellowship; 1 L-100-30; 5 Learjet 35A; 1 Learjet LJ60; 4
Saab 340
TRG 43: 24 B-45 Mentor; 19 EMB-312 Tucano;
HELICOPTERS
VIP 1 S-76
UTL 28: 6 Bell 212; 15 Hughes 369*; 4 MD-500D*; 3 SA-
315B Lama
TRG 3 MD-500
MSL
AAM 6 AIM-9L Sidewinder; 30+ R-550 Magic; 150+
Shafrir IV
AD
GUNS 88: 20mm: 86 Oerlikon/Rh-202 with 9 Elta
EL/M-2106 radar; 35mm: 2 Oerlikon GDF-001 with
Skyguard radar
RADAR 6: 5 AN/TPS-43; 1 BPS-1000
Paramilitary 31,240
Gendarmerie 18,000
Ministry of Interior
FORCES By ROLE
Region 5 comd
Paramilitary 16 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
RECCE S52 Shorland
APC (W) 87: 47 Grenadier; 40 UR-416
ARTY • MOR 81mm
AIRCRAFT
TPT 6: 3 PA-28-236 Dakota/PA-31P Pressurized Navajo;
3 PC-6 Turbo-Porter
UTL 1 Cessna 206
HELICOPTERS
SPT 8: 3 AS-350 Ecureuil,5 UH-1H
UTL 3 MD-500C/MD-500D
Prefectura naval (Coast Guard) 13,240
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 32+:
PCO 7: 1 Mandubi; 5 Mantilla (F30 Halcón); 1 Delfin
PCI 20: 2 Lynch (US Cape); 18 Mar del Plata (Z-28)
PCR 150+ (various all less than 100 tonnes)
AIRCRAFT
TPT 5 CASA 212 Aviocar
HELICOPTERS
SAR 1 AS-565MA
SPT 1 AS-330L (SA-330L) Puma
UTL 2 AS-365 Dauphin 2
TRG 2 Schweizer 300C
DEPLOyMENT
CyPRUS
UN • UNFICYP 294; 2 inf coy; 1 avn unit; 2 Bell 212
HAITI
UN • MINUSTAH 560; 1 inf bn; 1 avn unit; 1 fd hospital
MIDDLE EAST
UN • UNTSO 6 obs