Editor's Foreword

PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 8
FRIGATES • FFG 2:
1 Presidente Eloy Alfaro† (ex-UK Leander batch II) each
with 4 single each with MM-40 Exocet tactical SSM, 3
twin (6 eff.) each with Mistral SAM, (capacity 1 Bell 206B
JetRanger II utl hel)
1 Condell (mod UK Leander; under transfer from Chile)
with 4 single with MM-40 Exocet tactical SSM, 2 triple
ASTT (6 eff.) each with Mk 46 LWT, 2 x 114mm gun,
(capacity 1 Bell 206B JetRanger II utl hel)
CORVETTES • FSG 6:
6 Esmeraldas (4†) each with 2 triple (6 eff.) each with
MM-40 Exocet tactical SSM, 1 quad (4 eff.) with Aspide
SAM, 2 B515 ILAS-3 triple 324mm each with A244 LWT, 1
76mm gun, 1 hel landing platform (upgrade programme
ongoing)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 3
PFM 3 Quito (GER Lurssen TNC-45 45m) each with
4 single with MM-38 Exocet tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun
(upgrade programme ongoing)
AMPHIBIOUS • LS • LST 1:
1 Hualcopo (capacity 150 troops) (US LST-512-1152)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 5:
AG 1
AWT 2
AGOS 1 Orion
ATF 1
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Guayaquil (main base),
Galápagos Islands
Naval airbase Jaramijo
naval Aviation 375
AIRCRAFT
MP 5: 1 CN-235-100; 1 CN-235-300M; MP 2 Beech
200T MP; 1 Beech 300 (CATPAS)
TPT 2: 1 Beech 200 Super King Air; 1 Beech 300 Super
King Air;
TRG 6: 4 T-35B Pillan; 2 T-34C Turbo Mentor
HELICOPTERS
UTL 8: 2 Bell 230; 3 Bell 206B; 3 Bell 206A
UAV 6: 4 IAI Searcher Mk.2; 2 IAI Heron
Marines 2,160
Cdo 1 unit (no hy wpn/veh)
Marine 5 bn (on garrison duties)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
ARTY
MOR 32+ 60mm/81mm/120mm
AD
SAM • MANPAD 64 Mistral/SA-18 Grouse (Igla)
Air Force 4,200
Operational Command
FORCES By ROLE
Air 2 wg
Ftr 1 sqn with Mirage F-1JE (F-1E); Mirage F-1JB
(F-1B)
Latin America and the Caribbean
FGA 3 sqn (1 with A-37B Dragonfly; 1 sqn with Kfir
CE; Kfir C-2; Kfir TC-2; 1 sqn with BAC-167
Strikemaster); 2 sqn with Super Tucano (being
delivered)
CCT 1 sqn with A-37B; BAC-167 Strikemaster
Military Air Transport Group
81
FORCES By ROLE
SAR/Liaison 1 sqn with Bell 206B JetRanger II;
SA-316B/SA-319 Alouette III; ALH
Tpt 4 sqn with B-727; C-130B Hercules,
C-130H Hercules; DHC-6 Twin Otter; F-28
Fellowship; Sabreliner 40/60
Liaison Beech E90 King Air; Gaviao 60; HS-748
TAME 1 mil controlled airline with Airbus
A-320; EMB-170; EMB-190
Trg units with Cessna 150; T-34C Turbo
Mentor; T-41 Mescalero; MXP-650
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 60+ combat capable
FTR 15: 12 Mirage F-1JE; 1 F-1BJ. 3 Mirage 50 (2 50DV, 1
50EV) (3 more to come from Venezuela)
FGA 44+: 25+ A-37B Dragonfly; 7 Kfir CE, 4 C.2, 2 TC.2;
5 BAC-167 Strikemaster; 24 EMB-314 Super Tucano
(being delivered)
TPT 27: 2 A320; 6 HS-748; 3 B-727; 1 Beech E-90 King
Air; 4 C-130B; 1 C-130H; 2 EMB-170; 1 EMB-190; 3
DHC-6 Twin Otter; 1 F-28 Fellowship; 2 Sabreliner 40/60;
1 Legacy 600. (4 MA-60 on order)
TRG 37: 16 Ce-150; 15 T-34C; 1 MXP-650; 5 T-41
HEL 20: 4 SA-316B Alouette III / SA-319 Alouette III Utl
Hel; 8 Bell 206B Jet Ranger II; 1 HB-315B Gaviao; 6 ALH
Dhruv
MSL •AAM 60 Python III; 50 Python IV; R-550 Magic;
Super 530; Shafrir
AD
SAM 7 M-48 Chaparral
SP 6 SA-8 Gecko
MANPAD 185+: 75 Blowpipe; SA-7; 20 Igla-1 (SA-16)
Gimlet; 90 SA-18 Grouse
RADARS: 2 CFTC gap fillers; 2 CETC 2D
GUNS
SP 28 M-35 with 20mm
TOWED 82: 23mm 34: 34 ZU-23; 35mm 30: 30 GDF-
002 (twin); 37mm 18: 18 Ch
Paramilitary
All police forces; 39,500
Police Air Service
2 B206B Jet Ranger, 1 R-22; 1 AS-350B Ecureuil
Coast Guard 500
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 41+
PCC 11: 2 Manta (GER Lurssen 36m), 3 Vigilante
(Protector), 4 10 de Agosto, 2 Espada
PCI 8: 1 PGM-71; 1 Point; 6 Rio Puyango
PBR 14: 2 Río Esmeraldas; 4 Piraña; 8 Interceptor
PBI 8 Albatros
Latin America
and Caribbean