Editor's Foreword

FORCES By ROLE
Ftr/FGA 2 gp with Su-30MKV; 1 gp with CF-5; 2 gp with
F-16A/B Fighting Falcon
COIN 1 gp with OV-10A/E Bronco*; AT-27*
ECM 1 sqn with Falcon 20DC, C-26B
Tpt 3 gp and Presidential flt with A-319CJ, B-737;
Gulfstream III/Gulfstream IV; Learjet 24D;
B-707; C-130H Hercules; G-222; HS-748
Liaison Beech 200 Super King Air; Beech 65 Queen Air;
Beech 80 Queen Air; Ce-182/206/208; Shorts 360;
Cessna 500 Citation I; CE-550 Citation II; Cessna
182 Skylane
Hel sqns with AS-332B Super Puma; AS-532 Cougar,
UH-1B/H/N: Bell 212/ 412
Trg 1 gp with 15 EMB-312 Tucano*; 12 SF-260EV;
AD 1 bty Tor-M1 (3 bty planned); Barak
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 81 combat capable
FTR/FGA 55: 24 Su-30MKV; 7 VF-5, 3 NF-5B; 17 F-16A
Fighting Falcon; 4 F-16B Fighting Falcon
LIFT: 18 K-8 being delivered 2010
COIN 8 OV-10A/E Bronco*
EW 4: 2 Falcon 20DC; 2 C-26B,
TPT 53: 1 A-319CJ; 2 B-707; 1 B-737; 5 Beech 200 Super
King Air; 2 Beech 65 Queen Air; 5 Beech 80 Queen Air; 6
C-130H Hercules; 10 Ce-182N Skylane; 6 Ce-206 Stationair;
4 Ce-208B Caravan; 1 Ce-500 Citation I; 3 CE-550 Citation
II; 1 Cessna 551; 1 G-222; 1 Learjet 24D; 2 Shorts 360
Sherpa; 1 SD-330 ; 1 Falcon 50 (VIP)
TRG 30: 18 EMB-312 Tucano*; 12 SF-260E
HELICOPTERS
CSAR 2 AS-532 Cougar
Latin America and the Caribbean
99
TPT 26: 8 Mi-17VS; 2 Mi-172 (VIP); 6 AS-332B Super
Puma; 10 AS-532 Cougar (incl 2 VIP)
UTL 14 3 UH-1B, 9 UH-1H, 2 Bell 412SP
AD
SAM 14+: 4 Tor-M1 (further 8 on order); 10+ Barak
MANPAD 200 Igla-S; ADAMS; Mistral
GUNS
TOWED 228+: 20mm: 114 TCM-20; 35mm; 40mm 114
L/70
RADARS • LAND Flycatcher
MSL ASM AM-39 Exocet; KH-29T (AS-14 Karen); Kh-31
A/P (AS-17 Krypton); KH-59M (AS-18 Kent)
AAM AIM-9L Sidewinder; AIM-9P Sidewinder; R73E (AA-
11 Archer); R-77 (AA-12 Adder); Python 4; R530
National guard (Fuerzas Armadas de
Cooperacion) 23,000
(Internal sy, customs) 8 regional comd
APC (W) 44: 24 Fiat 6614; 20 UR-416
MOR 50 81mm
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS • MISC
BOATS/CRAFT 52 boats/craft
AIRCRAFT
TPT 13: 1 Beech 200C Super King Air; 1 Beech 55 Baron; 2
Beech 80 Queen Air; 1 Beech 90 King Air; 2 Cessna 185; 4
IAI-201 Arava; 2 Cessna 402C
UTL/TRG 22: 5 Cessna U-206 Stationair; 11 M-28
Skytruck; 3 Cessna 152 Aerobat; 1 PZL 106 Kruk; 2 PLZ
M-26 Isquierka
HELICOPTERS • UTL 48+: 4 A-109; 1 AB-212 (Bell 212);
12 Bell 206B/L Jet Ranger; 6 Mi-17; 10 Bell 412; AS-350B; 9
AS-355F Ecureuil; 1 Enstrom F-28C; 5 F-280C
Latin America
and Caribbean