United Arab Emirates Air Force

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United Arab Emirates Air Force
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Country	United Arab Emirates
Size	about 4,000 personnel
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Transport	C-130 Hercules

The United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) is the air force of the United Arab Emirates

Contents 1 History 2 Structure 2.1 Western Air Command - HQ at Abu Dhabi 2.2 Central Air Command - HQ at Dubai 2.3 Special Operations Command - HQ at Abu Dhabi 2.4 Army Command - HQ at Abu Dhabi 3 Current inventory 3.1 Fighters 3.2 Training 3.3 AEW platform 3.4 Transport 3.5 Helicopters 3.6 Future aircraft 3.7 Surface-to-air missiles 4 References

[edit] History

The UAE Air Force consists of about 4,000 personnel. The most modern aircraft are Mirage 2000s, F-16E/F Fighting Falcons, BAE Hawks and AH-64A Apache helicopters. Flight training is performed at the Al Ain Air Base in the east, near the Omani border. The training squadron is equipped with Grob G115TAs, Pilatus PC-7s and BAE Hawk jet trainers. Helicopter pilots train on AS350B Ecureuil and SA342 Gazelle helicopters.

The Al Dhafra Air Base is also used by United States and Italian air force aircraft.

[edit] Structure

[edit] Western Air Command - HQ at Abu Dhabi

• Fighter Wing - Al Dhafra Air Base
  • 1st Shaheen Squadron - F-16E/F Block 60 Desert Falcon
  • 2nd Shaheen Squadron - F-16E/F Desert Falcon
  • 3rd Shaheen Squadron - F-16E/F Desert Falcon
  • 71st Fighter Squadron - Mirage 2000-9EAD/DAD
  • 76th Fighter Squadron - Mirage 2000-9EAD/DAD
• Al Safran Air Base
  • 86th Fighter Squadron - Mirage 2000-9EAD/DAD

• Transport Wing - Al Bateen Air Base
  • C-130 Squadron - C-130H Hercules
  • CASA Squadron - CN-235M-110
  • Puma Squadron - IAR-330SM Puma
  • 6th Squadron - AB.412HP/SP, Bell-214B
  • Naval Squadron - AS.332B/M Super Puma, AS.565SB Panther

[edit] Central Air Command - HQ at Dubai

• Minhad Air Force Base (helicopter base)
  • 102nd CAS Squadron - Hawk Mk.102
  • Transport Squadron - C-130H-30, L-100-30 Hercules
• Dubai International Airport (transport aircraft)

[edit] Special Operations Command - HQ at Abu Dhabi

• Group 18 - Sas Al Nakheel Air Base
  • Special Operations Squadron - CH-47C/D Chinook, AS.365N3 Dauphin II, AS.550C3 Fennec, AgustaWestland AW139, EC 155B1, AH-64A Apache, Cessna 208B Grand Caravan II

[edit] Army Command - HQ at Abu Dhabi

• 10th Army Aviation Brigade - Al Dhafra AB - operates AS.550C3 Fennec and AH-64A Apache

[edit] Current inventory

This list is not complete

[edit] Fighters

• 79 Lockheed F-16E/F Block 60 Fighting Falcon - 59/20 respectively
• 60 Dassault Mirage 2000-9
• 5 Aermacchi MB-339

[edit] Training

• 15 BAE Hawk T.61
•  ? BAE Hawk 102
• 12 Grob G 115TA
• 23 Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer

[edit] AEW platform

• 2 Grumman E-2C Hawkeye 2000

[edit] Transport

• 2 Lockheed C-130 Hercules
• 4 CASA CN-235
• 2 Pilatus PC-6 Porter
• 1 Short Skyvan
• Shorts Sherpa
• 1 Airbus A319
• 1 Boeing 737BBJ
• 1 Piper PA-44 Seminole

[edit] Helicopters

• 30 McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache - to be upgraded to AH-64D Apache Longbow status
• 25 IAR 330 Puma - recently upgraded to SM version by IAR Ghimbav
• 1 Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle
• 7 Eurocopter AS 565 Panther
• Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil
• Bell 206 JetRanger
• 2 Agusta-Bell 206A
• 1 AgustaWestland AW139

[edit] Future aircraft

• 3 EADS A330MRTT ^[1]

[edit] Surface-to-air missiles

• 160 AGM-88 HARM
• 1000+ AGM-65 Maverick
• 500 AIM-120B AMRAAM
• 270 AIM-9M Sidewinders
• 52 AGM-84 Harpoon
• unknow number of MICA

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[edit] References

1. ^ EADS North America