Chilean Air Force
Major Air Force Equipment, 1993
| Type and Description | Country of Origin | In Inventory |
|---|---|---|
| Fighters | ||
| Northrop F-5E | United States | 13 |
| Northrop F-5F | -do- | 3 |
| Dassault Mirage 50CH | France | 6 |
| Dassault Mirage DCH | -do- | 1 |
| Dassault Mirage FCH (Panteras) | -do- | 8 |
| Enaer/Dassault Pantera 50C | Chile/France | 6 |
| Hawker Hunter FGA-9 | Britain | 8 |
| Hawker Hunter F-71 | -do- | 18 |
| Hawker Hunter FR-71 | -do- | 4 |
| Hawker Hunter T-72 | -do- | 3 |
| Strike aircraft | ||
| Enaer/CASA T-36 Halcón trainers and A-36 light-strike aircraft | Chile/Spain | 20 |
| Cessna A-37B | United States | 30 |
| Reconnaissance aircraft | ||
| Canberra PR-9 | Britain | 2 |
| Gates Learjet 35A | United States | 2 |
| King Air A-100 | -do- | 1 |
| Airborne early warning | ||
| Boeing 707 Phalcon AEW system | Israel/Chile | 1 |
| Transports | ||
| Boeing 707-320, 707-321, 707-331 | United States | 4 |
| Lockheed C-130B | -do- | 3 |
| Lockheed C-130H | -do- | 2 |
| Beech King E 99 | -do- | 9 |
| King Air, 2 B 200 | -do- | n.a. |
| Super King Air | -do- | 3 |
| DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | Canada | 14 |
| CASA 212 | Spain | 2 |
| Helicopters | ||
| Aérospatiale SA-315B Lama | France | 5 |
| Aérospatiale AS-330 Puma | -do- | 1 |
| Bell UH-1D, UH-1H | United States | 14 |
| Bell 212 | -do- | n.a. |
| MBB BK-117 | Germany | 1 |
| MBB Bo-105CB | -do- | 6 |
| Trainers | ||
| Enaer/CASA T-36 | Chile/Spain | 20 |
| Enaer T-35A, T-35B Pillán | Chile | 48 |
| Cessna T-37B, T-37C | United States | 26 |
| Support | ||
| Beech Baron | -do- | 1 |
| Beech 99A Petrel | -do- | 3 |
| Cessna L-19 | -do- | 3 |
| Piper PA-28-326 Dakota | -do- | 13 |
| Extra-300 | Germany | 5 |
| Air defense | ||
| 20mm S-639/-665 | n.a. | n.a. |
| 20mm GA1-CO1 twin | n.a. | n.a. |
| 35mm Oerlikon K-63 twin | Switzerland | 36 |
| Oerlikon K63 twin 35mm gun systems | -do- | n.a. |
| Samantha/Mistral/Mygale systems | France | 12 |
| Sogeco SOG-1,SOG-3 cannons | -do- | n.a. |
| 20mm Famil FAM-2M twin | Chile | n.a. |
| AS-11/-12 air-to-surface | n.a. | n.a. |
| AIM-90 Sidewinder, Shafir | United States/Israel | n.a. |
| Airfield defense vehicles | ||
| VTP-2 | Chile | n.a. |
| Carancho 180 | -do- | n.a. |
n.a.--not available.
Source: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1993- 1994, London, 1993, 179-80; and International Military and Defense Encyclopedia, 2, Washington, 1993, 489.
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