Military


Syria - Air Force Equipment

AIR FORCE
SYSTEMS Inventory
1990 1995 2000 2001 2003 2005 2010 2015
FIGHTER/GROUND ATTACK
MiG-17 38 - - - - - - -
MiG-21 Fishbed H - - - - - - 159 159
MiG-23BN 60 44 44 44 44 60 60 60
MiG-29SMT - - - - 14? - - -
Su-7 15 - - - - - - -
Su-20 35 - - - - - - -
Su-22 - 90 90 90 90 50 50 50
Su-24 22 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
FIGHTER
MiG-29 Fulcrum A 30 20 20 20 22 42 40+1 40+
MiG-25 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
MiG-23MLD 80 90 90 90 90 107 80 80
MiG-21 Fishbed H/J 172 160 170 170 170 200 - -
RECCE
MiG-25R 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
MiG-21 Fishbed H/J 6 8 8 8 8 40 40 40
EW
Mi-8 Hip J/K 8 10 - - - - - -
TRANSPORT
An-12 6 - - - - - - -
An-24 4 4 - - - 1 1 1
An-26 5 5 5 5 4 6 6 6
Da-20 Falcon (civilian reg.) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Falcon 900 (civilian reg.) - - 1 1 1 - - -
Il-76 (civilian reg.) 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4
PA-31 Navajo (civilian reg.) - - - - - 2 2 2
Tu-134 (civilian reg.)   6 6 6 6 - - -
Yak-40 (civilian reg.) 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
TRAINING
MiG-29UB - - - - 6 6 ~6 ~6
L-39 90 80 80 80 80 70 70 70
L-29 10 10 - - - - - -
MBB-223 20 20 20 20 20 35 35 35
MiG-21U 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
MiG-23UM 16 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
MiG-25U 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2
Su-7U 5 0 - - - - - -
MFI-17 Mushshak - 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
HELICOPTERS
Mi-22 10 18 10 10 10 20 20 20
Mi-8 100 ~60 ~60 ~60 ~60 138 100 100
Mi-17 45 ~40 ~40 ~40 ~40
Mi-25 50 50 48 48 48 36 36 36
SA-342L 50 50 39 39 42 35 35 35
MISSILES
ASM
AT-2 + + + + + + + +
AS-7 + + + + + + + +
AS-9 - - - - + + + +
AS-10 - - - - + + + +
AS-11 - - - - + + + +
AS-12 + + + + + + + +
AS-14 - - - - + + + +
HOT + + + + + + + +
AAM
AA-2 + + + + + + + +
AA-6 + + + + + + + +
AA-7 + + + + + + + +
AA-8 + + + + + + + +
AA-10 + + + + + + + +
AIR DEFENSE COMMAND
MISSILES
SAM
SA-2 392 450 ~480 ~600 ~600 320 320 320
SA-3 148 148 148
SA-5 ~48 ~48 ~48 ~48 ~48 44 44 44
SA-6 ~200 ~200 ~200 ~200 ~200 195 195 195
SA-7A/SA-7B + + ~4000 ~4000 ~4000 4000 4000 4000
SA-8 ~60 ~60 ~60 ~60 ~60 - - -

Source: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Notes

    1 - This number may include approximately 6 MiG-29UB 2-place trainers.

    1 - Listed in the source as "PZL Mi-2 Hoplite," these may in fact be PZL W-3 Sokols.




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