Royal Saudi Air Force

5th Generation			..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	100	100
Royal Saudi Air Force							Modernization
Aircraft		Source	Inventory
Aircraft		Source	90	95	00	05	10	15	17	20	25	30
Personnel			18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20
	Active		18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20
	Reserve		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fighter/Ground Attack			24	114	156	147	155	179	149	224	224	224
F-15SA	Peace Sun	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	152	152	152
F-15S	Peace Sun	US	-	72	72	72	70	70	68	-	-	-
Typhoon F2		UK	-	-	-	-	10	40	53	72	72	72
Tornado IDS		UK	24	42	84	75	75	69	24	-	-	-
Fighter			145	154	154	88	88	78	56	-	100	100
J-31		PRC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	100
F-35	F-35 JSF	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
4th Generation			89	98	98	88	88	78	56	-	-	-
F-15C	Peace Sun	US	65	74	74	66	66	56	56	-	-	-
Tornado ADV	Tornado ADV	UK	24	24	24	22	22	22	-	-	-	-
3rd Generation			56	56	56	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
F-5E	Tiger II	US	56	56	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Recon / EW			10	16	22	22	23	13	23	13	13	13
RE-3B	ITASS (Ex-E-8B)	US	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1
RE-3A	TASS	US	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
King Air 350i / 350ER		US	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	10	10
Tornado IDS		UK	-	6	12	10	10	10	10	-	-	-
RF-5E	Tigereye	US	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
Airborne Early Warning (AEW)			5	5	5	3	3	5	6	7	7	7
E-3A	Peace Sentinel	US	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Saab 2000 AEW&C		SWE	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	4
			90	95	00	05	10	15	17	20	25	30
Tanker			16	16	16	15	15	18	20	13	13	13
A330 MRTT		FRA	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	6	6
KE-3A	Peace Sentinel	US	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-
KC-130H	Hercules	US	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Transport			62	63	63	60	58	55	55	55	55	55
Medium			47	47	47	44	42	35	35	30	30	30
AN-178		KSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	30	30
C-130H/H-30 / L-100/30²	Hercules	US	40	40	40	37	35	36	36	-	-	-
C-130E	Hercules	US	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-
Light			2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
AN-132		KSA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	++	++	++
CN-235-100		SP	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Passenger / VIP = Royal Flight			16	18	18	18	18	22	24	24	24	24
B747SP		US	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
A340		EU	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
B737-BBJ		US	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2
B737-200		US	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
L-1329	JetStar	US	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BAe 125-800		UK	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Gulfstream IV		US	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
Gulfstream III		US	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Learjet 35		US	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
CN-235-100		SP	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Cessna 310K		US	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
AS-61	Sea King	IT	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
S-70A-1	Desert Hawk	US	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
			90	95	00	05	10	15	17	20	25	30
TRAINING			85	88	112	127	127	96	89	89	89	89
Jet - Advanced			54	57	57	48	48	22	..	..	..	..
F-15D	Peace Sun	US	19	22	22	22	22	25	25	25	25	25
F-5F	Tiger II	US	21	21	21	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
F-5B	F. Fighter	US	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-
Intermediate Jet + Light Attack			66	66	50	43	43	41	41	70	70	70
JF-17 Thunder		PK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	48	48
Hawk 100		UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	22	22
Hawk 65 / 65A¹		UK	30	30	50	43	43	41	41	-	-	-
BAC-167	Strikemaster 80 / A	UK	36	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ab initio - Prop			31	31	55	79	79	78	76	76	76	76
Jetstream 31		UK	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
PC-21		CH/UK	-	-	-	-	-	24	55	55	55	55
PC-9		CH/UK	30	30	50	45	45	20	-	-	-	-
MFI-395	Super Mushshak	PAK	-	-	-	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Cessna 172		US	-	-	4	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
Helicopter		GTOW	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Transport - Intermediate		10-ton	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
AS-532A2	Cougar	FR	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Transport - Medium		5-ton	51	51	51	60	60	35	35	35	35	35
Bell 412SA / AB-412		CAN / ITA	-	-	-	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
AB-212	Twin Huey	ITA	29	29	29	22	22	20	20	20	20	20
AB-205	Iroquois	ITA	22	22	22	22	22	-	-	-	-	-
Light / Utility			25	25	25	13	13	..	..	..	..	..
AB-206A	JetRanger	ITA	25	25	25	13	13	-	-	-	-	-
UAV			..	..	..	..	..	10	10	10	10	10
Luna		DE	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10

Notes

1 - This total includes aircraft assigned to the Royal Saudi Air Force's aerobatic team, the Saudi Hawks.

2 - This total may include some number of aircraft configured either for medical evacuation or VIP transport.

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