Lebanon - Air Force Equipment | ||||||||||||||
| Aircraft | Source | Inventory | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2020 | 2025 | 2030 | |||||
| Personnel (In Thousands) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||||
| Active | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||||
| Reserve | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| Attack | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | ||||
| AT-29 | Super Tucano | BR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Hawk | UK/UAE | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||
| AC-208B | Combat Caravan | US | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Fighter | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 4th Generation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mig-29 | Fulcrum | RU | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 2nd Generation | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Hunter FGA.70/A1 | UK | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Hunter FGA.70/A1 | UK | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Transport | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Light | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Aero 690A | Commander | US | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| DH.104 | Dove | UK | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| TRAINING | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Jet - Advanced | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hunter T.66C1 | UK | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hunter T.66C1 | UK | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Jet - Intermediate | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| MB-339 | IT | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| CM-1702 | Magister | FR | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| CM-1702 | Magister | FR | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Piston | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Bulldog 1262 | UK | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bulldog 1262 | UK | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
Helicopter |
GTOW | 19 | 35 | 21 | 31 | 38 | 44 | 44 | 54? | 54? | 54? | |||
| Attack | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18? | 18? | 18? | ||||
| Mi-35 | Hind | RU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10? | 10? | 10? | ||
| SA-3423 | Gazelle | FR/UAE | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||
| SA-3423 | Gazelle | FR/UAE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Transport - Intermediate | 10-ton | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| S-61N4 | US | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Transport - Medium | 5-ton | 10 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||
| SA-3305 | Puma | FR/UAE | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| SA-3305 | Puma | FR/UAE | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| AB-2126 | Twin Huey | IT | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| AB-2126 | Twin Huey | IT | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Huey II | US | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| UH-1H7 | Iroquois | US | -- | 16 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | ||
| UH-1H7 | Iroquois | US | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Light / Utility | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| AW-139 | IT | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| SA-316B8 | Alouette III | FR | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| SA-316B8 | Alouette III | FR | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| SA-3188 | Alouette II | FR | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| SA-3188 | Alouette II | FR | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| R-44 | Raven II | US | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
Notes
* - Grayed entries indicate airframes in storage. Category totals are for active aircraft only.
1 - Only 3 of Lebanon's Hawker Hunter types were serviceable by 2000. By 2005, the remaining airframes, including 3 unserviceable aircraft, had been placed in storage. After the the 105-day armed conflict from May to September 2007 in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp, the need for combat aircraft was recognized. The decade long retired Hawker Hunter jets were put into maintenance to serve as an immediate solution, with 3 FGA.70 and 1 T.66C made airworthy by late 2008.
2 - Training aircraft were put in storage after 1995. By late 2008, the Model 126 Bulldogs had been overhauled and returned to service.
3 - In 2007, Lebanon received 8 SA-342 helicopters from the UAE. At the same time, another 5 airframes that had been put storage were said to be capable of being refurbished.
4 - Operated by the Lebanese Air Force, but used for fire fighting purposes.
5 - In 2010, Lebanon received 10 SA-300 helicopters from the UAE. At the same time, another 5 airframes that had been put storage were said to be capable of being refurbished.
6 - By 2000, all were said to be unserviceable airframes in storage. As of 2013, 6 were said to be capable of being refurbished.
7 - By 2000, all remaining Alouette II and III airframes were said to be in storage. By 2013, 3 of the SA-316s and the SA-318 were said to be capable of being refurbished.
8 - By 2010, 11 unserviceable airframes said to be in storage.
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