Aircraft Inventory
Following the independence of Namibia from South Africa in 1991, the Air defence wing of the defence forces were established in 1993-1994. 12 Chengdu F-7 Airguard jets were delivered in 2006 and 2008.
| Aircraft | Type | Versions | Numbers In Service | Comments | ||
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| Fighter / Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
| Chengdu F-7 Airguard | Fighter/Trainer | Total F-7NM FT-7NG |
8 6 2 |
FT-7NG trainer versions received in November 2006
All equipped with Grifo-MG radars. |
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| Hongdu K-8 Karakorum | Fighter/Trainer | K-8 | 12 | |||
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Transports |
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| Cessna Skymaster | utility | FTB.337G O-2A |
5 | |||
| Antonov An-26 Curl | transport | 1 | ||||
| Harbin Y-12 | Transport VIP transport |
Y-12 | 2 | |||
| Learjet 36 | VIP transport | Model 36 | 1 | |||
| Dassault Falcon 900 | VIP transport | Falcon 900 | 1 | |||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Mil Mi-25 | attack helicopter | Mi-25 | 2 | |||
| Mil Mi-17 Hip | Assault helicopter | Mi-17 | 2 | |||
| Harbin Z-9 | Light Transport helicopter | 2 | no H-700 and H-701 | |||
| Aérospatiale SA 319 Alouette III | light utility | SA 319 | 2 | |||
| HAL Cheetah | light utility | 1 | Indian variant of French Aérospatiale Lama. no H-703 |
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| HAL Chetak | light utility | 2 | Indian variant of French Aérospatiale Alouette III. no H-705 and H-707 |
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