Air Force
The Sudanese Air Force runs a mixture of planes, including Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters, Chengdu J-7 fighters, MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 close air support aircraft, and Q-5 'Fantan' ground attack aircraft, and Antonov medium and long transport aircraft.
There are reports of Iranian support to the Air Force and the rest of the armed forces.
A long-established training centre and airbase is at Wadi Sayyidna, where No. 2 Fighter-Attack Squadron SuAF operated J-7s for a period. The Military Balance 2009 said that in addition to Wadi Sayyidna (north of Omdurman), the other main air base was at Khartoum International Airport. The Military Balance also said that El Geneina, Nyala and El Fasher have been used for Darfur operations, and that aircrew training had been reported at Dezful-Ardestani air base (Dezful Airport?), in southern Iran.
The Armed Forces have suffered significant numbers of senior personnel killed in several aircraft crashes, in 2001, and in August 2012.
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