Current Inventory
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | In service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighters | ||||||
| Lockheed Martin F-16 block 60 Desert Falcon | United States | Multirole fighter | F-16E F-16F Total |
54 25 79 |
An E-model crashed in 2006. One was damaged in the 2011 Libyan civil war. | |
| Dassault Mirage 2000 | France | Multirole fighter | 2000-9EAD 2000-9RAD 2000-9DAD 2000-9 2000-9D Total |
22 8 6 20 12 68 |
30 new ones were purchased in 1998; another 33 were modernised to an unknown standard by Dassault. | |
| Transports | ||||||
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules | United States | Transport | C-130H C-130H-30 L-100-30 |
3 1 3 |
One C-130H crashed in 2008. | |
| CASA CN-235 | Spain Indonesia |
Transport | CN-235-100 | 7 | ||
| De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | Canada | transport | 300 | 1 | An ex-Air Canada aircraft, used by UAE Army's Special Operations Command's 18 Group, out of Sas al Nakhil. | |
| Cessna 208 Grand Caravan | United States | Utility | 208B | 7 | ||
| Airbus A330 MRTT | Europe | Aerial refueling tanker/transport | A330 MRTT | 1 | 3 ordered, one delivered. | |
| Boeing C-17 Globemaster III | United States | Transport | C-17ER | 6. | ||
| Piaggio P.180 Avanti | Italy | Utility/VIP/MEDAVAC | P.180 Avanti | 2 | Ordered at the Paris Air Show 2009. | |
| Helicopters | ||||||
| Boeing AH-64 Apache | United States | Attack helicopter | AH-64D | 28 | Being converted to the AH-64D "Longbow". | |
| Boeing CH-47 Chinook | United States | Transport helicopter | CH-47D | 8 | 12 acquired from Libya in 2003. CH-47F on order. | |
| IAR 330SM PUMA / Aérospatiale SA-330 Puma | Romania/ France | Transport helicopter | IAR 330SM SA.330 | 35 | ||
| Eurocopter AS 550 Fennec | France | Observation helicopter | AS 550C3 | 12 | ||
| Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma | France | Naval helicopter | AS 332 | 2 | ||
| Bell 214 Huey Plus | United States | Utility helicopter | Bell 214B Huey Plus | 4 | ||
| Agusta-Bell AB-412 | Italy | Transport helicopter | AB-412HP/SP | 6 | Used for search and rescue. | |
| Eurocopter AS 565 Panther | France | Naval helicopter | AS 565SB | 16 | ||
| Eurocopter AS 365 Dauphin | France | VIP helicopter | AS 365N3 | 1 | ||
| Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | United States | Transport/Attack Helicopter | UH-60L UH-60M |
20 8+ |
26 ordered in 2007; 14 more ordered in 2008. | |
| Trainers | ||||||
| Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer | Switzerland | Trainer | PC-7 | 30 | To be replaced by the PC-21. | |
| Pilatus PC-21 | Switzerland | Trainer | PC-21 | 16/25 | ||
| Air Tractor AT-802 | United States | COIN/Trainer | AT-802U | 10 | ||
| Grob G 115 | Germany | Trainer | G 115TA Acro | 12 | ||
| BAE Hawk | United Kingdom | Advanced trainer | Hawk Mk 61/63/102 | 46 | To be withdrawn and replaced by the M-346. Not all in operation. | |
| Aermacchi MB-339 | Italy | Advanced trainer/Aerobatics | MB-339NAT | 10 | To be withdrawn and replaced by the M-346. Used for the Al Fursan aerobatic demonstration team | |
| Eurocopter AS 350 Ecureuil | France | Trainer helicopter | AS 350B3 | 14 | ||
| Miscellaneous | ||||||
| Bombardier Dash 8 | Canada | Maritime Patrol | Dash-8 Q300 | 2 | ||
| Viking Air | Canada | Maritime Patrol | Guardian 400 | 0/4 | ||
| Saab 340 AEW&C | Sweden | Early-warning aircraft | Saab 340 Erieye | 0/2 | ||
| Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ||||||
| MQ-1 Predator | United States | Reconnaissance | Predator XP | Unarmed export version, unspecified number ordered in February 2013. | ||
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