United Arab Emirates Air Force - Historic Equipment

Historic Equipment

Fixed-wing aircraft

  • Dassault Mirage 5 — 12× 5AD, 14× 5EAD, 3× 5DAD, 3× RAD since 1973 (Abu Dhabi).
  • Aermacchi MB-326 — 6×MB-326KD, 1×MB-326L, 1×MB-326LD since 1976 (Dubai).
  • Aeritalia G.222 — 1×G.222L w latach 1976 (Dubai).
  • CASA C-212 — 4× C-212-200 since 1982 (Abu Dhabi).
  • Pilatus PC-6 — 2× B2-H4 between 1989-2006 (Dubai).

Rotary-wing aircraft

  • Aérospatiale Alouette III — 10× SA-316B since 1972 (Abu Dhabi).
  • Aérospatiale Gazelle — 12× SA-342L since 1979 (Abu Dhabi).
  • Bölkow Bo 105 — 3× Bo-105CBS since 1981 (Dubai).

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