Libyan Air Assets

[HUD3]

Country: Libya 2010 Air Assets:

 

Air Force 18,000 personnel

 

Flying hours 85 hrs/year

 

FORCES BY ROLE & EQUIPMENT BY TYPE

(many non-operational, many ac in store)

 

AIRCRAFT 590 combat capable

 

BMR (6): 1 sqn with:

6 Tu-22B Blinder-A

 

FTR (200): 9+ sqn with:

15 Mirage F-1ED

65 MiG-25P/PB/PDS/M Foxbat-A/B/D/E (storage)

75 MiG-23ML/MS Flogger-B

45 MiG-21bis Fishbed-N

MiG-25U Foxbat

 

FGA 134: 7 sqn with:

11 Su-24MK Fencer-D

14 Mirage F-1AD

40 MiG-23BN Flogger-H

45 Su-22M-2 Fitter-J

8 Su-22UM-3K Fitter-G

MiG-23UB Flogger-C*

16 Soko J-21E Jastreb (Light Ground Attack)

 

Recce 2 sqn with:

30 MiG-25R/RE Foxbat-B/D

Mirage 5DP30*

 

TKR 6:

4 Ilyushin Il-78 Midas

2 KC-130H

 

TPT 85+: 7 sqn with:

2 Antonov An-124 Condor

15 Il-76MD Candid-B

1 An-72P Coaler

2 An-74TK Coaler

8 An-32 Cline

18 An-26 Curl

15 C-130H Hercules

2 L-100-20 Hercules

3 L-100-30 Hercules

16 G-222

15 Let L-410UVP Turbolet

1 Boeing 707-320

1 Gulfstream II

2 Dassault Falcon 50

 

TRG 236: Trg sqns with:

1 Tu-22U Blinder-D

70 Soko G-2AE Galeb

115 Aero L-39ZO Albatros

15 MiG-23UB Flogger-Cr*

3 MiG-25U Foxbat*

4 Mirage 5DP30*

6 Mirage F-1BD*

20 Aermacchi SF-260WL Warrior

PZL Mi-2 Hoplite

 

HELICOPTERS hel sqns with:

ATK 44:

32 Mi-24DHind-D

12 Mi-35 Hind-F

 

SPT 87:

4 CH-47C Chinook (hy)

2 Bell 212 Twin Huey

35 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip-H/Mi-8 Hip-C (med)

30 PZL Mi-2 Hoplite

 

UTL 16:

5 AB-206 (Bell 206) Jet Ranger (lt)

11 SA-316 Alouette III (lt)

 

MISSILES:

ASM

AS-11 Kilter

AS-7 Kerry

AS-9 Kyle

AT-2 Swatter

 

ARM

AS-11 Kilter

 

AAM

AA-2 Atoll

AA-6 Acrid

AA-7 Apex

AA-8 Aphid

R-550 Magic

R530

 

Ordered (2010)

12 Sukhoi Su-35

4 Su-30MK2 Flanker-C

12 MiG-29SMT Fulcrum-C

14 Rafale

6 Yak-130 Mitten

 

Air Defence Command

Senezh AD comd and control system

 

FORCES BY ROLE

AD 5 Regions with:

 

3 AD bde each with:

20–24 SA-6 Gainful/SA-8 Gecko

2–3 AD bde each with:

12 SA-3 Goa

5–6 AD bde each with:

18 SA-2 Guideline

4 AD bde with:

SA-5A Gammon (each: 1 radar coy, 2 AD bn with 6 launcher, 4+ ADA bn with guns)

 

EQUIPMENT BY TYPE

 

SAM 216+:

SP 72 SA-6 Gainful/SA-8 Gecko (216–432 eff.)

TOWED 144: 108 SA-2 Guideline

STATIC SA-5A Gammon; 36 SA-3 Goa

GUNS some

 

 

Army Aviation

HELICOPTERS 63:

35 SA-342L Gazelle

12 CH-47C Chinook

11 SA-316 Alouette III

5 AB-206A Jet Ranger

 

AD • SAM •

SP 424+:

24 Crotale (quad)

400 SA-7 Grail

SA-13 Gopher

SA-9 Gaskin

 

GUNS 490

SP 250: 23mm ZSU-23-4

TOWED 240:

14.5mm 100 ZPU-2

30mm M-53/59

40mm 50 L/70

57mm 90 S-60

 

RADAR:

LAND RASIT (veh, arty)

 

TACTICAL MSL:

SSM 45 FROG-7

[CV32]

... (many non-operational, many ac in store) ...

 

Yep.

[HUD3]

... (many non-operational, many ac in store) ...

 

Yep.

 

Brad,

 

Thanks for moving the post to the correct "slot". The GPS must have been on the blink!

[CV32]

Thanks for moving the post to the correct "slot". The GPS must have been on the blink!

 

Not a problem. I expect Gaddafi wishes he was somewhere in the Asia Pacific region.