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

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

 

Yep.

... (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!

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.