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Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

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Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

Sudan's air force is the most powerful air force in Africa, its military strength is ranked about 79 in the world, it has appeared in foreign conflicts many times, equipped with more than 50 third- and second-generation fighters, equipped with equipment from the former Soviet Union, Russia and the mainland, and in recent years, more cutting-edge trainer aircraft have been purchased to be used as ground attack aircraft.

fighter plane

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

11 MiG-29SE/UB fighters, MiG-29SE is also an export version, the Myanmar Air Force is also equipped, can launch a variety of ammunition including R77 and R27, but it is relatively old, these fighters will soon be retired, the next is to purchase new fighters, because the Russian-Ukrainian conflict wants to buy Russian equipment will be very difficult, plus long-term equipment Soviet-made weapons, the purchase of European and American equipment logistics will be very difficult, then there are not many options, J-10CE and Rafale.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

3 MiG-23MS fighters, a small number, belong to the few types of variable swept-wing fighters still in service in the world, but their radar detection distance is only 50 kilometers, the scanning angle is only 30 degrees, which seemed quite OK at the beginning, and now a variety of phased array radars have come and gone.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

7 J-7N/MiG-21 fighters, as one of the largest production fighters in the Soviet Union, MiG-21 and its derivatives are all over the world, and now there are more than 60 countries such as Asia, Africa and Latin America, and the J-7 series fighters on the mainland are also produced and improved from its MiG-21, but because of improper maintenance and other reasons, there are still about 3 still moving so far.

Attack bombers

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

3 Su-24M fighter-bombers, participated in the attack on the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, and have also participated in many joint military exercises with foreign countries, re-employed retired equipment for Belarus, modernized and upgraded, with a strong mounting capacity, up to 8 tons of external weapons and auxiliary fuel tanks.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

Fifteen Su-25/UB attack aircraft, which, after gaining air supremacy, can rely on their thick-skinned armor and excellent mounting capabilities to threaten ground armored targets and fortifications, even if an engine is hit by militants' anti-aircraft guns and man-portable anti-aircraft missiles, which is very suitable for the Sudanese Air Force in the civil war.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

20 strong-5IIA attack aircraft, imported fighters from the mainland, have used anti-tank cluster bombs many times in the battle in the Sudanese civil war to destroy the enemy's T-72 tanks, have performed double-air ultra-low-altitude assault, have a strong mounting capacity, and currently look well maintained without the kind of crash accident similar to the Myanmar military, high survivability, able to withstand the attack of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and portable air defense missiles.

Trainer

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

Six FTC-2000 trainers, equipped with full-wave fire-controlled radar and SD-10A air-to-air missiles, in terms of medium-range interception capability, even surpassed the MiG-29 fighter with the name of the third generation, as a traditional user of MiG-21 and J-7 fighters, Sudanese pilots should be able to quickly adapt to the "Mountain Hawk".

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

5 K-8 trainer aircraft, China helped Sudan to build a strong 5 strong strike aircraft, K8 trainer aircraft overhaul factory, can now ensure the Sudanese Air Force on the daily maintenance of domestic fighters and trainer aircraft, its large endurance of 4 and a half hours, range of at least 1400 kilometers, good field airport take-off and landing flight capabilities, can load 1 ton of ammunition, and in response to low-altitude and low-speed targets such as unmanned aerial vehicles are also excellent.

transport

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

9 An-12BK transport aircraft, the Sudanese Air Force will mainly use it to transport soldiers and civilians, a multi-purpose is also the standard of the air force of small African countries, so the high-intensity transport mission that brings the airframe fatigue, 1.2 Sudan air disaster incident is the representative, only five minutes after take-off lost contact crash, all 18 people on board were killed.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

4 An-26 transport aircraft, this type of transport aircraft needless to say, in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict appeared many times, but the crash accident and the news of being shot down, in the mainland also purchased this type of transport aircraft, the most famous is the only female captain of the Air Force at that time Liu Xiaolian successfully flattened the plane forced to land.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

6 An-30/32 transport aircraft, is the development of the An-26, our neighbor India is also equipped with this type of transport aircraft, the cabin can carry 39 passengers or paratroopers, equipped with a more advanced navigation system and radar, more suitable for plateau operations, Sudan west for the Kordofan Plateau and Darfur Plateau, east for the continuation of the Ethiopian plateau, south for the East African plateau slopes, is a very suitable for Sudan transport aircraft.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

1 C-130H transport aircraft, a tactical transport aircraft purchased for the last century, was obtained when the United States and the Soviet Union threw money around the world, compared with the previous model to improve the high altitude / high temperature take-off and landing performance, reduce fuel consumption, replace the new auxiliary power unit and improve the air conditioning system in the aircraft, many African countries and the Middle East have purchased this type of transport aircraft.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

1 DHC-5 transport aircraft, developed from the DHC-4, prototype on April 9, 1964 with a General Electric CT-64 turboprop engine completed its first flight, DHC-5 transport aircraft in service with the Canadian and U.S. Army, is currently widely exported, structurally features a monoplane T-tail; Two General Electric CT-82-4 turboprop engines are also one of Bombardier's fist products.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

1 Il-76TD transport aircraft, a civilian model of the same level of transport aircraft, is not equipped with self-defense weapons such as cannons, is equipped with electronic jamming equipment and navigation radar, adapts to rough front-line airport runways, can be converted into firefighting aircraft, etc., has a strong carrying capacity, can transport a variety of weapons including howitzers and armored vehicles, good performance, so far more than 38 countries have used or are using Il-76.

helicopter

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

24 Mi-8MTV/8MTSH/17/171 transport helicopters, Mi-8MTV for export models, Mi-8MTSH for export armed models, capable of mounting rocket launch nests, Mi-17 is an improved appearance developed on the basis of the Mi-8, but the performance improvement is great, Mi-171 upgraded the mounting capacity and flight capabilities, with multi-mission, the first peacekeeping helicopter detachment of the People's Liberation Army is the use of Mi-171 helicopters, deployed in Northern Darfur, Sudan.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

43 Mi-24V/24P/35 gunships, a total of 4-6 external pylons, the cockpit is protected by bulletproof windshields and titanium armor, the important parts of the helicopter are also equipped with armor, protection and mounting capacity are strong, in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict hit a large number of Ukrainian tank armored vehicles and air defense systems, Mi-35 is an upgraded and improved model of mi-24, and is now gradually replacing the old one.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

5 Bell 205/212 utility helicopters, by the United States Bell Helicopters, in the late 1950s developed medium-sized multi-purpose helicopters, military models often appear on the battlefield in Vietnam, Bell 212 helicopters, designed at the beginning of the Canadian army for supporting use, mainly for passenger carrying, ambulance, offshore oil development.

Air Force of a Small Country – Sudanese Air Force

1 Mi-2 light multi-purpose helicopter, the second generation of helicopters developed by the Soviet Union, authorized to be produced in Poland, and now this type of helicopter is still in production, but it has been upgraded and improved, more suitable for the current avionics equipment, Egypt also has this type of helicopter, but it is now backward.

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