Equatorial Guinea Air Corps

The Equatorial Guinea Air Corps is the air force of Equatorial Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea Air Corps
Fuerza Aérea de Guinea Ecuatorial
Active1979 – Present
CountryEquatorial Guinea
BranchAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Part ofArmed Forces of Equatorial Guinea
Nickname(s)FAEG
Insignia
Roundel
An Antonov An-72P on lift off
An Antonov An-32 of the Equatorial Guinea Air Force

History

The Equatorial Guinea Air Corps was founded in 1979 with mainly French and EX Spanish type. In 2005, 4 Su 25s including 2 Su-25UB combat trainers were delivered to the Equatorial Guinea Air Corps. The current status of the aircraft is unknown.[1] In 2015 two CASA C-295 (one transport and one surveillance) aircraft were ordered for delivery from September 2016.[2]

Inventory

The Air Force of Equatorial Guinea consists of seven fixed wing aircraft and nine helicopters providing ground support, transport, SAR, and training.

Current inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-25 Russia attack 4[3]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Russia ground attack MiG-17F 2[4] Not in service
Liaison
Cessna 337 United States Liaison 1
Transport
Antonov An-72 Ukraine heavy transport 1[5]
CASA C-295 Spain transport/Patrol 1 on order[3]
Boeing 737-700 United States VIP 1[4]
Yakovlev Yak-40 Russia VIP 1[4] Operated by GEASA
Helicopters
Kamov Ka-27 Russia utility Ka-29 1[5]
Mil Mi-26 Russia utility / transport 1[3]
Mil Mi-24 Russia attack Mi-35 7[3]
Enstrom 480 United States spotter Enstrom 480B 1[6]
Trainer Aircraft
Aero L-39 Czech Republic jet trainer 2[3]

References

  1. "Equatorial Guinea National Guard". Scramble.nl. Retrieved: 3 January 2009. Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Stevenson, Beth (2 February 2016). "Equatorial Guinea orders two C295 transports". Flightglobal. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  3. "World Air Forces 2020". Flightglobal Insight. 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. "Equatorial Guinea Army Air Wing • Ejercito de la Guinea Equatorial / XAIRFORCES". xairforces.net. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  5. "World Air Forces 2018". Flightglobal Insight. 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. "Equatorial Guinea Air Force". Retrieved 12 February 2013.
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