Gambian Air Force

Gambian Air Force
Flag of the Gambia[1]
Active 2003–Present[2]
Country  Gambia
Type Air force
Role Aerial warfare
Size 1 Aircraft
Garrison/HQ Banjul
Colors Green, Red, Blue
Engagements 1994 Gambian coup d'état
Second Liberian Civil War
Aircraft flown
Attack Su-25

The Gambian Air Force operates a single Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot attack jet.[3]

History

The Gambian Air Force was formed in 2003. The first attempt to create an air force was in 1999 when a DC-10 with 2 Bell AH-1 HueyCobra's wear detained by the US Police because it was on illegally on rout to Gambia. The Gambian Army operates one Su-25 as of 2008.[4][5]

Inventory

Current Inventory

Aircraft Type Versions In service Notes
Sukhoi Su-25 Ground attack aircraft 1
Ilyushin Il-62 VIP Transport Il-62M 1

Retired inventory

References

  1. ↑ The national flag is used as a fin flash.
  2. ↑ The Gambia formed the nucleus of an air force in 2002 and sent personnel to the Ukraine for a four-year pilot training course. The Gambia bought its first aircraft, a single Su-25 from Georgia in the first half of 2003. However, by 2007, the government had yet to announce its air force's formal establishment.
  3. ↑ World Air Forces 2013. Sutton, Surrey: Flightglobal Insight. 2012. p. 15.
  4. ↑ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", 2007 Aerospace Source Book. Aviation Week & Space Technology, 15 January 2007.
  5. ↑ "Directory: World Air Forces". Flight International, 11–17 November 2008.
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