Namibian Air Force

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The Namibia Air Force was commissioned on 13 March 2005 at Grootfontein AB [1]. The policy, mission statements and concept of operations envisage the development of an Air Force to operate in support of the Army and the Navy.

Five separate roles for Air Force are; surveillance, transport of personnel and transport of supplies/equipment; support to the civil authorities or civil community, and training. [2]

The policy for the Air Force is to acquire dedicated air assets to undertake the surveillance and transport tasks. The MOD and NDF will train and employ their own pilots and technicians. Co-operation and co-ordination with other Ministries may extend to making such assets available for non-defence tasking. In addition, consideration will be given to arrangements whereby private and other national air assets could be employed where appropriate or necessary.

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• 12 Chengdu F-7NMs - 12 ordered in August 2005[3]
• FT-7NGs - conversion trainers. 2 received in November 2006
• Nanchang K-8 - (4).
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 - multi-role fighter (2)
• Cessna FTB.337G and O-2A - light utility aircraft (5)
• Antonov An-12 - transport aircraft (2)
• Y-12 - Transport Aircraft, also known as the Yunshuji 11 (Y-11) (2 of which 1 is VIP)
• Learjet 36 - VIP Transport (1)
• Dassault Falcon 900 - VIP Transport (1)
• Mil Mi-35P - assault helicopter (2)
• Aérospatiale Alouette III - light utility helicopter (2)