Friday, November 19, 2010

Guyana Air Wing

Aircraft Inventory

The Defence force air wing was in formed in 1968 and was then renamed the Guyana Defence force air command in 1973. Seven Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander were delivered over a five year period in the 1970's and then were supplemented by Short Skyvans series 3Ms in 1979. In 1986 3 Mil Mi-8 were delivered. The GDF operates 3 aircraft, and three helicopter.

AircraftOriginTypeVersionsIn serviceNotes
Bell 412 United StatesTransport Helicopter4121In service since 1984.
Bell 206 JetRanger United StatesUtility Helicopter206B2In service since 1976.
Harbin Y-12 Panda People's Republic of ChinaUtility TransportY-121
RotorWay Exec 162F United StatesLight Helicopter162F1In service since 2004.
Short Skyvan United KingdomUtility TransportSC-7 Skyvan 3M1In service since 1979.


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