Sudanese Air Force

Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya
Sudanese Air Force Roundel
Founded	1956
Country	Sudan
Size	around 3,000 men around 240 Aircraft(total)
Part of	Sudanese Armed Forces
Commanders
Air Force Commander	Abbas Yusuf Ahmed Al-Badri

Inventory

The Sudanese Air Forces inventory currently consists of over 200 aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service	Notes
Chengdu F-7 Airguard	People's Republic of China	Fighter	F-7M	10	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
Hongdu JL-8 or K-8	People's Republic of China/ Pakistan	Trainer/light attack		12	Active
Nanchang A-5	People's Republic of China	Ground attack	A-5	15-20	Delivered to Sudan by China 2003, although allegedly financed by Iran. Sighted in the South Darfur region based at Nyala Airport.
Shaanxi Y-8	People's Republic of China	Transport / multipurpose		2
Antonov An-24	Soviet Union / Ukraine	Transport	An-24RV	5
Antonov An-26	Soviet Union	Transport	An-26	1	May be in use as an improvised bomber.
CASA C.212 Aviocar	Spain	Transport	CASA C.212-200 Aviocar	2
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo	Canada	Transport	DHC-5D	3
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter	Canada	Surveillance	DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	1
Ilyushin IL-62M	Soviet Union	Transport	Ilyushin IL-62M	1	VIP flights only
Fokker F.27 Friendship	Netherlands	Transport	F.27 Mk 100	1	VIP flights only
Dassault Falcon 20	France	Transport	Dassault Falcon 20F	1	VIP flights only
Dassault Falcon 50	France	Transport	Dassault Falcon 50	1	VIP flights only
Mikoyan MiG-29	Russia	Fighter	MiG-29	23	Active
Lockheed C-130 Hercules	United States	Transport	C-130H	9	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
IAR 330 Puma	Romania	Transport/search and rescue	ICA IAR-330L PUMA	24	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
Shenyang F-5	People's Republic of China	Fighter	F-5/FT-5	19	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
Agusta-Bell AB212 Twin Huey	United States	Transport	AB212	10	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
MBB Bo 105	Germany	Transport/ attack/search and rescue	Bo 105CB	20	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
Mil Mi-8	Soviet Union	Transport	Mi-8T	6 (plus unknown number of Mil Mi-171 variants. 3 Confirmed)	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
Mil Mi-24	Soviet Union	Helicopter gunship	Mi-24V/Mi-24P	24-30	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed. 8 Mil Mi-24 Helicopters rumoured to be in Dafur region operating from Nyala Airport
Sukhoi Su-25	Soviet Union	Ground attack	Su-25	11	Delivered to Sudan by Belarus 2008
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23	Soviet Union	Fighter-bomber	MiG-23BN	3	Numbers in operational condition not confirmed.
F-5E Tiger II	United States	Fighter Jet	F-5E	at least 15	Active. 10 F-5Es and two F-5F were bought in 1978, One of the F-5Fs was sold to Jordan. further two F-5s defected to Sudan from Ethiopia during the Ogaden crisis.

The air force flies a mixture of transport planes, fighter jets and helicopters sourced from places including the European Union, Russia, and the United States. However, not all the aircraft are in a fully functioning condition and the availability of spare parts is limited. In 1991, the two main air bases were at the capital Khartoum and Wadi Sayyidna near Omdurman.

Sudan has also made a successful deal to buy two different batches of 12 MiG-29 Russian fighter jets each. There are 23 MiG-29s in active service as of late 2008. Justic and equality rebel movement claimed to have shot down One MiG-29 on 10 May 2008 by large-caliber machine-gun fire, and that Its pilot, a retired Russian Air Force fighter pilot, was killed, the Sudanese government denied the allegation.

Sudan is currently planning to modernize its fleet and is planning to induct 10-20 JF-17 Thunder multirole jet fighters from China, for which it is negotiating with the