Military of Gabon - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The African country of Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

has a small, professional military

Military

A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...

of about 5,000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police. Gabonese forces are oriented to the defense of the country and have not been trained for an offensive role. A well-trained, well-equipped 1,800-member guard provides security for the president.

Major Units

1 Republican Guard Battalion group - Libreville
Libreville
Libreville is the capital and largest city of Gabon, in west central Africa. The city is a port on the Komo River, near the Gulf of Guinea, and a trade center for a timber region. As of 2005, it has a population of 578,156.- History :...

with:
- 1 Light Armored Recon. Squad;
- 3 Infantry Coys;
- 1 Artillery Battery;
- 1 Air Defense Battery.
1 Airborne Regiment with:
- 3 Airborne Coys;
- 1 Recon and Support Coy;
- 1 Command Coy.
1 Light Armored Reecon Battalion with:
- 1 Logistic and Command Coy;
- 2 Armored Sqds.
1 Support Command Regiment with:
- 1 Artillery Battery;
- 1 Mortar Battery;
- 1 MRLS Battery;
- 1 Engineer Coy;
- Logistic Units.
7xMilitary Regions with:
- 1 Motorized Infantry Battalion or Coy-each.

Equipment

Hand Guns

PA-15
MAB PA-15 pistol
The MAB PA-15 was designed by the Manufacture d'armes de Bayonne. The model number, 15, refers to the magazine capacity. When introduced, this was the first pistol holding a greater number of rounds than the 13-round Browning Hi-Power...

Early Modern France
MAC-50
MAC mle 1950
The MAC-50 is a standard semi-automatic pistol of the French army and adopted in 1950. It replaced the previous series of French pistols, the Modèle 1935A & Modèle 1935S, and was produced between 1950 and 1970....

Early Modern France
MR73
Manurhin MR 73
The Manurhin MR73 is a French-manufactured, double-action revolver chambered in .38 Special/.357 Magnum. The revolver can be converted to 9mm Parabellum with a supplied replacement cylinder...

Early Modern France

Submachineguns

Beretta
Beretta
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta is an Italian firearms manufacturer. Their firearms are used worldwide for a variety of civilian, law enforcement, and military purposes. It is also known for manufacturing shooting clothes and accessories. Beretta is the oldest active firearms manufacturer in the...

Mod-12S Italy
IMI Uzi Israel
MAT-49
MAT-49
The MAT-49 was a submachine gun developed by French arms factory Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle for use by the French Army.-Development:...

Early Modern France
Sterling Mk 4
Sterling submachine gun
The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun which was in service with the British Army from 1944 until 1994, when it was phased out with the introduction of the L85A1 assault rifle.-History:...

(L2A-3)

Rifles

2,000x Colt
Colt's Manufacturing Company
Colt's Manufacturing Company is a United States firearms manufacturer, whose first predecessor corporation was founded in 1836 by Sam Colt. Colt is best known for the engineering, production, and marketing of firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century...

M16A1
2,000x Colt CAR-15
CAR-15
The Colt Automatic Rifle-15 Military Weapons System or CAR-15 was a family of AR-15 and M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Due to their compact size, the short-barreled Colt Commando and XM177 versions of this family continued to be issued to the U.S...

A-1 R653 Carbine
FN CAL
FN CAL
The CAL was a Belgian weapon manufactured by Fabrique Nationale. It was the first 5.56 mm rifle produced by the Fabrique Nationale. It resembled the company's highly successful FN FAL, but was an original design...

Belgium
SIG SG 540
SIG SG 540
The SG 540 is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed in the early 1970s by Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft based out of Neuhausen, Switzerland as a private venture primarily destined for export markets and as a potential replacement for the 7.5mm SG 510 automatic rifle known as the Stgw 57 in...
800x FAMAS
FAMAS
The FAMAS is a bullpup-styled assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS located in Saint-Étienne, which is now a member of the French government-owned Nexter group...

F-1 Early Modern France
Kalashnikov
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov is a Russian small arms designer, most famous for designing the AK-47 assault rifle, the AKM and the AK-74.-Early life:...

AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
Type 56
Type 56 Assault Rifle
The Type 56 assault rifle is a Chinese copy of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, which has been manufactured since 1956. It was produced by State Factory 66 from 1956-73, then by Norinco from 1973 onwards.-Service history:...

Mainland China
Kalashnikov AKM
AKM
The AKM is a 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is an upgraded version of the AK-47 rifle and was developed in the 1950s....

\AKM Misr Egypt \ AKM M-63 Kingdom of Romania
Heckler & Koch
Heckler & Koch
Heckler & Koch GmbH is a German defense manufacturing company that produces various small arms. Some of their products include the SA80, MP5 submachine gun, G3 automatic rifle, the G36 assault rifle, the HK 416, the MP7 personal defense weapon, the USP series of handguns, and the high-precision...

G3A3 Germany

Machineguns

FM-24/29 7.5mm machine gun Early Modern France
AA-52
AA-52
The AA-52 is one of the first French-produced guns of the post World War II era. It was manufactured by MAS...

7.5mm machine gun Early Modern France
FN MAG
FN MAG
The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries, and it has been made under licence in countries such as Argentina, Egypt, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the...

60-40 Coaxial 7.62mm machine gun Belgium
M1917A1 .30 caliber machine gun
M1919A4
M1919 Browning machine gun
The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century. It was used as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and anti-aircraft machine gun by the U.S. and many other countries, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War...

.30 caliber machine gun
Browning M2HB .50 caliber machine gun

Grenade Launchers

25x Colt
Colt
-Firearms company and related:*Colt's Manufacturing Company, an American firearm company*Samuel Colt , its founder*Colt revolver, a firearm made by the company*Colt 45 , various meanings stemming from usage as the name of a firearm...

M-203

Recoilless Rifles

M-40
M40 recoilless rifle
The M40 recoilless rifle was a lightweight, portable, crew-served 105 mm weapon intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon made in the United States...

A1-C-1 106mm

Missile Launchers

10 MBDA
MBDA
MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States. It was formed by a merger of Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2003 the company had 10,000 employees...

HOT
Euromissile HOT
The HOT is a second-generation long-range anti-tank missile system developed originally as an effort to meet a joint German-French Army requirement, by the then German firm Bolkow and the French firm Nord, to replace the older SS.11 wire guided...

Early Modern France
4-10 MBDA
MBDA
MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Britain, Germany, Italy, and the United States. It was formed by a merger of Aérospatiale-Matra Missiles , Finmeccanica and Matra BAe Dynamics in December 2001. In 2003 the company had 10,000 employees...

Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

ATGM Launchers with 40 missiles Early Modern France

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

9 Cadillac
Cadillac
Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...

Gage Commando LAV V150 4x4
12 Engesa
Engesa
Engesa – Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defense sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks, armored fighting vehicles, and civilian Sport utility vehicles....

EE-11 Urutu
EE-11 Urutu
The EE-11 Urutu is a 6x6 armored personnel carrier developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil. It used as many commercially available parts as possible. It also shares many components with the EE-9 Cascavel Armoured fighting vehicle. The suspension includes Engesa's Boomerang double-axle rear...

Brazil 6x6 20mm gun
22 Pandur I 6x6 Austria 6x6
1 Pandur II 8x8 +20 on order Austria 8x8 30mm gun
3 WZ551
WZ551
The WZ551 is a Chinese wheeled armored personnel carrier. It is actually consisted of two families of vehicles with official designations in the People's Liberation Army as Type 90 and Type 92. Roughly 600 WZ551s are in service with the PLA, where they are used by light mechanized infantry units...

Mainland China 6x6
9 Giat
Giat
Giat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-Geography:The Chavanon flows southeastward through the south-western part of the commune.-References:*...

VAB
Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé
The Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé or VAB is an armoured personnel carrier and support vehicle designed by the Euro Mobilité Division of GIAT Industries of France. It entered service in 1976; around 5,000 were produced.- Design :The VAB was designed as a wheeled troop transporter, complementing the...

4x4 (One with ground force radar).

Armoured Personnel Carriers

5 IAI Ramta RAM-2V Israel 4x4
5 ACMAT
ACMAT
ACMAT , is a French producer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958...

VLRA TPK 4.15 STL Early Modern France 4x4
14 Panhard
Panhard
Panhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years...

VBL Early Modern France 4x4 (One with Radar)
10 Panhard M3
Panhard M3
The Panhard M3 VTT , armoured personnel carrier was designed as a private venture with the first prototype completed in 1969. The prototype had a single door in each side of the hull and twin doors in the hull rear...

Early Modern France 4x4
15 VBX170 Early Modern France 4x4
6 ZFB05 Mainland China Xinxing 4x4
3 VBRG Berlinet 4x4 APCs Early Modern France

Armoured Response Vehicles

10 Panhard
Panhard
Panhard is currently a French manufacturer of light tactical and military vehicles. Its current incarnation was formed by the acquisition of Panhard by Auverland in 2005. Panhard had been under Citroën ownership, then PSA , for 40 years...

ERC-90 Sagie Early Modern France 6x6 90mm main gun
14 Engesa
Engesa
Engesa – Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defense sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks, armored fighting vehicles, and civilian Sport utility vehicles....

EE-9 Cascavel
EE-9 Cascavel
The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6 x 6 armoured car developed in the 1970s by Engesa of Brazil. It used as many commercially available parts as possible. It also shares many components with the EE-11 Urutu APC...

Brazil 6x6 90mm main gun
24 Panhard AML
Panhard AML
-Former Operators:: unknown number of AML-60s and AML-90s in service between 1960-1975.: 34 Eland 90s and Eland 60s in service with the Rhodesian Security Forces in 1979, passed on to successor state.-Trivia:...

90 Early Modern France 4x4 90mm main gun
12 Panhard AML
Panhard AML
-Former Operators:: unknown number of AML-60s and AML-90s in service between 1960-1975.: 34 Eland 90s and Eland 60s in service with the Rhodesian Security Forces in 1979, passed on to successor state.-Trivia:...

60 Early Modern France 4x4 60mm mortar
12 Engesa
Engesa
Engesa – Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defense sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks, armored fighting vehicles, and civilian Sport utility vehicles....

EE-3 Jararaca
EE-3 Jararaca
The EE-3 Jararaca is a 4 wheeled armoured reconnaissance vehicle developed and manufactured by Brazilian company Engesa and in use by the Brazilian and other armies...

Brazil 4x4
10 M-8
M8 Greyhound
The M8 Light Armored Car was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used by the U.S. and British troops in Europe and the Far East until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remains in service with some third world...

Greyhound
Greyhound
The Greyhound is a breed of sighthound that has been primarily bred for coursing game and racing, and the breed has also recently seen a resurgence in its popularity as a pedigree show dog and family pet. It is a gentle and intelligent breed...

6x6 37mm main gun-status unknown.
20 Matadotr 4x4 MPV \ APCs

Multiple Rocket Launchers

11 Teruel MRL
Teruel MRL
The Teruel multiple rocket launcher is in service with the Spanish Army. This system is capable of launching 140mm rockets from 40 launch tubes in less than 30 seconds. It is mounted on a Pegaso truck....

140mm Spain
20 Type 89
Type 89
Type 89 may refer to:* Type 89 , a Chinese tank destroyer* Type 89 Chi-Ro, a Japanese World War II medium tank* Type 89 Grenade Discharger, a Japanese World War II grenade discharger* Type 89 machine gun, a Japanese World War II machine gun...

40x122mm Mainland China (ZDF-1)
16 Type 63
Type 63 multiple rocket launcher
The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s, based on the Soviet BM-12 MRS and using similar rockets...

107mm Mainland China
10 Type 82
Type 82
Type 82 may refer to the following:*Type 82 destroyer, a British warship.*Type 82, a Chinese-made version of the Polish PM-63 submachine gun.*Type 82 Volkswagen Kübelwagen, a German military vehicle....

130mm MRL Mainland China
4 Type 90
Type 90
The is the main battle tank of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force . It was designed and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as a replacement for all deployed Type 61 and Type 74 tanks, and entered service in 1990...

122mm MRL Mainland China

Artillery

10 Type-59 130mm towed gun Mainland China
4 M101 howitzer
M101 howitzer
The 105 mm M2A1 howitzer was the standard light field howitzer for the United States in World War II, seeing action in both European and Pacific theaters. Entering production in 1941, it quickly entered the war against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Pacific, where it gained a reputation...

105mm towed howitzer
5 M102 howitzer
M102 howitzer
First introduced during the Vietnam War, the M102 was the light-towed 105 mm howitzer used by the United States Army in the Vietnam War, the First Gulf War, and most recently in the Iraq War.- An Air Mobile Howitzer for the Vietnam War :...

105mm towed howitzer
4 Thomson-Brandt F1 120mm Mortar
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1
The MO-120 RT-61 or MO-120-RT is a heavy mortar of French origin. It was designed by Thomson-Brandt as the successor for the MO-120 AM-50...

Early Modern France
35 Brandt mle 27/31
Brandt mle 27/31
The Brandt mle 27/31 mortar was a regulation weapon of the French army during the Second World War. Designed by Edgar Brandt it was copied by numerous countries.-Description:...

81mm Mortar Early Modern France

Anti-Aircraft Guns

4 Panhard ERC-20 2x20mm SP-AAG Kriss with 2x M621 SP-AAGs (6x6) 20x128mm Early Modern France
5 Aspic mount chassis Early Modern France
24 ZSU-23 2x23mm
12 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
3 Bofors
Bofors
The name Bofors has been associated with the iron industry for more than 350 years.Located in Karlskoga, Sweden, the company originates from the hammer mill "Boofors" founded 1646. The modern corporate structure was created in 1873 with the foundation of Aktiebolaget Bofors-Gullspång...

L-70 40mm Sweden

Trucks

Peugeot
Peugeot
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...

P4
Peugeot P4
The P4 is an unarmoured off-road vehicle used by the military of France. It was manufactured by Peugeot but is now manufactured by Panhard. It is to be replaced with the PVP by Panhard. The P4 is a militarised Mercedes Geländewagen marketed by Peugeot for the French military...

Early Modern France
ACMAT
ACMAT
ACMAT , is a French producer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958...

Early Modern France
Engesa
Engesa
Engesa – Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defense sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks, armored fighting vehicles, and civilian Sport utility vehicles....

EE-15 Brazil
Engesa
Engesa
Engesa – Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defense sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks, armored fighting vehicles, and civilian Sport utility vehicles....

EE-25 Brazil

Army Aircraft Inventory

Aérospatiale Gazelle

The Aérospatiale Gazelle is a five-seat light helicopter, powered by a single turbine engine. It was designed and manufactured in France by Sud Aviation . It was also manufactured under licence by Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom , by SOKO in Yugoslavia and ABHCO in Egypt...

|| || attack\ scout helicopter || SA-342L (with MBDA HOT missiles) || 5 ||
|-

| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma

Aérospatiale Puma

The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter. The Puma was originally manufactured by Sud Aviation of France.-Development:...

|| || transport helicopter || SA-330 || 7 ||

Fast Attack Craft

1 La Combattante III
FACM Class La Combattante III
Fast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante III refers to four ships ordered by Greece in September 1974 from France. There are similar to the Fast Attack Craft Missile Class La Combattante IIa, but are bigger and armed with torpedoes...

Fast Attack Craft with MBDA MM-40 Exocet SSMs Early Modern France

Patrol Craft

2 P400 class patrol vessel
P400 class patrol vessel
The P400 patrol ships are small vessels of the French Navy. They were designed to accomplish police operations in the large French Exclusive Economic Zone....

with SS-12M SSMs Early Modern France
4 small costal PCs (from Spain) Spain
1 Swift ships Type 205 class PC
1 Omar Bongo class FAC with SS-12M SSMs

Landing Craft

1 BATRAL
BATRAL
The Bâtiment de Transport Léger are small landing ships of the French Navy. They are able to ferry over 400 tons of matériel, in the hangar and on the deck. Loading and unloading can be done from a harbour or from a beach. Two flat-bottom vessels allow unloading 50 men and light vehicles each...

class landing ship Early Modern France
1 Landing Craft - Mechanized Early Modern France

Weapons

MBDA Exocet
Exocet
The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Hundreds were fired in combat during the 1980s.-Etymology:...

SSMs - 4 Launchers Early Modern France
Nord Aviation
Nord Aviation
Nord-Aviation was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer. It was created on October 1, 1954 upon the acquisition of SFECMAS by SNCAN...

SS.12M SSMs - 16 Launchers Early Modern France
Oerlikon
Oerlikon Corporation
Oerlikon Corporation AG is a company located in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, Uwe Krüger is the CEO.January 2007, the corporation has integrated the Swiss conglomerate Saurer AGNowadays, Oerlikon Corporation has the following 6 Divisions:* Oerlikon Coating...

-Buhrle 20x128mm AAG

Air Force

The Air Force operates 33 aircraft, including 4 combat jets and 5 helicopters. In addition to the Air Force, the Army operates its own fleet of 8 helicopters.

Aircraft Inventory

Aérospatiale Alouette III

The Aérospatiale Alouette III is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by Sud Aviation. It was manufactured by Aérospatiale of France, and under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India as Hal Chetak and Industria Aeronautică Română in Romania.The Alouette III is the...

|| || utility helicopter || SA 316B || 3 || 6 delivered

|-
| ATR-42 ||

|| passenger transport || ATR 42 || 1 ||

|-

| Eurocopter AS350 || || light helicopter || AS350B || 2x AS-350B Ecureuil||

|-

| Eurocopter AS355 || ||light helicopter || AS355 || 1 ||

|-
| Beechcraft T-34 Mentor || || trainer || T-34C || 4 ||

|-

| Bell 205 || || utility helicopter || Iroquois || 1 ||
|-
| Bell 412

Bell 412

The Bell 412 is a utility helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It is a development of the Bell 212 model, the major difference being the composite four-blade main rotor.-Design and development:...

|| || transport helicopter || 412SP || 1 ||
|-

| Bell 212 || || transport helicopter || || 1 || 2 delivered.
|-
| Douglas DC-8

Douglas DC-8

The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined narrow-body passenger commercial jet airliner, manufactured from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company...

|| || VIP transport|| DC-8 || 1 ||
|-
| CASA CN-235

CASA CN-235

The CASA/IPTN CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engined transport plane that was jointly developed by CASA of Spain and IPTN of Indonesia as a regional airliner and military transport. Its primary military roles include maritime patrol, surveillance, and air transport...

|| || tactical transport || CN-235-200M || 1 ||
|-
| Reims F152 || || utility || || 1 ||

|-

| Reims F337 || ||light attack || G Super Skymaster ||4||

|-

| Reims F404

Cessna 404

|-See also:-External links:* *...

|| || utility aircraft|| Titan-1 ||1||

|-

| Dassault Falcon 20

Dassault Falcon 20

The Dassault Falcon 20 is a French business jet and was the first of a family of business jets built by Dassault Aviation.-Design and development:...

|| || VIP jet transport || || || 2 delivered.
|-
| Dassault Falcon 900 || || VIP transport || || 1 || 2 delivered.

|-
| Dassault Mirage F1

Dassault Mirage F1

The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French air-superiority fighter and attack aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation as a successor of the Mirage III family. The Mirage F1 entered service in the French Air Force in the early seventies...

|| || ground attack || F1AZ || 8 Ordered, 6 Received, 2 Outstanding || ex-SAAF
|-
| Dassault Mirage V || || trainer

fighter || >Mirage 5DG

Mirage 5G || the total order was for 13 Mirage Vs. ( 4xMirage V-DG, 2xMirage V-RG-not delivered, 3xMirage V-G and 4xMirage V-G-II) || status unknown

|-

| Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet || || trainer

fighter || SM-2 || 6 reported. ||

|-
| Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante

Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante

The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties...

|| || transport

maritime patrol || EMB-110P1

EMB-111A || 3

1 ||in total 1xEMB-111A+4xEMB-110P-1 were delivered.
|-
| Eurocopter SA 332 Super Puma

Eurocopter Super Puma

The Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engine, medium-size utility helicopter marketed for both civil and military use. Originally designed and built by Aérospatiale, it is an enlarged and re-engined version of the original Aérospatiale Puma...

||

|| transport helicopter || SA-332F || 1 ||
|-
| Fouga Magister

Fouga Magister

The Fouga Magister is a 1950s French two-seat jet trainer. The related CM.175 Zéphyr was a carrier-capable version for the French Navy....

|| via

Austria || trainer || CM 170 || 4 || built by Valmet

Valmet

' was a Finnish state-owned conglomerate. Valmet was formed in 1951, when the state of Finland decided to group their various factories working on war reparations to the Soviet Union under one company...

. A total of 8x CM-170 were delivered.

|-

| Gulfstream II || || VIP- jet || ||1||

|-

| Gulfstream III || ||VIP-jet || || 1||

|-

| Gulfstream IV

Gulfstream IV

The Gulfstream IV and derivatives are a family of twin-jet aircraft, mainly for private or business use. The aircraft was designed and built by Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics company based in Savannah, Georgia, United States from 1985 until 2003.-Design and development:Gulfstream, in...

|| || VIP-jet || SP || 1||

|-

| British Aerospace 125|| ||VIP-jet || HS.125 Series 400||out of service || 1 delivered.
|-

| Lockheed C-130 Hercules || || tactical transport || C-130H

L-100-20

L-100-30 || 1

1 || A total of 4 C-130s were delivered (1xC-130H, 1xC-130-20, 2x C-130-30)

|-

| Douglas

Douglas Aircraft Company

The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas...

A-1 Skyraider|| || attack || || Out of service|| 9 delivered

|-

| Matra R-530D\F Super

Super 530

The Matra Super 530 is a French short to medium-range air-to-air missile. The Super 530 series is an improved type of the Matra R530 missile.*Super 530F is carried on the Dassault Mirage F1. It was introduced in 1979....

|| || AAMs || ||

|-

| Matra R.550 Magic 2 || || AAMs || ||

|-

| Aerospatiale AS-30L

AS-30L

The AS-30L is a French short-to-medium range air-to-ground missile which employees laser homing guidance. The AS-30L was a development of the earlier 1970s AS-30 missile, which uses MCLOS guidance via a radio command link between the aircraft to the missile. The only difference between the AS-30...

|| || AGMs|| ||

|-

| MBDA HOT || || ATGMs for SA-342 helicopters || ||

Aircraft sensors:-

AN\APS-128 MP radar for EBM-111MP x1
AN\ALR-93

Air Force Units

1 Fighter Squadron 1-02 Leyou at BA02 Franceville with:
- Mirage F-1;
- Mirage M-5;
- CM-170;
- Alpha Jet(?).
1 Light Transport Squadron at BAO1 Libreville with:
- EMB-110;
- EMB-111;
- SA-316.
1 Heavy Transport Squadron at BA01 Libreville with:
- C-130 Hercules;
- CN-235.
1 Ministral Air Liaison Group at BA01 Libreville with:
- DC-8;
- Falcon-900EX;
- Gulfstream-III.

Historical Aircraft

4 Aero
Aero
Aero is a Greek prefix relating to flight, and air. It British English it is used as an adjective related to flight , as in "aero engine"Aero may also refer to:-In aeronautics:...

L-29 Delfin
Delfin
Delfin means "dolphin" in some languages, and sometimes the term may be seen translated as "dolphin" even in proper names. The term may refer to one of the following.*The Delfin , Russian submarine from 1900s...

Czech Republic-reported (world air forces website)
1 Bell
Bell Aircraft
The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer of the United States, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters...

G-47 Sioux
Sioux
The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
5 Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Company
The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas...

C-47 Dakota
Dakota
- Ethnology and linguistics :* Sioux sub-tribes:**Eastern Dakota**Western Dakota* Dakota language, either of two regional varieties of the Sioux language- Geography :United States*North Dakota, a state*South Dakota, a state* Dakota, Illinois, a village...
1 Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Company
The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas...

DC-6B
1 Fokker
Fokker
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names, starting out in 1912 in Schwerin, Germany, moving to the Netherlands in 1919....

F-28-1000C Fellowship
1 Grumman Mallard
Mallard
The Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....
5 Max Holste
Max Holste
Max Holste was a French aeronautical engineer and founder of an aircraft manufacturer company of the same name in Reims, France . His company developed and produced many civil and military piston engine aircraft, including the famous MH-1521 Broussard. He was also one of the lead engineers of the...

HM.1521M Broussard
1 MFI MFI-9B Bolkow Junior Sweden
2 NAMC YS-11A Japan
3 Nord
Nord Aviation
Nord-Aviation was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer. It was created on October 1, 1954 upon the acquisition of SFECMAS by SNCAN...

-2051 Noratlas
6 North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...

AT-6
North American T-6 Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...

Texan
North American T-6 Texan
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...
1 Piper PA-18 Super-Cub
1 Piper PA-31
Piper PA-31 Navajo
The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of cabin-class, twin-engine aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for the general aviation market, most using Lycoming engines. It was also licence-built in a number of Latin American countries. Targeted at small-scale cargo and feeder liner operations and...

-350 Navajo Chieftain
3 Aerospatiale
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

Alouette-II
1 SNIAS Caravelle
Sud Aviation Caravelle
The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle was the first short/medium-range jet airliner produced by the French Sud Aviation firm starting in 1955 . The Caravelle was one of the more successful European first generation jetliners, selling throughout Europe and even penetrating the United States market, with...

GR
3 SNIAS Fregate N-262C

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