Kuwaiti Air Force
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Kuwait Air Force |
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| Lineup | 1953 |
| Country |
 Kuwait
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| Armed forces | Kuwaiti Armed Forces |
| Type | Armed forces ( air force ) |
| Strength | 2,500 |
| insignia | |
| Aircraft cockade |
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| National emblem ( vertical stabilizer ) |
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The Kuwaiti Air Force ( Arabic القوات الجوية الكويتية, DMG al-quwwāt al-ǧawwiyya al-kuwaitiyya ; English Kuwait Air Force ) is the air force of the armed forces of the emirate of Kuwait .
structure
The 2500-strong Luftwaffe is divided into squadrons ; these are:
- 9th Combat Squadron ( F-18C / D )
- 12. Fighter Bomber / Training Squadron ( Hawk )
- 19. Training relay ( Tucano )
- 25th Combat Squadron ( F-18C / D )
- 32nd Helicopter Squadron ( SA.330F )
- 33rd Helicopter Squadron ( SA.342L )
- 41st Air Transport Squadron ( L-100-30 )
- 62nd Helicopter Squadron ( AS.532SC )
- 88th Combat Helicopter Squadron ( AH-64D )
bases
The headquarters are located at Al Mubarak Air Base , other airports are Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base .
Current equipment
To modernize its air force, Kuwait ordered twenty-eight Eurofighter Typhoon (22 single-seaters and 6 double-seaters) in September 2015 and intends to purchase twenty-four H225M helicopters from Airbus Helicopters .
Planes
Status: end of 2014
| Aircraft | origin | use | version | active | Ordered | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warplanes | |||||||
| McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet |
 United States
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Multipurpose fighter | KAF-18C | 27 | |||
| Transport and tanker aircraft | |||||||
| Boeing C-17 Globemaster III |
United States
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Strategic transport aircraft | C-17A | 2 | |||
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
United States
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Tactical combat zone transporter | L-100-30 | 3 | |||
| Lockheed KC-130 |
United States
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Tanker and transport aircraft | KC-130J | 3 | 5 | ||
| Training aircraft | |||||||
| McDonnell Douglas F / A-18 Hornet |
United States
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two-seat fighter aircraft | KAF-18D | 9 | |||
| BAE Hawk |
 United Kingdom
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Jet trainer | Hawk 62 | 10 | |||
| Embraer EMB 312 Tucano |
 Brazil
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Training aircraft | Tucano 52 | 12 | |||
helicopter
Status: end of 2014
| Aircraft | origin | use | version | active | Ordered | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing AH-64 Apache |
United States
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Attack helicopter | AH-64D | 16 | ||
| Sikorsky S-92 |
United States
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Transport helicopter | 2 | |||
| Aérospatiale AS 332 Cougar |
 France / United Kingdom
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Medium-weight transport helicopter | 4th | |||
| Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma |
France / United Kingdom
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Medium-weight transport helicopter | 6th | |||
| Aérospatiale SA 342 Gazelle |
France / United Kingdom
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Multipurpose helicopter | 14th |
Web links
Commons : Kuwaiti Air Force - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- The Kuwait Air Force at GlobalSecurity.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
- ↑ Eurofighter for Kuwait. Flug Revue, September 11, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Kuwait wants to buy H225M Caracal. Flug Revue, June 11, 2015, accessed on September 13, 2015 .
- ↑ a b World Air Forces 2015 . In: Flightglobal Insight (English) . 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
- ↑ Boeing delivers first C-17A to Kuwait. Flug Revue, February 14, 2014, accessed on September 13, 2015 .