People's Republic of Congo Air Force
Appearance
People's Republic of Congo Air Force | |
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Founded | 1970 |
Country | People's Republic of the Congo |
Branch | Air force |
Role | Aerial warfare |
Part of | Congolese Armed Forces |
Insignia | |
Former roundel | |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Mig-21 |
Helicopter | Mil Mi-35, Mil Mi-17 |
Transport | An-26 |
The People's Republic of Congo Air Force was the air force of the Republic of the Congo from 1970-1992.
Aircraft
[edit]Inventory from 1960-1992
[edit]Aircraft | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
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Combat Aircraft | ||||||
MiG-21 | Soviet Union | fighter / interceptor | 14[1] | placed in storage[2] | ||
MiG-17 | Soviet Union | fighter | MiG-17F | 8[1] | placed in storage[2] | |
Transport | ||||||
C-47 Dakota | United States | transport | 2[1] | |||
SN.601 Corvette | France | VIP | 1[1] | |||
N.2501F Noratlas | France | transport | 2[1] | |||
Ilyushin Il-14 | Soviet Union | transport | 2[1] | |||
An-24 | Soviet Union | transport | 7[1] | |||
An-26 | Soviet Union | transport | 1[1] | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
Alouette II | France | liaison | 2[1] | |||
Alouette III | France | liaison | 2[1] | |||
AS365 Dauphin | France | VIP | SA365C | 1[1] | ||
Mi-8 | Soviet Union | transport | 1[1] | |||
Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
MiG-15 | Soviet Union | jet trainer | MiG-15UTi | 1[1] | placed in storage[2] |