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2011-12-04 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
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#1 Kenya has fighter jets?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-04 07:21|| 2011-12-04 07:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Barely. A handful of F-5s and some armed trainers.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-04 11:49|| 2011-12-04 11:49|| Front Page Top

#3 From wackypedia, of note:

* 12 Harbin Y-12
* About 3 dozen MD-500's of various types, some armed.
* About 50 armed "Harbin Z-9" helicopters, which seem to be a Chinese development of a French airframe, most of which have been delivered _this year_.
* 3 CASA CN-235; I imagine they could roll bombs out the back ramp.
* About 20 F-5's and 12 Tucano's, some Tucano's apparently armed. (It's the previous version of the plane Colombia's using so effectively against FARK, oops I mean FARC....)

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-12-04 13:40|| 2011-12-04 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Grom, the question should be: Kenya has an Air Force?

Posted by Charles 2011-12-04 15:56|| 2011-12-04 15:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Closer to 16-17 F5s. They've lost 2 in Somalia already.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-04 22:03|| 2011-12-04 22:03|| Front Page Top

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