List of military aircraft of Sri Lanka explained

This is a list of aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force and the Sri Lanka Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA).

List of aircraft alphabetically by manufacturer

A

• AAI/IAI RQ-2 Pioneer
• Aerospatiale SA 365 Dauphin
• Airspeed Oxford
• Antonov An-32

B

• BAC Jet Provost
• Beechcraft 200
• Beechcraft Model 18 (transferred from the Surveyor General's Department)
• Bell 47 Sioux
• Bell 206 Jet Ranger
• Bell 212
• Bell 412
• Boulton Paul Balliol

C

• Cessna 150
• Cessna 336 Skymaster
• Cessna 421 Golden Eagle
• F-7 Skybolt
• FT-7M Skybolt
• Convair 240

D

• de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
• de Havilland DH.104 Dove
• de Havilland Heron
• de Havilland Tiger Moth (Transferred from the Ratmalana Civil Flying Training School)
• de Havilland Vampire
• Douglas Dakota

F

• FMA IA 58 Pucará

H

• HAL Chetak (FAA)
• Harbin Y-12
• Hawker Siddeley HS 748
• Hiller UH-12B

I

• IAI Kfir
• IAI Scout
• IAI Searcher Mk II

K

• Kamov Ka-26

L

• Lockheed Hercules
• Lihiniya MK I

M

• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15UTI
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27
• Mil Mi-17
• Mil Mi-24

N

• Nanchang CJ-6 (PT-6)
• K-8 Karakorum
• North American P-51 Mustang

P

• Pazmany PL-

S

• Scottish Aviation Pioneer
• Shaanxi Y-8
• Shenyang F-5
• Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly
• SIAI Marchetti SF.260TP
• SIAI Marchetti SF.260W

T

• Taylorcraft Auster

Current aircraft

Attack and Offensive Support Aircraft

• IAI Kfir
• F-7 Skybolt

Reconnaissance and Maritime Patrol Aircraft

• Beechcraft 200
• Lihiniya MK I

Transport Aircraft

• C-130 Hercules
• Antonov 32
• Harbin Y-12

Attack helicopters

• Mil Mi-24

Support and Transport Helicopters

• Mil Mi-17
• Bell 412
• Bell 212
• Bell 206

Training Aircraft

• K-8 Karakorum
• Nanchang CJ-6 (PT-6)
• Cessna 150
• Chengdu FT-7

Weapons

Air to Air Missiles

• PL-5 Thunderbolt^[1]

General-Purpose Bombs

• Mark 83
• Mark 82^[2]

Surface to Air Missiles

• SA-16 Gimlet

Air Defense Artillery

• Bofors L40/70 40 mm AA guns ^[3]
• ZSU-23-2 twin 23 mm AA guns^[3]
• TCM-20 twin 20 mm AA guns

Equipment

• INDRA low altitude 2D radar ^[4]
• CETC YLC-18 3D Radar.
• JY-11 Radar low/medium altitude 3D surveillance radar ^[5]

Surviving SLAF aircraft

Aircraft that have been preserved by the SLAF. A few of these fly but most are held by SLAF Museum.^[6]

• Airspeed Oxford
• Hawker Siddeley HS 748
• Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly
• Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F
• FMA IA 58 Pucará
• BAC Jet Provost
• Boulton Paul Balliol
• de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
• de Havilland Heron
• de Havilland Tiger Moth

See also

• List of aircraft losses of the Sri Lankan Civil War

External links

• Sri Lankan Air Force
• Little known museums of Sri Lanka:A rich collection of artefact's

Notes and References

1. Web site: PLA Second Artillery Corps. SinoDefence. 24 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111174758/http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/weapon/pl5.asp. 11 November 2012.
2. Web site: Surge in Pak arms sale to Sri Lanka worries India, Indianexpress . 2008-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724053552/http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/307986.html . 2008-07-24 . dead .
3. Web site: DefenceNet: Defence News from Sri Lanka. DefenceNet. 4 November 2007 . 24 December 2014.
4. Web site: Columns - Situation Report. 24 December 2014.
5. Web site: Intel Brief: China in Sri Lanka. ISN Editors. International Relations And Security Network. 24 December 2014.
6. Web site: Little known museums of Sri Lanka. 24 December 2014.