You can download what I’ve found Historical and current in a PDF file …
Hopefully some of the blanks can be filled in.
16th June 2007 11:28

Chris, the Pumas they got from Romania in 1986 were IAR-330L, not J. J is the civilian version, L is the military version of the same helicopter.

This provides a list of what aircraft (and numbers) are on the SAF inventory but can’t offer numbers of aircraft in operational condition;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force

What annoys me is the fact that ALL western sources give 12 IAR-330L for Sudan, when in fact 24 were delivered (all Romanian sources give this number) in flight – 6 flights of 4 helos.

Now I’m gonna go to wikipedia to fix that. Some of the Pumas can be seen (apparently operatonal) in GE – I’ve found them before, I’ll try to find them again and post here some screenshots later

Is the early version of Mig-21PF what the Chinese used to come up with the J-7?

No,it’s the MiG-21 F-13. They never got the PF.
And yes, they had a number of F-13s in service.

Ok, Romanian Air Force pictures (especially MiG-21s) are not hard to find, but this is a true rarity. It is THE ONLY CAMOUFLAGED PFM we ever had. It was painted as such in 1995, to test the camo for the future upgraded Lancer A and B.

Those of you who are familiar with that program know that the Lancer A prototype who flew first in August 1995 had a 3-tone camo, as opposed to the standard 4-tone camo on the rest of the lot, which was first tested on PFM 8006. Picture taken in the late 90’s – early 00’s at Fetesti.

Sri Lankan F-7 serial CF-705

googeler:
I assume Aircraft Slides identified the Nicaraguan AF H-34 as such, but even at this bad angle the nose profile looks like a S-58T turbine conversion.
Mike44

Mike, thanks for the heads-up! I must admit I know next to nothing about that family of choppers. And yes, the guys at military aircraft slides often mix-up types, countries,..

Omani Strikemaster in flight

New Zealand Aermacchi MB 329

Zimbabwe F-7 serial 707

DPRKAF MiG-15 pictured on 5 August 1971

Here’s the T-10-3 in 1979

L-39 is the obvious answer. There are still huge stocks of spares at Aero and with former military users, it’s cheap and easy to maintain compred to most of the types mentioned here.

L-159B it’s bloody expensive to purchase and needs a lot of “de-mil”-ing. It wasn’t even offered (yet) on the civilian market.

AT-63 Pampa? I don’t think you want an airplane that has been produced in a couple of dozen examples and has an uncertain future.

Bolivia? F-86F in 1983

Laos An-26 in April 75

You mean this?