List of active Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft

The following is a list of military aircraft currently used by Royal Jordanian Air Force.

Aircraft

Current inventory
An F-16 flying an air refueling mission
Jordanian Air Force UH-60L on lift off
A C-130 Hercules fly over at the 2004 RIAT
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat Aircraft
Lockheed F-16 United States Multirole
Trainer		 F-16 AM
F-16 BM		 43
15[1]		 The RJAF received 15 F-16 MLU M6.5 (13 AM & 2 BM) from Netherlands in 2017.
Air Tractor AT-802 United States COIN / Attack Block 1B 6[2] Donation from the United Arab Emirates
Reconnaissance
Air Tractor AT-802 United States ISR AT-802i 4[2] Equipped with L3 MX-15D sensor
Cessna 208 United States ISR 208B
208B EX		 6
2[2]		 Equipped with L3 MX-15D sensor
Transport Aircraft
C-130 Hercules United States Transport C-130H
C-130E		 7
3[2]		 Three C-130H received through the US government EDA to replace the remaining C-130E[3]
M28 Skytruck Poland utility / transport 2[2] one modified to C-145 for special operations[4][5]
Attack helicopter
Bell AH-1 United States attack AH-1F 24[2] 16 helicopters transferred from Israel.[6]
12 AH-1F have gone through an upgrade program by SES & Northrop Grumman in 2019.[7][8] Only 24 AH-1F are operational.
MD 530FF United States light attack MD 530FF 6[2]
Boeing AH-6 United States light attack AH-6i 24 on order,[2] until 2020 the contract is still not exercised.
Eurocopter EC635 Germany light attack EC635T1 6[2] only six operational and were upgraded with FLASH kit by Paramount Group
Transport Helicopter
Sikorsky UH-60 United States SAR / COIN UH-60A
UH-60L
UH-60M
S-70A-11		 8
8
14+1
5[2]

Two UH-60M for VIP role and another one on order.
Two S-70A-11 for VIP role.
Eurocopter AS332 France Utility / Transport AS332M-1 10[2] Two used for MedEvac
AgustaWestland AW139 Italy Utility / Transport AW139 3[2] Two used for MedEvac as part of Jordan Air Ambulance Center
One helicopter is used for VIP role.
Mil Mi-26 Russia Heavy lift Mi-26T2 4 all received[9][2]
Trainer Aircraft
Pilatus PC-21 Switzerland advanced trainer PC-21 12[2] 12 Aircraft, the aircraft replaces the CASA C-101.
Grob G 120TP Germany basic trainer G-120TP 15[2] 16 received and one lost. the aircraft replaces the T67 Firefly.
Robinson R44 United States rotorcraft trainer R44 II 12[2]
UAV
Camcopter S-100 Austria UAV S-100 10[2]
CH-4B China UCAV CH-4B 6[2] No longer operational, on sale

Retired aircraft

Previous notable aircraft operated by Jordan consisted of the BAE Hawk 63, de Havilland Dove, Airspeed Ambassador, Handley Page Herald, F-104 Starfighter, Dassault Mirage F1, Cessna T-37, Boeing 727, Gulfstream III, An-12 Cub, Bulldog 125, CASA C-235, Alouette III, Aérospatiale Gazelle, Ilyushin Il-76 and the Sikorsky S-76.[10][11][12][13]

References
  1. "F-16 Air Forces - Jordan". www.f-16.net. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. "World Air Forces 2020". Flightglobal Insight. 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/11/jordan-plan-grab-excess-american-weapons.html#ixzz6ZqdeJEg
  4. https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/new-role-for-jordanian-skytrucks-.html
  5. https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2018-05-16/jordan-displays-new-upgraded-aircraft-sofex-show
  6. "Jordan acquires ex-Israeli Cobra attack helicopters". flightglobal.com. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  7. https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/defence-helicopter/northrop-ses-upgrade-jordans-ah-1fs-cobra-helicopt
  8. https://www.army.mil/article/219986/local_facility_helping_security_enterprise_build_partner_capacity
  9. "Jordan receives first Mi-26". Air Forces Monthly pg. 20. Key Publishing. March 2018.
  10. "Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador". British aviation projects to productions. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. "World Air Forces 1987 pg. 67". flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  12. "World Air Forces 1975 pg. 304". flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  13. "أعلان بيع طائرات".
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