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Due to Mozambique's colonial background, the air force has a history of using former Portuguese aircraft. At its setting-up after independence in 1975 the air force was supported by Cuba and the USSR. As such there was an influx of Soviet-built aircraft to support the government during the civil war. Following the ceasefire in 1992 and the ...
Equipment of the United States Armed Forces. currently active United States military missiles; List of currently active United States military land vehicles
Richard Synge, Mozambique: UN Peacekeeping in Action, 1992–94, United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., 1997 - includes details on formation of FADM, but has multiple mistakes, including concluding from mid-mission rather than final ONUMOZ report that new army had five (rather than final seven) battalions.
Condensed World Paramilitary Forces 2006 (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. "SIPRI Military Expenditure Database". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. South African Navy official website
Mozambique Air Force: 8 in service as of 2023. 48 MiG-21bis were delivered from the USSR starting in 1983, for use against the RENAMO guerrillas. After the 1990 ceasefire they were all put into storage, and most of them had become unserviceable by 1992. [28] The Mozambique Air Force was listed as having eight MiG-21s operational in December ...
The US operates 11 aircraft carriers, and the Royal Navy has two aircraft carriers, as does the Italian Navy. France and Spain each have one aircraft carrier. While the non-US and non-UK carriers are not as advanced, most operate modern aircraft, except Spain's, so they are a significant NATO asset that increases NATO naval power considerably.
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The newest aircraft in LAM's fleet is the Embraer 190, the first of which the airline took possession of in August 2009. [74] The carrier received the second aircraft of the type a month later. [75] LAM Mozambique Airlines took delivery of a Boeing 737-500 on lease from GECAS in November 2012. [76]