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	Sudan, Civil War since 1955
		The paratroop and the air assault brigades were nominally under the command of the Airborne Division, based at Khartoum IAP, from where it could be swiftly deployed by the means to transport aircraft and helicopters all over the country.
		Sudanese old An-12Bs were also used for terrorising attacks againt civilian population and objects in the south of the country.
		In fact, on 28 February the Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail wrote a letter of apology to the State Deparment, decaling the readiness of his government for an immediate cease-fire, to be monitored by international monitors.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_180.shtml (9539 words)

	Sudanese Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sudanese Air Force began with aircraft provided by Britain.
		France and Britain supplied aircraft to the Sudanese until the 1960's when Russian and Chinese aircraft were used.
		Currently the airforce flies a mixture of transport planes, fighter jets and helicopters sourced from various nations including the European Union, Russia and the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudanese_Air_Force (142 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / Sudan Air Force bombs village in Darfur, African Union says
		CAIRO -- The Sudanese Air Force bombed villagers in South Darfur yesterday, observers from the African Union reported, and an international aid organization said casualties were inflicted.
		Sudanese government officials could not be reached for comment late yesterday.
		An air force Antonov jet dropped bombs outside the town of Shangil Tobaya, about 40 miles south of El Fasher, at about 3 p.m., the Khartoum-based official of a nongovernmental organization said by phone.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/01/27/sudan_air_force_bombs_village_in_darfur_african_union_says (434 words)

	Sudan: Arming the perpetrators of grave abuses in Darfur - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The use of the Sudanese air force to target civilians is one of the clearest signs of direct involvement of the Sudanese government in large-scale unlawful killings since neither the armed opposition groups nor the Janjawid possess aircraft.
		The Sudanese Air Force used as a base the airstrip of Heglig, an oilfield infrastructure, and was able to fly and remain operational because of fuel supplied by oil companies for its planes who launched deliberate and indiscriminate aerial bombardment of civilians.
		The Sudanese government to ensure that past and present allegations of human rights violations are promptly, thoroughly and independently investigated and that those responsible are brought to justice in fair trials without the possibility of the death penalty or other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/engafr541392004 (13493 words)

	USATODAY.com - Cluster bombs kill in Iraq, even after shooting ends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The U.S. Air Force used new, improved cluster bombs in Iraq that pose fewer dangers to civilians.
		The Air Force, responding to the criticism, began working on safer cluster bombs in the mid-1990s and started using them in Afghanistan.
		Rather than call upon their artillery to hit a target with cluster munitions, U.S. ground forces preferred either to use other weapons, such as M-16 rifles or tank rounds, or to summon the Air Force to hit Iraqi targets from the sky with precision bombs.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2003-12-10-cluster-bomb-cover_x.htm (2516 words)

	SUDAN
		The only U.S.-supplied Sudanese C-130 still functioning in 1997 was used to ferry light arms and ammunition, such as medium-range mortars and G-3 assault rifles, directly from Iran to Khartoum, according to a former army officer who claimed that he witnessed the arrival of these flights in Khartoum.
		The Sudanese officer claimed he had worked as a liaison officer with a dissident SPLA group led by the late Cmdr. William Nyuon which had fought the dominant SPLA led by John Garang before Nyuon was killed.
		The officer said he was forced out of the Sudanese military in late 1995 under suspicion that he had switched loyalties to Nyuon, but he claimed that before that time he saw French intelligence information that was passed on to Sudanese government forces in southern Sudan.
	www.hrw.org /reports98/sudan/Sudarm988-05.htm (4980 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Sudanese air force bombs people in Darfur, NGO reports casualties
		CAIRO, Egypt – The Sudanese air force bombed villagers in South Darfur on Wednesday, observers from the African Union reported, and an international aid organization said casualties were inflicted.
		Sudanese government officials could not be reached for comment late Wednesday.
		An air force Antonov dropped bombs outside the town of Shangil Tobaya, about 40 miles south of El Fasher, at about 3 p.m., the Khartoum-based official of an NGO said in a phone interview.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050126-1305-sudan-darfur.html (490 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact
		Her village, which was burned to the ground by Sudanese soldiers and Arab militiamen, is only fifty miles from the camp, but by donkey the trip requires a weeklong journey across the Sahara, through mounds of powdery sand, up and down steep seasonal riverbeds, over gravel slopes, and around towering red-rock mountains.
		The Sudanese government, a U.S. diplomat told me, was desperate to end U.S. sanctions and to court American oil investors, and in the wake of September 11th and the war in Afghanistan it wished to avoid being added to the Administration’s target list.
		During the conflict with the rebels based in the South, the Sudanese military had honed a strategy for combatting insurgents: the Air Force bombed from the sky, while Arab tribesmen, armed by the government, launched raids on the ground.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?040830fa_fact1 (10991 words)

	Sudan Air Force
		The beginning of the SAF was a few months after the Sudan had gained independence in January 1956 with British (the former colonial power) providing most of the equipment and training needed..
		With assistance from the Russians and the Chinese, the SAF was equiped with 16 Shenyang F-4 (the chinese version of the MIG-17F).
		The U.S. however, was not as generous when it came to the supply of fighter aircraft, which forced president Numeiri to head to France in April 1977 to negotiate for 14 Mirage 5SO's, two 5SOD's and Puma helicopters.
	www.angelfire.com /ab/mazin/SudanAirForce.html (738 words)

	NEWS: Did the Sudanese Air Force use WMD's? - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		Sudanese villagers claim that the Sudan Air Force dropped chemical bombs on western Sudan in the Dharfur region this past May. One alleged attack was the dropping of 8 plastic bags filled with a powder which opened when they hit the ground, villagers and animals subsequently died and many became ill from inhaling the fumes.
		SHEGEK KARO, Sudan, Aug 17, 2004 -- Inhabitants of this picturesque village in the Darfur region of western Sudan said the Sudanese air force sprayed them with a strange powder in an attack in May that killed two villagers and dozens of cattle.
		A Sudanese air force Antonov plane dropped several rectangular plastic sacks containing a white, flourlike powder on a wadi -- a dry riverbed -- in the lower part of the village, they said.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread73701/pg1 (569 words)

	FREE In-depth report - Air Force - Sudan
		The air force has been largely dependent on foreign assistance since its inception in 1957, when four primary trainer aircraft were delivered by Egypt.
		The actual state of readiness of the combat arm of the air force was uncertain, but it was believed that much of the equipment was not in serviceable condition owing to a shortage of parts and inadequate maintenance.
		The air force had a number of unarmed helicopters available for ground support operations against the southern rebels, although it was estimated that as many as 50 percent were not in flying condition.
	www.exploitz.com /Sudan-Air-Force-cg.php (625 words)

	INTERNATIONAL AIR FORCE DIRECTORY 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		However, some are available as the air force was implicated in the bombing of a hospital in January 1999.
		In peacetime the air force operates from six fixed bases but in wartime it has around 24 dispersed bases which cover an area of roughly 20x30km with four or five runways.
		A second batch would allow a Hornet-based strike force to be established as the air force is dedicating the first 34 aircraft to air defence duties.
	mylima.com /airforce/s3.htm (1219 words)

	Scores killed in fighting at Darfur town - Focus on Sudan - MSNBC.com
		The Sudanese army and its allied janjaweed militias “were summarily defeated, leaving behind heavy weapons and ammunition,” the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said in a statement.
		He said rebels were falsely claiming that “the army has used air bombing in (the) recapturing of Adila,” according to the Sudan Media Center, a news service deemed close to the government.
		Observers and rebels said Sudan’s air force bombed at least four villages in the area this week, but there were no reports of casualties because many of the civilians had fled.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/20204203 (822 words)

	flag of Sudanese Air Force flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In Pedersen's book from 1980 there are several air force flags with roundels.
		All have the same pattern; light blue, the national flag in the canton, the air force roundel in the fly.
		It follows the 'traditional' form of a light blue field with the national flag in the canton and the air force roundel in the fly."
	www.flagsflagsflags.net /flags/sd_air.php (164 words)

	ICRC News 13 / 05-Apr-01
		Sudan First law of war course for Sudanese Air Force officers As part of a programme to incorporate international humanitarian law into the training of the Sudanese armed forces, 40 Sudanese Air Force officers - mainly fighter pilots - attended a law of war course in Khartoum at the end of March.
		Participants carried out practical exercises related to air attack and defence, familiarizing themselves with the law as it affects air operations and studying the importance of correct military conduct.
		At the closing ceremony, the new Commander of the Sudanese Air Force - in his first public appearance since taking up this post - expressed his support for the inclusion of international humanitarian law in air force training and his commitment to ensuring that all Air Force personnel applied the law.
	www.cidi.org /humanitarian/icrc/01/ixl12.html (1995 words)

	Middle East Newsline -
		CAIRO [MENL] -- Sudan's air force was said to have resumed air operations against villages in Darfour.
		They said that on Tuesday Sudanese air force planes bombed Tawila in the northern part of the province.
		The air attack was said to have been part of a military effort to regain control of Tawila amid a rebel offensive.
	www.menewsline.com /stories/2004/november/11_25_3.html (162 words)

	WVA News: Sudanese air force bombs people in Darfur, NGO reports casualties - - The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register
		CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The Sudanese air force bombed villagers in South Darfur on Wednesday, observers from the African Union reported, and an international aid organization said casualties were inflicted.
		One possibility the United States is suggesting would involve boosting the role of the African Union, while another would involve making aid for a separate peace deal in the south dependent on resolving Darfur, two U.S. officials told The AP on condition of anonymity.
		The attack Wednesday, an air force Antonov airplane dropped bombs outside the town of Shangil Tobaya, about 40 miles south of El Fasher, at about 3 p.m., the Khartoum-based official of an NGO said in a phone interview.
	www.oweb.com /inter/story/0127202005_int07.asp (531 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Darfur: About 100 dead in air force attack
		A Sudanese air force bombardment of villagers in Darfur this week killed or wounded almost 100 people, a UN spokeswoman said Friday, calling the bombing a major violation of a fragile ceasefire in the conflict-torn region.
		A Sudanese air force bombardment of villagers in Darfur this week killed or wounded almost 100 people, a UN spokeswoman said Friday, calling the bombing a major violation of a fragile ceasefire in the conflict-torn region More details...
		Sudan's air force killed or wounded about 100 people and forced thousands to flee when they bombed a town in western Sudan this week, a U.N. spokeswoman has said, quoting the African Union More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /accidents/2005/01/29/58019.html (1823 words)

	Russian MiGs in Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The newly acquired Chinese jet fighters doubled the combat size of the tiny Sudanese air force.
		It is unlikely that the Sudanese air force can operate the advanced MiG-29 Fulcrums, raising the possibility that Moscow will also supply mercenary pilots to fly the fourth-generation fighter jets.
		The helicopter gunships have been used by the Sudanese air force to attack unarmed refugee camps.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2002/1/4/155909.shtml (1324 words)

	Rebels Capture Sudanese Air Force Chief, 04/28/03
		Ibrahim Bushra was captured by rebel forces Friday during clashes with rebels in the town of Al-Fasher, some 1,400 kilometers (686 miles) west of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
		Friday's clashes between soldiers and rebel forces at an airport in the restive western region of Darfur killed 32 soldiers, including two officers, and 20 rebels.
		On Friday, Soliman said government forces had clashed with the rebel Sudanese Movement for Justice and Equality, a group said to be fighting for a greater share of wealth and power in Darfur state, one of Sudan's driest regions.
	www.darfurinfo.org /news/news042803.html (298 words)

	Sudan: Darfur: "Too many people killed for no reason" - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sudanese government rejected the demands of the SLA as too high while the SLA claimed that they were asked to leave N’Djamena by the Chadian mediators before exposing their demands.
		Moreover, the Sudanese government has not condemned or conducted transparent and impartial investigations into the numerous and grave human rights abuses committed in Darfur and reported by local civil society activists, community leaders, journalists and non-governmental organisations.
		A handicapped Sudanese refugee who fled an attack on his village in Darfur ©AI Some of the civilians who have fled to Chad were victims of cross-border attacks by the Janjawid, which included killings of people and looting of cattle.
	www.web.amnesty.org /library/index/engafr540082004 (16708 words)

	CNN.com - Sudanese air force bombs rebel-held town; 4 people killed - November 27, 2000
		NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A Sudanese air force bomber dropped 17 bombs on a Sudanese town, killing four people and leaving 32 others seriously injured, a rebel spokesman said Monday.
		It was the third bombing in southern Sudan since Saturday, when the air force bombed two locations in Bahr el Ghazal province in southern Sudan's northwest.
		On Friday, Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir said his army was not responsible for bombing Yei, another town in southern Sudan held by the SPLA.
	www.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/africa/11/27/sudan.bombing.ap/index.html (528 words)

	ESPAC - Working for Peace in Sudan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		That aerial bombing has been used by the Sudanese armed forces in the course of the civil war in their country is a matter of record.
		It was reported, for example, that the United States air force was using a variety of "smart" weapons, including guided cruise missiles and bombs that rely on an array of satellites to strike targets.
		It is also worth noting that as part of a programme to incorporate international humanitarian law into the training of Sudanese armed forces, in 2000 40 Sudanese Air Force officers attended a law of war course in Khartoum organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Sudan.
	www.espac.org /spla_pages/delib_bombing.htm (5385 words)

	Sudanese air force bombs people in Darfur, NGO reports casualties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		CAIRO - The Sudanese air force bombed villagers in South Darfur, the African Union reported.
		Darfur rebels have often accused the Sudanese government of using its air force against civilians, and the state has usually denied such charges.
		An air force Antonov dropped bombs outside the town of Shangil Tobaya at about 3 p.m.
	www.ezilon.com /information/printer_314.shtml (549 words)

	Sudan air force bombs Darfur market: Chadian mediators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sudanese air force Friday bombed a market in Sudan's western region of Darfur, a mediator in Chad trying to bring about an end to a conflict which has sparked a serious humanitarian crisis.
		AU ceasefire observers are expected to arrive in the impoverished Sudanese region on Saturday to begin their mission.
		In total, some 120 observers from the AU, the European Union, the United States, the Sudanese government, the two rebel groups in Darfur and the mediation team from neighbouring Chad will be deployed in the region, according to the AU.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040604204025.9ekpp5vx.html (339 words)

	The History Guy: New and Recent Conflicts of the World
		A cease-fire began on Oct. 17, which held until the last week of November, as government forces launched a new offensive with recently acquired helicopters and what appeared to be a unit of English-speaking mercenaries.
		The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants and fight both the government security forces and the private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners.
		American Special Forces were in Yemen to train the government military so that operations such as this one against suspected terrorists could be undertaken.
	www.historyguy.com /new_and_recent_conflicts.html (4086 words)

	Mail an article... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Delegates said Janjaweed fighters participated in Sudanese Air Force attacks on fl African villages in Darfour as well as led ground attacks that resulted in the death of at least 30,000 people and the displacement of 1.2 million people.
		Rep. Frank Wolf, a Republican from Virginia, recounted testimony he heard regarding the coordination between the Sudanese air force attacks and Janjaweed raids of fl villages.
		Wolf told a July 6 news conference that a Janjaweed base in Darfour was adjacent to the Sudanese air base at Geneina in Darfour that contained two Soviet-origin attack helicopters and an Antonov air transport.
	www.rantburg.com /jMailer.asp?ID=37709 (296 words)

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