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The Threat? Presumably there are more of those Mirage Jets?
Bombers : 6 TU-22A/U Blinder.
Fighter/Ground Attack : 50 Mig-21MF Fishbed, 75 MiG-23B/ML Flogger, 60 Mig-25 Foxbat, 15 Mirage F1-ED, 6 Mirage F1-BD, 40 MIG 23BN Flogger, 15 Mig 23-U Flogger, 30 Mirage 5D/DE, 14 Mirage 5DD, 14 Mirage F1-AD, 45 SU-20/22 Fitter.
Counterinsurgency: 24 Jastreb J-1E.
Reconnaissance: 5 Mirage 5DR, 7 Mig 25-R Foxbat.
Strike and multi-role aircraft : 12 SU-24MK Fencer, 40 SU-22M-3 Fitter, 10 MIG-25R/U Foxbat, 2 TU-22U Blinder.
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I think you will find this is VERY VERY OLD data and a massive exaggeration of what they have. BLINDERs havnt flown for years, numbers are the original orders, most from 70s 80s. With accidents, losses, unservicibility, obsolete airframes, lack of spares etc...oh and captures by Rebels, I would say they are down to a fraction of this.
Handful of FENCERS, even less M F1s, couple of dozen FITTERS, couple of dozen FLOGGERS, maybe a few FISHBED and at an outside push a couple of FOXBATS... but i'd be suprised.