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The following are some of the aircraft have been operated and decommissioned by the Kenya Air Force since the colonial period todate:
POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD
PRE INDEPENDENCE PERIOD Tempest Mark IV
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| Tempest Mark IV |
| 1st Flight |
2nd September 1942(A total of 800 built) |
| Power plant |
1 x 2,180 hp Napier Sabre IIA or Centaurus engine |
| Ceiling |
11,125 metres above sea level |
| Max speed |
686 kphor 370 kts |
| Range |
2,460 kms 0r 1,330 ms |
| Armament |
- 4 x 20 mm Mark V Hispano cannons
- 2 x 500 lbs or 2 x 1000 or rockets
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| Max Loaded wt |
13,500 lbs or 6,142 Kgs |
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AVRO 652A ANSON
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| AVRO 652A ANSON |
| A trainer or communications aircraft |
| 1st Flight |
24th March 1935.Entered service 6th March 1936 |
| Power plant |
2 x350hp Armstrong Siddeley cheetah IIX radial piston |
| Max speed |
303 kph at 2135 metres with a cruise of 254 kph |
| Range |
1,271 Kms |
| Max takeoff wt |
3,629 Kgs |
| Service ceiling |
5,970 above sea level |
| Crew |
3/5(8-11 when in communication role) |
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Bristol Brigand
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| Bristol Brigand |
| Long range attack aircraft &Torpedo bomber. (Last RAF piston engine Bomber first deployed 1949. A total of 156 built.) |
| Power plant |
2 x Bristol Centaurus 57 engines giving 2,470 hp each |
| Speed |
358 mph(576 kph) |
| Range |
2,800 miles(4,506 Kms) with drop tanks |
| MTOW |
39,000 lbs(17,960 Kgs) |
| Armament |
2 x 20 mm cannons,1,360 Kgs bomb(or 1xTorpedo) |
| Crew |
Three |
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Twin Pioneer
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| Twin Pioneer |
| A medium sized aircraft.First flew on june 1955 as a 16-seater civil transport military version was introduced in August 1957. |
| Power plant |
2 x550 hp Alvis Leonides 514 or 640hp Alvis Leonides |
| Range |
398 miles with 16 passangers |
| MTOW |
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| Armament |
- 2 x Fixed browning guns
- 2 x 1000 lbs or 4 x 500 lbs mounted externally
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| Payload |
11 men or 9 paratroopers or freight |
| Crew |
Two plus navigator air dispatcher |
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Vampire FB9
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| Vampire FB9 |
| 1st Flight in september 1943 |
| Power plant |
1 x De Havilland 2 turbojet or Ghost 104 turbo jet |
| Speed |
882 kph or 1,013 kph |
| Range |
1,960 kms or 1,610 kms |
| Armament |
- 2 or 4 Hispano cannons
- 2 x 500 lbs or 1 x 1,000 lbs or 8 x 60 lbs rockets
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| Max Take Off wt |
5,620 Kgs or 7,166 Kgs |
| Pilot |
one |
| 3,987 were built between 1943 and 1961 in six countries |
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Lincoln Bomber
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| Lincoln Bomber |
| Long range bomber |
| power plant |
4 x 1,750Hp Rolls Royce Merlin 85 in line piston engines |
| Speed |
475 Kmph |
| Range |
2,366 km with max bomb load |
| MTOW |
34,019 Kgs |
| Armament |
2 x 50 in machine gun each of nose, dorsel and tail tunets |
| Payload |
14,000 or 22,000 lbs of bombs |
| Crew |
Seven |
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Provost
Percival Provost Aircraft
Role: Trainer
Power plant: 1x Alvis Leonides radial piston engine
Horse power: 550 hp
Speed: 200 mph
Maximum take off weight (MTOW): 4,400 lbs
Ceiling : 22,500 ft AGL
Range: 648 Nautical Miles
BLACKBURN BEVERLY
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| BLACKBURN BEVERLY |
| Large transport aircraft |
| Power plant |
4 X Centurus 273,18 cylinders,air cooled 2,850 hp eng |
| Speed |
383 Kph |
| Range |
2,090 Kms |
| MTOW |
64,865 Kgs |
| Armament |
2 X 20 cannons |
| Payload |
94 passengers or 45,000 lbs cargo |
| Crew |
Four |
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