Ghana Air Force history

All three different kind of de Havilland Canada types the Ghana Air Force has used captured in one photo.

de Haviland Canada

Accra/Kotoka Intl (DGAA) Air Base
RWY 03/21 POS 05°36'19"N 000°10'01"W ELEV 205 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Timeline	Aircraft Type(s)	Fate
Communications Squadron	1960 - present	DH114(2D) (Jun61-July74) BAe125-1B (July65-76) SC7-3M-400 (Sep74-?) F27-600 (Feb75-5June00) F28-300 (Sep78-14) G-III (Apr99-June06) Falcon 900EX-EASy (10->)

2 Squadron	196. ? - ?	DHC-4 (63-June76) F27-400M (Apr75-13) C295M (Nov11->)	relocated to Tamale

3 Squadron	196. ? - present	WS-55 Whirlwind Mi-4 Wessex Mk53 H269 (Oct63-?) H-19D SA316B (72-?) Bell 212 (May72-05) Mi-2 AB412 A109A (Dec96-?) Mi-17V-5 (Nov04->) Mi-171Sh (Jan13->) Z-9EH (23Sep15->)

4 (Strike & Recce) Squadron	20. .? - present	K-8G (Feb07->)

BAe125-1B G511 seen visiting RAF Lyneham in October 1968.

collection Dick Lohuis

Next to a F27-600 five F27-400M's, like this one, were deliverd to the 2 Squadron in the mid seventies.

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For VIP transport the Communications Squadron has used this F28-300 from 1978 till 2014.

Paul Morley

SA316B G460 was one of four.

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G-III G540 carries the Air Force badge on the nose and the Governmental one on the tail.

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Takoradi (DGTK)
RWY 04/22 POS 04°53'46"N 001°46'29"W ELEV 22 ft Google Maps
Squadron	Timeline	Aircraft Type(s)	Fate
Flying Training School	24 July 1959 - present	HT-2 PA-18A (60-62) Chipmunk T10 (61-76) Bulldog Mk122 (July73-?) Ce172

1 Squadron	1960 - present	DHC-2 (60-Aug74) DHC-3 (Mar61-June74) BN-2A-9 (13July73-14Apr98) SC7-3M-400 (Oct74-?) BN-2T (Dec90-?) Da42NG (Sep11->) DA42M-NG (Apr13->)

3 Squadron det.	? - present	Z-9EH

SC7-3M-400 G454 leaving Exeter in the last light of 18 March 1991.

Anthony Hutchings

Four of these turbo-prop BN-2T's have been in use with 1 Squadron.

Accra, 1 August 2004, Paul Morley

MB326KG G716 taxies out at Venegono for a test flight on 22 April 1994.

Luca

Twelve L-29's were dontaed by Nigeria late 1989.

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MB339A G802 at Venegono on 22 April 1994.

Luca

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