Nairobi, April 28 -- Kenya has largely survived on aircraft donations and maintains an older fleet bought years ago, apart from a few purchases for use by VIPs, publicly available information and military records indicate.

Kenya Air Force has for a long time depended on its 17 old Scottish Aviation Bulldogs, Embraer Tucanos trainers and 14 BAE System Hawks that were delivered in 1980 for training.

There are several MD530s and C-27J Spartans for transport in the fleet.

The only recent helicopters the Kenyan government has purchased for the Kenya Air Force are five Augustawestland manufactured AW 139s, several Tucanos and 12 Grob 120As Grobs training aircraft.

In 2017, Jordan donated five AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters which joined the A...