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  1. $Title{Table 17.: Major Air Force Weapons Systems, 1986}
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  4. Type and Description                    Country of Origin        In Inventory
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  6. Destroyers
  7.  Gearing-class, built in 1945           United States            9
  8.  R.H. Smith-class, built in 1944        -do-                     1
  9.  Sumner-class, built in 1944            -do-                     1
  10.  Carpenter-class, built in 1940s        -do-                     2
  11. Frigates
  12.  Berk-class, built in 1971-72           Turkey                   2
  13.  Koln-class, built in 1961              West Germany             2
  14.  Meko 200, first two launched in
  15.      1985-86                            West Germany, Turkey     4 (on order)
  16. Submarines
  17.  Guppy-class, built in 1943-44          United States            9
  18.  Type 209/1200, built in 1975-85        West Germany, Turkey     6
  19.  Tang-class, built in 1951-52           United States            2 (on loan)
  20. Fast-attack craft
  21.  Lurssen-type, Harpoon missiles,
  22.      built in 1977-84                   West Germany, Turkey     4
  23.  Kartal-class, torpedoes and Penguin
  24.      missiles, built in 1967-68         West Germany             9
  25.  Jaguar-class  torpedoes, built in
  26.      1959-62                            -do-                     5
  27.  Zobel-class                            -do-                     6
  28. Patrol craft
  29.  Coastal, armed for anti-submarine
  30.      warfare (ASW)                      United States, West
  31.                                         Germany, Turkey          29
  32. Minelayers
  33.  Converted LSM, built in 1945           United States            5
  34.  Falster-class, built in 1964           Denmark                  1
  35.  YMP-class, built in 1958               United States            1
  36. Minesweepers
  37.  MSC-class (coastal)                    -do-                     12
  38.  US Cape (inshore)                      -do-                     4
  39.  MCB (coastal)                          Canada                   6
  40.  Vegesack (former French Mercure)       West Germany             6
  41. Amphibious vessels
  42.  Landing ships, tank                    United States, Turkey    6
  43.  Landing craft, tank                    Turkey                   29
  44.  Landing craft, utility                 -do-                     13
  45.  Landing craft, medium                  -do-                     20
  46. Aircraft
  47.  Agusta-Bell AB-204B and AB-212 ASW
  48.      helicopters                        Italy                    9
  49.  Grumman S2E Tracker ASW search planes  United States            15
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  51. Source: Based on information from International Institute for Strategic
  52. Studies, The Military Balance, 1986-1987, London, 1986, 79; and
  53. Jane's Fighting Ships, 1987-88, London, 1986, 521-39.
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