Editing Niger Armed Forces (section)

=== Aircraft inventory ===
The aircraft inventory of the Niger Air Force is modest though it has increased with new acquisitions beginning in 2008, and further assistance from France and the United States.<ref name="traderegistry" /> This expansion in capacity is guided by the need for better border patrol following the crisis in [[Libya]] and [[Mali]]. 
[[File:Roundel of Niger.svg|thumb|210px|Roundel of the Niger Air Force]]
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Combat aircraft]]
|-
| [[Sukhoi Su-25]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Attack aircraft|Attack]]
| 
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2025">{{cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |year=2024 |title=World Air Forces 2025 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=106507 |access-date=30 January 2025 |publisher=Flight Global |doi=}}</ref>
|
|-
! colspan="6" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
| [[Dornier 228]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|
| 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> 
|
|-
| [[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208]]
| [[United States]]
| [[Utility aircraft|Utility]]
|
| 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
| 2 units are used for [[Reconnaissance aircraft|reconnaissance]]
|-
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air]]
| United States
| Transport 
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Variants|350]]
| 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
| 
|-
| [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]]
| United States
| Transport
| [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules#Variants|C-130H]]
| 3<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Helicopters]]
|-
| [[Bell 412]]
| [[Italy]]
| Transport / [[Search and rescue|SAR]]
| [[Bell 412#Variants|AB-412]]
| 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
|
|-
| [[Mil Mi-17]]
| [[Russia]]
| Transport 
| 
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/> 
|
|-
| [[Mil Mi-24]]
| Russia
| [[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|[[List of Mil Mi-24 variants#List of variants|Mi-35]]
| 1
| 2 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
|-
|[[Aérospatiale Gazelle]]
| [[France]]
|Scout / [[Anti-tank warfare#Helicopter|Anti-armor]]
|[[Aérospatiale Gazelle#Variants|SA342]]
| 5<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
| 
|-
! colspan="6" center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"  |[[Trainer aircraft]]
|-
|[[TAI Hürkuş]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Trainer aircraft#Basic training|Basic trainer]] 
|B
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2025"/>
|
|-
! colspan="6" |[[Unmanned aerial vehicle]]
|-
|[[Vestel Karayel]]
|Turkey
|[[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|UCAV]]
|
|.
|5 on order
|-
|[[Bayraktar TB2]]
|Turkey
|UCAV
|
|6<ref>{{Cite web |last=Işık |first=Yusuf Emir |date=2022-05-21 |title=Nijer'e Bayraktar TB2 SİHA teslimatı |url=https://www.defenceturk.net/nijere-bayraktar-tb2-siha-teslimati |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=DefenceTurk |language=tr |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224165742/https://www.defenceturk.net/nijere-bayraktar-tb2-siha-teslimati |url-status=live }}</ref>||-
|}