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== Equipment == === Infantry battalion equipment === "The basic weaponry provided to the AFL- AK-47 assault rifles and RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launchers—[was] compatible with that of other ECOWAS countries. ..[W]eapons were donated by the Romanian government."{{sfn|Malan|2008|page=36}} Other reporting on weaponry includes [[AKM]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Jane's infantry weapons, 2009–2010 2009/2010 |date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5 |edition=35th}}</ref> and [[Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965|PM md. 63]]<ref>[[c:File:Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) Pfc. Cyres Thompson, right, checks out his shot placement while U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Garcia, a mentor for the AFL's 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Brigade, ensures 130426-F-ED706-093.jpg]]{{better source needed|date=May 2020}}</ref> assault rifles, and [[PK machine gun]]s. It may also include [[Streit Cougar]] vehicles.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 February 2020 |title=Liberia operating Streit Cougars |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/liberia-operating-streit-cougars/ |access-date=18 May 2020 |website=defenceWeb |language=en-ZA |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122020408/https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/liberia-operating-streit-cougars/ |url-status=live }}</ref> === Aircraft inventory === The Liberian Air Force inventory for its entire existence included: {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align:center;" |Aircraft ! style="text-align: center;" |Origin ! style="text-align:l center;" |Type ! style="text-align:left;" |Variant ! style="text-align:center;" |In service ! style="text-align: center;" |Notes |- ! colspan="7" style="align: center;" |Transport |- |[[De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou]] |[[Canada]] |Transport | |2<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Worlds Air Forces|last=Peacock|first=Lindsay|publisher=Salamander Books|year=1991|isbn=0-86101-563-0|pages=149}}</ref> | |- |[[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208 Caravan 1]] |[[United States]] |Transport | |1<ref name=":0" /> | |- |[[Boeing 707]] |[[United States]] |VIP |[[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-351B]] |1 |Government transport |- |[[Boeing 727]] |[[United States]] |VIP |[[Boeing 727|Boeing 727–25]] |1 |Government transport |- |[[BAC One-Eleven|BAC 1–11]] |[[United Kingdom]] |VIP |[[BAC One-Eleven|BAC 1–11 Series 401AK]] |1 |Government Transport |- ! colspan="7" style="align: center;" |Communications |- |[[Cessna 150|Cessna 150K]] |[[United States]] |Communications | |2<ref name=":0" /> |Operated by the Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit |- |[[Cessna 172]] |[[United States]] |Communications | |1<ref name=":0" /> |Operated by the Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit |- |[[Cessna 180|Cessna 180E]] |[[United States]] |Communications | |1<ref name=":0" /> |Operated by the Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit |- |[[Cessna 206]] |[[United States]] |Communications | |2<ref name=":0" /> |Operated by the Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit |- ! colspan="7" style="align: center;" |Helicopters |- |[[Mil Mi-24]] |[[Russia]] |Attack | |1{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} | |- |[[Mil Mi-2]] |[[Poland]] |Transport | |1{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} |Operated by the Justice Air Wing{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} |}
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