Editing Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force (section)

===Air Force===
[[File:Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force Air Wing IAI Arava.jpg|thumb|[[IAI Arava]] of the Swazi military air wing in 1995]]
Eswatini maintains a relatively small air wing, part of the Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=3D-DAC&distinct_entry=true|title=Photo Search Results|publisher=Airliners.net|access-date=23 October 2014}}</ref> The air wing is mainly used for transporting the King as well as cargo, and personnel; surveying land with search and rescue functions, and mobilising in case of a national emergency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Sentinel-Security-Assessment-Southern-Africa/Air-force-Swaziland.html|title=Air force (Swaziland) - Sentinel Security Assessment - Southern Africa|date=2011-04-12|publisher=Janes.com|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref>
[[File:Swazi DF Arava 201 3D-DAA (6547913823).jpg|thumb|IAI Arava of the Swazi Air Force]]
Both Arava 201s have crashed; the first was on a demo flight in the 1980s, leaving both pilots dead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800115-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident IAI Arava 201 3D-DAB Zomba Air Base|date=1980-01-15|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> The second was lost in 2004, after bad weather caused the flight crew led by pilot army colonel Micheal Ranft to fail to unlock the flight controls lock pin, this was later proven untrue as the crew were cleared that  plane's flight controls to not respond to the pilot's yoke. This caused the plane to crash into a [[sugar cane]] field after failing to [[Rotation (aeronautics)|rotate]]. Although no injuries were reported, the incident left the air force temporarily crippled.<ref name="crash">{{cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1101220382909B224|title=Crash diminishes Swaziland's air force|date=November 23, 2004|access-date=2009-10-19|publisher=[[Independent Online (South Africa)]]}}</ref>

====Aircraft====
===== Current inventory =====
{| 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="7" | Helicopter
|-
| [[Aérospatiale Alouette III]]
| [[France]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
| 
| 3<ref name="World Air Forces 2022">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-directory-2022/146695.article|title = World Air Forces 2022|publisher= Flightglobal |year= 2022 |doi = |access-date= 11 April 2022|url-access=registration}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1]]
| [[United States]]
| [[Utility helicopter|utility]]
| [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|UH-1H]]
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2022"/>
| donated by the Government of [[Taiwan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/aerospace/military-helicopters/eswatini-receives-two-hueys-donated-by-taiwan/ |title=eSwatini receives two Hueys donated by Taiwan |date=27 February 2020 |access-date=11 April 2022 |publisher=defenceWeb}}</ref>
|-
|}

===== Retired inventory =====
{| class="wikitable"
! Aircraft
! Country of origin
! Type
! Versions
! Notes
|-
|[[IAI Arava]]
|{{flag|Israel}}
|[[Cargo plane]]
|IAI 202<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/swaziland/index.php|title=Swazi military aviation OrBat|publisher=Milaviapress.com|access-date=2012-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307190530/http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/swaziland/index.php|archive-date=2012-03-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|2 delivered, one crashed in the 1980s, and the other in 2004
|-
|[[Douglas DC-3]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|[[Cargo plane]]
|
|
|}