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Syrian Air Forces

Organization - Syrian Air Force Order of Battle, 1941
- 1x fighter squadron: 22x Dewoitine D.520 fighters
- 1x bomber squadron: 8x Loire-Nieuport LN.411 dive bombers
- 1x transport escadrille: 4x Caudron Simoun liaison aircraft, 2x Bloch MB.220 transports
- 3x army cooperation squadrons: 8x Breguet 19 light bombers each

Organization - Syrian Air Force Order of Battle, Mid/late 1944
- 1x fighter squadron: 25x Soko Orai fighters
- 2x army cooperation squadrons: 6x Épouvantail light bombers each
- 1x bomber squadron: 8x Loire-Nieuport LN.411 dive bombers
- 1x transport escadrille: 4x Ikarus IK-4 trainer-transports

Aircraft
- 22x Dewoitine D.520 fighters (most out of service 1944)
- 8x Loire-Nieuport LN.411 dive bombers
- 4x Caudron Simoun liaison aircraft (retired 1943)
- 2x Bloch MB.220 transports (retired 1943)
- 24x Breguet 19 light bombers (most retired 1943)
- 4x Ikarus IK-4 twin-engine trainer and transport (ordered November '41)
- 30x Soko Orao fighters (ordered January '44)
- 18x AIAA-built LN.190 Épouvantail COIN aircraft (ordered February '44)

Bases
- Damascus
- Aleppo

Notes
Syria cooperates with France for pilot training, and sends pilot candidates to France.

[SIZE=4]Dewoitine D.520C.1[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]OTL Aircraft, introduced 1935[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 1
Length: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 10.2 m (33 ft 5S in)
Height: 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 15.87 m² (171 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,123 kg (4,680 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,677 kg (5,902 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,785 kg (6,140 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 12Y-45 liquid-cooled V12 engine, 690 kW (930 hp)

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 535 km/h (302 kn, 332 mph at 18,040 feet, 263.9 mph at sealevel)
Range: 1,250 km (675 nmi, 777 mi)
Service ceiling: 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 14.3 m/s (2,820 ft/min)
Wing loading: 167 kg/m² (34.2 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 257 W/kg (0.156 hp/lb)

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
- 1 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 (60-round drum) cannon
- 4 × 7.5 mm (0.295 in) MAC 1934 (675 rpg) machine guns

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]
Syria acquired twenty-two D.520s from France at the time of independence in 1936. Most of these aircraft served until 1944, when they were replaced by new fighters.

[SIZE=4]Breguet 25[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 2
Length: 9.61 m (31 ft 6¼ in)
Wingspan: 14.83 m (48 ft 7¾ in)
Height: 3.69 m (12 ft 1¼ in)
Wing area: 50 m² (538 ft²)
Empty weight: 1,387 kg (3,058 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,511 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Lorraine 12Ed piston, 336 kW (450 hp)

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 214 km/h (133 mph)
Range: 800 km (500 mi)
Service ceiling: 7,200 m (23,620 ft)

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
- 1 × fixed, forward-firing machine gun, and two flexible, rearward-firing 7.5 mm machine guns.
- Light bombs

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]
Syria acquired twenty-four D.520s from France at the time of independence in 1936. Most of these aircraft served as army support aircraft and occasionally trainers. They were all retired from service by 1944.

[SIZE=4]Bloch MB.220[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]Historical aircraft, introduced 1936.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 4
Capacity: 16
Length: 19.25 m (63 ft 1¾ in)
Wingspan: 22.82 m (74 ft 10½ in)
Height: ()
Wing area: 75 m² (807.32 ft²)
Empty weight: 6,807 kg (15,007 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Gnome-Rhône 14N-16/7 radial engine, 735 kw (985 hp) each

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 330 km/h (205 mph)
Range: 1,400 km (870 mi)
Service ceiling: 7,000 m (22,965 ft)

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]
Two Bloch MB.220s were acquired from France upon independence. These aircraft were badly cared for in Syrian service and were replaced in 1941.

[SIZE=4]Caudron C.635M Simoun[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 1-2: pilot and (optional) co-pilot
Capacity: 2 passengers
Length: 9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 10.4 m (34 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 16 m² (170 ft²)
Empty weight: 755 kg (1,660 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 1,380 kg (3,040 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Renault Bengali 6Q-09 six-cylinder inline engine, 220 hp (160 kW)

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 300 km/h (160 knots, 190 mph)
Range: 1,500 km (810 nm, 930 mi)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]
Four C.635M Simouns were acquired from France upon independence. They were replaced in 1941.

[SIZE=4]Loire-Nieuport LN.401[/SIZE]
[SIZE=1]OTL Specs, as near as I can determine.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 1
Length: 9.76 m (32 ft)
Wingspan: 14 m (46 ft)
Height: 3.50 m (11.48 ft)
Wing area: 24.75 m² (81.2 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,135 kg (4,706 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,823 kg (6,223 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 12XCrs V-12 piston engine, (690 hp)

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 380 km/h (236 mp/h) at 3,900 m (12,795 ft)
Stall speed: 90 km/h (56 mp/h)
Range: 1,200 km (745.6 mi)

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
- 2 x Darne machine guns
- 225 kg (496 lb) of bombs

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]
Eight aircraft were acquired from France upon Syrian independence in 1936. Several of the aircraft were stripped for parts to repair the others, and by 1946 they were retired due to inoperability.

[SIZE=4]Ikarus IK-4 Sjevernjaca[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 2
Passengers: 10
Length: 13.8 m
Wingspan: 18.4 m
Height: 3.95 m
Wing area: 41.80 m²
Empty weight: 3,600 kg
Loaded weight: 5,500 kg (6,223 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Racovica-built 600 hp Pratt and Whitney R-1340-AN1 radial air cooled engines

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 340 km/h
Landing speed: 120 km/h
Range: 1,000 km
Ceiling: 5,900 m

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
None regular

[SIZE=3]Notes[/SIZE]
These aircraft were Syria's first purchase as an independent country. They replaced the Caudron Simoun and Bloch MB.220 in service in the Syrian Air Force.

[SIZE=4]Soko Orao[/SIZE]

[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 1
Length: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 11.3 m (37 ft)
Height: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 21 m² (226 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,700 kg (5,952 lb)
Loaded weight: 3,625 kg (7,992 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 3,900 kg (8,598 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt and Whitney R-2800-10W eighteen-cylinder double row radial (2100hp)

[SIZE=3]Performance:[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 700 kph at 7,000 metres (435 mph at 23,000 ft)
Range: 1200 km (745 mi)
Service ceiling: 10,500 m (34,449 ft)
Rate of climb: 19.25 m/s (3,789.36 ft/min)

[SIZE=3]Armament:[/SIZE]
- 6 × 13.2mm M40 machineguns (300rpg)
- 1 × 500 kg (1,102 lb) bombs or rockets under fuselage

[SIZE=3]Notes:[/SIZE]
These aircraft were ordered from Yugoslavia in January 1944, with twenty-five ordered as single-seat fighters, and another five ordered as twin-seat fighter-trainers.

[SIZE=4]Loire-Nieuport LN.190 Épouvantail / TNAC Hunlika[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]General characteristics[/SIZE]
Crew: 2 (pilot, gunner-spotter)
Length: 12.5 m (41 ft)
Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Height: 3.75 m (12 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 39 m² (409 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,700 kg (5,952 lb)
Loaded weight: 4,000 kg (8,818.5 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Dietrich-Lorraine DL-411 (licensed Argus As 411), 592 hp (441 kW) each

[SIZE=3]Performance:[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 400 km/h at 2,600 m (248 mph at 8,000 ft)
Range: 700 km (434 mi)
Service ceiling: 8,000 m (27,550 ft)
Rate of climb: 8.5 m/s (27.9 ft/min)
Wing loading: 102.5 kg/m² (21.5 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 110.25 W/kg (0.067 hp/lb)

[SIZE=3]Armament:[/SIZE]
- 4 × 7.5 mm machine guns (or 2 × 12.7mm MGs) mounted in the wing roots
- 2 × 23mm HS.406 cannon in nose
- 20 × 10 kg (22 lb) bombs
- 8 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or rockets under wings

[SIZE=3]Notes:[/SIZE]
Eighteen aircraft were ordered from the AIAA factory in Algiers in February 1944. Twelve aircraft were organized into two six-plane counterinsurgency squadrons, while the remaining six were used as training aircraft and reserve planes.