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In 1995 Mil Mi-24 gunships were acquired for close air support for the army and by 2001 Mil Mi-35s were added to the fleet. [ 10 ] In 1996 the SLAF acquired seven IAI Kfirs (six C.2s and one TC.2) from Israel [ 11 ] and a further nine of these aircraft had been added to the inventory by 2005.
The Buk (Russian: "Бук"; "beech" (tree), / b ʊ k /) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation, and designed to counter cruise missiles, smart bombs and rotary-wing aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles.