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The Ugandan Air Force training facility is located at Gulu Air Base, where pilot's undergo a five year training program [25] The Gulu airport is controlled by the Air wing of the Uganda People Defence Forces. [26]
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000, consisting of land forces and an air wing. [6]
Uganda Special Forces School - Located at Kaweweta, Nakaseke District [8] Sera Kasenyi SFC Training School, Kasenyi, Entebbe. [9] Uganda Military Air Force Academy - Located at Nakasongola in Nakasongola District [10] Uganda Military Engineering College - Located at Lugazi, Buikwe District; Uganda Junior Staff College - Located at Qaddafi ...
The Ugandan Special Forces Command is the special forces branch of the Uganda People's Defence Force, tasked with airborne operations, special operations, mechanized warfare, reconnaissance, counter-insurgency, infiltration and other specialized forms of warfare.
During the course of the air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79), Gulu Air Base hosted Ugandan and Libyan military aircraft. [8] During the 21 years of civil war between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government, the Ugandan Air Force was actively based from Gulu. Since the LRA rebel activity ended, the ...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan military spokesperson says troops have captured a commander of an extremist group whose fighters are accused of killing two tourists last month.. Col. Deo Akiiki ...
By 1981, Kabamba housed a military base, known as the "Kabamba Military Barracks" [3] or "Kabamba Training School". [4] This location housed "several companies" belonging to the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) [5] whose members were training soldiers of Uganda's then-national military, the Uganda National Liberation Army. [6]
A Ugandan military helicopter being used in the fight against Islamic extremists in neighboring Congo crashed into a Ugandan house on Tuesday, killing both crew members and a civilian in the ...