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The National Air Force of Angola (FANA; Portuguese: Força Aérea Nacional de Angola) is the air force branch of the Angolan Armed Forces. With an inventory of more than 300 aircraft, FANA is (on paper) one of the largest and strongest air forces of Africa .
The Angolan Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Angolanas) or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (Exército Angolano), the Angolan Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angolana) and the National Air Force of Angola (Força Aérea Nacional de Angola). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. [2]
Many of Angola's weapons are of Warsaw Pact origin. Small arms. Name Origin Type ... Used by special forces. [2] SKS: Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle: 7.62×39mm [1]
The People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola) or FAPLA was originally the armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola but later (1975–1991) became Angola's official armed forces when the MPLA took control of the government.
Many of Angola's weapons are of Portuguese colonial and Warsaw Pact origin. Jane's Information Group lists the following as in service: Rifles in service with Army include the AK-47, AKM, FN FAL, G3 Assault Rifle, SKS and IMI Tavor. [13] Pistols include the Makarov pistol, Stechkin automatic pistol and the Tokarev TT pistol.
National Air Force of Angola [3] Aspirante: Other ranks. The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs
Militant forces laid approximately 15 million landmines by 2002. [220] The HALO Trust began demining Angola in 1994, and had destroyed 30,000 landmines by July 2007. 1,100 Angolans and seven foreign workers are employed by the HALO Trust in Angola, with demining operations expected to finish by 2014. [227] [228]
Operation Saluting October (Portuguese: Operação Saludando Octubre, alternatively translated as Operation Salute to October) [1] was an offensive carried out by the People's Armed Forces of Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) against the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and its armed wing, the Armed Forces of the Liberation of Angola (FALA), during the Angolan Civil War.