NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Military of Burkina Faso

Military branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, People's Militia

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,379,010 (2002 est.)

Aircraft inventory

Burkina Faso's military aircraft, operated by the Air Force, totals 19 aircraft of 12 different models, including 11 helicopters. Burkina Faso does not operate any fixed-wing combat aircraft.

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Weapon

Recce Panhard AML, EE-9 Cascavel
AA Gun ZPU-4
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References and links

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Categories: Government of Burkina Faso | Military by country | African military stubs | Burkina Faso stubs This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Military branches: Army, Coast Guard Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 92,486 (2002 est. ... The military of the Central African Republic (Forces armées centrafricaines or FACA), currently numbers at approximately 2,000, and military expenditures amount to 1. ... The military of the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently in the rebuilding process after the Second Congo War officially ended in July 2003. ... The 17,000-man Ivorian Armed Forces (FANCI) include an army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie. ... The military of Equatorial Guinea was reorganized in 1979. ... The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de LiberaciÃ³n de SaguÃa el Hamra y RÃo de Oro (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and RÃo de Oro) is a Sahrawi rebel movement working for the separation... The island nation of SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe off the coast of West Africa maintains a very small military, consisting of four branches: the Army, the Coast Guard, the Presidential Guard, and the National Guard. ... Military branches:Army (RSLAF) Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,228,664 (2003 est. ... Military branches: South African National Defence Force or SANDF (includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Service), South African Police Service (SAPS) Military manpower - military age: 18 years of age Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 11,924,500 (2004 est. ... A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ... Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK See also : Saint Helena Refer to Saint Helena Article. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a region of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. ...

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General information

Aircraft inventory

Weapon

References and links

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