Territorial Air Defence Forces

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Territorial Air Defence Force
قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم (Arabic)
Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire (French)
File:Insigne de la DAT.jpg
Insignia of the Commander of the Territorial Air Defence Force
Founded1988
CountryAlgeria
RoleAir Defense
Size10,000
Part ofAlgerian People's National Army

The Territorial Air Defence Force (DAT; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم,[1]French: Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire[2]) is an armed service/branch of the Algerian People's National Army, the armed forces of Algeria.[3] It is one of the four service branches of the Algerian Armed Forces, along with the army, navy, and air force. It is tasked with the Algerian airspace protection mission. Its current commander is Major-General Amer Amrani.[4]

The higher military school of the Air Defence Forces (école supérieure de la défense aérienne du territoire) is located at Reghaïa in Algeria's 1st Military Region.[5] It provides engineering training.

Created in 1988, after being separated from the Ground Forces Command, it is currently under the command of the commander of air defense of the military region forces. Its equipment includes batteries of S-300s and Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system.[6][7] Other systems include: the SA-6 "Gainful" and Buk missile systems, the S-125 Neva/Pechora and the SA-8 Gecko, as well as the "Shilka" armed with 23 mm cannons and man portable 9K32 Strela-2s. In addition, the force possesses many types of radar.

Currently there are three air defence brigades and five surface-to-air missile regiments with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, and SA-20.[8]

Equipment

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Gear Image Origin in service Type Comments
S-300 File:Military parade in Baku on an Army Day32.jpg File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 8 regiments[9] Strategic air defense 8 regiments of S-300PMU-2 Favorit were ordered in 2006.[10][11] One S-300 regiment consists of 12 launchers of 4 missiles.
Buk-M2 File:Buk-m2 ky.jpg File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 48 systems[12][13] Medium-range SAM
2K12 File:2P25 VS 2.jpg File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Unknown Medium-range SAM
Pantsir-S1/SM File:MAKS Airshow 2013 (Ramenskoye Airport, Russia) (521-05).jpg File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 108[14] Air defense short and medium-term
Tor M2 File:Tor-M1 SAM (2).jpg File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 48 systems[15] Short-range SAM
9K31 Strela-1 File:SA-9 Gaskin.JPG File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 20 systems[14] Short-range SAM
S-125 Neva[16] File:S125 Neva 250 brPVO VS, september 01, 2012.jpg File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 36 S-125 Short-range SAM

Ranks

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Commissioned officer ranks
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Algerian Territorial Air Defence Forces
 File:14.PNA-MG.svg File:13.PNA-BG.svg File:12.AlgAF-COL.svg File:11.AlgAF-LTC.svg File:10.AlgAF-MAJ.svg File:09.AlgAF-CAPT.svg File:08.AlgAF-1LT.svg File:07.AlgAF-2LT.svg
لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim
Général de division Général Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Other ranks
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Algerian Territorial Air Defence Forces
 File:06.AlgAF-SGM.svg File:05.AlgAF-MSG.svg File:04.AlgAF-SSG.svg File:03.AlgAF-SGT.svg File:02.AlgAF-CPL.svg File:01.AlgAF-AFC.svg No insignia
مساعد أول
Mosa'id awwal 		مساعد
Mosa'id 		رقيب أول
Raqib awwal 		رقيب
Raqib 		عريف أول
Earif 'awal 		عريف
Earif 		جندي
Jundiun
Adjudant chef Adjudant Sergent chef Sergent Caporal chef Caporal Djoundi

References

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  10. ^ In 2006 it was thought that the capabilities of the command would be boosted by the delivery from Russia of eight S-300PMU2 Favorit air defence missile systems, ordered as part of the package of arms deals with Russia announced in 2006 as part of a USD7.5 billion arms package.In fact the first battalion of S-300 series SAMs ordered by Algeria was delivered in 2008 however the rest of the deal had been frozen.[1] Archived 26 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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