Zambian Defense Force

Zambian Armed Forces Zambian Defense Force
guide
Commander in Chief :	President of Zambia
Defense Minister:	Chama Davies
Military strength
Active soldiers:	21,600 (including active reserve)
Reservists:	3,000
Conscription:
Resilient population:	1,310,814 (2004 estimate)
Eligibility for military service:	18th
household
Military budget:	US $ 340 million (2017)
Share of gross domestic product :	1.3% (2017)
history

The armed forces of Zambia ( Engl. Zambian Defense Force , abbreviated ZDF ) are the military of the Republic of Zambia .

General

The Zambian armed forces are organized on the internal tray out, even though parts of them repeated on peace missions of the United Nations to participate. The internal mission recently related to keeping UNITA , which is also active in Zambia, and marauding militiamen from Angola in check or to drive them out. In addition, the Barotse Patriotic Front occasionally draws attention to itself, which, as was admitted in 1999, is connected to the Caprivi Liberation Army , an area where Lozi also live, who can easily stock up on weapons in Angola. In October 1997 an amateurishly prepared attempted coup by young officers failed . In June 2002, then President Levy Mwanawasa declared that a planned coup had been uncovered.

A joint defense agreement has been concluded with the Republic of South Africa .

structure

The Zambian armed forces are divided into two armed forces and one organizational area, the Ministry of Defense is also subordinate to the Zambia Intelligence and Security Services (ZISS) as an intelligence service .

Land Forces

The Zambian army ( Engl. : Zambian Army ), the land force the Zambian armed forces and has a staff strength of 20,000 troops.

Air Force

Flag of the Zambian Air Force

The Zambian Air Force ( Engl. : Zambian Air Force abbreviated, ZAF ), the air force the Zambian armed forces and has a staff strength of 1,600 soldiers. It is not ready to recruit people infected with HIV ; infected soldiers are demoted. It also operates the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in the capital Lusaka .

At the end of 2014, the commander of the Air Force, Brigadier General Jabes Zulu , announced a modernization program because the airborne material was in an unusable state. The lack of operational readiness meant that 400 soldiers could not be transported to a UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic . The procurement project includes six Hongdu L-15Z training aircraft / light ground attack aircraft , which were delivered by 2017, two C-27J Spartan transport aircraft, additional SF-260TW training aircraft and Mil Mi-17 helicopters. In addition, a new radar is being procured for better air surveillance .

equipment

Cockade of the Zambian Air Force

As of the end of 2018

Aircraft	origin	photos	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Warplanes
Shenyang J-6	People's Republic of China		Fighter plane	F-6A	8th		License replica of the MiG-19
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	Soviet Union		Fighter plane		10
Hongdu L-15	People's Republic of China		Training and light ground attack aircraft		6th
Transport aircraft
Leonardo C-27J Spartan	Italy		Military multipurpose and STOL transport aircraft			2
Xi'an MA60	People's Republic of China		Airliner		1
Harbin Y-12	People's Republic of China		Airliner		8th
Training aircraft
Shenyang J-6	People's Republic of China		Jet trainer	FT-6	2		License replica of the MiG-19
Hongdu JL-8	People's Republic of China		Jet trainer		15th
Leonardo SF-260	Italy		Trainer	SF-260TW	13
helicopter
Bell 205	United States		Multipurpose helicopter		12
Bell 206	United States		Light multipurpose helicopter		2
Bell 212	United States		Multipurpose helicopter		1
Mil Wed-8	Russia		Multipurpose helicopter	Mil Mi-171	5
Harbin Z-9	People's Republic of China		Multipurpose helicopter		7th

Organizational area

The Zambian National Service is a military organizational unit which is responsible within the Ministry of Defense for the implementation of public projects.

Web links

Commons : Zambian Armed Forces  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Armed Forces of Zambia at GlobalDefence.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military expenditure by country in US $ 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) , 2018, accessed on January 18, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2018, accessed January 18, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Chen Chuanren: Uruguay Interested in Chinese L-15 Trainer. In: ainonline.com. March 7, 2018, accessed January 18, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Oscar Nkala: Zambia To Boost AF Trainer, Lift Capabilities. In: defensenews.com. January 27, 2015, accessed January 19, 2019 . 
5. ↑ World Air Force 2019. Flight International , December 8, 2018, accessed January 19, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Zambia receives eight K-8P jet trainers. In: austrianwings.info. April 17, 2012, accessed January 19, 2019 .