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href="#Newly_formed_military"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Newly formed military</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Newly_formed_military-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-21st_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#21st_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>21st century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-21st_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_Karabakh_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_Karabakh_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Second Karabakh War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Second_Karabakh_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Structure</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Structure-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Structure subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Command" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Command"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Command</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Command-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Land_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Land_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Land Forces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Land_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Turkey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Turkey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>United States</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Russia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Russia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Russia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Russia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Israel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Israel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Israel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Israel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> 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class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Educational system</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Educational_system-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conscription" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conscription"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Conscription</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conscription-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_Justice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_Justice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Military Justice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_Justice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women_and_ethnic_minorities_in_the_armed_forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women_and_ethnic_minorities_in_the_armed_forces"> <div 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decoding="async" width="150" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces_logo.svg/225px-Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces_logo.svg/300px-Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Coat of arms of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">26 June 1918</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current form</th><td class="infobox-data">9 October 1991<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Service branches</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Land_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Land Forces">Azerbaijani Land Forces</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commander-in-Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense_(Azerbaijan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)">Defence Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg/12px-Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg/18px-Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg/24px-Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></span></span></span> Colonel General <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hasanov" title="Zakir Hasanov">Zakir Hasanov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief of <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg/12px-Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg/18px-Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg/24px-Azerbaijan_MOD_badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1500" /></span></span></span> Colonel General <a href="/wiki/Karim_Valiyev" title="Karim Valiyev">Karim Valiyev</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12–18 months for ground forces<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available for<br />military service</th><td class="infobox-data">3,000,000, age 18–49</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">128.000 <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">306.000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_deployment" title="Military deployment">Deployed personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">122<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2019_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2019-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$5.0 billion (2025)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">Percent of GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.26%</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Defense_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Defense Industry">Azerbaijan Defense Industry</a> <br /> State Border Service Naval Shipyard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foreign suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>see text</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Azerbaijan" title="Military history of Azerbaijan">Military history of Azerbaijan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_war_(1918%E2%80%931920)" title="Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)">Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baku" title="Battle of Baku">Battle of Baku (1918)</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_during_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan during World War II">Azerbaijan during World War II</a><br /><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a><b><br /></b><a href="/wiki/2016_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a><b><br /></b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War</a> <b>(Operation Iron Fist)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Azerbaijan" title="Military ranks of Azerbaijan">Military ranks of Azerbaijan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Azerbaijani Armed Forces</b> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri</i>) is the military of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Republic of Azerbaijan</a>. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a>'s armed forces were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic</a> from 28 April 1920. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991–92, Azerbaijan's armed forces were reformed based on Soviet bases and equipment left on Azerbaijani soil. </p><p>The armed forces have three branches: the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Land_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Land Forces">Azerbaijani Land Forces</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Air_and_Air_Defence_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force">Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Navy" title="Azerbaijani Navy">Azerbaijani Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JSSA-MT_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JSSA-MT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Associated forces include the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_National_Guard" title="Azerbaijani National Guard">Azerbaijani National Guard</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Troops_of_Azerbaijan" title="Internal Troops of Azerbaijan">Internal Troops of Azerbaijan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">State Border Service</a>, which can be involved in state defense under certain circumstances. </p><p>According to the Azerbaijani media sources, the military expenditures of Azerbaijan for 2009 were set at US$2.46 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however according to <a href="/wiki/Stockholm_International_Peace_Research_Institute" title="Stockholm International Peace Research Institute">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute</a>, only $1.473 billion was spent that year.<sup id="cite_ref-SIPRI_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIPRI-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/IISS" class="mw-redirect" title="IISS">IISS</a> also suggests that the defence budget in 2009 was $1.5 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Industry_of_Azerbaijan" title="Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan">Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan</a> supervises the design, manufacturing, regulation and maintenance of military equipment. In the future, Azerbaijan hopes to start building tanks, armored vehicles, military planes and military helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-unaz_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unaz-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, Azerbaijan has been trying to further develop its armed forces into a professional, well trained, and mobile military. Azerbaijan has been undergoing extensive modernization and capacity expanding programs, with the military budget increasing from around $300 million in 2005 to $2.46 billion in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters.com_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters.com-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total armed forces number 56,840 men in the land forces, 7,900 men in the air force and air defence force, and 2,200 men in the navy.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS_2015_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also 19,500 personnel in the National Guard, State Border Service, and Internal Troops.<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy12_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, there are 300,000 former service personnel who have had military service in the last 15 years.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS157_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS157-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military hardware of Azerbaijan consists of 220 main battle tanks, an additional 162 T-80s were acquired between 2005 and 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 595 armored combat vehicles and 270 artillery systems. The air force has about 106 aircraft and 35 helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS158_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS158-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azerbaijan has acceded to the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty">Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty</a> as a non-<a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries with nuclear weapons">nuclear weapons state</a>. Azerbaijan participates in <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a>. Azerbaijan joined the <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq" title="Multi-National Force – Iraq">multi-national force</a> in 2003. It sent 150 troops to Iraq, and later troops to Kosovo. Azerbaijani troops also served in Afghanistan. </p><p>Despite the rise in Azerbaijan's defence budget,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the armed forces were assessed in 2008 as not having a high state of battle readiness and being ill-prepared for wide scale combat operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy,_2008,_p.7_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy,_2008,_p.7-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azeri victory in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Karabakh_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Karabakh War">Second Karabakh War</a> in late 2020 demonstrated how significantly Azerbaijan's military capabilities had grown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_Azerbaijani_armed_forces">History of the Azerbaijani armed forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of the Azerbaijani armed forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Azerbaijan" title="Military history of Azerbaijan">Military history of Azerbaijan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_Azerbaijani_soldiers_1919.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Two_Azerbaijani_soldiers_1919.png/175px-Two_Azerbaijani_soldiers_1919.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Two_Azerbaijani_soldiers_1919.png/263px-Two_Azerbaijani_soldiers_1919.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Two_Azerbaijani_soldiers_1919.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Two Azerbaijani soldiers, members of the Guba military unit of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1919)</figcaption></figure> <p>The history of the modern Azerbaijan army dates back to <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a> (ADR) in 1918, when the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan were created on 26 June 1918. First <i>de facto</i> Minister of Defense of ADR was Dr. <a href="/wiki/Khosrov_bey_Sultanov" title="Khosrov bey Sultanov">Khosrov bey Sultanov</a>. When the Ministry was formally established Gen. <a href="/wiki/Samedbey_Mehmandarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Samedbey Mehmandarov">Samedbey Mehmandarov</a> became the minister, and then Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Ali-Agha_Shikhlinski" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali-Agha Shikhlinski">Ali-Agha Shikhlinski</a> his deputy. Chiefs of Staff of ADR Army were Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Maciej_Sulkiewicz" title="Maciej Sulkiewicz">Maciej Sulkiewicz</a> (March 1919 – 10 December 1919) and Maj-Gen. Abdulhamid bey Gaitabashi (10 December 1919 – April 1920).<sup id="cite_ref-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> invaded Azerbaijan on 28 April 1920. Although the bulk of the newly formed Azerbaijani army was engaged in putting down an Armenian revolt that had just broken out in <a href="/wiki/Karabakh" title="Karabakh">Karabakh</a>, the Azerbaijanis did not surrender their brief independence of 1918–20 quickly or easily. As many as 20,000 of the total 30,000 soldiers died resisting what was effectively a Russian reconquest.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The national Army of Azerbaijan was abolished by the Bolshevik government, 15 of the 21 army generals were executed by the Bolsheviks.<sup id="cite_ref-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg/220px-Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg/330px-Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>Officers of the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_Civil_War">Russian Civil War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Russian Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the Sovietisation of Azerbaijan, the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Red_Army" title="Azerbaijani Red Army">Azerbaijani Red Army</a> replaced the previous army, taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Georgia" title="Red Army invasion of Georgia">invasion of Georgia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg/220px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg/330px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg/440px-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4_1960_%D0%B3._6_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="515" /></a><figcaption>Cadets of the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Higher_All-Arms_Command_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Higher All-Arms Command School">Baku Higher All-Arms Command School</a> during a parade in Baku in 1960</figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Azerbaijan played a crucial role in the strategic energy policy of Soviet Union. Much of the Soviet Union's oil on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a> was supplied by Baku. By a decree of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Soviet of the USSR">Supreme Soviet of the USSR</a> in February 1942, the commitment of more than 500 workers and employees of the oil industry of Azerbaijan was recognised with orders and medals. <a href="/wiki/Operation_Edelweiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Edelweiss">Operation Edelweiss</a> carried out by the German <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> targeted <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a> because of the importance of its oil fields to the USSR.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some 800,000 Azerbaijanis fought within the ranks of the Soviet Army of which 400,000 died. Azerbaijani national formations of the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> included the <a href="/wiki/223rd_Rifle_Division" title="223rd Rifle Division">223rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/227th_Rifle_Division" title="227th Rifle Division">227th</a>, <a href="/wiki/396th_Rifle_Division" title="396th Rifle Division">396th</a>, <a href="/wiki/402nd_Rifle_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="402nd Rifle Division">402nd</a>, and <a href="/wiki/416th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">416th Rifle Divisions</a>. Azerbaijani Major-General <a href="/wiki/Hazi_Aslanov" title="Hazi Aslanov">Hazi Aslanov</a> was awarded a second <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> after a long post-war fight for recognition of his accomplishments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_armed_forces">Dissolution of the Soviet armed forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dissolution of the Soviet armed forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the Cold War, Azerbaijan had been the deployment area of units of the Soviet <a href="/wiki/4th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="4th Army (Soviet Union)">4th Army</a> whose principal formations in 1988 included four motor rifle divisions (<a href="/wiki/23rd_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division" title="23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division">23rd Guards</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=60th_Motor_Rifle_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="60th Motor Rifle Division (page does not exist)">60th</a>, 75th, and <a href="/wiki/295th_Motor_Rifle_Division" title="295th Motor Rifle Division">295th</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=75th_Motor_Rifle_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="75th Motor Rifle Division (page does not exist)">75th Motor Rifle Division</a> was isolated in <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a>. The 4th Army also included missile and air defense brigades and artillery and rocket regiments. The 75th Division's stores and equipment were apparently transferred to the Nakhchivan authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan also hosted the 49th Arsenal of the Soviet <a href="/wiki/Main_Agency_of_Missiles_and_Artillery_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Main Agency of Missiles and Artillery of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation">Main Agency of Missiles and Artillery</a>, which contained over 7,000 train-car loads of ammunition to the excess of one billion units. </p><p>The first president of Azerbaijan, <a href="/wiki/Ayaz_Mutallibov" title="Ayaz Mutallibov">Ayaz Mutallibov</a>, did not wish to build an independent army, wanting to rely instead largely on Soviet troops. Even when the Parliament decided that an army should be formed in September 1991, disagreements between the government and the opposition <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Popular_Front_Party" title="Azerbaijani Popular Front Party">Azerbaijani Popular Front Party</a> impeded creation of a unified force.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around this time, the first unit of the new army was formed on the basis of the 18–110 military unit of <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Ground_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Ground Forces">Soviet Ground Forces</a> (probably part of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Army_(Soviet_Union)" title="4th Army (Soviet Union)">4th Army</a>) located in <a href="/wiki/Bibiheyb%C9%99t" title="Bibiheybət">Shikhov</a>, south of Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of the parliamentary decision, Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Valeh_Barshadli" class="mw-redirect" title="Valeh Barshadli">Valeh Barshadli</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense_(Azerbaijan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)">Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan</a>, from 5 September to 11 December 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later from May to 4 September 1992 he served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newly_formed_military">Newly formed military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Newly formed military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5,_1966_%D0%B3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_1966_%D0%B3.jpg/220px-%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_1966_%D0%B3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_1966_%D0%B3.jpg/330px-%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_1966_%D0%B3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_1966_%D0%B3.jpg/440px-%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%2C_1966_%D0%B3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="632" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>A Guard of Honor during a parade in Baku in 1966</figcaption></figure> <p>In summer 1992, the nascent Defense Ministry received a resolution by the Azerbaijani president on the takeover of units and formations in Azerbaijani territory. It then forwarded an ultimatum to Moscow demanding control over vehicles and armaments of the 135th and 139th Motor Rifle Regiments of the <a href="/wiki/295th_Motor_Rifle_Division" title="295th Motor Rifle Division">295th Motor Rifle Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1992, Azerbaijan ratified the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_Conventional_Armed_Forces_in_Europe" title="Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe">Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe</a> (CFE), which establishes comprehensive limits on key categories of conventional military equipment. </p><p>The transfer of the property of the 4th Army (except for part of the property of the 366th Motor Rifle Regiment of the <a href="/wiki/23rd_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division" title="23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division">23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division</a> captured by Armenian armed formations in 1992 during the regiment's withdrawal from Stepanakert) and the 49th arsenal was completed in 1992. Thus, by the end of 1992, Azerbaijan received arms and military hardware sufficient for approximately four motor rifle divisions with prescribed army units. It also inherited naval ships. There are also reports that 50 combat aircraft from the disbanded <a href="/wiki/Baku_Air_Defence_Army" title="Baku Air Defence Army">19th Army</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Soviet Air Defence Forces">Soviet Air Defence Forces</a> came under Azerbaijani control.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>“Full-fledged work on the creation of a national army in Azerbaijan began only in November 1993, when the ..situation.. began to stabilize.”<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Articles for draft evasion and desertion were introduced. </p><p>The Azerbaijani armed forces took a series of devastating defeats by Armenian forces<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the 1992–1994 <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">Nagorno-Karabakh War</a>, which resulted in the loss of control of Nagorno-Karabakh proper and seven surrounding <a href="/wiki/Rayon" title="Rayon">rayons</a>, comprising roughly 20%<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the territory of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani sources insist that Armenian victory was largely due to military help from Russia and the wealthy <a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">Armenian diaspora</a>. Armenians partially deny the allegation, claiming that Russian side was equally supplying Armenian and Azerbaijani sides with weapons and mercenaries. During the war, the Azerbaijani armed forces were also aided by Turkish military advisers, and Russian, Ukrainian, Chechen and Afghan mercenaries. </p><p>Azerbaijan approved the CFE flank agreement in May 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of Azerbaijani human rights groups have been tracking non-combat deaths and have noted an upward trend in early 2010s. Based on Defense Ministry statistics that had not been released to the public, the Group of Monitoring Compliance with Human Rights in the Army (GMCHRA) has recorded the deaths of 76 soldiers to date in non-combat incidents for 2011, and the injury of 91 others. In comparison, there were 62 non-combat deaths and 71 cases of injury in 2010. The string of non-combat deaths raises questions about the reform progress of the military. Factors behind the deaths include bullying, hazing, and the systemic corruption within the Azerbaijani Armed Forces (see <a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Azerbaijan" title="Corruption in Azerbaijan">Corruption in Azerbaijan</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Azerbaijani authorities used large scale torture (the <a href="/wiki/Tartar_Case" title="Tartar Case">Tartar Case</a>) on Azerbaijani military personnel accused of treason.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Generals Nacmeddin Sadikhov and Hikmet Hasanov were accused of torturing Azerbaijani officers and soldiers and according to the authorities and human rights defenders, more than 400 people were subjected to torture in the course of the case. The Azerbaijani authorities claimed one person was killed as a result, while human rights defenders say the number is about 13, and many were wrongfully convicted and given hefty prison sentences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Karabakh_War">Second Karabakh War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Second Karabakh War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Second_Karabakh_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Karabakh War">Second Karabakh War</a> (also known in Azerbaijan as "The Patriotic War"<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "Operation Iron Fist"<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) began on the morning of 27 September 2020 when Azerbaijan launched an offensive along the Line of Contact.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the seventh day of the war, a major offensive was launched by the ground forces, advancing in the north, making some territorial gains while the fighting gradually shifted to the south. Following <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Shusha_(2020)" title="Battle of Shusha (2020)">the capture</a> of <a href="/wiki/Shusha" title="Shusha">Shusha</a>, the second-largest settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azerbaijani forces, a <a href="/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_ceasefire_agreement" title="2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement">ceasefire agreement</a> was signed between Azerbaijan, and Armenia, ending all hostilities in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the agreement, Armenia returned the surrounding territories it occupied in 1994 to Azerbaijan while Azerbaijan gained land access to its <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a> exclave.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total casualties were in the low thousands.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the war, the Azerbaijani army was widely accused of committing war crimes against Armenian soldiers and civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a> both condemned Azerbaijan's “indiscriminate” shelling of Armenian civilians, including the use of <a href="/wiki/Cluster_munition" title="Cluster munition">cluster munitions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, videos of Azerbaijani soldiers mistreating or executing captive Armenians were circulated online and received widespread condemnation.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 December, a <a href="/wiki/Baku_Victory_Parade_of_2020" title="Baku Victory Parade of 2020">victory parade was held</a> in honor of the Azerbaijani Army on <a href="/wiki/Azadliq_Square,_Baku" title="Azadliq Square, Baku">Azadliq Square</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with 3,000 soldiers marching alongside military equipment, unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed deep concern regarding "severe and grave human rights violations committed during 2020 hostilities and beyond by the Azerbaijani military forces against prisoners of war and other protected persons of Armenian ethnic or national origin, including extrajudicial killings, torture and other ill-treatment and arbitrary detention as well as the destruction of houses, schools, and other civilian facilities."<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Command">Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense_(Azerbaijan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)">Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces</a></div> <p>Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there have been attempts in the defence ministry to reform the military to be more in line with the Turkish/NATO model, resulting in Soviet-legacy officers such as <a href="/wiki/Rovshan_Akbarov" title="Rovshan Akbarov">Rovshan Akbarov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Najmeddin_Sadikov" title="Najmeddin Sadikov">Najmeddin Sadikov</a> being removed from power.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azerbaijan periodically holds drills to improve interaction and combat coordination between the servicemen during operations, its military personnel's combat readiness, as well as to develop commanders' military decision-making and unit management skills.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Land_Forces">Land Forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Land Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azeri_%22Smerch%22,_parade_in_Baku,_2013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Azeri_%22Smerch%22%2C_parade_in_Baku%2C_2013.JPG/220px-Azeri_%22Smerch%22%2C_parade_in_Baku%2C_2013.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Azeri_%22Smerch%22%2C_parade_in_Baku%2C_2013.JPG/330px-Azeri_%22Smerch%22%2C_parade_in_Baku%2C_2013.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Azeri_%22Smerch%22%2C_parade_in_Baku%2C_2013.JPG/440px-Azeri_%22Smerch%22%2C_parade_in_Baku%2C_2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1952" data-file-height="1285" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijan has a dozen 300mm salvo rocket systems 9A52 "Smerch" with a range of 70-90 km (55.92 mi).</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Land_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Land Forces">Azerbaijani Land Forces</a> number 85,000 strong, according to UK <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Research_and_Assessment_Group" title="Advanced Research and Assessment Group">Advanced Research and Assessment Group</a> estimates.<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy12_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2,500 men of the National Guard are also part of the ground forces. In addition, there are 300,000 former service personnel who have had military service in the last 15 years.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS157_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS157-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other paramilitary agencies consist of Interior Ministry <a href="/wiki/Internal_Troops_of_Azerbaijan" title="Internal Troops of Azerbaijan">Internal Troops of Azerbaijan</a>, 12,000 strong, and the land component of the <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">State Border Service</a>, 5,000 strong.<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy12_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Azerbaijan has signed numerous contracts to strengthen its armed forces and to train its military with Turkey's assistance. Over the last 15 years, Azerbaijan has been preparing its military for possible action against Armenian forces in <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png/220px-Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png/330px-Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png/440px-Azerbaijan_Army_2007_OrBat.png 2x" data-file-width="1603" data-file-height="802" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Army">Azerbaijani Army</a> order of battle</figcaption></figure> <p>The Land Forces consist of five army corps:<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy12_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Army_Corps_(Azerbaijan)" title="1st Army Corps (Azerbaijan)">1st Army Corps</a> also known as <a href="/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan" title="Barda, Azerbaijan">Barda</a> Army Corps (concentrated near <a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Army_Corps_(Azerbaijan)" title="2nd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)">2nd Army Corps</a> also known as Beylagan Army Corps (concentrated against <a href="/wiki/Armenian-occupied_territories_surrounding_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh">Armenian occupied territories</a> and part is deployed on the Azerbaijan-Iranian border)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Army_Corps_(Azerbaijan)" title="3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)">3rd Army Corps</a> also known as Shamkir Army Corps (concentrated against Armenian occupied territories)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Army_Corps_(Azerbaijan)" title="4th Army Corps (Azerbaijan)">4th Army Corps</a> also known as Baku Army Corps (covers <a href="/wiki/Absheron_Peninsula" title="Absheron Peninsula">Absheron Peninsula</a> and the coast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Separate_Combined_Arms_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakhchivan Separate Combined Arms Army">Nakhchivan Separate Combined Arms Army</a> (deployed in <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a>)</li></ul> <p>The Land Forces include 23 motor rifle brigades, an artillery brigade, a multiple rocket launcher brigade, and an anti-tank regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy12_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IISS Military Balance reported in 2007 that the Land Forces had an estimated 40 SA-13 Gopher, SA-4 Ganef, and SA-8 Gecko air defence missile systems, with '80–240 eff.' to support the army in the battlefield. (IISS 2007, p. 157) </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping_forces_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Peacekeeping forces of Azerbaijan">peacekeeping forces of Azerbaijan</a> are mostly supplied from the Land Forces, though the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Troops_of_Azerbaijan" title="Internal Troops of Azerbaijan">Internal Troops of Azerbaijan</a> do also supply some. As of March 2011, 94 peacekeepers were deployed with the <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a> (ISAF) in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the past, it also actively supported the peacekeeping operation in Kosovo and Iraq. </p><p>The Azerbaijani <a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping_forces_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Peacekeeping forces of Azerbaijan">peacekeeping unit</a> deployed in Iraq consisted of 14 officers, 16 sergeants and 120 privates, a total of 150 troops. The unit secured the <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectric_power_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydroelectric power station">hydroelectric power station</a> and reservoir in <a href="/wiki/Haditha,_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Haditha, Iraq">Al Haditha</a> from August 2003. In December 2008, Azerbaijan withdrew the unit from Iraq. </p><p>Reportedly in December 2014 Azerbaijan created the Separate Combined Arms Army in Nakhchivan. <a href="/wiki/Karam_Mustafayev" title="Karam Mustafayev">Karam Mustafayev</a> became commander of the corps. The army was created based on the Nakhchivan 5th Army Corps to strengthen defense capability of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, increase of combat capability of military units and formations of the Armed Forces, improve central control, reports quoting the Defence Ministry said. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_forces">Air forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Air forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Air_and_Air_Defence_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force">Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force</a> is a single unified service branch.<sup id="cite_ref-JSSA-MT_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JSSA-MT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some 8,000 men serve in the air force and air defence force.<sup id="cite_ref-Blandy12_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Air and Air Defence Force has around 106 aircraft and 35 helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-IISS158_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS158-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country has four major airbases. <a href="/wiki/Nasosnaya_(air_base)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasosnaya (air base)">Nasosnaya (air base)</a> has fighters, <a href="/wiki/Kyurdamir_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyurdamir Air Base">Kyurdamir Air Base</a> a bomber regiment, <a href="/wiki/Ganja_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganja Air Base">Ganja Air Base</a> transports, and <a href="/wiki/Baku_Kala_Air_Base" title="Baku Kala Air Base">Baku Kala Air Base</a> the helicopter unit. There are also four other airbases which do not appear to have aircraft based there. These are <a href="/wiki/Dollyar_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Dollyar Air Base">Dollyar Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Nakhchivan Airport">Nakhchivan Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanqacal" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanqacal">Sanqacal</a> Air Base, and <a href="/wiki/Sitalcay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitalcay">Sitalcay</a> Air Base. </p><p>The Azerbaijani Air Force using <a href="/wiki/MiG-21" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-21">MiG-21</a>, <a href="/wiki/Su-24" class="mw-redirect" title="Su-24">Su-24</a> and <a href="/wiki/Su-25" class="mw-redirect" title="Su-25">Su-25</a> aircraft, as well as the <a href="/wiki/MiG-29" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-29">MiG-29</a> purchased from Ukraine in 2006 and <a href="/wiki/Il-76" class="mw-redirect" title="Il-76">Il-76</a> transport aircraft. The MiG-29 have been designated as the standard aircraft for the AzAF.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan is holding talks with either the People's Republic of China or Pakistan to purchase <a href="/wiki/JF-17" class="mw-redirect" title="JF-17">JF-17</a> Thunder aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/MiG-25" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-25">MiG-25s</a> previously in service have been retired seemingly in the 2007–09 period. </p><p>Azerbaijan's helicopter force is concentrated at <a href="/wiki/Baku_Kala_Air_Base" title="Baku Kala Air Base">Baku Kala Air Base</a> and according to the IISS consists of a single regiment with around 14–15 Mi-24, 12–13 Mi-8 and 7 Mi-2. <a href="/wiki/Jane%27s_Information_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane's Information Group">Jane's Information Group</a> and the IISS give figures which agree with only a single aircraft's difference.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recently, end of 2010 Russian Rosvertol announced that Azerbaijan armed forces signed a deal for 24 pieces of Mi-35M (Hind-E) gunships what would further enhance the Azerbaijani ground attack formations.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Air Force has <a href="/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros" title="Aero L-39 Albatros">L-39</a> advanced training aircraft in store. The <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan Border Guard</a> and Voluntary Society of Defense, Patriotism and Sport have <a href="/wiki/Yakovlev" title="Yakovlev">Yakovlev</a> light training aircraft. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg/220px-Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg/330px-Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg/440px-Military_parade_in_Baku_on_an_Army_Day32.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3216" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>S-300 PMU2 during a military parade in Baku 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Azerbaijan has missile and radar systems intended to defend Azerbaijani airspace. There are at least 2 divisions of <a href="/wiki/S-300_(missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="S-300 (missile)">S-300</a>PMU2.<sup id="cite_ref-azers300_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-azers300-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thereby the country has one of the most capable SAM <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a> system in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-IMINT_&_Analysis_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMINT_&_Analysis-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eurasianet_s300_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurasianet_s300-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan also operates two S-200 (SA-5 GAMMON) batteries near Baku and Mingachevir; the S-300PMU-2 represents a logical replacement for these systems offering coverage of the majority of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-eurasianet_s300_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eurasianet_s300-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The country also has about 100 NATO designated <a href="/wiki/SA-2" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-2">SA-2</a> Guideline (original name S-75), <a href="/wiki/SA-3_Goa" class="mw-redirect" title="SA-3 Goa">SA-3 Goa</a> (S-125 Pechora-2M), and the <a href="/wiki/S-200_Angara/Vega/Dubna" class="mw-redirect" title="S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna">SA-5 Gammon</a> (S-200) are in static installations.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These may be around Baku and the central part to cover the whole Azerbaijani aerospace. </p><p>However, August 2011 investigations shows that after purchase of <a href="/wiki/S-300_(missile)" class="mw-redirect" title="S-300 (missile)">S-300</a> <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missiles</a>, the largest apparent gap in Azerbaijan's air defense system may have been filled.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in Azerbaijan there was a former Soviet early warning radar. The <a href="/wiki/Gabala_Radar_Station" title="Gabala Radar Station">Gabala Radar Station</a> was a bistatic phased-array installation, operated by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Space_Forces" title="Russian Space Forces">Russian Space Forces</a>. The contract was signed in 2002 and was due to expire in 2012 where it was to be given back to the Azerbaijani government. The contract costed Russia $7 million per year. The radar station had a range of up to 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles), and was designed to detect <a href="/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile" title="Intercontinental ballistic missile">intercontinental ballistic missile</a> launches as far as from the Indian Ocean. In December 2012 Russia announced that negotiations had been unsuccessful and that they had stopped using the radar station.<sup id="cite_ref-rbth_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rbth-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site was given back to <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and all the equipment dismantled and transported to <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nowadays, Russia covers the area from the <a href="/wiki/Armavir_Radar_Station" title="Armavir Radar Station">Armavir Radar Station</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy">Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main naval base of the Soviet Union in the Caspian Sea was based in Baku. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Azerbaijan inherited the naval base and parts of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Flotilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Caspian Sea Flotilla">Caspian Sea Flotilla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nvo.ng_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvo.ng-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Navy">Azerbaijan Navy</a> has about 2,200 personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the navy had a <a href="/wiki/Petya-class_frigate" title="Petya-class frigate">Petya class</a> light frigate, <i>Qusar</i> (G 121), and a number of <a href="/wiki/Patrol_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol craft">patrol craft</a>, including one Turk class, <i>Araz,</i> P 223, one Brya (Project 722) class, P 218, one Shelon (Project 1388M) class, P 212, one Poluchat class (Project 368), P 219, one Luga class (Project 888), T 710, and four Petrushka (Polish UK-3 class), P 213, P 214, P 215, and P 216. There are four <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minesweeper (ship)">minesweepers</a> consisting of 2 <a href="/wiki/Sonya_class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonya class minesweeper">Sonya class minesweeper</a> and 2 <a href="/wiki/Yevgenya_class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Yevgenya class minesweeper">Yevgenya class minesweepers</a>. (Jane's Fighting Ships 2010) </p><p>The Navy is also attributed with 5 <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a>, 3 Polnochny and 2 Vydra (IISS 2007), plus three research ships, 1 Project 10470, A 671, ex Svyaga, 1 Balerian Uryvayev class survey vessel (AG) and one Vadim Popov class survey vessel (AG). </p><p>The U.S. Navy has helped train the Azerbaijani Navy. There is also an agreement to provide US support to refurbish Azerbaijani warships in the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. In 2006, the US Government donated 3 motorboats to the Azerbaijani Navy. In 2007, an agreement between the Azerbaijani Navy and a US military company was concluded, which stated that a part of the Azerbaijani Navy would be equipped with advanced laser marksmanship systems. The US company specialists were also to give training on the use of the new equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of separate U.S. programmes are underway under the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Guard_Initiative" title="Caspian Guard Initiative">Caspian Guard Initiative</a>, focused mostly on enhancing Azerbaijani and Kazakh maritime border security. </p><p>In May 2011, the president of the <a href="/wiki/State_Oil_Company_of_Azerbaijan_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic">State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic</a> <a href="/wiki/Rovnag_Abdullayev" title="Rovnag Abdullayev">Rovnag Abdullayev</a> stated that Azerbaijan would start production of national warships after 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Naval Intelligence of Azerbaijan maintains the <a href="/wiki/641st_Special_Warfare_Naval_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="641st Special Warfare Naval Unit">641st Special Warfare Naval Unit</a>. The special forces were trained by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy_SEALs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy SEALs">U.S. Navy SEALs</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unit 641 has several <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarines</a> such as Triton-1M and Triton 2 at their disposal as well as underwater tool motion for individual divers. The special unit is composed of 3 reconnaissance groups, 2 groups for mountainous warfare, and one diving group. Obligatory training includes parachute jumping day and night, on land and on water.<sup id="cite_ref-nvo.ng_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvo.ng-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_forces">Special forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Special forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" title="Special Forces of Azerbaijan">Special Forces of Azerbaijan</a> are part of the Ministry of Defence. It was established in April 1999 with officers and warrant officers who had participated in the <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a> of 1991–1994.<sup id="cite_ref-Azvision_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azvision-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Turkish <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_Command_(Turkey)" title="Special Forces Command (Turkey)">Special Forces Command</a> played a role in the formation of the unit. During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, personnel of the Special Forces reclaimed the city of <a href="/wiki/Jebrayil" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebrayil">Jebrayil</a> and nine surrounding villages from the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Army">Armenian Army</a>. On November 8, Aliyev congratulated the commander of the Special Forces on their "liberation of Shusha".<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The war was considered to be first time Azerbaijan has actively used all of its special forces units.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png/220px-Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png/330px-Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png/440px-Members_of_the_Azerbaijani_Special_Forces_during_a_military_parade_in_Baku_2011.png 2x" data-file-width="1309" data-file-height="873" /></a><figcaption>Members of the Azerbaijani Special Forces during a military parade in Baku 2011</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Defense_industry">Defense industry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Defense industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parad_878.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Parad_878.jpg/220px-Parad_878.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Parad_878.jpg/330px-Parad_878.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Parad_878.jpg/440px-Parad_878.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3892" data-file-height="2150" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Marauder_(vehicle)" title="Marauder (vehicle)">Marauder</a></i> is a South African <a href="/wiki/MRAP" title="MRAP">MRAP</a> manufactured under license in Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Industry_of_Azerbaijan" title="Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan">Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan</a> directs domestic military supplies for Azerbaijan. It was established in 2005. The Defence Industries Ministry subsumed the State Department for Military Industry and for Armaments and the Military Science Center, each of which was formerly a separate agency within the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. </p><p>The defense industry has emerged as an autonomous entity with a growing production capability. The ministry is cooperating with the defense sectors of Ukraine, Belarus and Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Along with other contracts, Azerbaijani defence industries and Turkish companies, Azerbaijan will produce 40mm revolver grenade launchers, 107mm and 122mm MLRS systems, Cobra 4×4 vehicles and joint modernization of BTR vehicles in Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-brothership1_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brothership1-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brothership2_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brothership2-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brothership3_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brothership3-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-brothership4_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brothership4-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The major military companies of Azerbaijan are: </p> <ul><li>RPE Iglim, aviation and shipbuilding</li> <li>Radiogurashdirma, communication means and radio-electronic</li> <li>RPE Neftgazavtomat, devices and automation systems for monitoring technological processes</li> <li>RPE Automatic Lines, non-standard equipment and products for application in electrotechnical and machine engineering</li> <li>Avia-Agregat, multi-purpose aviation equipment, various airdrome conditioners, universal container of board conductor, air-to-air radiators, fuel-oil, air-to-air heat exchangers and ventilators<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In early 2008, reports indicated that an agreement with Turkey had been signed which would lead to Azerbaijan producing armoured personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and small calibre artillery pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-unaz_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unaz-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_cooperation">International cooperation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: International cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan cooperates with about 60 countries in the military-technical sphere and has an agreement on military-technical cooperation with more than 30 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Turkey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1paradaze.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/1paradaze.jpg/220px-1paradaze.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/1paradaze.jpg/330px-1paradaze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/1paradaze.jpg/440px-1paradaze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijani Special Forces unit in Turkish manufactured <a href="/wiki/Otokar_Cobra" title="Otokar Cobra">Otokar Cobra</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In December 2009, an agreement on military assistance was signed by Turkey and Azerbaijan. The agreement envisions <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> supplying Azerbaijan with weapons, military equipment, and, if necessary, soldiers in case war with Armenia over Karabakh resumes.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Turkey has provided Azerbaijan with infantry weapons, tactical vehicles (jeeps, trucks, etc.) professional training, military organization, technology transfer, licensed military hardware production, and other services. Due to help from Turkish specialists and instructors, thousands of Azerbaijani officers have been trained to western standards.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The military position as an area of international importance of Azerbaijan increased with an agreement between Azerbaijan and Turkey on the participation of an Azerbaijani peacekeeping platoon in the staff of the Turkish battalion in Kosovo.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1992, Azerbaijan and Turkey have signed more than 100 military protocols, some of the major protocols include:<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Cooperation of staff members</li> <li>National security cooperation in the topographical area</li> <li>Forming and training of professional school of forces in Baku</li> <li>Carrying out of the material and technical purchasing</li> <li>Military industry cooperation</li> <li>Development of the 5th Army Corps also known as Nakhchivan Army Corps in <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan</a><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cooperation in the area of military history, military archives and museum work and military publication</li> <li>Assistance on training, material and technical between the <a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan Border Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces" title="Turkish Armed Forces">Turkish Armed Forces</a>.</li> <li>Long-term economical and military cooperation and application of the financial aid</li> <li>Application of material and technical provision</li></ul> <p>In May 2011, Azerbaijan had discussed the purchase of long-range rockets from two Chinese companies, the minister of the defence industry has said. Other arms deals were signed with Turkey. Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul and Yaver Jamalov signed a protocol of intent on future joint production of two types of output – 107-mm rockets and the national rifle, possibly the Mehmetçik-1. A protocol of intent was signed the same day with the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation <a href="/wiki/MKEK" class="mw-redirect" title="MKEK">MKEK</a> on the joint production of 120-mm mortar launchers. This project will come into force in a few months time. Agreement has also been reached with Turkish company Aselsan on the production of some types of defence output in Azerbaijan, specifically the latest types of weapons' sights. These projects will probably happen in the near future too.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recently, Turkish defense industries secretariat told that an export version of the T-155 Firtina self-propelled howitser is almost done and could start production. T-155 has been powered by a German MTU power pack, which restricts the sale to some countries like Azerbaijan. The Turkish manufacturer MKEK, has announced that they have found an alternate supplier for the power pack where Azerbaijan showed interest to buy the high tech, more capable 155mm 52 caliber from Turkish authorities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg/220px-Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg/330px-Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg/440px-Nasosnaya_Air_Base.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1442" data-file-height="834" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nasosnaya_Air_Base" title="Nasosnaya Air Base">Nasosnaya Air Base</a> in Azerbaijan. Gen. Tom Hobbins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gary Coleman, USAFE command chief, Lt. Col. Elmar Hüseynov.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Section_907" title="Section 907">Section 907</a> of the United States <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Support_Act" title="Freedom Support Act">Freedom Support Act</a> bans any kind of direct United States <a href="/wiki/Aid" title="Aid">aid</a> to the Azerbaijani government. Since a waiver was made in 2001 there has been extensive U.S. military cooperation with Azerbaijan. This has included Special Forces and naval aid, consultations with <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">United States European Command</a>, and linkages through the U.S. National Guard <a href="/wiki/State_Partnership_Program" title="State Partnership Program">State Partnership Program</a>. </p><p>On 19 May 2006, Azerbaijani Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Safar_Abiyev" title="Safar Abiyev">Safar Abiyev</a> and the then commander of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a> General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Hobbins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Hobbins (page does not exist)">Tom Hobbins</a> met in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a> to discuss military cooperation. He said the objective of his visit was to become familiar with the state of Azerbaijani armed forces.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hobbins pointed to the progress made in the NATO-Azerbaijan relations, saying that the successful implementation of the NATO <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> program in Azerbaijan has brought the country even closer to the alliance. He said that the two countries' air forces will expand cooperation.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> is linked with Azerbaijan through the <a href="/wiki/U.S._National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. National Guard">U.S. National Guard</a> <a href="/wiki/State_Partnership_Program" title="State Partnership Program">State Partnership Program</a> (SPP). <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma National Guard">Oklahoma National Guard</a> troops have been sent on training and humanitarian missions to Baku. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russia is one of Azerbaijan's main suppliers of arms. "As of today, military and technical cooperation with Russia is measured at $4 billion and it tends to grow further," President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> said after meeting with Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> in Baku in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan and Israel cooperate on numerous areas of the defense industry. Israel was Azerbaijan's largest weapon supplier with $4.85 billion in sales during 2016 alone. As of 2023, Turkey was Azerbaijan's largest weapon supplier.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan has shown great interest in Israeli technology over the years. In particular, an agreement was reached over the construction of the factory of intelligence and combat drones in Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-panarmenian.net_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panarmenian.net-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Israeli defense company <a href="/wiki/Elta_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Elta Systems">Elta</a> Systems Ltd has had cooperation from Azerbaijan in building the <a href="/wiki/TecSAR" class="mw-redirect" title="TecSAR">TecSAR</a> reconnaissance satellite system, which can take high-definition photos of ground surfaces in all weather conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-EurAsiaNet_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EurAsiaNet-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Azerbaijani military experts, the TecSAR system will be indispensable for military operations in the mountainous terrains of Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-panarmenian.net_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panarmenian.net-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of June 2009, Israel and Azerbaijan had been negotiating on the production of <a href="/wiki/Namer_(vehicle)" class="mw-redirect" title="Namer (vehicle)">Namer</a> armoured <a href="/wiki/Infantry_fighting_vehicle" title="Infantry fighting vehicle">infantry fighting vehicles</a> in Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no further information as to whether any agreement has been made. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NATO">NATO</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: NATO"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Azerbaijan–NATO relations">Azerbaijan–NATO relations</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg/220px-Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg/330px-Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg/440px-Azerbaijani_soldiers_in_Iraq_11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijan deployed 150 peacekeepers during the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> (NATO) and Azerbaijan cooperate. Azerbaijan's <a href="/wiki/Individual_Partnership_Action_Plan" title="Individual Partnership Action Plan">Individual Partnership Action Plan</a> (IPAP) and its <a href="/wiki/Partnership_for_Peace" title="Partnership for Peace">Partnership for Peace</a> (PfP) linkages lay out the programme of cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO. </p><p>The Azerbaijani government has however delayed implementing IPAP-recommended reforms, however, in part at least because no decision had been taken to seek NATO membership. This is because Azerbaijan's foreign policy 'seeks to balance interests with the U.S., EU, Russia and Iran.'<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a NATO diplomatic source some key officials at NATO headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> were pushing hard for engaging Azerbaijan on the membership question. "Turkey, Romania, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom and the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_states" title="Baltic states">Baltic states</a>," are among the member-states also backing a fast track for Azerbaijan's NATO membership.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, Azerbaijan made its policy of <a href="/wiki/Non-belligerent" title="Non-belligerent">not being aligned</a> with a geopolitical/military structure official when it became a full member of the <a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a> in 2011. </p><p>There is also a limited amount of military cooperation with the other countries of <a href="/wiki/GUAM" class="mw-redirect" title="GUAM">GUAM</a>: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_system">Educational system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Educational system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_attended_the_parade_11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1340" data-file-height="899" /></a><figcaption>The Cadets of the <a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Drums" class="mw-redirect" title="Corps of Drums">Corps of Drums</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Jamshid_Nakhchivanski_Military_Lyceum" title="Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum">Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Military_Parade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Military_Parade.jpg/220px-Military_Parade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Military_Parade.jpg/330px-Military_Parade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Military_Parade.jpg/440px-Military_Parade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijani higher military cadets</figcaption></figure> <p>The purpose of Azerbaijani military education and training is to train soldiers, officers, and non-commissioned officers to have independent and creative thinking and commitment to the Azerbaijani people and the government. Military education in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been described as either being secondary education, further education, or higher education.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azerbaijani pilots were formerly trained in the Azerbaijan Air Force School, where they would then develop their skills in operational units. Azerbaijan has an experience exchange with Turkey, Ukraine, the United States and a number of NATO countries. The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force_Academy" title="Turkish Air Force Academy">Turkish Air Force School</a> has a great role in the training of Azerbaijani military pilots. Azerbaijani pilots are also trained in Ukraine's Pilot Training School.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following is a list of educational institutions in the armed forces, under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Defense University (Azerbaijan)">National Defense University</a>: </p> <ul><li>Military academies <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_College_of_the_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces">War College of the Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_and_Education_Center_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces">Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Higher_Military_Academy" title="Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy">Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Higher_Naval_Academy" title="Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy">Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy</a> (former independent institution)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_High_Military_Aviation_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan High Military Aviation School">Azerbaijan High Military Aviation School</a> (former independent institution)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Other educational institutions <ul><li>Secondary Military Medical School of Azerbaijan</li> <li>Military Medical Faculty of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Medical_University" title="Azerbaijan Medical University">Azerbaijan Medical University</a></li></ul></li> <li>Military lyceums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamshid_Nakhchivanski_Military_Lyceum" title="Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum">Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Military_Lyceum" title="Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum">Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conscription">Conscription</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Conscription"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_Service_for_Mobilization_and_Conscription_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Service for Mobilization and Conscription of Azerbaijan">State Service for Mobilization and Conscription of Azerbaijan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_Justice">Military Justice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Military Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Azerbaijan" title="Judiciary of Azerbaijan">Judiciary of Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>Military Courts act as courts of first instance deals. The Military Court is composed of a President and judges. The following military courts exist in Azerbaijan:<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Military Court of <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a></li> <li>Baku Military Court (formed in August 1992)<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ganja Military Court</li> <li>Lankaran Military Court</li> <li>Fuzuli-Gubadli Military Court</li> <li>Tartar Military Court</li> <li>Agdam Military Court</li> <li>Gazakh Military Court</li> <li>Sumgait Military Court</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_and_ethnic_minorities_in_the_armed_forces">Women and ethnic minorities in the armed forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Women and ethnic minorities in the armed forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the first war, Russians, who were a <a href="/wiki/Russians_in_Azerbaijan" title="Russians in Azerbaijan">large minority in Azerbaijan at the time</a>, served in the units of the Azerbaijani Army, many of whom formerly served in the Soviet Army. According to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Ministry_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Ministry of Defence">Russian Ministry of Defence</a> more than 300 officers of the 7th Army, based in the capital of Baku, refused to leave Azerbaijan at the outset of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Second Karabakh War, the death of an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russian</a> Azerbaijani soldier, Dmitry Solntsev, was reported.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also Denis Aliyev (born as Denis Pronin) from the <a href="/wiki/X%C9%99tai_raion" title="Xətai raion">Xətai raion</a>, who was killed in <a href="/wiki/Jabrayil" title="Jabrayil">Jabrayil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Jabrayil_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Jabrayil Medal">Medal "For the Liberation of Jabrayil"</a> in December.<sup id="cite_ref-:CM_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:CM-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cossacks, associated with the Association of Cossacks of Azerbaijan, often join the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Female military personnel in the military are generally involved in education, office work, medical care, and the development of international cooperation. They also serve in the rear, signal troops, and intelligence forces. Women are exempt from conscription, which means that female service is purely on a voluntary basis. There are currently 1,000 female personnel in the Azerbaijani military, accounting for 3% of the armed forces.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Karabakh Conflict, 2,000 of the 74,000 Azerbaijani soldiers were women, and 600 of them directly took part in military operations, with a women's battalion being established in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The enrollment of females in Azerbaijani higher military schools began in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to soldier Tehrana Bahruzi in her book, “Zakir Hasanov: the Ideal Minister", Defence Minister <a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hasanov" title="Zakir Hasanov">Zakir Hasanov</a> was responsible for launching the first female unit in the <a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" title="Special Forces of Azerbaijan">Special Forces of Azerbaijan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2020, the first female military casualty was reported, a combat medic who died while taking wounded soldiers from the battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personnel_medals_and_awards">Personnel medals and awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Personnel medals and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Medal "For Bravery"</li> <li>Medal "For Fatherland"</li> <li>Medal <a href="/wiki/%22For_Faultless_Service%22_medal" class="mw-redirect" title=""For Faultless Service" medal">"For Faultless Service"</a></li> <li>Medal "For blameless service"</li> <li>Medal "For distinction in military service"</li> <li>Medal "For distinction in the border"</li> <li>Medal "For merit in military collaboration"</li> <li>Medal "For military merit"</li> <li>Veteran of the Armed Forces Medal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brave_Warrior_Medal" title="Brave Warrior Medal">Brave Warrior Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_Distinction_in_Battle_Medal" title="For Distinction in Battle Medal">For Distinction in Battle Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_Heroism_Medal" title="For Heroism Medal">For Heroism Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_military_services_medal" title="For military services medal">For military services medal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herbi_Xidmlete_Gore_Medal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herbi Xidmlete Gore Medal (page does not exist)">Herbi Xidmlete Gore Medal</a></li> <li>Anniversary medals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%2210th_Anniversary_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan_(1991%E2%80%932001)%22_Medal" title=""10th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1991–2001)" Medal">"10th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1991–2001)" Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%2290th_Anniversary_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan_(1918%E2%80%932008)%22_Medal" title=""90th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1918–2008)" Medal">"90th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1918–2008)" Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%2295th_Anniversary_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan_(1918%E2%80%932013)%22_Medal" title=""95th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1918–2013)" Medal">"95th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (1918–2013)" Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Army_100th_anniversary_medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Army 100th anniversary medal">Azerbaijani Army 100th anniversary medal</a></li></ul></li> <li>Battle/war awards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Patriotic_War" title="Hero of the Patriotic War">Hero of the Patriotic War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Patriotic_War_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of the Patriotic War Medal">Hero of the Patriotic War Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Participant_of_the_Patriotic_War_Medal" title="Participant of the Patriotic War Medal">Participant of the Patriotic War Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_Services_in_the_Rear_in_the_Patriotic_War_Medal" title="For Services in the Rear in the Patriotic War Medal">For Services in the Rear in the Patriotic War Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Aghdam_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Aghdam Medal">For the Liberation of Aghdam Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Fuzuli_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Fuzuli Medal">For the Liberation of Fuzuli Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Gubadly_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Gubadly Medal">For the Liberation of Gubadly Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Jabrayil_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Jabrayil Medal">For the Liberation of Jabrayil Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Kalbajar_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Kalbajar Medal">For the Liberation of Kalbajar Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Khojavend_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Khojavend Medal">For the Liberation of Khojavend Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Lachin_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Lachin Medal">For the Liberation of Lachin Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Shusha_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Shusha Medal">For the Liberation of Shusha Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Sugovushan_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Sugovushan Medal">For the Liberation of Sugovushan Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/For_the_Liberation_of_Zangilan_Medal" title="For the Liberation of Zangilan Medal">For the Liberation of Zangilan Medal</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Today '<a href="/wiki/National_Hero_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Hero of Azerbaijan">National Hero of Azerbaijan</a>' is the highest national title in the country, awarded for outstanding services of national importance to Azerbaijan in defense, as well as other deeds in other spheres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditions_and_military_institutions">Traditions and military institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Traditions and military institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_oath">Military oath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Military oath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The military oath (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Hərbi and</i>) is taken by <a href="/wiki/Conscripts" class="mw-redirect" title="Conscripts">conscripts</a> as a legal basis of the beginning of their military service.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oath is administered by the commanding officer of the unit. The following is the text for the current version of the oath:<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I am a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and I swear that I will be loyal to my homeland, Azerbaijan and its people, when I join the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. </p><p>I solemnly swear: </p><p>I will honorably protect the interests of the Republic of Azerbaijan, its sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence, for which I will spare no blood and soul. I will be sincere, brave, disciplined, will not give military secrets, will fulfill the requirements of military regulations, and will unconditionally obey the orders of commanders and chiefs. </p><p>I will study the military work in good faith, continue and develop the military traditions of my ancestors with honor, and I will be ready to stand up for the Motherland at any moment with a weapon in hand. </p><p> If I break my oath, I am ready to take responsibility with the full seriousness of the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_flags_and_pennants">Battle flags and pennants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Battle flags and pennants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A battle flag for a military unit is a symbol of honor which remains forever in the unit unless it is dissolved. By military law, if the battle flag is lost in battle, the commander of the military unit and the servicemen under its command are brought to court, and the unit is abolished. Battle flags have the color of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flag of Azerbaijan">State Flag</a>, with the slogan "For Azerbaijan" being embroidered with golden silk on a blue stripe along the upper edge of the fabric.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside the battle flag, the Azerbaijani military also utilizes the Turkish military tradition of <a href="/wiki/Pennon" title="Pennon">pennants</a> as symbols. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_holidays">Military holidays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Military holidays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the military holidays observed by all service personnel the Armed Forces: </p> <ul><li>14 February – <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Day" title="Air Force Day">Air Force Day</a><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9 May – <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(9_May)#Other_countries_currently_celebrating_9_May" title="Victory Day (9 May)">Victory Day (Great Patriotic War)</a></li> <li>26 June – <a href="/wiki/Day_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" title="Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan">Day of the Armed Forces</a></li> <li>5 August – Day of the Azerbaijani Navy<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>27 September – <a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_(Azerbaijan)" title="Memorial Day (Azerbaijan)">Memorial Day</a></li> <li>18 October – Day of the First Military Unit</li> <li>8 November – <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(Azerbaijan)" title="Victory Day (Azerbaijan)">Victory Day</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Azerbaijan_Military_History_Museum">Azerbaijan Military History Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Azerbaijan Military History Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Azerbaijan Military History Museum is a structure under the Ministry of Defense. It was established on 10 December 1992 by the order of the Minister of Defense and in accordance with a decree signed on 29 October 1992 "On the transfer of the Museum of Combat Glory of the VI Army Garrison of the Commonwealth of Independent States". Today, the museum displays 5 tanks, 9 armored personnel carriers, 16 artillery pieces, 6 aircraft, 4 helicopters, 6 different military equipment of the Air Force. Currently, the number of exhibits totals 11,000.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War,_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War%2C_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War%2C_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War%2C_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War%2C_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War%2C_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_inaugurated_a_new_office_building_of_the_Organization_of_Veterans_of_War%2C_Labor_and_Armed_Forces.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2360" data-file-height="1196" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> at the new building of the Organization of Veterans of War, Labor and Armed Forces</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republican_Veterans_Organization">Republican Veterans Organization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Republican Veterans Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, veterans movements were launched in Azerbaijan, with the Baku Veterans Committee being established on 10 June 1960. The activity of the committee was limited to Baku until the early 1970s. During the leadership of First Secretary Heydar Aliyev, there was a revival in the veteran movement, during which the committee gradually expanded to the republic. The establishment of the Republican Veterans Organization took place on 21 March 1987. Despite the official registration of the RVO with the Ministry of Justice, the activity of the organization was largely formal due to the tensions in the country with the Karabakh War, as well as the attitude of the government towards Red Army veterans in general. One of the first laws signed by the President Aliyev was the Law "On Veterans" (28 June 1994), which restored the mandate for the RVO.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Azerbaijan" title="Judiciary of Azerbaijan">Judiciary of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Purpose_Police_Unit" title="Special Purpose Police Unit">Special Purpose Police Unit</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAzerbaijan_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAzerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ebco-beoc.org/azerbaijan">"Azerbaijan - 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AzerNEWS. 12 November 2008. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.azernews.az/site/shownews.php?news_id=8601">the original</a> on 6 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 November</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Gov%27t+allots+over+%242bn+for+2009+defense+spending&rft.date=2008-11-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.azernews.az%2Fsite%2Fshownews.php%3Fnews_id%3D8601&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SIPRI-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SIPRI_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Stockholm_International_Peace_Research_Institute" title="Stockholm International Peace Research Institute">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://milexdata.sipri.org/">The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110725213004/http://milexdata.sipri.org/">Archived</a> 25 July 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IISS_2015-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IISS_2015_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IISS_2015_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Military Balance 2010</i>. London: Routledge for the IISS. 2010. p. 176. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-557-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-557-3"><bdi>978-1-85743-557-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Military+Balance+2010&rft.place=London&rft.pages=176&rft.pub=Routledge+for+the+IISS&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-85743-557-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-unaz-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-unaz_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-unaz_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120530024100/http://www.un-az.org/undp/bulnews55/en3.php">"Azerbaijan manufacturing arms"</a>. 26 January 2008. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.un-az.org/undp/bulnews55/en3.php">the original</a> on 30 May 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Azerbaijan+manufacturing+arms&rft.date=2008-01-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.un-az.org%2Fundp%2Fbulnews55%2Fen3.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.topix.com/world/azerbaijan/2008/09/azerbaijan-gearing-for-manufacturing-aircraft-and-helicopter">"Azerbaijan to manufacture its own aircraft and helicopters"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323215731/http://www.topix.com/world/azerbaijan/2008/09/azerbaijan-gearing-for-manufacturing-aircraft-and-helicopter">Archived</a> from the original on 23 March 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 September</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Azerbaijan+to+manufacture+its+own+aircraft+and+helicopters&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topix.com%2Fworld%2Fazerbaijan%2F2008%2F09%2Fazerbaijan-gearing-for-manufacturing-aircraft-and-helicopter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.today.az/news/business/47845.html">"Azerbaijan will be unable to produce competitive military technology in the next five years"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323051051/http://www.today.az/news/business/47845.html">Archived</a> from the original on 23 March 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Azerbaijan+will+be+unable+to+produce+competitive+military+technology+in+the+next+five+years&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.az%2Fnews%2Fbusiness%2F47845.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span> and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/28011">"Azerbaijan to produce tanks, aviation bombs and pilotless vehicles in 2009"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100919004012/http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/world/news/28011">Archived</a> from the original on 19 September 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 June</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Azerbaijan+to+produce+tanks%2C+aviation+bombs+and+pilotless+vehicles+in+2009&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.panarmenian.net%2Feng%2Fworld%2Fnews%2F28011&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reuters.com-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-reuters.com_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL1597375">"Azerbaijan announces 53 pct rise in army spending"</a>. <i>Reuters</i>. 15 April 2008. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090726120651/http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL1597375">Archived</a> from the original on 26 July 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Reuters&rft.atitle=Azerbaijan+announces+53+pct+rise+in+army+spending&rft.date=2008-04-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FlatestCrisis%2FidUSL1597375&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blandy12-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Blandy12_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blandy12_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blandy12_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blandy12_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blandy12_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Blandy12_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">C. W. Blandy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/caucasus/08(17)CWB.pdf">Azerbaijan: Is War Over Nagornyy Karabakh a Realistic Option? Advanced Research and Assessment Group. Caucasus Series 08/17. — Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, 2008, p.12</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110510000120/http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/caucasus/08(17)CWB.pdf">Archived</a> 10 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IISS157-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IISS157_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IISS157_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIISS2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/IISS" class="mw-redirect" title="IISS">IISS</a> (2007). <i>The Military Balance 2007</i>. London: Routledge for the IISS. p. 157. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-437-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-437-8"><bdi>978-1-85743-437-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Military+Balance+2007&rft.place=London&rft.pages=157&rft.pub=Routledge+for+the+IISS&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-85743-437-8&rft.au=IISS&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFApa.az" class="citation web cs1">Apa.az. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120407091017/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=160316">"Azerbaijan is second big purchaser of tanks from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in 2005–2010"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=160316">the original</a> on 7 April 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Azerbaijan+is+second+big+purchaser+of+tanks+from+Russia%2C+Ukraine+and+Belarus+in+2005%E2%80%932010&rft.au=Apa.az&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fen.apa.az%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D160316&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IISS158-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IISS158_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IISS158_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIISS2007" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/IISS" class="mw-redirect" title="IISS">IISS</a> (2007). <i>The Military Balance 2007</i>. London: Routledge for the IISS. p. 158. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-437-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85743-437-8"><bdi>978-1-85743-437-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Military+Balance+2007&rft.place=London&rft.pages=158&rft.pub=Routledge+for+the+IISS&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-85743-437-8&rft.au=IISS&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span> The IISS list 37 fighter aircraft, 15 fighter-ground attack aircraft, four transport aircraft, 50 training aircraft (including five combat capable trainers), 15 attack helicopters, and 20 transport helicopters</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blandy, 'Azerbaijan: Is War Over Nagornyy Karabakh a Realistic Option?, 2008, p.6, quoting <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://nvo.ng.ru/wars/2007-02-09/2_poroh.html">http://nvo.ng.ru/wars/2007-02-09/2_poroh.html</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120203063219/http://nvo.ng.ru/wars/2007-02-09/2_poroh.html">Archived</a> 3 February 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye 9 February 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Blandy,_2008,_p.7-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Blandy,_2008,_p.7_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Blandy, 2008, p.7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Azerbaijani_Army_marks_91_years_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.apa.az/print.php?id=104326">Azerbaijani Army marks 91 years</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120225202625/http://en.apa.az/print.php?id=104326">Archived</a> 25 February 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.today.az/news/politics/53397.html">"Azerbaijan marks Day of Armed Forces"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629185253/http://www.today.az/news/politics/53397.html">Archived</a> from the original on 29 June 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 May</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Azerbaijan+to+buy+long-range+rockets&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.az%2Farticles%2Fpolitics%2F36243&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAzerbaijani+Armed+Forces" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060601083626/http://www.azernews.net/eng/gizli/view.php?d=14940">"NATO & Azerbaijan relations"</a>. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Assets of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense_(Azerbaijan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)">Ministry of Defence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">General Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" title="Special Forces of Azerbaijan">Special Forces of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Band_Service_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" title="Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan">Military Band Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_Industry_of_Azerbaijan" title="Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan">Ministry of Defence Industry</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg/30px-Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg/45px-Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg/60px-Flag_of_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Land_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Land Forces">Land Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Army_Corps_(Azerbaijan)" title="1st Army Corps (Azerbaijan)">1st Army Corps</a> <ul><li>HQ: <a href="/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan" title="Barda, Azerbaijan">Barda</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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title="777th Special Forces Regiment">777th Special Forces Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_peacekeeping_forces" title="Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces">Peacekeeping forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Azerbaijani_Land_Forces" title="List of equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces">List of equipment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Azerbaijani_Air_Forces.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijani_Air_Forces.png/30px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijani_Air_Forces.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijani_Air_Forces.png/45px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijani_Air_Forces.png 1.5x, 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agencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internal_Troops_of_Azerbaijan" title="Internal Troops of Azerbaijan">Internal Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_National_Guard" title="Azerbaijani National Guard">National Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Border_Service_of_Azerbaijan" title="State Border Service of Azerbaijan">State Border Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Security_Service_(Azerbaijan)" title="State Security Service (Azerbaijan)">State Security Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Azerbaijan)" title="Foreign Intelligence Service (Azerbaijan)">Foreign Intelligence Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/YARASA_Special_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="YARASA Special Forces">YARASA</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_University_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Defense University (Azerbaijan)">National Defense University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_College_of_the_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces">War College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Higher_Military_Academy" title="Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy">Higher Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamshid_Nakhchivanski_Military_Lyceum" title="Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum">Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Military_Lyceum" title="Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum">Heydar Aliyev Military Lyceum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Higher_Naval_Academy" title="Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy">Higher Naval Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Wars and conflicts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baku" title="Battle of Baku">Battle of Baku (1918)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian%E2%80%93Azerbaijani_war_(1918%E2%80%931920)" title="Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)">Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Azerbaijan" title="Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan">Sovietisation (1920)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Armenia" title="Red Army invasion of Armenia">Invasion of Armenia (1920)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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