United Arab Emirates Armed Forces

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armed forces military organization

The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces are the unified military forces of the UAE, known for their advanced equipment, significant defense spending, and active participation in regional security and coalition operations.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates 3
UAE Armed Forces 2
United Arab Emirates Air Force 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
allegiance United Arab Emirates ⓘ
ArmedForcesUnificationDay May 6 ⓘ
budget one of the highest defense budgets in the Middle East ⓘ
chiefOfStaff Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces ⓘ
commanderInChief Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ⓘ
surface form: President of the United Arab Emirates
conscriptionAppliesTo UAE male citizens ⓘ
cooperatesWith French Armed Forces ⓘ
NATO members ⓘ
Saudi Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
country United Arab Emirates ⓘ
dateUnified 1976-05-06 ⓘ
deputySupremeCommander Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan ⓘ
surface form: Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
doctrine combined arms operations ⓘ
network-centric warfare ⓘ
equipmentLevel high-tech ⓘ
modern ⓘ
foundedBy federal government of the United Arab Emirates ⓘ
hasBaseHosting foreign forces ⓘ
hasComponent Joint Aviation Command ⓘ
Presidential Guard ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Air Force ⓘ
surface form: UAE Air Force and Air Defence

UAE Army ⓘ
UAE Coast Guard ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Navy ⓘ
surface form: UAE Navy
hasConscription yes ⓘ
headquarters Abu Dhabi ⓘ
manpowerType professional volunteer force ⓘ
memberOf Gulf Cooperation Council ⓘ
nationalHolidayAssociated Armed Forces Unification Day ⓘ
nativeName United Arab Emirates Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
notableAircraft F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ
surface form: F-16E/F Desert Falcon

Dassault Mirage 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Mirage 2000-9
notableGroundEquipment Leclerc main battle tank ⓘ
Patriot missile system ⓘ
surface form: Patriot air defense system
overseenBy UAE Ministry of Defence ⓘ
participatedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Kosovo War ⓘ
Second Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Civil War (2011 and later interventions)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan (post-2001)

Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) ⓘ
surface form: Yemeni Civil War (Saudi-led coalition)
participatedInOperation Operation Decisive Storm ⓘ
Operation Restoring Hope ⓘ
Operation Inherent Resolve ⓘ
surface form: US-led coalition against ISIL
precededBy Trucial Oman Scouts ⓘ
individual emirate forces ⓘ
regionalRole Arabian Peninsula security ⓘ
Gulf security ⓘ
role homeland security ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
participation in international military operations ⓘ
serviceBranch Air force ⓘ
Army ⓘ
Navy ⓘ
Presidential Guard ⓘ
shortName United Arab Emirates Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UAE Armed Forces
sizeDescription relatively small but well-equipped ⓘ
supports UAE foreign policy objectives ⓘ
symbol Emblem of the UAE Armed Forces ⓘ
trainingFocus counterterrorism ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ
joint operations capability ⓘ
usesEquipmentFrom France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

domestic defense industry ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Egyptian Armed Forces → alliedWith → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces → nativeName → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: القوات المسلحة لدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Dubai Airshow → organizer → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UAE Armed Forces
United Arab Emirates Air Force → partOf → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Navy → partOf → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Air Force → serviceBranchOf → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Navy → serviceBranchOf → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces → shortName → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UAE Armed Forces
C-17 Globemaster III → usedBy → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Arab Emirates Air Force
FAMAS assault rifle → usedBy → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System → usedBy → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates
Leclerc main battle tank → usedBy → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle → usedBy → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Patria AMV
RBS 70 missile system → usedBy → United Arab Emirates Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: RBS 70