Sultan's Armed Forces | |
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القوات المسلحة لسلطان عمان | |
![]() The Seal of the Sultan's Armed Forces | |
Motto | God - Homeland - The Sultan |
Founded | 1907 |
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Headquarters | Bayt al Falaj, Muscat |
Leadership | |
Supreme Commander-in-Chief | Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said |
Minister of Defense | Shihab bin Tariq |
Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces | Vice Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis bin Abdullah Al Raisi |
Personnel | |
Conscription | No |
Active personnel | 42,600[1] |
Reserve personnel | 100,000[2] |
Expenditure | |
Budget | US$8.686 billion (2017) |
Percent of GDP | 12.1% (2017) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Oman Engineering Company |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Oman |
The Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة لسلطان عمان, transliterated: al-Quwāt ul-Musallaḥatu lis-Sulṭān 'Umān) are the Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman, Sultan's Special Force and other defense forces of the Sultanate of Oman. Since their formal establishment in the early 1950s, with British assistance SAF has twice overcome insurgencies which have threatened the integrity or social structure of the state, and more recently have contributed contingents or facilities to coalitions formed to protect Arab states of the Persian Gulf.