Sultan's Armed Forces | |
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القوات المسلحة لسلطان عمان | |
Motto | God - Homeland - The Sultan |
Founded | 1907 |
Service branches | Royal Army of Oman Royal Air Force of Oman Royal Navy of Oman Royal Guard of Oman Sultan's Special Force |
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) or Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) (Arabic: القوات المسلحة السلطانية) are the armed formed of Oman. They constitute 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.