Libyan Armed Forces
Parts of this article (those related to the end of the Second Libyan Civil War) need to be updated.(August 2021) |
Libyan Armed Forces | |
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Headquarters | Tripoli |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Mohamed al-Menfi |
Minister of Defence | Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh |
Chief of the General Staff | Mohamed Al-Haddad |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 (2012)[1] |
Active personnel | c. 32,000 |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | |
Related articles | |
Ranks | Military ranks of Libya |
The Libyan Armed Forces (
The original army under the
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)
The United Kingdom of Libya officially gained its independence from Italy on 24 December 1951.[7] The kingdom was later renamed as the Kingdom of Libya in 1963. Under the Libyan monarchy, there existed a federal army and local provincial police forces. The U.S. State Department reported in 1957 that the army numbered 1,835 men, while the police forces had around 5,000–6,000. King Idris of Libya and his government relied on the police for internal security and were anxious to increase the size of the national army to 5,000 troops. The United Kingdom had the primary role of training the Libyan Army, but the United States also contributed to training a 1,035-man contingent and was considering taking responsibility for training the entire army.[8] The U.S. also supplied the Royal Libyan Air Force, coming to an agreement in May 1957 to supply Libya with 10 Northrop F-5s.[9]
Libyan Arab Republic and Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1969–2011)
A group of young officers and soldiers led by
The new
The Libyan army was estimated to have 50,000 total troops as of 2009.[12]
Transition period (2011–2014)
During the 2011–2014 transition period, the Libyan armed forces consisted mostly of a shifting ensemble of militias being created and dissolved and creating and dropping alliances.[4]
Units
This article is missing information about most of the units of the 2011–2014 epoch.(November 2019) |
17th Thunderbolt Special Forces Brigade
- based in Tripoli (2013).[13]
27th Brigade
Leader: Mohammed Buzeiud; trained at Bassingbourn Barracks, UK (2014)[13]
- based in Tripoli (2013).[13]
Second civil war (2014–2020)
As of 2019[update], since the start of the
During 2015–2018, the LNA under Haftar's control unified many militias into a regular hierarchical structure in the eastern part of Libya and used
References
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- ^ Shaloff, Stanley, and Glennon, John P. (1989). 173. National Security Council Report (U.S. POLICY TOWARD LIBYA). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Africa, Volume XVIII. Report originally published 29 June 1957.
- ^ "The Northrop F-5 Enthusiast Page". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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- ^ a b c "UK trains Libyan army in fight against al-Qaida and warlords". The Observer. Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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