Territorial Air Defence Forces
Military unit
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The Territorial Air Defence Force (DAT; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم,[1]French: Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire[2]) is an armed service/branch of the Algerian People's National Army, the armed forces of Algeria.[3] It is one of the four service branches of the Algerian Armed Forces, along with the army, navy, and air force. It is tasked with the Algerian airspace protection mission. Its current commander is Major-General Amer Amrani.[4]
| Territorial Air Defence Force | |
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| قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم (Arabic) Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire (French) | |
Insignia of the Commander of the Territorial Air Defence Force | |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Country | Algeria |
| Role | Air Defense |
| Size | 10,000 |
| Part of | Algerian People's National Army |
The higher military school of the Air Defence Forces (école supérieure de la défense aérienne du territoire) is located at Reghaïa in Algeria's 1st Military Region.[5] It provides engineering training.
Created in 1988, after being separated from the Ground Forces Command, it is currently under the command of the commander of air defense of the military region forces. Its equipment includes batteries of S-300s and Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system.[6][7] Other systems include: the SA-6 "Gainful" and Buk missile systems, the S-125 Neva/Pechora and the SA-8 Gecko, as well as the "Shilka" armed with 23 mm cannons and man portable 9K32 Strela-2s. In addition, the force possesses many types of radar.
Currently there are three air defence brigades and five surface-to-air missile regiments with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, and SA-20.[8]
Equipment
| Gear | Image | Origin | in service | Type | Comments |
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| S-300 |  |
 Soviet Union |
8 regiments[9] | Strategic air defense | 8 regiments of S-300PMU-2 Favorit were ordered in 2006.[10][11] One S-300 regiment consists of 12 launchers of 4 missiles. |
| Buk-M2 |  |
Soviet Union |
48 systems[12][13] | Medium-range SAM | |
| 2K12 |  |
Soviet Union |
Unknown | Medium-range SAM | |
| Pantsir-S1/SM | _(521-05).jpg) |
 Russia |
108[14] | Air defense short and medium-term | |
| Tor M2 | .jpg) |
Soviet Union |
48 systems[15] | Short-range SAM | |
| 9K31 Strela-1 |  |
Soviet Union |
20 systems[14] | Short-range SAM | |
| S-125 Neva[16] |  |
Soviet Union |
36 S-125 | Short-range SAM |
Ranks
- Commissioned officer ranks
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 Algerian Territorial Air Defence Forces |
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| لواء Liwa |
عميد Amid |
عقيد Aqid |
مقدم Muqaddam |
رائد Ra'id |
نقيب Naqib |
ملازم أول Mulazim awwal |
ملازم Mulazim | |||||||||||||||||
| Général major | Général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||
- Other ranks
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Algerian Territorial Air Defence Forces |
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No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| مساعد أول Mosa'id awwal |
مساعد Mosa'id |
رقيب أول Raqib awwal |
رقيب Raqib |
عريف أول Earif 'awal |
عريف Earif |
جندي Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjudant chef | Adjudant | Sergent chef | Sergent | Caporal chef | Caporal | Djoundi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||