Azerbaijani Army

Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri
Coat of arms of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces
Founded	26 June 1918
Current form	Early 1992
Service branches	Azerbaijani Land Forces Azerbaijani Air Force Azerbaijani Navy Internal Troops of Azerbaijan State Border Service (Azerbaijan) Azerbaijani National Guard Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces
Headquarters	Baku
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	President Ilham Aliyev
Defence Minister	Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov
Chief of Staff	Colonel-General Najmaddin Sadigov
Manpower
Military age	18–35 years (Regular)
Conscription	12-18 months for ground forces
Active personnel	66,940
Expenditures
Budget	$1.46 billion (2016)
Percent of GDP	3% (2011)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Azerbaijan Defense Industry
Foreign suppliers	Turkey  Russia  Israel  United States  Ukraine  Belarus  Germany  Iran  France  China  Malaysia  Pakistan  Vietnam
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History	Military history of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) Battle of Baku (1918) Azerbaijan during World War II Nagorno-Karabakh War (1991–1994) 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes

Azerbaijani Land Forces
Azerbaijani Air Force

The Azerbaijani Armed Forces (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had originally formed its own armed forces from 26 June 1918. However these were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 28 April 1920. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991–92 the armed forces were reformed based on Soviet bases and equipment left on Azeri soil.

The armed forces have three branches: the Azerbaijani Land Forces, the Azerbaijani Air and Air Defence Force, and the Azerbaijani Navy. Associated forces include the Azerbaijani National Guard, the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan, and the State Border Service, which can be involved in state defense under certain circumstances.