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{{Short description|Military of Angola}} {{for|Congolese Armed Forces|Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox national military | name = Angolan Armed Forces | native_name = {{lang|pt|Forças Armadas Angolanas}} | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = Angolan_Armed_Forces_emblem.png | alt2 = | caption2 = | motto = | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1991|10|09}} | current_form = 1993 | disbanded = | branches = [[Angolan Army]]<br> [[Angolan Navy]]<br> [[National Air Force of Angola|National Air Force]] | headquarters = [[Ministry of National Defence and Homeland Veterans (Angola)|Ministry of National Defence]], Rua 17 de Setembro, Luanda, Angola<ref name="Military Technology 2008, p.301">Military Technology, World Defence Almanac, Vol. XXXII, Issue 1, 2008, p.301</ref> | flying_hours = | website = {{URL|https://faa.ao/}} | commander-in-chief = President [[João Lourenço]] | commander-in-chief_title = [[President of Angola|Commander-in-Chief]] | chief minister = | chief minister_title = | minister = [[João Ernesto dos Santos]] | minister_title = [[Minister of National Defence (Angola)|Minister of National Defence and Homeland Veterans]] | chief_of_staff = | chief_of_staff_title = | commander = General [[António Egídio de Sousa Santos]] | commander_title = [[Chief of General Staff (Angola)|Chief of General Staff]] <!-- Manpower --> | age = | conscription = 24 months<ref name=IISSp448 /> | manpower_data = | manpower_age = | available = | available_f = | fit = | fit_f = | reaching = | reaching_f = | active = 107,000<ref name=IISSp448>{{cite book| url=https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/the-military-balance-2021| title=The Military Balance 2021| author1=International Institute for Strategic Studies| author-link1=International Institute for Strategic Studies| date=25 February 2021| publisher=[[Routledge]]| location=London| page= 448| isbn=9781032012278}}</ref> | ranked = | reserve = | deployed = <!-- Financial --> | amount = $7 billion (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37185:angolan-military-expenditure-to-top-13-billion-by-2019&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105|title=Angolan military expenditure to top $13 billion by 2019 – defenceWeb|first=Guy|last=Martin|website=www.defenceweb.co.za|access-date=July 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818095424/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37185:angolan-military-expenditure-to-top-13-billion-by-2019&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105|archive-date=August 18, 2016|url-status=live|date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> | percent_GDP = 5.25% (2014) <!-- Industrial --> | domestic_suppliers = | foreign_suppliers = | imports = {{BLR}}<br/>{{BRA}}<br/>{{CHN}}<br/>{{CUB}}<br/>{{CZE}}<br/>{{INA}}<br/>{{Flag|Moldova}}<ref>[http://www.vedomosti.md/news/Torgovlya_Oruzhiem_Pomoldavski Торговля оружием по-молдавски] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120135752/http://www.vedomosti.md/news/Torgovlya_Oruzhiem_Pomoldavski |date=November 20, 2018 }} — ''Молдавские ведомости'', February 10, 2009</ref><br/>{{flag|Russia}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.russiadefence.net/t2786-russia-angola-weapons-deal |title=Russia-Angola weapons deal |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904120930/http://www.russiadefence.net/t2786-russia-angola-weapons-deal |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>{{SAF}}<br/>{{USA}} | exports = <!-- Related articles --> | history = [[Angolan War of Independence]] <br /> [[South African Border War]] <br /> [[Angolan Civil War]] <br /> [[First Congo War]] <br /> [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997-99)|Republic of the Congo Civil War]] <br /> [[Second Congo War]] <br /> [[2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état]] | ranks = [[Military ranks of Angola]] }} The '''Angolan Armed Forces''' ({{langx|pt|Forças Armadas Angolanas}}) or '''FAA''' is the military of [[Angola]]. The FAA consist of the [[Angolan Army]] ({{Lang|pt|Exército Angolano}}), the [[Angolan Navy]] ({{Lang|pt|Marinha de Guerra Angolana}}) and the [[National Air Force of Angola]] ({{Lang|pt|Força Aérea Nacional de Angola}}). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000.<ref name=IISSp448 /> The FAA is headed by the [[Chief of General Staff (Angola)|Chief of the General Staff]] António Egídio de Sousa Santos since 2018, who reports to the [[Minister of National Defence (Angola)|minister of National Defense]], currently [[João Ernesto dos Santos]].
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