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The Union Defence Force was established officially as the military of the United Arab Emirates on 27 December 1971 from a directive issued by Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. [8] As the Union Defence Force, every emirate was responsible for the equipment and training of its defense forces.
The National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates, or NDC, is a pseudo military organization in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, that provides Egyptian-style strategic training for both Emirati senior military officers and civilians.
The United Arab Emirates Army (UAEA) is the land force branch of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.The UAE Armed Forces were officially formed in 1976, unifying the military forces of the individual emirates under a single command.
However, in order to prevent all of the air defence and strike assets being located at a single base, a $1 billion, completely new facility has been constructed deep in the Abu Dhabi desert, [3] near the border corner with Saudi Arabia and Oman, near Al Gharbia, housing at least one Mirage 2000 unit.
The guard headquarters is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The building consists of a basement, a ground floor and three upper levels. It has an area of about 31,000 square meters. [19]
The air base is the headquarters of the Western Air Command of the United Arab Emirates Air Force.It hosts the UAE Air Force Fighter Wing, comprising the 1st Shaheen Squadron, 2nd Shaheen Squadron, and 3rd Shaheen Squadron which is equipped with the Lockheed Martin F-16E/F Desert Falcon).
The Rabdan Academy is a government-owned higher education institution in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, established to provide training and education for professionals in the Safety, Security, Defence, Emergency Preparedness, and Crisis Management (SSDEC) sectors.
The origins of the UAE Navy begin with the Abu Dhabi Defence Force (ADDF) which established a Sea Wing in 1967. The initial fleet gave Abu Dhabi a limited brown-water patrolling and protecting capability in the waters of the Persian Gulf and in the littoral region of the Northern Emirates in the Gulf of Oman. This included protection of the UAE ...