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The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, Tswana: Sesole Sa Botswana) is the military of Botswana. The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force ; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 Panther airboats and 2 Boston Whaler Raider class.
The Air Wing was formed in 1977 and is organisationally part of the Botswana Defence Force. [2]All squadrons are designated with a Z, which stands for "squadron". [3] The main base is near Molepolole and was built by mostly foreign contractors between 1992 and 1996. [4]
The Ministry of Defence and Security of Botswana aims to provide safety, protection and promote human rights and rule of law via the implementation of pertinent policies and programming in order to achieve peace and tranquility. The ministry oversees the following departments: [1] [2] Botswana Defence Force; Botswana Prison Service
The airport also serves as one of three Botswana Defence Force Air Wing air bases. The air base is home to: Z1 Transport Squadron; Z7 Training Squadron; Z10 Transport Squadron; Z21 Transport/Helicopter Squadron; Z23 Transport/Helicopter Squadron; Z28 Fighter Squadron; The airbase is also home to the Thebephatshwa Airbase Hospital, with two ...
Botswana soldiers board a Botswana Defence Force plane to Mozambique in July 2021. At the time of independence, Botswana had no armed forces. It was only after the Rhodesian and South African armies attacked the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe [ 102 ] bases respectively that the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) was formed ...
Botswana Defence Force Air Wing [1. No insignia: Warrant officer class 1: Warrant officer class 2: Staff sergeant: Sergeant: Corporal: Lance corporal: Private (or ...
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The commander-in-chief of the BDF is Mokgweetsi Masisi, the current President of Botswana. Answering to him is Lieutenant General Placid Segokgo. 2012 Botswana Defence Force Change of Command. The various units of the Botswana Ground Force are as follows: 1st Armoured Brigade (Gaborone) 1st Infantry Brigade (mechanised brigade at Gaborone)