Military of Comoros
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The Comorian
Security Force (French Armée nationale de développement) consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force, as well as a 500-member defense force. A defense treaty with France provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters, training of Comorian military personnel, and air surveillance. France
maintains a small troop presence in Comoros at government request. France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion
Detachment (DLEM) on Mayotte
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| Eurocopter Ecureuil || || utility helicopter || AS 350B || 1 ||
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| Let L-410 Turbolet || || transport || L-410UVP || 2 ||
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| Mil Mi-14 Haze
|| || SAR|| Mi-14Pzh || 1 ||
In addition to the CSF, the Police Force operates a further 6 aircraft fleet available for paramilitary duties.
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| Aermacchi SF.260 || || liaison || SF 260C
SF 260W || 2
3 ||
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| Cessna 402
|| || utility || || 1 ||
Comoros
The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
Security Force (French Armée nationale de développement) consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force, as well as a 500-member defense force. A defense treaty with France provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters, training of Comorian military personnel, and air surveillance. France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
maintains a small troop presence in Comoros at government request. France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion
French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
Detachment (DLEM) on Mayotte
Mayotte
Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France consisting of a main island, Grande-Terre , a smaller island, Petite-Terre , and several islets around these two. The archipelago is located in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, namely between northwestern Madagascar and...
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Equipment inventory
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Assault Rifle - NSV HMG
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Anti-Tank Weapon - Mitsubishi L200 Pickup Trucks
Aircraft inventory
The Comorian Security Force operates only 4 aircraft.! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft
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| Eurocopter Ecureuil || || utility helicopter || AS 350B || 1 ||
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| Let L-410 Turbolet || || transport || L-410UVP || 2 ||
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| Mil Mi-14 Haze
Mil Mi-14
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|| || SAR|| Mi-14Pzh || 1 ||
In addition to the CSF, the Police Force operates a further 6 aircraft fleet available for paramilitary duties.
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| Aermacchi SF.260 || || liaison || SF 260C
SF 260W || 2
3 ||
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| Cessna 402
Cessna 402
The Cessna 401 and 402 are series of 6 to 10 place, light twin, piston engine aircraft. This line was manufactured by Cessna from 1966 to 1985 under the name Utiliner and Businessliner...
|| || utility || || 1 ||