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Senegalese Armed Forces;
Service branches	Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police (Surete Nationale)
Manpower
Available for; military service	males age 15-49: 2,218,920 (2000 est.), age 18
Fit for; military service	males age 15-49: 1,158,893 (2000 est.), age 18
Reaching military; age annually	males: 109,381 (2000 est.)
Active personnel	19,000
Expenditures
Budget	$68 million (FY97)
Percent of GDP	1.4% (FY97)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	France; Russia

The Senegalese armed forces consist of about 19,000 well-trained and disciplined personnel in the army, air force, navy, and gendarmerie. The Senegalese military force receives most of its training, equipment, and support from France and the United States. Germany also provides support but on a smaller scale.

Military noninterference in political affairs has contributed to Senegal's stability since independence. Senegal has participated in many international and regional peacekeeping missions. Most recently, in 2000, Senegal sent a battalion to the Democratic Republic of Congo to participate in MONUC, the United Nations peacekeeping mission, and agreed to deploy a U.S.-trained battalion to Sierra Leone to participate in UNAMSIL, another UN peacekeeping mission. (The training operation was designated Operation Focus Relief and involved U.S. Army Special Forces from 3rd Special Forces Group training a number of West African battalions, including Nigerian ones.) A Senegalese contingent deployed on a peacekeeping mission to the Central African Republic in 1997, and in 1994, Senegal sent a battalion-sized force to Rwanda to participate in the UN peacekeeping mission there. In 1992 Senegal sent 1,500 men to the ECOMOG peacekeeping group in Liberia, and in 1991, it was the only Sub-Saharan nation to send a contingent to participate in Operation Desert Storm.

In August 1981, the Senegalese military was invited into The Gambia by President Dawda Kairaba Jawara to put down a coup attempt. In August 1989, Senegalese-Gambian military cooperation, which began with the joint Senegalese-Gambian efforts during the 1981 coup attempt, ceased with the dissolution of the Senegambian Confederation. Senegal intervened in the Guinea-Bissau civil war in 1998 at the request of former President Vieira.

[edit] Military zones

At the present time, there exist seven military zones:^[1]

Zone n°1 - Dakar
Zone n°2 - Saint-Louis
Zone n°3 - Kaolack
Zone n°4 - Ziguinchor
Zone n°5 - Tambacounda
Zone n°6 - Kolda
Zone n°7 - Thiès

Each zone comprises a garrison office which caters to military issues and a social service office. The IISS Military Balance listed four zones in 2007.

[edit] Aircraft

Main article: Senegalese Air Force

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[2]
Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle	France	scout helicopter	SA 341	1
Aérospatiale AS 355Ecureuil	France	trainer helicopter	AS 355F1	2
Mil Mi-24	Russia	attack helicopter	Mi-35 Hind	2
Mil Mi-17	Russia	transport helicopter	Mi-17 Hip	2
Mil Mi-2	Soviet Union	utility helicopter	Mi-2	2
Fokker F-27 Friendship	Netherlands	transport	F-27-400M	6
Boeing 727	United States	VIP	727-200	1
Britten-Norman Islander	United Kingdom	utility	BN-2T	1
Aérospatiale Magister	France	trainer	CM 170	4
Aérospatiale Epsilon	France	trainer	TB30 Epsilon	2

[edit] References

^ Etat Major des Armees, Zones militaires, accessed August 2009
^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.

Website of the Armed Forces of Senegal.

[0] Etat Major des Armees, Zones militaires, accessed August 2009

[awst_20070115-1] "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.

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