Syrian Air Defense Force

rdf:langString Syrian Air Defense Force

rdf:langString Syrian Arab Air Defence Force

rdf:langString Emblem of the SyADF

rdf:langString Blue, Green

rdf:langString Damascus, Syria

rdf:langString Headquarters

rdf:langString Insignia

rdf:langString الوحدة والحرية والاشتراكية Unity, Liberty, Socialism

rdf:langString قوات الدفاع الجوي العربي السوري

rdf:langString Syrian Arab Air Defence Force

rdf:langString The Syrian Air Defense Force (SyADF), officially the Syrian Arab Air Defense Force (Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي العربي السوري) is an independent command within the Syrian Armed Forces. It is responsible for protecting the Syrian airspace against any hostile air attacks. The SyADF is one of the most powerful and combat-tested air defence forces in the region. It has been merged into and then separated from both the Syrian Arab Army and the Syrian Arab Air Force. The Syrian Air Defense Force controls four air defense corps, eleven air defense divisions and thirty-six air defense brigades, each with six surface-to-air missile battalions. Since 2017, it has been linked to a joint Russian-Syrian command. It is equipped with 650 static S-75 Dvina, S-125 Neva/Pechora and S-200 launchers, 300 mobile 2K12 Kub, Pantsir S-1 and Buk launchers and over 4,000 anti-aircraft guns ranging from 23mm to 100mm in caliber (e.g. ZSU-23-4 Shilka). There are also two independent 9K33 Osa SAM regiments, each with four batteries of 48 mobile SAMs. An unknown number of S-300 system were delivered to Syria in 2018. A large number of Iranian air defense systems were delivered to the country in 2021: Mersad, Khordad-3, Bavar-373 and Khordad-15 systems. The Syrian early warning system comprises Long Track; P-12 Spoon Rest; P-14 Tall King; H-15 Flat Face; P-18 Spoon Rest; P-30 Big Mesh; P-35 Bar Lock; ; YLC-6 Radar; ; ; ; ; mobile and static radar sites throughout Syria.