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    Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة لسلطان عمان, transliterated: al-Quwāt ul-Musallaḥatu lis-Sulṭān 'Umān) or Sultan's Armed Forces...
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    Royal Army of Oman (Arabic: الجيش العماني, transliterated: al-Jaīsh al-'Umānī) is the ground forces component of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. It was...
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  • units of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces are represented at the parade: Royal Army of Oman (RAO) Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)...
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    band of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. It is specifically dedicated to providing ceremonial honours and music to the Sultan of Oman, the House of Al...
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    of Oman (Arabic: سلاح الجو السلطاني عمان, romanized: Silāḥ al-Jaww as-Sulṭāniy ‘Umān or RAFO) is the air arm of the Armed Forces of Oman. The Sultan of...
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    counter the communist rebels and began the process of modernising the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces while simultaneously deploying the Special Air Service...
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  • John Watts (British Army officer) (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    2003) was a British Army officer who became Chief of Defence Staff for the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. Educated at Westminster School, Phillips Academy...
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  • Military ranks of Oman are the military insignia used by the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. Being a former British protectorate, Oman shares a rank structure...
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    Sultan's Armed Forces, located on Al Mujamma Street, in the Ruwi area near Muscat, Oman. It was graciously inaugurated in 1988 by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos...
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    Guard of Oman (RGO) (Arabic: الحرس السلطاني العماني) is the royal guard of the Sultan of Oman. It is a separate service within the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF)...
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    within the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) and although equipped to carry out land defense operations, it is not part of the Royal Army of Oman. The SSF was...
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    son Qaboos bin Said with British support. Qaboos expanded the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces, modernized the state's administration and introduced social...
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    RAFO Thumrait (category Royal Air Force of Oman)
    in Oman between September and November 2001. It involved a combination of His Majesty the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces and Her Majesty's (UK) Armed Forces;...
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    assist him. The sultan also serves as the supreme commander of the armed forces and prime minister. The Sultan is a direct descendant of Ahmad bin Said...
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    Operation Simba (category 1972 in Oman)
    the longest running conflict of the Dhofar Rebellion. On 17 April 1972, a battalion of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (SAF) landed by helicopter to...
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  • Ken Perkins (category Omani military personnel)
    October 2009) was a British Army officer who became commander of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces taking over from General Sir Timothy Creasey. His career...
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  • Mushir (category Military ranks of Egypt)
    rank in most armed forces of the Middle East and North Africa, for armies, navies, and air forces. It is therefore equivalent to the ranks of Field Marshal...
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    Ghalib al-Hinai (category Omani imams)
    within the territory of the Imamate of Oman and sent Muscat and Oman Field Force (MOFF), later renamed Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (SAF), troops to occupy...
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  • The Battle of Deefa took place in May 1968 where a battalion of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces attacked a rebel position at Deefa, in the Jebel Qamar...
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    Shihab bin Tariq (category Recipients of the Order of Sultan Qaboos)
    Commandant at the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces Staff College. After his retirement from the Navy, Shihab remained an advisor to his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin...
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    dissemination of military culture throughout the Sultan's Armed Forces in Oman. A number of the joint military institutions in the Sultan’s Armed Forces fall within...
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  • Arabic). Armed Forces of Mauritania. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2021. "الرتب العسكرية". nsf.ps (in Arabic). Palestinian National Security Forces. Archived...
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  • Timothy Creasey (category Omani military personnel)
    General Officer Commanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland, as well as the commander of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. Creasey was born in 1923...
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    Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman. Haitham was born in Muscat and is a grandson of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was a cousin of Haitham...
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    Jebel Akhdar War (redirect from Oman War)
    Imamate. On 13 December 1954, the Muscat and Oman Field Force (MOFF), later renamed Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (SAF), which had eight British officers among...
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  • Service Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces ROYAL OMAN POLICE WEBSITE – About ROP – Organization. Rop.gov.om. Retrieved on 2011-05-14. Royal Oman Police Website...
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  • had hired foot soldiers from the region to serve in the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces. Oman ceded sovereignty over Gwadar to Pakistan in 1958. The BSO...
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    Corran Purdon (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
    rank of brigadier and appointed Commander, Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces and Director of Operations during the Dhofar Rebellion in 1967. As a result of his...
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    1967 Omani Civil War (1963-76) Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces Sultan's Armed Forces Museum David Smiley Trucial Oman Scouts Valeri, Marc (2009). Oman: Politics...
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    Omani Civil War (1963-76)—was fought here by the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces against guerrilla fighters of the nationalist Dhofar Liberation Front and later...
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