Forces Support Group Company 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion 3d Mechanized Infantry Battalion 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion (Reserve) Artillery Battalion Artillery Battery Artillery Battery Artillery Battery Artillery Battery Anti-aircraft Battery Armored Brigade Mortar Company Tank Battalion Mechanized Infantry Battalion Anti-tank Battalion Qatari Emiri Navy The Qatari Emiri Navy (QEN), also called the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF), is the naval branch of the armed forces of the State of Qatar. Qatari Emiri Air Force The Qatari Emiri Air Force was formed in 1974, three years after achieving independence from Great Britain in 1971. Initially equipped with ex-RAF Hawker Hunters, the air force soon began expansion with six Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jets in 1979. Fourteen Dassault Mirage F1 were delivered between 1980 and 1984. After the Gulf War, Qatar's air force infrastructure was upgraded by France for $200 million, leading to the order of nine single seat Mirage 2000-5DEA multi-role combat aircraft and three two seat Mirage 2000-5DDA combat trainers in August 1994. Deliveries started in December 1997, and involved the buy back of the remaining 11 Mirage F1s by France that were later sold on to Spain. The current commander of the Qatar Emiri Air Force is Brigadier General Mubarak Mohammed Al Kumait Al Khayarin. British pilots in Oman remain on duty with the air force, and French specialists are employed in a maintenance capacity. Nevertheless, an increasing number of young Qataris have been trained as pilots and technicians. Its units include: No. 1 Fighter Wing No. 7 Air Superiority Squadron – Dassault Mirage 2000 9 single-seat Mirage 2000-5EDA 3 2000-5DDA trainers No. 11 Close Support Squadron – Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet No. 2 Rotary Wing No. 6 Close Support Squadron – Eurocopter SA342 No. 8 Anti-Surface Vessel Squadron – Westland Sea King Commando Mk 3 No. 9 Multi-Role Squadron – Westland Sea King Commando Mk 2 Qatar Amiri Flight – C-17 Globemaster III As of January 1993, all the air force's aircraft were based at Doha International Airport. Rank structure The rank insignia of commissioned officers. The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Equipment See also Military ranks of Qatar Qatar Air Force As Sayliyah Army Base References Military of Qatar Qatar