Military of Kazakhstan

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Military of Kazakhstan
Service branches	Ground Forces Air and Air Defense Forces Naval Force Border Services Republican Guard
Manpower
Military age	18; minimum age for volunteers N/A (2004)
Conscription	Two years
Available for military service	3,758,255 males, age 15–49 (2005 est.), 3,822,845 females, age 15–49 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service	2,473,529 males, age 15–49 (2005 est.), 3,168,048 females, age 15–49 (2005 est.)
Reaching military age annually	173,129 males (2005 est.), 168,697 females (2005 est.)
Expenditures
Budget	$175 million (FY01)
Percent of GDP	1.5% (2006 est.)

The Republican Guard has 2,500 soldiers (1994), and is not part of the Army.

On 30 June 1992, the Soviet Armed Forces' Turkestan Military District disbanded, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The most powerful grouping went to become the core of Kazakhstan's new military which acquired all the units of the 40th (the former 32nd) Army and part of the 17th Army Corps, including 6 land force divisions, storage bases, the 14th and 35th air-landing brigades, 2 rocket brigades, 2 artillery regiments and a large amount of equipment which had been withdrawn from over the Urals after the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.

The Kazakh Air Defence Force's fighter aircraft element consists of the 356th Fighter Aviation Regiment, flying MiG-31s from Semipalitinsk Airport.

Kazakhstan also sent 29 military engineers under Polish command in Iraq as part of the Coalition of the willing to assist the US occupation in Iraq in order save money for it's small economy while giving small support to the west.

[edit] Air and Air Defense Forces

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service[1]	Notes
Antonov An-26	Soviet Union	tactical transport		1
Bell UH-1 Iroquois	United States	utility helicopter	UH-1H Huey II	6
Mikoyan MiG-25	Soviet Union	interceptor		16
Mikoyan MiG-29	Soviet Union	fighter		40
Mikoyan MiG-31	Soviet Union	interceptor		40
Mil Mi-8	Soviet Union	transport helicopter		22
Mil Mi-24	Soviet Union	attack helicopter		20
Mil Mi-26	Soviet Union	transport helicopter		12
Sukhoi Su-24	Soviet Union	attack		25
Sukhoi Su-25	Soviet Union	attack		14
Sukhoi Su-27	Soviet Union	fighter		25
Tupolev Tu-154	Soviet Union	transport		2

[edit] References

• CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition.