Territorial Air Defence Forces

The Territorial Air Defence Force (DAT; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم,^[1]French: Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire^[2]) is an armed service/branch of the Algerian People's National Army, the armed forces of Algeria.^[3] It is one of the four service branches of the Algerian Armed Forces, along with the army, navy, and air force. It is tasked with the Algerian airspace protection mission. Its current commander is Major-General Amer Amrani.^[4]

Territorial Air Defence Force
قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم (Arabic) Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire (French)
Insignia of the Commander of the Territorial Air Defence Force
Founded	1988
Country	Algeria
Role	Air Defense
Size	10,000
Part of	Algerian People's National Army

The higher military school of the Air Defence Forces (école supérieure de la défense aérienne du territoire) is located at Reghaïa in Algeria's 1st Military Region.^[5] It provides engineering training.

Created in 1988, after being separated from the Ground Forces Command, it is currently under the command of the commander of air defense of the military region forces. Its equipment includes the S300 missile, batteries of Pantsir-S1s, and the Tor missile system, which is the most important weapon owned by the Territorial Air Defence Force.^[6][7] Other systems include: the SA-6 "Gainful" and Buk missile systems, the S-125 Neva/Pechora and the SA-8 Gecko, as well as the "Shilka" armed with 23 mm cannons and man portable 9K32 Strela-2s. In addition, the force possesses many types of radar.

Currently there are three air defence brigades and five surface-to-air missile regiments with SA-2, SA-3, SA-6, and SA-20.^[8]

Equipment

Gear	Image	Origin	in service	Type	Comments
S-400 Triumph		Russia	8 regiments[9]	Strategic air defense	One S-400 regiment consists of 12 launchers of 4 missiles.
S-300 (missile)		Russia	8 regiments [10]	Strategic air defense	8 regiments of S-300PMU-2 Favorit were ordered in 2006.[11][12] One S-300 regiment consists of 12 launchers of 4 missiles.
HQ-9B		China	9 systems	Strategic air defense
Buk-M2		Russia	48 systems[13][14]	Medium-range SAM
2K12		Soviet Union	Unknown	Medium-range SAM
Pantsir-S1/SM		Russia	108[15]	Air defense short and medium-term
Tor M2		Russia	48 systems[16]	Short-range SAM
9K31 Strela-1		Soviet Union	20 systems[15]	Short-range SAM
S-125 Neva[17]		Soviet Union	36 S-125	Short-range SAM
ZSU-23-4 Shilka		Soviet Union	225	SPAAG	Shilka Locally developed for surface to air missiles
ZU-23-2		Soviet Union	Unknown	Anti-aircraft autocannon