The Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea consists of approximately 2,500 service members. The army has almost 1,400 soldiers, the navy 200 service members, and the air force about 120 members. There is a
A T-55 Main Battle Tank
An RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade launcher
An Antonov An-72P on lift off
Joint U.S.-Equatorial Guinea naval exercises off the coast of Equatorial Guinea on February 2, 2008. Behind the American landing craft 1655 sail three Guinean patrol boats, the first being the patrol boat Daphne and the other two being Isla de Corisco and Isla de Annobon.
Navy of Equatorial Guinea
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The Navy of Equatorial Guinea is the maritime component of the Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea. Its main functions are anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Guinea and protecting the offshore oil an
Armed Forces of Equatorial Guinea
…overthrew his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema. The Armed Forces were reorganized in 1979. In 1988, the United States donated a 68-foot patrol boat to the Equatoguinean navy to patrol its exclusive economic zone. The U.S. patrol boat Isla de Bioko is no longer operational. U.S. military-to-military engagement has been dormant…
Members of the Equatorial Guinea Navy go over plans for a mock boarding during an exercise with the US Navy in 2008.