Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces

Sultan's Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة لسلطان عمان
The Seal of the Sultan's Armed Forces
Motto	God - Homeland - The Sultan
Founded	1907
Service branches	Royal Army of Oman  Royal Air Force of Oman  Royal Navy of Oman Royal Guard of Oman Sultan's Special Force
Headquarters	Bayt al Falaj, Muscat
Leadership
Supreme Commander-in-Chief	Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
Minister of Defense	Shihab bin Tariq
Chief of the Armed Forces Staff	Vice Admiral Abdullah bin Khamis bin Abdullah Al Raisi
Personnel
Conscription	No
Active personnel	42,600
Reserve personnel	100,000
Expenditure
Budget	US$8.686 billion (2017)
Percent of GDP	12.1% (2017)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Oman Engineering Company
Related articles
Ranks	Military ranks of Oman

The Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces (Arabic: القوات المسلحة لسلطان عمان, transliterated: al-Quwāt ul-Musallaḥatu lis-Sulṭān 'Umān) are the Royal Army of Oman, Royal Navy of Oman, Royal Air Force of Oman, Sultan's Special Force and other defense forces of the Sultanate of Oman. Since their formal establishment in the early 1950s, with British assistance SAF has twice overcome insurgencies which have threatened the integrity or social structure of the state, and more recently have contributed contingents or facilities to coalitions formed to protect Arab states of the Persian Gulf.