Air Defence Brigade (Namibia)

Air Defence Brigade
Air Defence Brigade
Country	Namibia
Type	Air Defence
Size	brigade
Part of	Namibian Army
Garrison/HQ	Luiperdsvallei Windhoek, Khomas Region
Commanders
Current; commander	Brig Gen Patrick Owen Orange

Air Defence Brigade is a brigade of the Namibian Army based at Windhoek. It functions as the Army's Air Defence Formation and hosts all the Air Defence regiments of the Army. It was founded in 1991 as the Air Defence Battalion, later it was changed into the Air defence regiment before being upgraded into a brigade.

Equipment

The Brigade uses the following equipment:

Units

12 Air Defence Regiment
21 Air Defence Regiment
26 Air Defence Regiment

Leadership

Air Defence Brigade
From	General Officer Commanding	To
Unknown date	Brigadier General David Shiimbi	2016
2016	Brigadier General Moses Shalongo Nghilifa^[2]^[3]	2019
2019	Brigadier General Lazarus Herman	27 October 2020
27 October 2020	Brigadier General Simeon Shikwambi Mwaala	31 May 2023
1 June 2023	Brigadier General Patrick Owen Orange	Incumbent
From	Formation Sergeant Major	To
1991	Warrant Officer class 1 Albert Siyaya	1998

References

[1] "Namibia operating FN-6 missiles". 30 August 2018.

[2] "Namibia Press Agency".

[3] ttps://www.facebook.com/MODNamibia/posts/windhoek-28-february-2019-colonel-nafidi-lasarus-herman-former-deputy-commander-/331102124193258/ ^{[user-generated source]}

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