The parade of 2018 was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. The design of the parade was changed to mirror that of the parade held in Nakhchivan in October 2017. The jubilee parade saw for the first time, a color guard being opened with the banners of 5 units that reclaimed territory in the 2016 April War and the Gyunnut Operation. A formation of personnel from the Turkish Land Forces led by Captain Goja Arsoy took part in the parade for the first time as well as a group of Turkish F-16 fighter jets. The Azerbaijani Air Force's Bell-412, Mi-24, Mi-24G, Mi-35M attack helicopters, and Mi-17 military transport helicopters took part in the fly past at the end of the parade. Nearly 100 military delegations from Turkey, Pakistan (Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Zubair Mahmood Hayat), Belarus (Defence Minister Andrei Ravkov), Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Iran (Defence Minister Amir Hatami), Israel, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (Defence Minister Abdusalom Azizov), Russia, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine attended the parade. The parade was commanded by Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Ayaz Hasanov.