page_title: Syrian Air Defense Force
section_title: Current structure and organization
hierarchical_section_title: Syrian Air Defense Force / Current structure and organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Part of a Syrian SA-6 site built near the Beirut-Damascus highway, and overlooking the Bekaa Valley, in early 1982.
context_page_description: The Syrian Air Defense Force, officially the Syrian Arab Air Defense Force, is an independent command within the Syrian Armed Forces. The SyADF is one of the most powerful and combat-tested air defence forces in the region.
  It has been merged into and then separated from both the Syrian Arab Army and the Syrian Arab Air Force. The Syrian Air Defense Force controls four air defense corps, eleven air defense divisions and thirty-six air defense brigades, each with six SAM battalions. It is equipped with 650 static S-75 Dvina, S-125 Neva/Pechora and S-200 launchers, 300 mobile 2K12 Kub, Pantsir S-1 and Buk launchers and over 4,000 anti-aircraft guns ranging from 23mm to 100mm in caliber. There are also two independent 9K33 Osa SAM regiments, each with four batteries of 48 mobile SAMs. An unknown number of S-300 system were delivered to Syria in 2018.
  The Syrian early warning system comprises Long Track; P-12 Spoon Rest; P-14 Tall King; H-15 Flat Face; P-30 Big Mesh; P-35 Bar Lock; P-80 Back Net; PRV-13; PRV-16 Thin Skin mobile and static radar sites throughout Syria.
context_section_description: 36,000 active personnel
  Ten Air Defence Division HQ
  Thirty-three Air Defence Brigade
  One hundred and fifty Air Defence Batteries
  25 teams defense (130 batteries) Including:
  Self-propelled
  62 batteries:
  11 teams - 27 batteries - SA-6 Gainful (PU SAM 2K12 Square);
  14 Battery - SA-8 Gecko (PU SAM 9K33 Osa);
  12 Battery - SA-22 Greyhound (96K6 Pantsyr S1E);
  9 Battery - Buk-M2
  Towed
  11 teams - 60 batteries with SA-2 Guideline (CP-75 Dvina / S-75M Volga) and SA-3 Goa (S-125 Neva / S-125M Pechora) (Being upgraded);
  Two SAM regiments with SA-5 Gammon(in each brigade to 2 divisions for 2 batteries each).
  Four SAM battalions
  Eight Static/Shelter SAM batteries
  Two independent SAM Regiments
  Four SAM batteries with SA-8
caption: Part of a Syrian SA-6 ground-to-air missile site built near the Beirut-Damascus highway and overlooking the Bekaa Valley, in early 1982 during the 1982 Lebanon War.
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