page_title: Republic of Croatia Armed Forces
section_title: Dr. Franjo Tuđman Military Academy
hierarchical_section_title: Republic of Croatia Armed Forces / Dr. Franjo Tuđman Military Academy
caption_attribution_description: English: Croatian MiG-21BisD after the 2014 refurbishment
context_page_description: The Republic of Croatia Armed Forces is the military service of Croatia.
  The President is the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, and exercises administrative powers in times of war by giving orders to the chief of staff, while administration and defence policy execution in peacetime is carried out by the Government through the Ministry of Defence. This unified institution consists of land, sea, and air branches referred to as:
  Croatian Army
  Croatian Navy
  Croatian Air Force
  The Croatian Armed Forces are charged with protecting the Republic as well as supporting international peacekeeping efforts, when mandated by the NATO, United Nations and/or European Union.
  The Army has 650 AFVs, around 150 pieces of artillery, 100 MLRSs, around 70 tanks, and 20 SPGs. The Air Force has 12 MiG-21 jet fighters, 10 combat-transport Mi-171 and 16 OH-58 attack helicopters. The Navy has 29 ships, out of which five 60-80 metre fast attack craft are used in offensive capabilities.
context_section_description: The Dr. Franjo Tuđman Military Academy acts as a school of higher learning responsible for training and educating future generations of military personnel. 
  The academy consists of several schools including "Ban Josip Jelačić", "Blago Zadro", "Katarina Zrinska", the Officers Academy, and a school for non commissioned officers. The academy has 300 full-time staff and is the only military academy in Croatia. Each year also 100–120 foreign nationals attend the academy.
caption: MiG-21bisD fighter jet of the Croatian Air Force. They were modernised in Ukraine in 2014.
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