| Azerbaijani Armed Forces Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri |
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 Coat of arms of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces |
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| Current form | Early 1992 |
| Service branches |  Azerbaijani Land Forces Azerbaijani Air Force Azerbaijani Navy |
| Headquarters | Baku |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | President Ilham Aliyev |
| Defence Minister | Colonel-General Safar Abiyev |
| Chief of Staff | Colonel-General Najmaddin Sadigov |
| Manpower | |
| Military age | 18-35 years (Regular) |
| Conscription | 17 months for ground forces [1] |
| Active personnel | 66,940 [1] |
| Reserve personnel | 300,000 former service personnel with service in last 15 years[2] |
| Deployed personnel |  Afghanistan - 94 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | $4.46 bln (budgeted for 2011)[3] $3.43 bln (2010)[4] |
| Percent of GDP | 5% (2011) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Azerbaijan Defense Industry |
| Foreign suppliers |  Israel Turkey Ukraine Russia United States South Africa Belarus Pakistan |
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