Sultan's Armed Forces
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The Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF), under the supreme command of Sultan Qaboos bin Said, are the armed forces of Oman.[1]
People
Commander, Sultan's Armed Forces (CSAF)
- David Smiley 1958-1961
- Corran Purdon 1967-1970
- John Graham 1970-1972.[2]
- Timothy Creasey 1972-1975[3]
- Ken Perkins 1975-1977[4]
The position of CSAF was due to be abolished after Perkins' departure.[5]
Chairman, Joint Staff
- Peter Thwaites 1977-1981
Chief of the Defence Staff
A new position created in 1981.[6]
- Timothy Creasey August 1981[7]-
- John Watts 1984-1987
Notes
- ↑ Defence, Ministry of Information, Sultanate of Oman, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ John Graham collection (pdf), Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ W.D. Flackes and Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, BlackStaff Press, 1989, p.107.
- ↑ Major-General Ken Perkins: Commander of the Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces, Sunday Times, 1 November 2009.
- ↑ John Peterson, Oman's insurgencies: the sultanate's struggle for supremacy, Saqi, 2007, p.426.
- ↑ John Peterson, Oman's insurgencies: the sultanate's struggle for supremacy, Saqi, 2007, p.426.
- ↑ John Peterson, Oman's insurgencies: the sultanate's struggle for supremacy, Saqi, 2007, p.426.