Armed Forces: Army (also called the National Guard), Cape Verde Coast Guard 1,200 Active personnel. (Guardia Costeira de Cabo Verde, GCCV; includes naval infantry)

CAPE VERDEAN AIR FORCE •  Força Aérea Caboverdiana
Air Force up to 100 personnel.

Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
Army, Cape Verdean Coast Guard  (includes maritime air wing).

• AIRCRAFT 3 combat capable. Total 8 Aircrafts. 

Maritime Patrol & Surveillance 1 sqn with 4 MP/Surv ac:
2 Dornier Do 228-212 Flugzeugwerke;
1 CASA / EADS C-212-200MPA
1 Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante (Airliner);

Tactical Transport 1 sqn with 4 Tpt ac:
3 Antonov An-26 Curl
1 LET L-410 Turbolet UVP


• HELICOPTER No Attack capable. Total 2 Helicopters.

Utility 1 sqn with 2 Utl hel:
2 Harbin Z-9


Cape Verdean Army Air Defence Systems
AD • 2 inf bn gp
SAM 50 SA-7
GUNS 30:
14.5mm: 18 ZPU-1; ZPU-4 
23mm: 12 ZU-23-2


• FACILITIES
  Cape Verdean Coast Guard - Forcas Armadas Revolucionárias Popular (FARP) Main Headquarters:
  HQ Located at Praia City
 
  Cape Verde Coast Guard Air Wing Airfields and Airbases Organisation
  (Current Order of Battle):

Estado - Maior do Forcas Armadas - Praia
Exercito - Praia
Amilcar Cabral - Esquadrao de Transporte Aéreo: An-26, L-410
Guardia Costeira - Praia
Amilcar Cabral - Esquadrao de Patrulha Costeira: Do228-212, EMB-110, C-212-200MPA
   
Note: Cape Verde has 9 airports with paved runways (over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2), and one airport with unpaved runways (under 914 m: 1)
Cape Verde is a country in Africa sharing no borders with any country.