Aslam is the second largest and fastest-growing religion in the world
And as it expands the Muslim world continues to protect their interests from any threat
So let's take a look at the top 10 most powerful countries in the Muslim world. What's happening everybody?
My name is Leroy Kenton and welcome back to another episode of FTD facts
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We have the country of Morocco and their Air Force. So the Royal Moroccan Air Force was formed back in November 19
1956 and since then the force began to steadily expand up until the Year
1980 and early 1980s French aircraft are the predominant aircraft sold to Morocco since the Year
1956 and they estimate that a total valley of French aircraft. That was sold between
1974 to 1982 to Morocco was valued at 1.5 billion dollars
Well miraculous billion dollars to two billion dollars somewhere in between there now
Morocco's total aircraft strengths is at 291. They have a total of 61 fighter aircraft
Also 61 attack aircraft and they have 31 transport aircraft
79 trainers and their total helicopter strength is at a hundred and thirteen and they do not have any attack
Helicopters next country to look at is Iraq
So the Iraqi Air Force or the IQ AF also known as the IR AF was founded on April 22nd
1931 now before the creation of this new Air Force the RAF Iraq command was in charge of all of the British Armed Forces
elements inside the country of Iraq in the 1920s in the early 1930s
It's responsible for policing international borders as well as surveillance of national assets and now the iraqi air force
Also acts as a support force for the Iraqi Navy as well as the Iraqi army. Another total aircraft strength is at
327 they have 26 fighter aircraft 59 attack aircraft
24 transport aircraft 78 trainer aircraft Iraq has a total of helicopters strength of
179 and they have 32 attack helicopters in their possession moving on now to number 8 the country of Indonesia and their Air Force
So the indonesian air force was founded on April 9
1946 and it has its headquarters in Jakarta Indonesia
The indonesian air force has its ground force unit
And that is called the air force special corpse. Their helicopter strength is a total of
451 and in their possession they have 41 fighter aircraft 65 attack aircraft
62 transport aircraft and they have a total of 104 trainers indonesia of the total helicopter strength of
192 and in that they have eight attack
Helicopters. Syria is up next now. The syrian air force was established in the year
1948 and this was after the first class of pilots graduated from the french run flight school located at the esta bell
Airfield in lebanon and their air force was also greatly
Established with the help of aircraft that were left behind by the french military
so when you look at serious stats, we see that they have a total aircraft strength of
457 they have 200 fighter aircraft
133 attack aircraft for transport aircraft and 67 trainers as well as your helicopter strength is at
166 and they got 28 attack helicopters, okay
Now next up is the islamic republic of iran and their air force now
this was formed when the former imperial iranian air force or the I
IAF was renamed now
This happened after the Islamic Revolution that took place in Iran in February 1979
Now their Air Force has purchased many Soviet and Chinese
Aircraft as well as some home-built aircraft in order to really maintain
their forces Iran's total helicopter strength is at five Denine when we look at their fighter aircraft that number sits at
142 they have 165 attack aircraft
89 transport aircraft 104 training aircrafts and a total helicopter strength
126 and 12 attack helicopters now, we're halfway in this episode and just gotta let you know
Like if you want to learn more about the religion of Islam or the military in general, we have playlist just for that
so we have playlist dedicated to facts about
Islam where we go into the religion in a lot more detail the culture of the history all of that stuff as
Well, as we have playlists filled with military related videos, I'll have those in the card section of this episode
I'll also link to them below in the video description and I'll have them at the end of this episode
So enjoy those if you want to keep on learning and expand your knowledge outside of what I'm gonna share with you in this episode
Okay, so moving on now at number five we have the country of Algeria
So the Algerian military aviation was really created to support the fight of the people national army
against the French occupying forces
Now this came as part of the decision of the Sioux Mom Congress. That was held on
October 20th
1956 and that's when the recommendation of a long-term plan to for a modern army was pitched
Deer fighter aircraft total at 103 they have
113 attack aircraft
58 transport aircraft 85 trainers
284 is their total helicopter strength, and they have 46 attack helicopters
now a number for the next Air Force we're looking at is the Royal Saudi Air Force or the
Rs8 F now this was founded in June 1916
Now the RSAF was developed from a largely defensive military force
into one that is very advanced in terms of its offensive capabilities and it also has the third most
f-15s in their possession next to USA and Japan their total aircraft strength is
848 with 244 fighter aircraft 325 attack aircraft 49 transport aircraft
207 rayner's the total helicopter strength is at
254 and they have 34 attack
Helicopters. Ok, now we're into the top 3 now. These countries are super powerful at number 3
We have the country of Turkey and their Air Force
So the Turkish Air Force dates back to 1911 when it was founded by the Ottoman Empire now Turkey's modern Air Force
However was not formed until the Year 1923 when the Republic of Turkey was
Created the Turkish Air Force has an active strength of over
60,000 military personnel and now their total aircraft strength is
1067 they have 207 fighter aircraft also tons of an attack aircraft
they have 87 transport aircraft and 289 trainers as well as a total helicopter strength of
492 and 94 attack helicopters moving on now to number two
It's the country of Egypt and the Egyptian Air Force
So the eaf was part of the Egyptian army in the year
1932 and then from there it became an independent service branch in the year
1937 now the air force's motto is higher and higher for the sake of
Glory and now they live true to that because they're ranked number two in the Muslim world
The primary role of the eaf is the air defense of Egypt and their secondary role is their strike as well as army
Operation support the EAF also provides official government transport as well as carries out international search and rescue
Operations in the red sea as well as the mediterranean sea and different parts of the desert. So their total aircraft strength is
1090 - they have 211 fighter aircrafts
341 attack aircraft
59 transport aircraft
388 trainers
293 is der total helicopter strength and Egypt has 46 attack helicopters
now the number one most powerful Muslim air force in the world is
Pakistan now the Pakistani Air Force or the PAF was founded on August 14
1947 now its primary role and mission is to and I quote to provide in synergy with
inter-services the most efficient assured and
cost-effective aerial defense of Pakistan the PAF has a total of 70 thousand plus
personnel and operates over 1,300 aircraft and just to give you a specific breakdown their total aircraft strength is
1342 they have 348 fighter aircraft Pakistan has a total of 438 attack aircraft
51 transport aircraft
499 trainer aircraft and a total helicopter strength of
322 as well as 55 attack
Helicopters. So those are your top 10 most powerful Muslim air forces sound off in the comments section below any thoughts or comments that you
Have about anything that I shared in this video and let me know. What other
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Can't wait to see you in another episode. My name is Leroy Kenton. Peace. Boom
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