| 词条 | Lesotho Defence Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| unit_name = Lesotho Defence Force | image = Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg | image_size = 150px | caption = Coats of arms of Lesotho | dates = 1978-present | country = Lesotho | allegiance = | branch = | type = | role = | size = | command_structure = | garrison = | garrison_label = | equipment = | equipment_label = | nickname = | patron = | motto = | colors = Dark Green | colors_label = | march = | mascot = | battles = | anniversaries = | decorations = | battle_honours = | current_commander = Lieutenant General Mojalefa Exavery Letsoela | current_commander_label = | ceremonial_chief = | ceremonial_chief_label = | colonel_of_the_regiment = | colonel_of_the_regiment_label = | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = Roundel | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | aircraft_attack = | aircraft_bomber = | aircraft_electronic = | aircraft_fighter = | aircraft_interceptor = | aircraft_recon = | aircraft_patrol = | aircraft_trainer = Cessna 182Q | aircraft_transport = CASA C-212 Aviocar | aircraft_helicopter = Bell/Agusta-Bell 412, Bo 105 | Deputy Commander = Major General Matela Matobakele | Commander in Chief = Dr. Thomas Motsoahae Thabane June 2017- }} The Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) is the army and air force of Lesotho. There is no conscription in Lesotho. Of 400,457 (2005 est.) males age 18-49, the CIA estimates 162,857 are fit for military service. Military expenditures in 2004 were $32.3 million, representing 2.3% of the country's GDP.[1] The Force currently has a strength of approximately 3,100, including female soldiers. All commissioned officers must first serve in the enlisted ranks for at least three years. The Lesotho Government in 1999 began an open debate on the future structure, size, and role of the armed forces, especially considering the Lesotho Defence Force's (LDF) history of intervening in political affairs. In 2001, under an agreement with India, an Indian Army Training Team (IATT) started training the LDF. In August 2014, the army attempted a military coup {{citation needed|reason=Considered by whom to be a coup attempt?|date=September 2017}}, led by controversial three-star general, Lt. Gen. Tlali Kamoli.{{citation needed|reason=Considered by whom to be a coup attempt?|date=April 2016}}Kamoli was later forced into retirement and replaced by Khoantle Motsomotso in 2016, after the Southern African Development community (SADC) recommended his removal from the post. On Tuesday, 5 September 2017, Motsomotso was killed in a shootout with two rival officers.[2] Air WingThe Lesotho Defence Force Air Wing was an originally a 1978 offshoot of the paramilitary police mobile unit and began operations with two Short Skyvan twin turboprop STOL transports; a leased Cessna A152 Aerobat; two MBB Bo 105 helicopters; and a Bell 47G helicopter converted to turboshaft power. Two Mil Mi-2 twin turbine helicopters were donated by Libya in 1983 but were retired by 1986. Deliveries of four Bell 412 helicopters were delayed in 1983 to 1986 because of South Africa's influence. This changed when a 1986 military coup resulted in new security agreements with South Africa being signed. In the mid-1980s the air wing was mergerd into the Lesotho Defence Force. In 1989, the Skyvans were replaced by two CASA C-212 Aviocar light turboprop transports; one immediately crashed, requiring a third to be delivered in 1992. A fifth Bell 412 (an EP model) was delivered in May 1998 to replace one written off the previous January. AircraftCurrent inventory
Retired aircraft
Accidents and incidents
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/lt.html|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|accessdate=7 June 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lesotho-assassination/commander-of-lesotho-defense-force-shot-dead-defense-official-idUSKCN1BG1WH|title=Commander of Lesotho defense force shot dead: defense official|accessdate=5 September 2017}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |last = |first = |url= http://forms.flightglobal.com/WorldAirForces2015?product=PREM&mode=DOWNLOAD&DMDcode=FGWC4&fcid=%7B05ceef25-b72e-4bea-9a83-a7ab7d02e55a%7D_FC078_PREM_201412&fcfileext=pdf |title = World Air Forces 2015 pg. 22|work= |publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2015 |doi = |accessdate= 20 April 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gippsaero.com/article.asp-articleID=480.htm |title=GippsAero |publisher=GippsAero |date=18 March 2004 |accessdate=2017-12-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216191819/http://www.gippsaero.com/article.asp-articleID%3D480.htm |archivedate=16 February 2011 |df=dmy }} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Lesotho commissions H125 helicopter |url=https://www.janes.com/article/85355/lesotho-commissions-h125-helicopter |publisher=IHS Jane's |date=20 December 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/8343018040c5fecd9be0fbd9ce9b621f/Helicopter-crash-kills-two-Lesotho-soldiers-20171404 |title=Helicopter crash kills two Lesotho soldiers |publisher=SABC News |accessdate=30 April 2017 |date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721043730/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/8343018040c5fecd9be0fbd9ce9b621f/Helicopter-crash-kills-two-Lesotho-soldiers-20171404 |archive-date=2017-07-21 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.enca.com/africa/four-dead-after-lesotho-helicopter-crash |title=Four dead after Lesotho helicopter crash |publisher=ENCA |accessdate=30 April 2017 |date=14 April 2017}}
2 : Military of Lesotho|1978 establishments in Lesotho |
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