Air Defence Brigade (Namibia)

Air Defence Brigade
Country	Namibia
Type	Air Defence
Size	brigade
Part of	Namibian Army
Garrison/HQ	Luiperdsvallei Windhoek, Khomas Region
Commanders
Current commander	Brig Gen Patrick Owen Orange

Air Defence Brigade is a brigade of the Namibian Army based at Windhoek. It functions as the Army's Air Defence Formation and hosts all the Air Defence regiments of the Army. It was founded in 1991 as the Air Defence Battalion, later it was transformed into the Air defence regiment before being upgraded to a brigade.

Equipment

Zu 23 cannon mounted on a wolf MPV

The Brigade uses the following equipment:

• 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)
• ZU-23-2
• 9K32 Strela-2
• FN-6 ^[1]
• FB-6A Short Range Air Defence System

Units

• 12 Air Defence Regiment
• 21 Air Defence Regiment
• 26 Air Defence Regiment
• Falcon Regiment

Leadership

37mm Air Aircraft cannon

Air Defence Brigade

From	General Officer Commanding	To
Unknown date	Brigadier General David Shiimbi	2016
2016	Brigadier General Moses Shalongo Nghilifa [2] [3]	2019
2019	Brigadier General Lazarus Herman	27 October 2020
27 October 2020	Brigadier General Simeon Shikwambi Mwaala	2023
2023	Brigadier General Patrick Owen Orange	Incumbent
From	Formation Sergeant Major	To
1991	Warrant Officer class 1 Albert Siyaya	1998

References

1. "Namibia operating FN-6 missiles". 30 August 2018.
2. "Namibia Press Agency".
3. https://www.facebook.com/MODNamibia/posts/windhoek-28-february-2019-colonel-nafidi-lasarus-herman-former-deputy-commander-/331102124193258/ ^{[ user-generated source ]}