Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba

FAR - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
FAR - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
	55th anniversary of the Granma Naval Academy.
Active	Since 1961
Country	Cuba
Allegiance	Communist Party of Cuba
Size	305,750 active 265,000 ground forces; 27,250 air troops; 13,500 naval officers; 1,500,000 militia (MTT); Total available: 1,805,7501,328,250 reservists; 240,085 conscriptedComplete manpower: 3,134,522 males;
Garrison/HQ	MINFAR
Motto(s)	¡Patria o Muerte, Venceremos!
Colors	Olive green
Mascot(s)	Wasps
Anniversaries	December 2
Engagements	Ogaden War; Angolan Civil War; Nicaraguan Revolution; 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt; Bay of Pigs Invasion; Guatemalan Civil War; South African Border War; Salvadoran Civil War;
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	Miguel Díaz-Canel
Minister of the Armed Forces	General de Cuerpo de Ejércitos Álvaro López Miera
Chief of the Navy	Contraalmirante Carlos Alfondo Duque Ramos
Air Defence Command Chief	Teniente Coronel Antonio Curbelo Sardiñas
Aircraft flown
Fighter	MiG-19, MiG-17, MiG-15, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29
Helicopter	Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-17
Trainer	L-39C
Transport	Antonov An-26

The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba (Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces) are the Cuban military armed forces.

They are Latin America's most equipped military and most experienced of the hispanic region.

They were established on December of 1961 during the consolidation of the Cuban Revolution.