Editing Azerbaijani Armed Forces (section)

===United States===
[[File:Nasosnaya Air Base.jpg|thumb|[[Nasosnaya Air Base]] in Azerbaijan. Gen. Tom Hobbins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gary Coleman, USAFE command chief, Lt. Col. Elmar Hüseynov.]]
[[Section 907]] of the United States [[Freedom Support Act]] bans any kind of direct United States [[aid]] to the Azerbaijani government. Since a waiver was made in 2001 there has been extensive U.S. military cooperation with Azerbaijan. This has included Special Forces and naval aid, consultations with [[United States European Command]], and linkages through the U.S. National Guard [[State Partnership Program]].

On 19 May 2006, Azerbaijani Defense Minister [[Safar Abiyev]] and the then commander of [[United States Air Forces in Europe]] General [[Tom Hobbins]] met in [[Baku]] to discuss military cooperation. He said the objective of his visit was to become familiar with the state of Azerbaijani armed forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://azernews.net/eng/gizli/view.php?d=14940|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060601083626/http://www.azernews.net/eng/gizli/view.php?d=14940|url-status=dead|title=NATO & Azerbaijan relations|archive-date=1 June 2006}}</ref> Hobbins pointed to the progress made in the NATO-Azerbaijan relations, saying that the successful implementation of the NATO [[Partnership for Peace]] program in Azerbaijan has brought the country even closer to the alliance. He said that the two countries' air forces will expand cooperation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.az/news/politics/26307.html|title=Azerbaijan, USA discuss military cooperation|access-date=19 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104947/http://today.az/news/politics/26307.html|archive-date=29 September 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

The U.S. state of [[Oklahoma]] is linked with Azerbaijan through the [[U.S. National Guard]] [[State Partnership Program]] (SPP). [[Oklahoma National Guard]] troops have been sent on training and humanitarian missions to Baku.