Editing Kuwait Armed Forces (section)

=== Six-Day War (1967) and War of Attrition (1967–1970) ===

In 1966, the headquarters of the Kuwait Military Hospital was opened. In 1967, the Chief of General Staff Major General Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah appointed his deputy Brigadier General Saleh Mohammed Al-Sabah as acting commander of a hand-picked brigade from the Kuwait Armed Forces, mainly the elite of the Kuwait Army. Attached also to the elite brigade was Sheikh [[Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] as acting commander by delegation of the 2nd [[Commando]] Battalion of the [[Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade]]. In 1967 several Arab nations were at war with the [[State of Israel]] in the [[Six-Day War]]. Kuwait did not openly participate, but a contingent from the Army took part in fighting in the central sector; Kuwaiti participation was too small to have any significant impact;<ref name=arabis /> nevertheless, going from the principle of [[Arab]] solidarity, the various combat operational unit assets of the Kuwait Army exercised their [[principle]] of solidarity and completed their mission. The assembled Yarmouk Brigade participated on the Egyptian Front, the first Kuwaiti military unit to fight outside the territory of Kuwait.

On June 6, 1967, the [[Kuwait National Guard]] was established under the leadership of Sheikh [[Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah]].<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.kng.gov.kw/index.aspx?k=8wI5ezhF7CU0mAucpOIHd/DgTbd674MehrIXavEMcqS0uNa4o3roNHCg8n5QD5ek|title=Profile & Accomplishments of Kuwait National Guard Commander; His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah (Section Arabic Read)|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050314/http://www.kng.gov.kw/index.aspx?k=8wI5ezhF7CU0mAucpOIHd%2FDgTbd674MehrIXavEMcqS0uNa4o3roNHCg8n5QD5ek|archive-date=2018-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 1, the [[War of Attrition]] against the State of Israel commenced while the Yarmouk brigade was engaged on the Egyptian Front. In 1968, Kuwaiti military authorities established the Kuwait Military Academy.

In 1969, the Kuwait Armed Forces placed the [[English Electric Lightning]] supersonic jet fighter aircraft and the [[Bell 206]] and [[Bell 204]]/205 (mainly the 205) helicopters into service with the Kuwaiti Air Force.

In 1970, the Kuwait Armed Forces suffered seventeen fatalities in fighting against Israeli forces in Egypt. One man was killed in April and sixteen more were killed in June. During the same year, the Kuwait Air Force placed [[BAC Strikemaster]] light attack jets into service and the following year took delivery of [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] transport aircraft.

In 1972, the Kuwait Army introduced the [[Vickers MBT]] main battle tank series, and the Kuwait Armed Forces trained Egyptian [[pilot (aircraft)|pilots]] and technicians through the Kuwait Air Force on the English Electric Lightning.