Editing Kuwait Armed Forces (section)

=== Double-fronted wars: 1973 Samita border skirmish and October War ===
[[File:Kuwaiti Army 1973.JPG|thumb|The [[Al Jahra Force]] in the [[Golan Heights]]]]

In 1973, the Kuwait Armed Forces entered into their third alert phase with the beginning of the [[1973 Samita border skirmish]] which led to a significant change in the operational capabilities of the Armed Forces.

Also in 1973, the leadership of the Armed Forces found itself battle readying on two fronts. While components of the Armed Forces were readying to fight following the skirmish on the Kuwaiti border, Kuwait sent a token force to participate on the West Bank of the Jordan River<ref name=arabis /> alongside the [[Iraqi Armed Forces]] on the Egyptian and Syrian fronts during the [[1973 October War]] against the [[State of Israel]] (also known as the Yom Kippur war), being especially heavily combat engaged on the Syrian front. As in 1967, Kuwaiti participation was too small to have any significant impact;<ref name=arabis /> nevertheless as in 1967, the various combat operational unit assets forming, exercised their [[Arab]] [[principle]] of solidarity and completed their mission. During 1973 the Kuwait Armed Forces officially enacted the Kuwait Naval Armed Service; mainly the Kuwait Navy.

In 1973 the leadership of the Armed Forces led a double fronted war with and against the same forming Arab belligerent for the State of Kuwait. The leadership led the Kuwait Armed Forces brigades through their [[combat]] commanders engaged on both Syrian and Egyptian fronts during the war against Israel with and alongside the Iraqi Armed Forces while simultaneously part leading and engaging the remainder of the Kuwaiti forces on the Kuwaiti border due to the effects of the 1973 Sanita combat engagement.

One year later in 1974 and as a result of unpredictable conflicting crises, authorities enacted a new plan to expand the Kuwait Armed Forces even further. During the same year, Kuwait Armed Forces introduced the [[Aérospatiale Gazelle]] and Puma series helicopters to the Kuwait Air Force.