Military - note Qatar, in 5 editions.

as of 2021, Qatar hosted more than 8,000 US military forces and hosts the regional headquarters for the US Central Command (CENTCOM; established 1983) and more than 8,000 US military forces at various military facilities, including the large Al Udeid Air Base; Qatar also hosted hosts as many as 5,000 Turkish military forces at two bases established in 2014 and 2019
Qatar has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US; MNNA is a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; while MNNA status provides military and economic privileges, it does not entail any security commitments (2022)

the QAF Qatar's military is a small, well-equipped, small and trained well-equipped force that is responsible for defense against external threats; following the downturn in ties with Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE in the mid-2010s, the Qatari Government embarked on a major an arms acquisition and modernization program to increase the QAF’s military's capabilities and regional standing; the Air Force has benefited the most, growing from an Force's inventory of combat aircraft, for example, grew from 12 older combat aircraft and a few fighter trainers models in 2017 to a current inventory of about more than 60 modern multirole fighter aircraft from France, the UK, Europe and the US; US by the 2020s; it is slated to grow further increase to about 100 such aircraft by the mid-2020s; aircraft; other aircraft acquisitions have included US attack helicopters; the Land Force has re-equipped its armored brigade and separate mechanized armored, mechanized, and artillery battalions units with modern tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery, mostly with purchases from Germany and Turkey; meanwhile, the Navy over the same period has received 4 several corvettes and 4 offshore patrol vessels from Italy and Turkey
Qatar hosts the regional headquarters for the US Central Command (CENTCOM; established 1983) and more than 8,000 several thousand US military forces at various military facilities, including the large Al Udeid Air Base; it has Major Non-NATO Ally status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; Qatar also has close security ties with Turkey and hosts thousands of Turkish military forces at two bases established in 2014 and 2019 (2023) (2024)

Qatar's military is a small and well-equipped force that is responsible for territorial defense against external threats; following the downturn in ties with Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and maritime security; the UAE military is in the mid-2010s, the Qatari Government embarked on an arms midst of a large equipment acquisition and modernization program designed to increase the military's enhance its capabilities and Qatar's regional standing; the Air Force's inventory of combat aircraft, for example, grew from 12 older models in 2017 to more than 60 modern multirole fighter aircraft from Europe and the US by the 2020s; it is slated to further increase to about 100 such aircraft; other aircraft acquisitions have included US attack helicopters; the Land Force Qatar has re-equipped its armored, mechanized, and artillery units with modern tanks, armored vehicles, and self-propelled artillery, mostly military ties with purchases from Germany and Turkey; meanwhile, a variety of countries, including France, the Navy over UK, the same period has received several corvettes and offshore patrol vessels from Italy US, Turkey, and Turkey
Qatar member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); it hosts the regional headquarters for the US Central Command (CENTCOM; established 1983) and several thousand US military forces at various military facilities, including the Al Udeid Air Base; it Qatar has Major Non-NATO Ally status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation; Qatar also has close security ties with Turkey and hosts Turkish military forces at two bases established in 2014 and 2019 (2024) 2019; the Qatari military is part of the Peninsula Shield Forces, a joint military force established by the GCC countries with the aim of maintaining security and stability in the region (2025)