Talk:Jamaica Defence Force

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Contents 1 Wrong Title 2 How Big? 3 Combat aircraft 4 Special Forces

[edit] Wrong Title

As the JDF is the Jamaica Defence Force not the Jamaican Defence Force perhaps we should move this article to the correct title ? MilborneOne 19:19, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I have moved the article to 'Jamaica Defence Force'. Lordvaluemart 23:57, 05 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How Big?

How many men in the JDF? This article should say. 80.178.87.27 20:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

The Government of Jamaica does not publish this information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edison9114 (talk • contribs) 03:35, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Combat aircraft

Are there any fighter/bomber jets in the JDF? It seems odd that a country like Jamaica would not have a form of fighter, bomber, or fighter/bomber aircraft. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.205.70.254 (talk) 09:02, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

No, and to my knowledge they never have. THey don't operate any jet aircraft of any kind, though there are turbine-powered aircraft (turboprops and helicopters) in service. As to why not, I can guess several related reasons, but I really don't know. - BillCJ (talk) 09:14, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special Forces

Does the JDF as a Special Forces Unit? OR capable —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.207.114.20 (talk) 02:21, 13 January 2008 (UTC)