The BDF is primarily equipped with United States equipment, such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-5 Freedom Fighter, UH-60 Blackhawk, M60A3 tanks, and the ex-, an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate renamed the . On 7 August 2020, it was announced in a ceremony held at the HMNB Portsmouth Naval Base in the UK, that ''HMS Clyde'' had been transferred to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force, with the ship renamed as RBNS ''Al-Zubara''.