Air International 2021-11
A.Warnes - Arabian flights
All 77 of the UAE F-16 Block 60s are now going through an upgrade to address obsolescence issues. The aircraft have been very busy during the Yemen War and there is a need to sustain the heavily worked fighters until 2030
A RBAF pilot tries out the F-16 Block 70 cockpit procedure trainer at Bahrain International Airshow in November 2018
The UAE AF&AD's 56 Mirage 2000-9s acquired in 2003 are also being subjected to an obsolescence upgrade. They are expected to continue in service until 2030, when the UAE hopes to have bought up to 50 F-35s
Two Qatar Emiri Air Force Rafales fly behind a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over Qatar in December 2020. The French-made Dassault Rafale is one of a number of fighter designs used by Gulf Cooperation Council member states
Two QEAF Rafales, a single-seat EQ and dual-seat DQ, pull up behind a USAF tanker in December 2020. Up to 12 of both versions will eventually be based at Konya in Turkey
An artist's impression of a Kuwait Air Force Typhoon - the first delivery is overdue but expected soon
The KAF Typhoons, like the Qatar examples, will be the first to house the Captor-E AESA radar
A Royal Saudi Air Force Typhoon sits with a Storm Shadow stand-off weapon at the Saudi International Airshow in March 2019
The RSAF’s fleet of 84 F-15SAs brings a powerful punch
The Royal Air Force of Oman took delivery of 12 Tranche 3 Typhoons configured to the P3Eb software in 2017/18, with the Hawk Mk 166s delivered in 2017 being used for advanced jet training