The Royal Saudi Air Force recently held its own Red Flag which saw three air powers from the Gulf Co-operation Council – GCC, as well as Greece, Pakistan, US and UK. George Karavantos explains
Debut last year
Spears of Victory is a new multi-national medium-sized air training exercise that made its debut last year under the command of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). Resembling a smaller version of complex mission exercises, like Red Flag, requiring a large training area which is what King Abdulaziz Air Base, located near the Gulf coast in Saudi’s east boasts covering around 300sq km. Spears of Victory is a new multi-national medium-sized air training exercise that made its debut last year under the command of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). Resembling a smaller version of complex mission exercises like Red Flag, and requiring a large training area which, at around 300sq km, King Abdulaziz Air Base in Dhahran.
