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Spanish Typhoon testbed supports Sniper pod trials
The Spanish Air and Space Force is currently using its Eurofighter EF-2000 Instrumented Production Aircraft 4 (IPA4) to support a flight test campaign focusing on the integration of Lockheed Martin’s AN/AAQ-33 Sniper advanced targeting pod onto the Typhoon fleets employed by the air arms of Kuwait and Qatar
RAF Typhoons participate in large Qatari exercise
RAF Typhoons have recently taken part in Exercise Ferocious Falcon V – a large-scale Qatari-led multinational exercise.
Long-time Qatar Airways boss Akbar Al Baker steps down
Qatar Airways has announced that its long-time group chief executive Akbar Al Baker will step down next month after 27 years at the top of the airline.
Penultimate batch of F-15QA Ababil fighters head to Qatar
The penultimate batch of F-15QA Ababil multi-role fighters for the Qatar Emiri Air Force arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, UK, on July 31 for a three-day stopover at the British base while on their delivery flight to Qatar
USAF C-21As end 32-year CENTCOM mission
Having spent 32 years on continuous operations in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, the Learjet C-21A has departed the area for its new home at Scott AFB in Illinois
Indonesia buys Qatari Mirage 2000-5s to plug air defence gap
Indonesia has confirmed it signed an initial contract to buy the outgoing fleet of 12 French-made Dassault Mirage 2000-5EDA/DDA fighters from the Qatar Emiri Air Force as a short-term solution to filling the long-standing gap in the nation’s domestic air defense while it waits for its first Dassault Rafales to be delivered
Joint British-Qatari Typhoon training unit to continue at RAF Coningsby
The joint British-Qatari Typhoon training unit, No 12 Squadron, is to continue operating in its current guise at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, for another two years following the extension of the current contract
Inside the first year of Qatari Hawk operations at RAF Leeming
The Qatar Emiri Air Force is operating Hawks in its new training establishment at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire. Derek Bower explains why
Doha Hamad Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator released
MXI Design has announced OTHH Doha Hamad International Airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator is now available.
New German destination for Qatar Airways
The Qatari flag carrier added a fourth German city to its passenger route map.