The first of two military training ships built by Turkey’s Anadolu Shipyard for the Qatar Navy, the QTS 91 Al Doha, was delivered on Wednesday at the shipyard in İstanbul,… Continue reading "Anadolu Shipyard Delivers Qatar Navy Training Ship"
Two active duty US pilots suffered minor injuries after ejecting from an F-15QA at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois early Tuesday morning. A Boeing official who spoke with… Continue reading "Pilots Eject From F-15QA After Runway Incident At Illinois Airport"
Boeing has received contracts from Qatar and Saudi Arabia to provide support to those countries’ F-15 fleets to a value of around $10.6 billion. For the Qatari’s, Boeing has three… Continue reading "Boeing Picks Up Over $10 Billion for Middle East F-15 Contracts"
The signing of a training cooperation agreement between Italy and Qatar has led to rising speculation that the Emirate might purchase CIO’s Centauro II 120mm-armed armored car. During a visit… Continue reading "Centauro II Sale Possible as Italy & Qatar Sign on Cooperation Agreement"
The Qatari Armed Forces announced on the 24th August, that they had entered an agreement with Barzan Holdings, the Qatari Ministry of Defense-owned investment conglomerate, for the procurement of an… Continue reading "Qatar to Buy Additional Turkish Armored Vehicles"
The United States Air Force began delivering humanitarian aid to Beirut beginning on 6th August, after the devastating explosion in the Lybian capital. The U.S. Central Command is working closely… Continue reading "Humanitarian Aid Delivered to Beirut by U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs"
The Royal Air Force’s No 12 Squadron, also known as the Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Typhoon Squadron, commenced flight operations in their Typhoon FGR.MK4s last… Continue reading "Joint British-Qatari Typhoon Squadron Takes Flight"
On April 14, Boeing announced the successful first flight of the F-15QA Advanced Eagle. The F-15QA took off from Lambert International Airport in St. Louis with a vertical “viking takeoff”… Continue reading "First Flight for Qatar’s F-15QA"
Scramble Magazine reported on 3 September the departure of the third batch of Dassault Rafales for the Qatar Emiri Air Force from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in France to Qatar. Final assembly… Continue reading "Third Batch of Qatari Rafales Delivered"
On July 10th, Raytheon announced a deal had been made with Qatar for the purchase of NASAMS and additional Patriot Fire Units. The initial Qatari contract for 10 Patriot Fire… Continue reading "Qatar Signs Deal with Raytheon for NASAMS and Additional Patriots"