baesystems.com
23 Jun 2017
The Royal Air Force of Oman has taken delivery of its
first Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets.
The arrival of the first Typhoon aircraft, part of a
batch of 12 of the combat jets scheduled to be delivered to the Sultanate of
Oman, was marked with a ceremony, held on June 21 2017 in the presence of the
Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman - Air Vice-Marshal Mattar bin Ali bin
Mattar Al Obaidani, at Adam Air Base, Oman.
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The Sultanate of Oman announced its decision to purchase
12 Eurofighter Typhoon and eight Hawk aircraft in December 2012.
The delivery follows an official roll-out event held on
15 May 2017 at BAE Systems’ site at Warton, UK, during which the first Typhoon
and Hawk aircraft were formally presented to the customer in front of an
invited audience including His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidi, the
Sultanate of Oman’s Minister Responsible For Defence Affairs (MRDA), and the
Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman.
Eurofighter Typhoon is the most advanced multi-role
combat aircraft currently available on the world market and can be deployed in
the full spectrum of air operations including air policing, peace support and
high intensity conflict.
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Hawk is the lead-in fast jet trainer aircraft of choice
for 18 international customers. A total of 1,020 Hawk aircraft have been sold
or are on order around the globe.
Source: baesystems.com
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