RAF Typhoons arrive in Saudi Arabia for Spears of Victory training exercise
Royal Air Force Typhoons from the UK and the Middle East have arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to take part in Exercise Spears of Victory.
The multi-national air warfare training exercise features participants from nine nations including Saudi Arabia, the US, Qatar and Bahrain.
Exercise Spears of Victory is designed to develop the participating nations' ability to plan and execute complex missions together, in a testing desert environment.
Fighter aircraft, including Tornados, F-15s, F-16s and JF-17 and the RAF's Typhoons, arrived at King Abdulaziz Air Base on Tuesday.
The exercise involves pilots, engineers, and support personnel from RAF Lossiemouth, alongside specialists from across the RAF.
The air warfare training will test the reactions of pilots to simulated threats, during interdiction training.
The aim of the exercise is for all participating forces to become more tactically in tune with each other, improving their capacity to work together.
"Exercise Spears of Victory is a fantastic training opportunity for the pilots, engineers, and other force enablers – working, planning, and flying alongside our international partners," said Squadron Leader Kingman.
"This will be a busy deployment, operating at a high tempo alongside our international colleagues; I am confident the whole detachment will learn a great deal from the Exercise," he added.
According to Saudi General Khalid Al Harbi, who first took part in the exercise in 1995, Exercise Spears of Victory provides the opportunity for realistic training in intense aerial combat.
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