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    Post  M60TM Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:54 am

    #Qatar ordered 6 Bayraktar TB2 armed #UAV, 3 ground control station and a training simulator from Turkish company Baykar.#DIMDEX2018
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    Post  George1 Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:26 am

    Qatar buys 28 NH90 helicopters

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    Post  d_taddei2 Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:39 pm

    UAE to train Somaliland forces under military base deal - Somaliland president

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    Post  George1 Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:37 pm

    Qatar acquires nine Hawk combat trainers

    As the British media reported, BAE Systems Corporation on June 29, 2018 finalized the contract for the supply of nine Hawk AJT combat training aircraft to Qatar. The cost of the contract is not disclosed, the delivery of all aircraft must be made in 2021.

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    Post  d_taddei2 Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:05 pm

    I was reading today that the deal between UK and Qatar on the purchase of 24 typhoons which included some weapons pilot training and maintenance is costing $7.6bn which works out as $316.6mn per aircraft (Inc the above) is just me that finds this pretty hideous price?

    Some experts in the UK are worried that if Qatar defaults on the agreement it would cost tax payers billions. This is 25% of uk Government credit agencies portfolio.

    https://sputniknews.com/business/201809041067731654-britain-qatar-typhoon-jet-supplies-risks/
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    Post  GarryB Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:58 am

    Pilot training is not cheap, and I suspect parts and maintenance could be for 5-10 years... which can double the cost of the purchase price.

    But really Qatar is like Saudi Arabia... they are basically buying western support for their actions... or at least buying the UKs silence over their culture... they can execute gays and others they don't approve of... especially those who want civil rights for the people in the region.

    Remember most of the ruling royal families trace their right to rule right back to just after WWI when France and the UK divided up the region with Germany eliminated from the colonials are us group... had to redeploy the spoils and build regimes to keep them safe... put a minority in charge and their brutality to keep the masses in line. They owe their positions to the west so they will remain loyal, and the way they have treated their subjects they will never want democracy, because like Saddams Sunni Baathist party... in a general election with a Shia majority... you lose and you lose everything...

    Saudi Arabia and Qatar etc are all the same.
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    Post  George1 Fri Nov 30, 2018 1:06 am

    Qatar acquires NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system

    On November 27, 2018, the United States Department of Defense Agency for Military Cooperation (DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about a possible sale of Qatar through the American program of intergovernmental military sales 40 Military Raytheon AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM missiles for use as an anti-aircraft missile in the NASAMS anti-aircraft missile system, purchased by Qatar directly from the manufacturer (consortium of Raytheon corporation and the Norwegian group Kongsberg) through direct commercial sales Direct Sales Sales (DCS). The sale of AIM-120C-7 missiles to Qatar is authorized by the US State Department. The estimated cost of supplying missiles is estimated at $ 215 million.

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    Launch of Raytheon AIM-120C AMRAAM anti-aircraft missile from the launcher of the Kongsberg / Raytheon NASAMS 2 anti-aircraft missile system of the armed forces of Oman, October 2018 (c) twitter.com/JeremyBinnie

    According to the notification, the delivery of the FMS will also include eight training missiles CATM-120C AMRAAM and one spare compartment for the GPS and missile guidance AIM-120C-7, as well as software, spare parts, training, etc.

    From the side of bmpd, we recall that NASAMS medium-range missiles (originally the Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, now stands for National Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems), was jointly developed and produced by the Norwegian Kongsberg group (serving as an integrator of the AAS) and Raytheon American corporation. The system is based on a combination of AN / MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radar and the use of air-to-air missiles as missiles with an active radar homing of the AIM-120 AMRAAM family. The firing range of the system in the modern configuration of the NASAMS 2 is up to 25 km, and the altitude reach is up to 14-15 km.

    Initially, the NASAMS system was created in the interests of the Norwegian Armed Forces, and is currently in service in Norway and in small quantities in the United States (where this air defense system has been used for Washington’s air defense system since 2004). The system was also acquired by the Netherlands, Spain, Chile, Finland and Oman (the latter received the system in 2018), and recently also ordered by Lithuania and Indonesia. In April 2017, the government of Australia made the decision to acquire NASAMS 2 air defense systems, and in July 2018, the government of India.

    Judging by the number of AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM missiles ordered by Qatar, he purchased only one NASAMS 2 battery.

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    Post  George1 Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:41 am

    Doha-type Corvette for the Qatar Navy launched in Italy

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    Post  George1 Thu Dec 20, 2018 6:00 pm

    Military Parade in Qatar

    On December 18, 2018, a parade of Qatar's armed forces was held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in honor of the National Day of this state, celebrated on the anniversary of the ascension to the throne in 1878 by Sheikh Jasim bin Muhammad Al Thani, who is considered the founder of modern Qatar. To celebrate the National Day after 18 months of breaking off relations with neighboring Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the emirate chose the slogan "Qatar will remain free."

    Of the new armored vehicles and weapons that were first demonstrated at the parade, we can mention the German BMP KF 41 Lynx, and the “Stugna” missiles manufactured by the Ukrainian GKKB “Luch” as part of the weapons of the combat module produced by the Turkish company ASELSAN A.Ş.



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    Post  George1 Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:06 am

    Qatar received the first AN-64E Apache Guardian helicopter


    On March 15, 2019, in the Boeing Corporation plant in the suburbs of Philadelphia, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Qatar, Khaled bin Mohammed al-Attiyi, an official transfer ceremony of the first attack helicopter of the AN-64E Apache Guardian built for the armed forces of this country took place .

    In 2016, Qatar concluded an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on the acquisition of 24 military helicopters Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian at an estimated cost of about $ 2.7 billion from the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales. The estimated cost of about $ 2.7 billion. The delivery of all 24 helicopters to the customer should be completed until May 31, 2020.

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    Post  George1 Fri Jun 07, 2019 1:55 pm

    The first Rafale fighters arrived in Qatar

    As the Qatar Ministry of Defense reported, on June 5, 2019, the first five of the 36 Dassault Rafale fighters ordered by this country in France arrived in Qatar. The first five fighters (three single Rafale EQ and three double Rafale DQ) arrived at the Tamim (Doohan) air base, newly built in Qatar, making a non-stop flight from the French Istres airbase accompanied by and leading the Air Force A330 MRTT Phenix aircraft of France (registration number F-UJCG). The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, also took part in the Qatar Air Force launch ceremony on June 5 at the Tamim airbase.

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    Post  Isos Sat Dec 28, 2019 1:53 am

    https://mobile.twitter.com/abdulmoiz1990/status/1210509897533677568

    Nice video Quatari Rafales launching flares. Pretty impressed actually they must work very well against IR missiles.
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    Post  ahmedfire Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:23 pm

    12 billion $ for 36 F-15QA fighter , those Qataris are idiots

    First Qatari F-15 Makes Maiden Flight

    https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/wordpress/2020/04/14/first-qatari-f-15-makes-maiden-flight/
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    Post  Isos Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:28 pm

    Without buying eurocanards and boeing f15 they would have been attacked by Saudi Arabia the day the new king came to power.
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    Post  ahmedfire Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:01 am

    Isos wrote:Without buying eurocanards and boeing f15 they would have been attacked by Saudi Arabia the day the new king came to power.

    No , KSA will never attack Qatar , they got a lesson from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait but the deal done to have more US support to politically solve the problem .

    Cutting the relations and closing the airfields of KSA,UAE,Bahrain and Egypt was enough to affect badly the Qatar economy .

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    Post  George1 Wed Apr 15, 2020 12:43 am

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    Post  George1 Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:28 am

    First F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters for Kuwait


    Photos of the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet twin-seat fighter (serial number 169731) made its first flight on July 2, 2020, are distributed on aviation resources. The plane is not painted yet. Although, according to information from the Scramble web resource, this is the fifth Super Hornet fighter built for Kuwait, it is the first of these airplanes to be shot in the media.

    In early 2018, Kuwait entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the United States to purchase 28 Super Hornet fighters through the American program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) - 22 single-seat F / A-18Es and six double-seat F / A-18Fs. Aircraft should be related to Block III modifications; their delivery should be from January 2021 to the end of 2022. The cost of the agreement itself was not reported. In March 2018, Boeing received a U.S. Department of Defense contract of $ 1.17 billion for the actual production of these aircraft for Kuwait as part of the FMS agreement.

    Earlier in November 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Cooperation Agency (DSCA) sent a notice of intent to Congress to supply Kuwait with FMS 32 32 Boeing F / A-18E fighter jets and eight F / A-18F Super twin fighter jets Hornet, as well as equipment for them (but without additional armament) and provide appropriate technical support and training. Eight sets of conformal tanks were also to be included in the supply. The estimated cost of the entire agreement was then estimated at $ 10.1 billion. However, in the end, the agreement was concluded on only 28 aircraft.

    The 28 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets purchased by Kuwait are intended to replace the 32 F/A-18C/D Hornet fighters received by the Kuwaiti Air Force from 1991-1993.

    Kuwait became the second and by far the last foreign customer of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft after Australia.

    Recall that Kuwait also in April 2016 signed an agreement with Italy worth $ 9.2 billion to acquire 28 Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 fighters (22 single and six double) from the Italian production line (Leonardo company). Their delivery should also begin in 2021.

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    Post  George1 Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:50 am

    Kuwait received the first M1A2K Abrams tank


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    According to the command of the armed forces of Kuwait, on July 29, 2021, a delegation of the Kuwaiti land forces took part in the ceremony of handing over to it in the United States (exact location not specified) of the first "new" M1A2K Abrams tank out of 218 planned for delivery under the 2017 agreement.

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    Post  George1 Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:29 pm

    Qatar Air Force received the first F-15QA fighter

    On August 25, 2021, the official ceremony of the formal roll-out and handover to the Qatar Air Force of the first Boeing F-15QA Advanced Eagle fighter (Qatari tail number QA500) took place at the Boeing enterprise in St. Louis (Missouri, USA ). In the Qatar Air Force, the F-15QA aircraft were named Ababil. The first batch of 36 F-15QA aircraft ordered in the United States should arrive in Qatar by the end of 2021.



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    Post  George1 Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:24 am

    Qatar Air Force received the first two Hawk Mk 167 combat trainers

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    As reported resource Scramble.nl , September 1, 2021 BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 received in a joint British-Qatari Training Squadron (Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron) received the first two of the Air Force of Qatar combat training aircraft at British airbase Leaming, becoming the first of nine aircraft of this type ordered for the delivery of this squadron. The aircraft have a typical British dark color and carry both British military numbers ZB131 and ZB133 and the insignia of the Qatar Air Force and Qatari side numbers QA01 and QA03.

    The first two BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 combat training aircraft received by the Qatar Air Force (British military numbers ZB131 and ZB133, Qatari tail numbers QA01 and QA03), entered the Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron ) at the British airbase Leaming, 09/01/2021 (c) Anthony Hurson (via www.scramble.nl)

    Qatar has signed a contract for the purchase of six Hawk Mk 167 aircraft as part of an intergovernmental contract signed in December 2017 with the UK for the purchase of 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multifunctional fighters for the Qatar Air Force. Later, the contract for Hawk Mk 167 aircraft was expanded to nine units.

    The contract for the purchase of 24 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters by Qatar included an additional agreement to ensure the training of Qatar Air Force personnel for these fighters on the territory of Great Britain, for which it was envisaged to form a joint training squadron of the British and Qatar Air Forces, equipped with Hawk Mk 167 aircraft ordered by Qatar, at the British Leaming airbase.

    Hawk Mk 167s are assembled at BAE Systems in Bro in East Yorkshire and are of the Hawk AJT version, analogous to the Hawk T.2 (Hawk Mk 128) aircraft in service with the British Air Force. Qatar became the 18th foreign customer of the Hawk family aircraft in the history of production since 1976, and the fourth foreign customer of the Hawk AJT series (after India, Saudi Arabia and Oman). The first two BAE Systems Hawk Mk 167 combat training aircraft received by the Qatar Air Force (British military numbers ZB131 and ZB133, Qatari tail numbers QA01 and QA03), entered the Joint Qatar Emiri Air Force-RAF Hawk Training Squadron ) at the British airbase Leaming, 09/02/2021 (c) of the British Air Force

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    Post  George1 Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:20 am

    Qatar received an Italian-built head corvette

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    Post  George1 Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:38 am

    Kuwait receives first Eurofighter Typhoon fighters

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    As reported by the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA, on December 7, 2021, at the head aircraft manufacturer of the Italian company Leonardo (Leonardo Aircraft Division) in Turin Casella, the ceremony of the official transfer of the first two Eurofighter Typhoon fighters to the Kuwaiti Air Force took place. One two-seater aircraft with the Italian military number CSX55270 (presumably serial number KT003) and one single-seater aircraft (presumably serial number KS001) were transferred. The ceremony was attended by officials, including the deputy commander of the Kuwait Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Bandar al-Mezien, who said that the first two planes transferred should arrive in Kuwait "next week."



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    Post  George1 Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:23 am

    Qatar received an Italian-built lead small missile corvette

    According to the Ministry of Defense of Qatar, on January 28, 2022, at the enterprise of the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri in Muggiano near La Spezia, an official ceremony was held to transfer the "patrol ship" built there (actually a small missile corvette) Q 61 Musherib to the Qatar naval forces . The ship is the first in a series of two units ordered by Qatar as part of a massive 2016 shipbuilding contract.

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    Post  George1 Tue Feb 01, 2022 3:26 am

    Qatar purchased combat training aircraft M-346

    It is reported that on January 26, 2022, during the graduation ceremony for cadets of the Al-Zaim Air Force Academy Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Attiyah at the Al-Udeid airbase in Qatar, three Leonardo M-346 Master combat training aircraft with identification marks of the military air force of Qatar. One M-346 aircraft was on ground display, while the other two made a demonstration flight over the air base.

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    Post  George1 Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:42 pm

    Qatar receives first Eurofighter Typhoon

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