📸 In Pictures: Joint RAF-Qatari Squadron complete 60 successful missions

The joint Squadron recently trained together during Exercise Epic Skies IV

Six fast-jet Typhoons flown by the joint Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Typhoon squadron have been a regular sight above Doha over the last two weeks.

The exercise finished mid-December and saw 12 Squadron operate with integrated QEAF personnel as a joint squadron in Qatar for the first time — completing over 60 successful missions.

Alongside this exercise, pilots, engineers, and technicians from the QEAF are already receiving world-class instruction from the Royal Air Force training system.

Qatar has recently ordered 24 Typhoons, 9 fast-jet Hawk trainers, and a package of support and training for its pilots.

The first Typhoon technicians are set to graduate from the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering at RAF Cosford in 2021, joining their RAF counterparts on the joint squadron.

They will go onto work alongside their RAF counterparts to maintain the avionics, airframe, and weapons on the Typhoon.

📸 Take a look at some highlights from the exercise below:👇

The first wave of Typhoon jets took off from Doha Air Base on 29 November.

The joint Squadron completed over 60 successful missions together.

Typhoon jets have been a regular sighting over Doha in the last two weeks.

The exercise was the first time 12 Squadron operated with integrated QEAF personnel as a joint Squadron in Qatar.

Personnel prepare for Exercise Epic Skies IV.

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