Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH — The Saudi Royal Air Force (RSAF) on Thursday concluded its participation in the exercise Desert Flag 2021, which was held at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates over a period of three weeks.

The RSAF participated with F-15S/A fighters with all its air and technical crews. The closing ceremony was attended by the military attaché at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abu Dhabi, Brig. Gen. Abdulmohsen Bin Fahd Al-Sudairy and a number of officers.

The commander of the RSAF group participating in the exercise, Lt. Col. Pilot. Fahd Al-Harbi explained that the exercises were carried out in three stages that included planning and implementing many training sorties and counter-operations, defensive and attacking, according to the different war scenarios.

The exercise was part of the RSAF’s training plans and programs to refine and develop the skills of air, technical and administrative crews, which supports the combat readiness of the RSAF.