The latest National Defense Authorization Act reveals that the Pentagon is spending $143 million to upgrade Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
Showing posts with label Royal Jordanian Air Force. Show all posts
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November 22, 2017
September 26, 2017
February 26, 2017
Jordanian F-16 crashes in Saudi Arabia
Jordan lost a F-16 on Feb. 24 when the jet came down in Saudi Arabia’s Najran’s sector after developing a technical fault.
December 6, 2016
Jordan Air Force F-16 Aircraft Crashes, Pilot Dies
A Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed on Monday during an exercise flight, leaving the pilot dead, local media reported.
According to state-run Petra News agency, the aircraft crashed shortly after take off due to technical reasons. The killed pilot was identified as Maj. Ayed Ahmad al-De'ajah, the media outlet said, citing its source.
May 10, 2016
April 12, 2016
March 26, 2016
Jordan's king accuses Turkey of sending terrorists to Europe
King Abdullah of Jordan = Fastest Rat smeller
European leaders use French perfume to hide the smelling rat.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jordans-king-accuses-turkey-sending-terrorists-europe-1687591648
King Abdullah of Jordan accused Turkey of exporting terrorists to Europe at a top level meeting with senior US politicians in January, the MEE can reveal.
The king said Europe’s biggest refugee crisis was not an accident, and neither was the presence of terrorists among them: “The fact that terrorists are going to Europe is part of Turkish policy and Turkey keeps on getting a slap on the hand, but they are let off the hook.”
Asked by one of the congressmen present whether the Islamic State group was exporting oil to Turkey, Abdullah replied: ”Absolutely.”
Abdullah made his remarks during a wide-ranging debriefing to Congress on 11 January, the day a meeting with the US president, Barack Obama, was cancelled.
The White House was forced to deny that Obama snubbed one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East, attributing the cancellation to "scheduling conflicts," although Obama and Abdullah met briefly at Andrews Air Force Base a day later.
Present at the meeting in Congress were the chairmen and members of the Senate Intelligence, Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees, including Senators John McCain and Bob Corker, and Senators Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, the Senate Majority and Minority leaders respectively.
According to a detailed account of the meeting seen by MEE, the king went on to explain what he thought was the motivation of Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Abdullah said that Erdogan believed in a “radical Islamic solution to the region".
He repeated: "Turkey sought a religious solution to Syria, while we are looking at moderate elements in the south and Jordan pushed for a third option that would not allow a religious option.”
The king presented Turkey as part of a strategic challenge to the world.
"We keep being forced to tackle tactical problems against ISIL [the Islamic State group] but not the strategic issue. We forget the issue [of] the Turks who are not with us on this strategically."
He claimed that Turkey had not only supported religious groups in Syria, and was letting foreign fighters in, but had also been helping Islamist militias in Libya and Somalia.
Abdullah claimed that "radicalisation was being manufactured in Turkey" and asked the US senators why the Turks were training the Somali army.
The king invited the US politicians present to ask the presidents of Kosovo and Albania about the Turks.
Abdullah said that both countries were begging Europe to include them, before Erdogan did.
Abdullah was supported in his remarks by his foreign minister, Nasser Judeh, who said that the Albanian president (Bujar Nishani) was a Catholic married to a Muslim, and that that was a model which should be protected in a Muslim majority country.
Judeh said that when the Russian bombing campaign prevented Turkey from establishing safe zones in northern Syria to stop refugees from coming to Turkey, "Turkey unleashed the refugees onto Europe”.
Both Judeh and Abdullah bridled at the $3bn deal offered by Europe to Turkey, noting that Turkey had only 2m Syrian refugees out of a population of 70m, whereas Jordan was facing “a bigger problem proportionally".
Jordan and Turkey are officially allies. The Turkish prime minister, Ahmed Davutoglu, cancelled an official visit to Jordan after the latest bomb attack in Turkey, which on 13 March killed 34 people in Ankara.
The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK), an offshoot of the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party, claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The postponed visit is due to take place this weekend and Davutoglu will be mindful that Abdullah told senators that Turkey was using the Kurds as an "excuse" for its policies in Syria.
Galip Dalay, research director at Al Sharq Forum and senior associate fellow on Turkey and Kurdish Affairs at Al Jazeera Center for Studies, said it was wrong to portray Turkey as having a strategic goal of establishing an Islamist government in Syria.
He said: "Turkey did its best in the first eight months of the Syrian crisis to find a political solution to the crisis, which would have included [Syrian President] Bashar Assad. Back then, Turkey was criticised in the region and the West for being too soft on the Assad regime and being too optimistic about the possibility of reform. When it became clear, after eight months of arduous attempts, that Assad had no intention of initiating a political and democratic process to meet the demands of the protestors, Turkey threw its weight behind the opposition."
Dalay said that the claim Turkey was buying oil from the Islamic State group was a Russian fabrication concocted by Moscow after Turkey shot down the Russian fighter. "Turkey is not the only one saying there is no evidence to support this claim. The United States said it too."
The Turkish government would not comment officially on Abdullah’s reported remarks on 11 January. But a senior Turkish source accused the king of becoming "the spokesman for Bashar al-Assad".
He said the portrait emerging from these remarks was not one of a king speaking but of a "Western journalist with a fuzzy state of mind and little familiarity with the region".
He said: “Turkey is definitely carrying out an intense struggle against Daesh [a reference to the Islamic State group]. Bombings take place in Turkey, not in Jordan. When this is the case, groundless accusations by King Abdullah are totally unacceptable.
"Moreover, his tackling of the Daesh issue with such unfounded information also raises the question about whether Jordan could play a meaningful role in the fight against Daesh.”
He said the king’s claims that IS was selling oil to Turkey were not only absurd but showed that Abdullah did not have the slightest idea about what was going on in Syria.
"The king's statements and accusations against Turkey are not the first. Unfortunately, all of his allegations are the same as the slanders frequently expressed by the Assad regime.
"It would be to Jordan's and the region's interest if Jordan, as a friend of Turkey, were to work for a strategic cooperation with a strategic power like Turkey, instead of acting like the spokesperson of Assad.”
February 28, 2016
February 24, 2016
Royal Jordan Air Force BAe Hawk deliveries confirmed - reportedly donated by UAE
Royal #Jordan Air Force BAe Hawk deliveries confirmed - reportedly donated by #UAE https://t.co/9fuNJvfsFV pic.twitter.com/NThgsp9NUH— Joseph Dempsey (@JosephHDempsey) February 23, 2016
February 18, 2016
February 16, 2016
Jordanian troops arrive at King Saud Air Base — Exercise
Jordanian troops have also arrived at King Saud Air Base — Exercise #NorthThunder. #Jordan #SaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/Gj1dwMjauF— Already Happened (@M3t4_tr0n) February 15, 2016
January 25, 2016
Jordan Armed Forces military drill in Aqaba
His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army, Saturday attended a joint naval military drill in Aqaba, carried out by personnel of the Royal Naval Force and Joint Special Operations forces, backed up by helicopter gunships.
Upon his arrival at the site in the southern port city, King Abdullah was greeted by his adviser for military affairs, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein and senior officers of the Armed Forces General Command and the Royal Air Force and Naval Force.
The Supreme Commander and the officers watched the progress of the exercise, which simulated potential threats within the forces’ areas of jurisdiction and how to deal with these. It featured anti-terrorism naval combat, inspection of ships, rescue and evacuation and handling sea mines.
Throughout the various stages of the drill, watched by a number of princes and civic and military officials, participants displayed high professionalism and skills in performing their assigned tasks and close coordination among the various units involved.
The Supreme Commander expressed his admiration of the distinguished combat level and morale of the Royal Force’s and Joint Special Operation Forces’ troops.
Also in Aqaba, the King, accompanied by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, inaugurated the Jordan Armed Forces- Arab Army chalets and toured their various facilities.
Upon royal directives, the Military Works and Housing Corporation had carried out construction work for the expansion of the armed forces’ guest apartments and chalets in Aqaba City, with the aim of providing best recreational and tourism services to serving and retired army officers and their families.
November 22, 2015
Jordan receives 3 Blackhawks from USA
Jordan has received three Blackhawk helicopters from the US out of eight allocated for the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF), Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani said Wednesday.
In a statement to The Jordan Times, he commended the “ongoing” military cooperation between Jordan and the US, describing the delivery of the helicopters as a “reflection of the strategic interdependence between Jordan and the US.”
Momani, who is also minister of state for media affairs and communications, said that these helicopters will contribute to the Kingdom’s plans to enhance its army’s capabilities in the face of threats and in its efforts to safeguard its border.
He noted that Jordan’s military armament system has now become one of the best in the world, stressing that the Kingdom will continue to upgrade the capabilities of its armed forces.
In a post on its Facebook page on Wednesday, the US embassy said the three helicopters were delivered last week.
“The Blackhawks will provide the JAF [with] an increased capability to respond to border threats around the country and are the latest example of our partnership and unwavering security commitment to Jordan,” the embassy said.
The US has provided additional military assistance to Jordan this year, including the eight Blackhawks, firearms, ammunition for F-16 fighter jets and other equipment.
November 6, 2015
August 11, 2015
Royal Jordanian Air Force chooses the Pilatus PC-9 M Training System
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is delighted to announce that the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has signed a contract for the purchase of nine Pilatus PC-9 M training aircraft. The order also includes a simulator, training equipment and a comprehensive logistics support package.
Keen to modernise its pilot training facilities, the RJAF has opted for the Pilatus PC-9 M, knowing that it will provide a resolutely up-to-date, high performance, cost-effective system for basic and advanced pilot training. The order was only awarded after several years of hard negotiations, from which the PC-9 M finally emerged as the winner.
Oscar J. Schwenk, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Pilatus, commented:
"We are very pleased to welcome the Royal Jordanian Air Force as a new member of the Pilatus family. I am equally happy that Pilatus won the deal against several other international competitors and that, in the final round, the Royal Jordanian Air Force chose our PC-9 M over all other aircraft!"
Markus Bucher, CEO of Pilatus, adds:
"We are truly delighted to have a new customer and are confident that this purchase will encourage other air forces to consider our efficient Pilatus training aircraft for their own pilot training needs in the future. This decision is further proof that we are a world class provider of training aircraft!"
The PC-9 M is a proven and efficient training system already used with great success by many air forces around the world. The PC-9 Ms acquired by the RJAF will be ready for delivery from January 2017 and will form the future backbone for training the pilots tasked with flying the latest generation of military jets.
Pilatus guarantee to provide the RJAF with premium Swiss quality, working with our customer to implement the optimum training system for its requirements in respect of basic and advanced pilot training – the Pilatus PC-9 M.
July 29, 2015
July 24, 2015
Israel gives Jordan helicopters for border security
Israel has given retired U.S.-supplied Cobra combat helicopters to Jordan to help the Hashemite kingdom fend off insurgent threats on the Syrian and Iraqi borders, a U.S. official with knowledge of the deal said.The handover, initiated last year, was approved by Washington, which provided mechanical overhauls for the aircraft before they were incorporated free of charge in Jordan's existing Cobra fleet, the official said.
"These choppers are for border security," the official, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, told Reuters.Asked how many Cobras were transferred, the official said: "Around 16, though some may have been used by the Jordanians for spare parts" rather than kept intact.Jordanian and Israeli officials declined comment, as did the Pentagon.Israel and Jordan, as well as Saudi Arabia and Iraq, this week hosted U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who offered reassurances about the regional fight against Islamic State and the July 14 international deal curbing Iran's nuclear programme.Israel originally had two Cobra squadrons - each consisting of around 30 of the aircraft, which are designed to back ground troops with aerial surveillance as well as machine gun and rocket fire, and to be nimble enough to elude surface-to-air missiles.
One of the squadrons was disbanded in the mid-2000s and the other in 2013, with Israel's air force preferring the more powerful, U.S.-supplied Apache helicopters also in its fleet and an expanded role for its thrifty and versatile pilotless drones.The Jordanian air force has 25 Cobras in service, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Cobra's manufacturer is Bell Helicopter, a Textron company.Following Egypt, Jordan made peace with Israel in 1994. But the countries had maintained discreet security ties dating back to the early 1970s and Israel has pledged to step in should Amman be threatened by Islamic State or other insurgents rampaging elsewhere in the Middle East.
February 6, 2015
Fake - Jordan's King Abdullah participates in airstrikes against ISIS Daesh
Old video starring Jordan's King Abdullah charity work
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