Tribune News NetworkDohaPilots from the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) and Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) has flown the Typhoons from the No 12 Squadron together for the first time as a joint squadron in Qatar, Qatar's Ministry of Defence Affairs said in a tweet on Wednesday.
The RAF, in a report published on its website on December 2, said More than 130 personnel from the Royal Air Force have deployed to Qatar to support a two-week joint exercise, Exercise Epic Skies. The report had said the the exercise will see Qatari pilots and engineers fly and maintain the Typhoon alongside their RAF colleagues.