QNA
Doha
His Highness the Amir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the graduation ceremony of the 9th batch of candidate students of Al Zaeem Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Air College at Al Udeid Air Base on Wednesday.
At the beginning of the ceremony, the national anthem was played. Afterward, the queue leader came forward to request HH the Amir to inspect the 142 graduates’ queue from Qatar, Iraq, and Rwanda.
After reciting verses from the Holy Quran and displaying the march of the graduates’ queue and the military parade, HH the Amir honored the outstanding graduate students. Afterward, the flag was received and handed over from the 9th to the 10th batch. The appointment order was read, the parade queue left and the air show began.
At the end of the ceremony, the officers of the 9th batch took the oath and recited the college anthem.
The graduation ceremony was attended by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, and Minister of Defense of the Republic of Rwanda Major General Albert Murasira, Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Bashir Salihi Magashi, HRH Commander of Royal Air Force of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Lieutenant General Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Commander of Air Force of the USA Lieutenant General Gregory Guillot and Commander of Air Force Academy of the Italian Republic Major General Paolo Tarantino.
The graduation ceremony was also attended by Commander of Ghala Air Base and Commandant of Sultan Qaboos Air Academy of the Sultanate of Oman Brigadier General Pilot Ali bin Mubarak Al Ameri, Commander of Air Academy of Pakistan Major General Muhammad Qaiser Janjua, Commander of Ahmad Al Jaber Air Base of the State of Kuwait Lieutenant General Pilot Ismail Abdullah Al Kandari, Royal Air Force Commander of the Jordanian Hashemite Kingdom General Mohammad Fathi and Commander of Sudanese Air College Brigadier General Pilot Saad Ahmad Abdulrahman, as well as a number of leaders of colleges, institutes and security and military academies from brotherly and friendly countries.