[عربي سعودي]

أرسلت السعودية 22 طيارا و عددا من المهندسين السعوديين للتدرب على مقاتلة التايفون في بريطانيا

يجدر بالذكر أن السعودية ستتسلم قريبا 24 تايفون من صناعة بريطانيا بينما سيتم تصنيع أجزاء من الـ 48 تايفون المتبقية في السعودية كما سيتم تجميعها بالكامل بالسعودية بمجرد انتهاء المنشئات الخاصة بذلك

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Saudi Typhoon pilots to train in UK
by Lynne Roberts on Tuesday, 25 September 2007


Saudi Arabia is to train the first 22 pilots and initial engineers for the Eurofighter Typhoon in the UK, following a recent $8.8bn 72 aircraft deal between the countries.

Initial training will take place at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, alongside RAF pilots, according to Flight International.

‘Project Salam’ was inked earlier this month following 21 months of negotiations amid ongoing repercussions from the earlier al-Yamamah arms deal.

Under the deal Saudi Arabia will procure aircraft for a similar price to those produced for the RAF, according to its defence ministry. However further arms and support contracts will substantially boost the value of the deal.

Riyadh’s first 24 Typhoons will be drawn from the UK’s deferred delivery of early Tranche 2 examples from a BAE Systems Lancashire assembly line, with the remainder to be completed at a new facility in Saudi Arabia, Flight International said.

The RAF and RSAF have co-operated with bilateral exercises for Tornado forces since February 2006. The UK service recently sent a senior officer to Riyadh for the first time to liaise between the nations’ air force chiefs.

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