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The Royal Jordanian Air Force has a strength of 14,000 active personnel. [1] It contains six major airbases in addition to nineteen air squadrons, fourteen I-Hawk Batteries, and two training schools (a fighter aviation training school and a school of air combat). The Royal Jordanian Air Force Headquarters is at King Abdullah I Airbase in Amman.
The pilots are all Royal Jordanian Air Force personnel and are selected competitively from the top RJAF pilots, to join the team for a 3–4 year posting. For the majority of the team's existence it has had five pilots and three to four engineers for each given season. The aircraft, however, are owned and maintained by Royal Jordanian Airlines.
Pages in category "Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft squadrons" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Royal Jordanian Air Force aircraft squadrons (15 P) M. Military installations of Jordan (1 C, 5 P) P. Royal Jordanian Air Force personnel (6 P)
In a bid to modernize its air force, the Royal Jordanian Air Force put up seven F-5Es for sale in 1994, these were later acquired by Singapore. [ 17 ] From 1990 to 1991, using jigs and toolings purchased from Northrop, Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace ) converted eight existing F-5Es into RF-5E Tigereye variant.
In March 2013, The New York Times reported that Jordan International Air Cargo was a front organization for the Royal Jordanian Air Force and responsible for covertly flying arms to Turkey to aid Syrian rebels in the Syrian civil war. [4]
Patrulla Águila acrobatic team flying the C-101 A C-101 Aviojet aircraft of the Honduran Air Force A C-101 Aviojet aircraft of the Jordanian Air Force CASA C-101 prototype. Spanish CASA C-101 The C-101 was designed in response to a Spanish Air Force requirement issued in 1975, calling for a new jet trainer to replace its aging fleet of Hispano ...
In 1976, the area was chosen by the Royal Jordanian Air Force for a major new air base. Construction started that same year and in November 1980, No 1 (Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter) and No 11 Squadrons (F-5E/F Tiger II) were deployed there. The air base was officially opened on 24 May 1981.