Spotter Magazine Spotter Magazine Issue 2 July 2016 | Page 15

JULY 2016 Saudi Arabia - Al-Quwwat al-gawwuyyah al-malakiyyah as-su’udiyyah To date the largest export operator of the Typhoon, the Royal Saudi Air Force will eventually operate a fleet of 24 Tranche 2s and 48 Tranche 3s. Original plans called for licence manufacture in Saudi Arabia, but these plans did not reach fruition, and all airframes are being built at Warton. At least two squadrons of Typhoons are based at Taif (King Fahd) Air Base, however only 3 Squadron has sufficiently trained pilots fo