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