Royal Jordanian Air Force

The Royal Jordanian Air Force (Arabic: سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني / Silah al - Chao al - Malaki al - Urduni, English: Royal Jordanian Air Force, abbreviated RJAF ) is the air force of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Jordan.

History

On September 25, 1955 King Talal founded the Royal Air Force and the air forces thus divided organizationally from the Air Force of the Arab Legion ( ALAF ) from. 1962 King Hussein ordered a squadron of the Air Force for use on the side of the royalists in the Yemeni civil war. Thereupon, the air force chief and two pilots broke away to Egypt. As a result, Hussein took back the command. The Air Force participated in several wars with Israel and played a crucial role in the repulse of a Syrian intervention with ground troops during the Black September. The Jordanian air force was estimated by the Israeli military repeatedly as the Arab Air Force with the highest level of education.

Since 1978, the Royal Air Force has an official aerobatic team, the Royal Jordanian Falcons.

Current equipment

As of the end of 2013

Airbases

• King Abdullah I Airbase
• Prince Hassan Air Base
• Muwaffaq Salti Air Base
• King Faisal Air Base
• King Abdullah II Air Base
• King Hussein Air College