Royal Jordanian Air Force

The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; Arabic: سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, romanized: Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. The current commander of the RJAF is Brigadier General Mohammad Hyasat.

Royal Jordanian Air Force

25 September 1955 (1955-09-25)

Jordan

Air force

Aerial warfare

14,000 Active personnel^[1]

Jordanian Armed Forces

Amman

231 aircraft

Brigade General Mohammad Hyasat^[2]

Air Tractor AT-802

F-16 Fighting Falcon

Mil Mi-26, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

Bell AH-1 Cobra

Grob G 120TP, Pilatus PC-21

C-130 Hercules, Airbus C-295

Precision Engagement

Protect And Defend Sovereignty And The Integrity Of The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan.

Despite the limited funds and resources, Jordan has become actively involved in peace keeping operations, In 1994 the Jordanian Air Force participated in the airlifting operations to support the Jordanian troops serving with the United Nations in maintaining and preserving peace and resolving local disputes.

RJAF achieved more than 200 flying hours in support of the Jordanian Armed Forces participating in peace keeping operations in four continents.^[23]

No. 1 Squadron RJAF – the Squadron was formed in 1958 with the and later equipped with F5s, the Mirage F1, and now the General Dynamics/Lockheed F-16.^[24] It has been based in Amman, Mafraq and now Azraq, with short periods at H5, and Habbaniya (Iraq).^[25]

Hawker Hunter

No. 2 Squadron RJAF – was first formed in 1958 with then with Hunters and later in 1974 with F5As and Bs as an advanced training squadron at King Hussein Air Base, Mafraq. It subsequently flew from Amman and Mafraq as a fighter squadron, then flew again from Mafraq, renamed in 1978 as the King Hussein Air College, with the CASA C-101 as the advanced jet trainer.^[26] It is now at MSAB equipped with the F-16.^[24]

de Havilland Vampires

No. 3 Squadron RJAF – was formed in 1959 and was a mixture of fixed-wing and helicopter until February 1973 when a helicopter squadron was formed. Its aircraft have included the ; Heron; Ambassador; C47; C119; Brittan Norman Islander; CASA 212 and 235, with a helicopter flight of Westland Whirlwind; Widgeon; Scout and Alouette III. The Squadron belongs to the Air Lift Wing and is based at KAAB, Amman (Amman Civil Airport).^[27] It is now equipped with the Lockheed C-130 Hercules and CASA 295.^[24]

de Havilland Dove

the first recognized Jordanian pilot and received his pilot training at RAF Middle Wallop in the United Kingdom in 1949, and received his wings in 1950 from the Late Founder of Jordan, King Abdullah I bin Al-Hussein.

Amer Khammash

Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot captured, held hostage, and burned alive by the Terrorist group ISIL in 2015.

Muath al-Kasasbeh

List of air forces

List of Lockheed F-104 Starfighter operators

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Royal Jordanian Air Force