The Qatar Emiri Air Force ordered 24 EF-2000 Typhoon fighters. The EF-2000s are operated by 12 Squadron Al Thariyat and 7 Squadron under Flying Wing 1 at Tamim Airbase.
Gary Claridge-King
No more than 24 AH-64E Apache helicopter has been delivered to form 41 Squadron under Flying Wing 2 at Doha airbase.
Lars Kitschke
| Al Udaid (OTBH) Al-Udeid AB | ||||||
RWY 16/34 POS 25°07'02"N 051°18'54"E ELEV 130ft | ||||||
| Wing | Squadron | Name | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge / Tail | ||
Al Zaeem Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Air College |
6th Squadron | SA-342 (W) H125 |
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| 31 Squadron | Al Zaeem ('The Leaders') | MFI-395 Super Mushshak PC-21 |
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| ?? Squadron | PC-24 (2 for pilot training, VIP transportation) |  |
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Airlift Group |
10th Transport Squadron | C-17A |  |
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| 12th Transport Squadron | C-130J-30 |  |
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Helicopter Group |
20th Squadron | AW139 |  |
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| 41 Squadron | AH-64E (QRA) |  |
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IFTS (International Flight Training School) |
?? Squadron | M-346 (6 on order) | |
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Flying Wing 5 |
51 Squadron | Ababil ('Flock of Birds') | F-15QA |  |
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| Al Zaeem Air College is the entity that operates the PC-21 and Super Mushshak trainers. It also gained the SA342Ls from 6sq. | ||||||
The Qatar Emiri Air Force took delivery of 36 F-15QA Ababil fighters to equip two squadrons. No. 51 Squadron was the first established unit, part of Flying Wing 5 at Al Udaid airbase.
Boeing
The Qatar Emiri Air Force operates 18 AW139s in Flying Wing 2 from Doha airbase.
Lars Kitschke
| Al-Shamal (--) | ||||||
RWY 18/36 POS 25°45'50"N 051°17'30"E ELEV 110 ft | ||||||
| Wing | Squadron | Name | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge / Tail | ||
| Reconnaissance and Surveillance Center |
UAV squadron | Bayraktar TB2 | |
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| The designation of the UAV squadron at Al-Shamal is not clear. It seems to operate under the flag of te Department of Defense "Reconnaissance and Surveillance Center" or RCS. | ||||||
No. 9 Squadron operates some 20 NH90 helicopters under Flying Wing 2 from Doha airbase for SAR and transport missions.
Lars Kitschke
The Qatar Air Force is going to operate 36 Rafale fighters in two squadrons. The first Rafale unit, 1 Squadron 'Al Adiyat', part of Flying Wing 6 is based at Tamim airbase.
(Konya, June 2021, Marijn van den Burgt)
| Doha (OTBD) | ||||||
RWY 16/34 POS 25°15'40"N 051°33'54"E ELEV 35 ft | ||||||
| Wing | Squadron | Name | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge / Tail | ||
Flying Wing 1 |
11th Close Air Support Squadron | Hawk Mk167 (Leeming, UK) |  |
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| Helicopter Group |
8th Anti Surface Vessel Squadron | WS Commando 3 |  |
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| 9th Multirole Squadron | NH90 |
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| LifeFlight | AW139 |  |
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| 41 Squadron | AH-64E | |
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| At least one LifeFlight AW139 helicopter is usually present at Hamad General Hospital, Doha. | ||||||
Qatar received eight Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIIs. Some of them look like civil aircraft, but real military spotters prefer the all grey military looks
(Doha, December 2012, Martin Fox)
Qatar Hercules received a beautiful rainbow during its visit at Amsterdam Schiphol in 2014
(Amsterdam-Schiphol, January 2014, Danny Reijnen)
| Leeming (EGXE) RAF | ||||||
RWY 16/34 POS 54°17'32"N 001°32'07"W ELEV 132 ft | ||||||
| Squadron | Name | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge / Tail | |||
| Joint Hawk Training Squadron | Hawk Mk167 | |
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| The Joint Hawk Training Squadron (JHTS) is a joint Royal Air Force (RAF) - Qatari Emirati Air Force (QEAF) training unit, using Hawk Mk167 jets owned by the QEAF | ||||||
| Tamim (--) | ||||||
RWY 16/34 POS 25°28'06"N 050°59'59"E ELEV 90 ft | ||||||
| Wing | Squadron | Name | Aircraft Type(s) | Badge / Tail | ||
Flying Wing 6 |
1 Squadron | Al Adiyat ('The War Horses') | Rafale EQ Rafale DQ |
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| Flying Wing 1 |
7th Air Superiority Squadron | EF-2000 EF-2000 |
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| 12 Squadron | Al Dhariyat (The winnowing Winds) | EF-2000 |  |
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| The first Typhoons arrived Qatar on August 27th, 2022. | ||||||
Elementary pilot training is being carried out by the MFI-395 Super Mushaks of the Al Zaeem Air College at Al Udaid airbase.
Ali Almuhannadi
Advanced training is taking place on the PC-21s from the Al Zaeem Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Air College at Al Udaid.
Ali Almuhannadi