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Royal Bahraini Air Force [+] Print this page

Also known as: Air Force| RBAF| سلاح الجو| سلاح الجو الملكي| سلاح الجو الملكي البحريني| قوات جوية [+]

Country: Bahrain [+]

Classified as: Air Force  Military [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Operation Decisive Storm [+] Yemen [+] Firmness Storm [+]
Operation Storm of Resolve [+]
Resolve Storm [+]
operation Asifat al-Hazm [+]
Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]
26 March 2015 [+] 21 April 2015 [+]
Operation Restoring Hope [+] Yemen [+] Arab Coalition [+]
Arab Coalition Forces [+]
Arab Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen [+]
Gulf Arab coalition [+]
Hope Restoration Operation [+]
Joint Forces [+]
Operation Renewal of Hope [+]
Operation Storm of Resolve [+]
Saudi-led Arab Coalition [+]
Saudi-led Coalition [+]
coalition forces [+]
operations Renewal of Hope [+]
Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Operation [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]
22 April 2015 [+] 3 April 2019 [+]

Parent units

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Subsidiaries


Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Air Training Wing [+] Training Wing [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+]
October 2017 [+] 7 December 2021 [+]
Helicopter Wing [+] Air Force [+]
Military [+]
1 May 2009 [+] 7 December 2021 [+]
Tactical Fighter Wing [+] Fighter Wing [+]
The Fighter Wing [+]
Air Force [+]
Military [+]
1 May 2009 [+] 7 December 2021 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Hamad bin Abdullah al Khalifah [+] Major General [+] Commander [+] Sheikh [+] 2009 [+] 3 April 2019 [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
2010 Pen & Sword Aviation Middle East Air Power in the 21st Century 20 May 2019
09 December 2016 Center for Strategic and International Studies The Bahrain Defence Force: The Monarchy’s Second-to-Last Line of Defense 11 November 2020
21 April 2015 Al Arabiya News ‘Op Decisive Storm’ ends in Yemen 19 May 2019
10 December 2011 Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry 12 November 2020
26 March 2015 Al Arabiya News The 'Decisive Storm' Coalition 09 February 2021
11 August 2015 Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Saudi-UAE War Effort in Yemen (Part 2): The Air Campaign 13 May 2019
1994 Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Persian Gulf States : country studies 26 April 2019
24 November 2015 Bahrain Embassy Bahraini Frigate Joins Arab Coalition’s Operation Restoring Hope For Yemen 09 February 2021
25 November 2019 Ministry of Foreign Relations Ambassador Saram meets the Bahrain Defence Commander-in-Chief (BDF) 16 November 2020
August 2016 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly (August 2016 #341) 25 October 2019
June 2015 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly (June 2015 #327) 07 October 2019
October 2017 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly October 2017 #355 21 August 2019
September 2017 Key Publishing Ltd AirForces Monthly (September 2017 #354) 02 October 2019
18 October 2017 alayam البحريـن تشتـري 16 مقاتلـة «إف 16» المـطــوّرة 20 September 2020
12 January 2012 Arabian Aerospace Bahrain 2012: Kingdom's fast-jet fighters on show 05 November 2020
14 September 2018 Arabian Aerospace Bahrain's Blockbusters 13 July 2020
03 April 2019 Arabian Aerospace Battle-weary Bahrain looks to upgrade forces 12 July 2020
14 December 2018 Bahrain News Agency التقرير السنوي لإنجازات وفعاليات وأنشطة قوة دفاع البحرين لعام ٢٠١٨م 20 September 2020
23 April 2015 American Enterprise Institute 2015 Saudi-led Intervention in Yemen: Order of Battle 26 April 2019
Scramble Magazine BAHRAIN - AIR FORCE 07 December 2021
06 February 2018 Saudi Press Agency عام / ملك البحرين يرعى التمرين التعبوي المشترك (قوة العزم) 23 September 2020