The remaining F-5s should be officially out of service by 2010, while and Mirage F1CJ/EJ are being slowly decommissioned, so the F-16MLU will remain the RJAF's standard fighters. Daraufhin setzten sich der Luftwaffenchef und zwei Piloten nach Ägypten ab. [38][39][40][41], The Royal Jordanian Air Force is headed by the Commander. Royal Jordanian Air Force. 16 EC-635T1 in service with RJAF and 4 EC-635T2i with Police Air Wing. [2], In 1967, in the Six-Day War, an air battle took place against Israeli air force relentlessly attacked Jordan's Air Force and Air Bases. In July/Aug 2011 RJAF received another 9 ex-Belgian F-16AM/BM MLU standard,[11] thus boosting the RJAF's own multi-role capabilities. RADIANT C4I National EW network, connecting regional control centers, ground radars and AD assets. The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; Arabic: سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, transliterated Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī ’al-Urdunī) is the air force of the Jordanian Armed Forces. Unlike the AIM-7M Sparrow III the AMRAAM is lighter and more versatile with superior ECM/ECCM and capable of engaging high-g targets, along with an active radar homing warhead (unlike the semi-active homing warhead of the 'Sparrow III') with standard datalink for mid-course guidance and correction purposes. 16 were delivered to Iraqi Air Force, 32 in service. The ALAF's primary fighter was the de Havilland Vampire and a Vickers VC.1 Viking was operated as a VIP aircraft for use by the King of Jordan. The Royal Jordanian Air Force Headquarters is at King Abdullah I Airbase in Amman. [citation … One Lockheed C-130 Hercules was received in March 1997. By 1958 the Royal Air Force had left Jordan and the RJAF had taken control of the airfields in the country. In the summer of 2015 Israel transferred 16 Bell AH-1E/F Cobras (4–6 to be used as spares) to be used by RJAF in the "border patrol" role, this is counter-insurgency role and in operations against terrorist State forces.[20]. The tasks of the air force are to provide: The Royal Jordanian Air Force has a strength of 15,000, including 3,400 air defense personnel. By 1948, Jordan began to develop a small air arm which came to be known as the Arab Legion Air Force (ALAF). Jordan has the ability to detect cruise missiles, aircraft and unmanned drones at long distances through the project linking five U.S. 3D radars (1 FPS-117, 4 TPS-77), QAIA Radar and Gap-filler radars with ADSI (Air Defence System Integrator), 2002–2004 Brigadier (Major-General) His Royal Highness, 2019–present Brigadier (Major-General) Zaid Naqrash, This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 01:56. The Royal Air Force assisted in training this small air arm and provided equipment. Due to economics ties between Jordan and Iraq, the fallout of Iraq meant that the RJAF was impacted upon but contrary to some reports, it did not lose its operational tempo and was not forced to cannibalize aircraft for shortages of spare parts. In 2008 10 Northrop F-5E, 3 F-5EM and 2 F-5F were sold to Kenya. Following unsuccessful negotiations about a prisoner exchange, on 3 February 2015 it was reported that the terrorist State had murdered al-Kasasbeh by burning him alive, something that was done in early January but not revealed.

Die King Hussein Air Base ist ein Militärflugplatz der Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) und liegt etwa 55 km nordöstlich von Amman im Nordwesten Jordaniens nahe der Stadt Al-Mafraq und etwa 10 km von Syrien entfernt. Some 17 Block 15 F-16s were sent to Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) where they were upgraded to MLU (Block 40) standard,[12] this enabling advanced AGMs and latest PGMs to be carried. Royal Jordanian air defense is part of the Royal Jordanian Air Force is equipped with Surface-to-Air missiles and Anti-Aircraft guns and Radar stations, as well as modern Electronic Warfare center and electronic countermeasure which is linked to command and control (C2) centers. In the Battle of the Dead Sea, four Hawker Hunters shot down one Israeli Mirage III and damaged three others. Cessna T-37 Tweets were also acquired for the training role. The RJAF also acquired Northrop F-5 Tigers via Iran during the reign of the Shah who procured them from the United States. Sie ist die Heimat des King Hussein Air College, der Flugschule der Jordanischen Luftwaffe.Beides ist nach Hussein I., von 1952 bis 1999 König von Jordanien, benannt. On 23 September 2014, Jordanian air force aircraft joined in US-led air strikes against terrorist targets in Syria that later became known as Operation Inherent Resolve. By 1955 King Hussein realized the need for Jordan to have a more modern air force, and on 25 September 1955 the RJAF was established.