Stratos Posted May 26, 2024 Posted May 26, 2024 Tabuk is on the eastern part of the map in Saudi Arabia, it has a small regional airport with a few international destinations, but is important cause is the site of King Faisal Air Base (KFAB) of the Royal Saudi Air Force, they share the airport site and boundaries but uses a separate runway for operations. Based on KFAB there are several Saudi AF squadrons, to know, The base is home to: RSAF 7 Wing No. 2 Squadron RSAF with the McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle and the F-15D No. 21 Squadron RSAF with the BAE Systems Hawk 165 No. 29 Squadron RSAF with the F-15SA No. 37 Squadron RSAF with the Hawk 65 No. 79 Squadron RSAF with the Hawk 165 No. 88 Squadron RSAF with the Hawk 65 and the Hawk 65A which is known as the 'Saudi Falcons' Adding this base will add a homebase for another important actor to the theatre, and can open up more historical and what if missions. 3 1 I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
Stratos Posted May 26, 2024 Author Posted May 26, 2024 Saudi F-5 were used during the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Tabuk. The Second Gulf War (beginning 19-03-03 and lasting over one month) saw the participation of the Saudi Air Force with 53 Northrop F-5E/F-5F (106 sorties) and Northrop RF-5E (20 sorties), all based at Tabuk, thoughthe reconnaissance fighter did not fare well as they were largely useless in seeking out targets and rapidly processing information. FONT: https://www.the-northrop-f-5-enthusiast-page.info/AirForces/SaudiArabiaAF.html I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
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