Rafale Fighter Jets Steal The Show As Qatari Air Force Displays Its Might With French & US Aircraft
December 16, 2020
The Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) held an “elephant walk” of its fleet of fighters, which included French Dassault Rafale fighter jets, transporters C-17 Globemaster III and C-130J Super Hercules, attack helicopter AH-64E and AW139 helicopters among others.
A video posted on YouTube shows the formation of military aircraft with reports claiming AGM-114 Hellfire missile launch, probably for the first time, by QEAF’s recent acquisition AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopter gunships.
The term ‘elephant walk’ is used by the United States Air Force to denote the taxiing of military aircraft right before takeoff, when they are in close formation. It is used to identify a “maximum sortie surge”.