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The tournament, which begins on November 20, will be the first ever FIFA World Cup to be held in the Arab world, and only the second to be held entirely in Asia.
The final is scheduled for December 18, which also is Qatar’s National Day.
Qatar’s rapidly expanding air force is tasked with preventing any interference from the air, and its new Eurofighter Typhoons took on a quick reaction alert (QRA) commitment soon after the arrival of the first aircraft at Tamim Air Base, at Dhukan, on August 27 this year.
With the arrival of the first Typhoons, the QEAF now has three modern front-line fighters in service, having already inducted the F-15QA Eagle and Rafale.
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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”.