Saudi Arabian Air, Land, Naval Forces & SANG

[Mosamania]

Mosa, which special forces took part in last year war with Houthi? or was it regular troops?

It was mostly regular troops but Airborne special operations saw the most action out of the special forces branches. Infiltration and Special Missions carried out a key operation though.

 

[Last Hope]

It was mostly regular troops but Airborne special operations saw the most action out of the special forces branches. Infiltration and Special Missions carried out a key operation though.

I know a C-130 pilot who was really angry and pissed off with his routine duty over the Yemen border during war. Had lots to day.

 

[Mosamania]

Royal Saudi Air Force becomes largest international operator of F110 engines

The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has ordered 193 F110-GE-129E engines to power 84 new twin-engine Boeing F-15SA aircraft. With the order the RSAF becomes the largest operator of F110 engines other than the U.S. government. This follows earlier RSAF orders for 156 engines to power 71 re-engined F-15S aircraft.

The agreement calls for deliveries to start next year. In selecting the GE engine, the RSAF cited the F110's high performance, safety and reliability and the successful operation of their current F110-powered F-15 fleet.

"We are thrilled to continue to support the Royal Saudi Air Force by providing engines to power its expanding F-15 fleet," said Jean Lydon-Rodgers, vice president and general manager, Military Systems Operation at GE Aviation. "The ongoing demand for our F110 engine is a testament to the value of its upgraded technology and will keep the production line open for years to come."

These engines incorporate GE's new 6,000 Total Accumulated Cycles (TAC) configuration, which enables unmatched benefits of fleet flexibility and cost-effective operation. The United States Air Force (USAF) has approved the -129 for 6,000 TACs for both F-15 (F110-GE-129E) and F-16 (F110-GE-129D) applications. With these engines, the interval for scheduled engine visits increases from 4,300 TACS to 6,000 TACs, representing a 40% reduction in scheduled maintenance costs.

The Saudi engines also feature Service Life Extension (SLEP) hardware, which includes highly successful three-dimensional aerodynamic (3D aero) technology plus upgrades to the combustor and high-pressure turbine. The enhancements help provide up to a 25 percent improvement in cost-per-flying hour, a significant time-on-wing increase, and elimination of special inspections.

More than 3,000 F110 engines have been ordered worldwide since initial selection by the USAF in 1984, making it the best-selling engine for Lockheed Martin F-16C/D fighter jets. In addition to the USAF, 12 international forces fly F110-powered aircraft. The F110 powers 60% of the international F-15 aircraft.

Royal Saudi Air Force becomes largest international operator of F110 engines | GE Aircraft Engines (GEAC) | AMEinfo.com

 

[Arabian Legend]

^^ sorry boss I just opened a new thread carrying same news. I should have checked this thread first.

 

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[MuslimConscript]

Is This data of the Royal Saudi Land Forces Small Arms Inventory Valid?

Handguns
Common Name: Browning HP
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service. In use with national guard.

Common Name: Glock 17
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Glock GmbH, Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.
Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with Royal Guards.

Common Name: P7M13
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: ??? forces: ??? service.

Common Name: P9S
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Police forces: limited service.

Common Name: Model 59
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Smith & Wesson (S&W), Springfield, USA.
Use: Police forces: limited service. 500 acquired in 1978. In use with ministry of interior.

Common Name: Colt Police Positive
Calibre: 9×29mmR
Origin: Colt’s Manufacturing Corp, Hartford, USA.
Use: Police forces: ??? service. 1,000+ acquired in 1966-1967. In use with Public Security Forces.

Common Name: Model 10 Militay & Police
Calibre: 9×29mmR
Origin: Smith & Wesson (S&W), Springfield, USA.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service. 75,500+ acquired between 1968-1983. In use with national guard.
Police forces: ??? service. 13,750+ acquired in 1976-1978. In use with Special Security Forces.

Common Name: M1911A1
Calibre: 11.43×23mm
Origin: Colt's Manufacturing Co Inc, Hartford, USA.
Use: Armed forces: general service. 6,300 acquired before 1974. OBSOLETE.

Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons
Common Name: P90
Calibre: 5.7×28mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Reflex sight.

Common Name: Mod 12
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
Use: Police forces: general service (1972-). 40,000 acquired in 1972. In use with Public Security Forces.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: MP5A2
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany; Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed); Al-Khardj Arsenal, Al-Khardj (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: special service.

Common Name: MP5A3
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany; Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed); Al-Khardj Arsenal, Al-Khardj (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Police forces: special service.
Details: Retractable stock.

Common Name: MP5K
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany; Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Police forces: special service.
Details: No stock.

Common Name: MP5SD3
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany; Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Integral sound suppressor. Retractable stock.

Common Name: MP5SD6
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Police forces: special service.
Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round bursts, and full automatic. Integral sound suppressor. Retractable stock.

Common Name: MAC-10
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Military Armaments Corp. (MAC), ???, USA.
Use: ???
Details: Retractable stock.

Common Name: Mark 4 (L2A3)
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Sterling Armaments Co., Dagenham, England.
Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with navy.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: Mark 5 (L34A1)
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Sterling Armaments Co., Dagenham, England.
Use: Armed forces: special service (1984-). In use with national guard.
Details: Integral sound suppressor. Folding stock.

Common Name: MPi 69
Calibre: 9×19mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch GmbH, Steyr, Austria.
Use: ???
Details: Retractable stock.

Rifles
Common Name: AR-15A2 R701 (M16A2)
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Colt’s Manufacturing Co Inc, Hartford, USA.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.

Common Name: CAR-15A3 R977 (M4A1)
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Colt’s Manufacturing Co Inc, Hartford, USA.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Details: Carbine with 368mm barrel. Retractable stock. MIL-STD-1913 sight rail.

Common Name: AUG A1
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH, Steyr, Austria.
Use: Armed forces: general service (1980-). 50,000+ acquired.
Details: 1.5× sight.

Common Name: AKM (M63)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: ROMARM, Bucharest, Romania (licensed).
Use: Police forces: general service.

Common Name: AKMS (M65)
Calibre: 7.62×39mm
Origin: ROMARM, Bucharest, Romania (licensed).
Use: Police forces: general service.
Details: Folding stock.

Common Name: AW
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Accuracy International Ltd, Portsmouth, England.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Details: Schmidt & Bender 3-12× scope.

Common Name: CETME C
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Empresa Nacional de Industrias Militares Santa Bárbara, Oviedo, Spain.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1980-). OBSOLESCENT.

Common Name: FAL-50-00
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.

Common Name: G3A3
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany; Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield, England (licensed); Al-Khardj Arsenal, Al-Khardj (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: general service (1969-).

Common Name: MSG90
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Hensoldt 10× scope.

Common Name: SSG 69
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Steyr-Daimler-Puch GmbH, Steyr, Austria.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: Kahles 6× scope.

Common Name: Model 82A1
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Murfreesboro, USA.
Use: Armed forces: special service.
Details: ??× scope. Bipod.

Common Name: RC-50
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: The Robar Companies Inc, Phoenix, USA.
Use: Police forces: special service.
Details: ??× scope. Bipod.

Shotguns
Common Name: Model 500
Calibre: 18.5×76mmR
Origin: Mossberg & Sons, Inc, North Haven, USA.
Use: ???

Machine Guns
Common Name: AUG A1 HBAR
Calibre: 5.56×45mm
Origin: Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH, Steyr, Austria.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: 1.5× sight. Bipod.

Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie T1
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1979-). In use on Cadillac Gage V-150 armoured car. OBSOLETE.

Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial Cadillac Gage
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1979-). In use on Cadillac Gage V-150 armoured car. OBSOLETE.

Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial T3
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial (M240)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing Inc. (FNMI), Colombia, USA.
Use: Armed forces: general service (1979-). Mounted coaxially on M60A3 main battle tank and M1A1 main battle tank.

Common Name: MAG-60-40 Coaxial (M240C)
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing Inc. (FNMI), Colombia, USA.
Use: Armed forces: general service (1990-). Mounted coaxially on M2A2 infantry fighting vehicle.

Common Name: M219
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: General Electric (GE), Burlington, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1976-). In use on M60A3 main battle tank.

Common Name: MG3
Calibre: 7.62×51mm
Origin: Rheinmetall GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany; Beretta-Motofides Whitehead, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy (licensed); Empresa Nacional de Industrias Militares Santa Bárbara, Oviedo, Spain (licensed); Steyr-Daimler-Puch GmbH, Steyr, Austria (licensed).
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard machine gun.
Details: Bipod.

Common Name: Browning M2HB
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: Colt's Manufacturing Co Inc, Hartford, USA; Ramo Manufacturing Inc, Nashville, USA; Saco Defense, Saco, USA; Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.
Use: Armed forces: general service. Standard heavy machine gun. 5,200+ acquired. Used on vehicles.

Common Name: M85
Calibre: 12.7×99mm
Origin: General Electric (GE), Burlington, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service (1976-). 460+ acquired. In use on M60A3 main battle tank.

Grenade Launchers
Common Name: M79
Calibre: 40×46mmSR
Origin: Colt's Manufacturing Co Inc, Hartford, USA.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service. 80 acquired in 1980.

Common Name: HK69A1
Calibre: 40×46mmSR
Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Details: Retractable stock.

Hand Grenades
Common Name: R-41
Origin: Al-Khardj Arsenal, Al-Khardj (licensed from Plasticas Oramil, San Sebastian, Spain).
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Offensive/defensive grenade.

Light Antitank Weapons
Common Name: Panzerfaust 3
Calibre: 60mm (110mm warhead)
Origin: Dynamit Nobel AG, Troisdorf, Germany; Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.
Use: Armed forces: general service (2000-). 1,200 in service.
Details: 2.5× scope.

Common Name: M2 Carl Gustaf
Calibre: 84×250mmR
Origin: FFV, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Use: Armed forces: general service. 300 in service (of 450 originally acquired).
Details: Recoilless rifle. 2× scope.

Common Name: C-90-C
Calibre: 90mm
Origin: Instalaza S/A, Zaragoza, Spain.
Use: Armed forces: general service.
Details: Disposable.

Common Name: M67
Calibre: 90×414mmR
Origin: Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. 100 in service.
Details: Recoilless rifle.

Common Name: APILAS
Calibre: 112mm
Origin: Matra-MANURHIN Défense, Velizy, France.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service.
Details: Disposable.

Cannon
Common Name: M168 Vulcan
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: General Electric (GE), Burlington, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on V-150 armoured car, M163A1 VADS tracked vehicle, and M167A1 VADS AA mount.
Details: Externally powered 6-barrelled rotary cannon.

Common Name: M197 Vulcan
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on naval mount.
Details: Externally powered 3-barrel rotary cannon.

Common Name: M621
Calibre: 20×102mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on naval mount.

Common Name: KAA (204GK)
Calibre: 20×128mm
Origin: Oerlikon-Bührle AG, Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on naval vessels.

Common Name: KAB-O01
Calibre: 20×128mm
Origin: Oerlikon-Bührle AG, Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland.
Use: Armed forces: ??? service. In use on AA mount.

Common Name: M693
Calibre: 20×139mm
Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on AMX-10P infantry fighting vehicle and naval mount.

Common Name: Bushmaster (M242)
Calibre: 25×137mm
Origin: McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. (MDHC), Mesa, USA.
Use: Armed forces: general service (1990-). Mounted on M2A2 infantry fighing vehicle and on 77’ patrol boats.
Details: Externally powered. Twin feed.

Common Name: Chain Gun (M230)
Calibre: 30×113mmB
Origin: The Boeing Co, Mesa, USA.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. Mounted on AH-64D Apache gunship.
Details: Externally powered.

Common Name: KDB
Calibre: 35×228mm
Origin: Oerlikon-Bührle AG, Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland.
Use: Armed forces: limited service. Used on twin AA mount.

 

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[Mosamania]

One of the most Beautiful RSAF pics I could dig up:

 

[Zarvan]

One of the most Beautiful RSAF pics I could dig up:

Brother we have seen enough pictures give us some good news on new and latest weapons made or acquired by KSA

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

One of the most Beautiful RSAF pics I could dig up:

damn, son!

good shot