A production line has been inaugurated in the UK for manufacturing 24 warplanes and nine trainer aircraft that Qatar had contracted Britain to build for it last year.
Production of 17 Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets and nine Hawk T2 advanced trainer aircraft for the emirate began in Warton, Lancaster in northwestern England on Friday, with Qatar’s Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah in attendance.
“The project is unique in its ability to enhance the capabilities of the Amiri Air Force and the joint action and defense,” said the Doha-based paper Gulf Times.
Al-Attiyah and his British counterpart Gavin Williamson had signed the contract to supply Doha with the twin-engine, multirole fighters and the trainer jets on December 10, 2017.
The daily also referenced the inauguration of a joint squadron run by the Qatari Air Force and the British Royal Air Force by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani last year. “The joint…