Qatar: F-15 deal and V-22 Ospreynote

Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khaled Al-Atiyyah keeps working to acquire a number of the search and rescue aircraft of type Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey in favor of the Qatari Air Force (QAF). He is said to have put this matter among his top priorities. The following 370-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the Qatari efforts to acquire this aircraft and the F-15 deal. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/45 – Nov. 4, 2016]