Bahrain: RBAF, contacts with Saudi Arabia and F-16 optionnote

A high-ranking officer of the Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF) is said to have recently met with Saudi Minister of State and Head of the Crown Prince’s Court Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on the RBAF aircraft procurement project. The following 379-word report sheds light on the meeting and tells what about the outcome notably on what concerns the Bahraini-Saudi contacts on the project and the F-16 option. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/38 – September 19, 2014)]