Royal Jordanian Air Force
The Royal Jordanian Air Force was made a separate service on 25 September 1955 out of the British-trained Arab Legion Air Force, lost almost every combat aircraft it had on the ground on 5 June 1967, rebuilt on Hunters, F-104s, F-5s and Mirage F1s, and today flies about 60 upgraded second-hand F-16s against the Islamic State, smugglers and the drones and missiles that cross Jordan between Iran and Israel, with 12 new F-16 Block 70s due from 2027.
The Royal Jordanian Air Force story: RAF airfields, a war lost on the ground in 1967 and second-hand F-16s against the Islamic State
1931–1958: British airfields, the Arab Legion Air Force and a service of its own
Military flying in Jordan began as a British affair. English Wikipedia, citing Ronen Yitzhak’s study of the service’s formation, says the Royal Air Force set up Jordan’s first air bases in 1931 to guard British interests, and that by 1948 Jordan was forming a small air unit with RAF help, the Arab Legion Air Force; Arabic Wikipedia dates the start of the ‘Arab Air Legion’ to 1950. Its equipment was modest: de Havilland Vampires and a Vickers Viking for VIP flights. On 25 September 1955 it became a separate service, the Royal Jordanian Air Force, as part of King Hussein’s push to modernise his forces. A few months later, on 1 March 1956, the king dismissed Glubb Pasha and replaced the senior British officers of the army with Jordanians. By 1958, according to English Wikipedia, the British had left and the air force controlled the country’s airfields. Arabic Wikipedia names Major Ibrahim Othman as the first Jordanian commander, from 1956 to 1962.
1958–1967: Hunters, a defection and a war lost on the ground
The Hawker Hunter made the air force a fighting service in the early 1960s, and it was a political one too. In 1962, German Wikipedia records, King Hussein ordered a squadron to support the royalists in the Yemeni civil war; the air force chief and two pilots defected to Egypt and the order was withdrawn. Hussein, himself a pilot, had survived an interception by two Syrian jets on 10 November 1958 while flying his own aircraft over Syria. Hunters fought Israeli Mirages on 21 December 1964 and again over Samu on 13 November 1966, when one Hunter was shot down and Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti was killed; the claims of each side are set out below. Then came 5 June 1967. After Jordanian Hunters struck Netanya, the Israeli Air Force hit Mafraq and Amman shortly before 12:30. By its own account it destroyed all 21 of Jordan’s Hunters, six transport aircraft and two helicopters on the ground in two waves. The air force had been wiped out in an afternoon.
1967–1990: Black September, Starfighters, F-5s and the Mirage F1
Britain and Saudi Arabia sent replacement Hunters after the war, and in September 1970 they were used against the Syrian armoured incursion during Black September; on 22 September King Hussein ordered the air force to attack the Syrian forces, and the Syrian 5th Division began to withdraw that afternoon. From 1968, according to English Wikipedia’s F-104 article, Jordan received Lockheed F-104 Starfighters, with Pakistani instructors; they were expensive to run and went to Pakistan in the 1970s. In 1975 the Hunters went to Oman, where the Sultan’s air force used 31 ex-Jordanian Hunters in the Dhofar war. Northrop F-5s, some of them obtained from Iran, became the backbone; after the 1979 Egypt-Israel treaty, English Wikipedia says, Jordan chose the Dassault Mirage F1 over the F-16/79. Thirty-six F1s were built for Jordan in three versions. The sources checked record no Jordanian air operations in the 1973 war, and Jordan stayed a regional ally of Iraq through the Iran-Iraq war.
1997–2014: an air force rebuilt on second-hand F-16s
The 1990s were lean. To pay for upgrades, the air force sold seven F-5Es, which went to Singapore; English Wikipedia’s F-5 article dates the sale offer to 1994. The rebuild came with peace with Israel and American help: the first 16 F-16A/B Air Defense Fighters arrived in 1997 and 1998 under Peace Falcon I. Peace Falcon II added 17 more, upgraded in Turkey, and Jordan then bought used, already-upgraded F-16AM/BMs from Belgium (16 in Peace Falcon III, 2005, and nine in Peace Falcon V, 2011) and six F-16BMs from the Netherlands in 2006, bringing the fleet to 62. The Mirage F1 was retired by 2010 according to German Wikipedia, and 11 F-5E/Fs went to Brazil in 2009. The model was cheap and effective, but it meant flying other air forces’ used airframes for a generation. In April 2011 six Jordanian fighters went to a coalition base in Europe for the Libya operation; Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said they were not intended for combat.
2014–2023: Muath al-Kasasbeh and the war against the Islamic State
Jordan joined the US-led air campaign against the Islamic State on 22 September 2014. On 24 December 2014 an ex-Belgian F-16 came down near Raqqa in Syria and its pilot, First Lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh, was captured. The United States and Jordan said the aircraft had a mechanical failure; the Islamic State claimed to have shot it down with a heat-seeking missile. Jordan’s government concluded that he had been killed around 3 January 2015; the group released a video of his burning on 3 February. Jordan hanged two convicted jihadists the next morning and launched what it called Operation Martyr Muath, with 20 F-16s over Raqqa on 5 February and, by its own count, 56 targets hit in three days. The air force also contributed aircraft to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen from 2015, and, according to Reuters and the BBC as summarised on Wikipedia, struck drug-smuggling targets in southern Syria in 2023 and 2024.
2024–2026: drones over Amman, airdrops over Gaza and the Block 70 wait
Since 2024 the air force has been defending its own sky. On the night of 13–14 April 2024 Jordan intercepted objects from the Iranian attack on Israel that entered its airspace; the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the Royal Jordanian Air Force downed about 20 per cent of the drones. Jordan’s government called it self-defence and said it would act the same against any country. It did so again in June 2025, when an intercepted drone fell on a house in Irbid. Its C-130s flew the first Jordanian airdrops into Gaza with France in January 2024 and the largest, to 11 sites, on 26 February 2024. The money problem remains: Breaking Defense put the 2022 defence budget at $1.9 billion, which is why the Block 70 order shrank from 16 jets notified to Congress to eight and then grew back to 12. The first are due in 2027. Until then Jordan’s front line is its upgraded second-hand F-16 fleet.
The Royal Jordanian Air Force in numbers
Hizmet
- Yerli isim
- سلاح الجو الملكي الأردنيSilah al-Jaww al-Malaki al-Urduni, the Arabic name given by English and Arabic Wikipedia. The official sites jaf.mil.jo and rjaf.mil.jo could not be reached for this dataset
- Kurulan
- 25 September 1955As a separate service. The Arab Legion Air Force dates from 1948 according to English Wikipedia, or from 1950 according to Arabic Wikipedia; the RAF set up the first airfields in 1931
- Bir parçası
- Jordan Armed Forces – Arab ArmyWith the Royal Jordanian Army and the Royal Jordanian Navy. King Abdullah II is Supreme Commander
- Komutan
- Brig. Gen. Jihad Al-BtoushFrom 2026, according to English Wikipedia; not confirmed on an official page. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Fathi Hiyasat was commander in 2022–2023
- Motto
- To protect and defend the sovereignty and integrity of the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanAs given in English Wikipedia’s infobox
- Eğitim
- King Hussein Air CollegeThree-year programme in aviation science, navigation and air traffic control; Bell 505s replaced the R44 trainers
Kuvvet
- Personel
- About 14,000English Wikipedia’s figure, from the IISS Military Balance 2023. The armed forces as a whole had about 114,500 active personnel in the IISS 2021 edition
- Toplam uçak sayısı
- 230–266Breaking Defense counted 230 in June 2022; English Wikipedia’s infobox gives 266. The difference is likely trainers, leased transports and helicopters counted differently
- Savaş uçağı
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- F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon (MLU) — 62 (Breaking Defense: 43 A and 18 B, June 2022)
- F-16C/D Block 70 — 12 on order
- AC-235 gunship — 2
- AT-802U/AT-802i — 10
English Wikipedia, citing IISS. The F-16 Block 70s are due from 2027. The AC-235 gunships and armed AT-802s add a counter-insurgency strike role
- Special mission and transport
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- C-130H Hercules — 7
- Cessna 208B (ISR) — 12
- PZL M28 Skytruck — 2
- Il-76TD — 2 (leased)
English Wikipedia’s inventory table. The Il-76s are leased from civil operators
- Helikopterler
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- UH-60A/L/M Black Hawk — 32, plus 4 UH-60M ordered in 2024
- AH-1F Cobra — 32 (+11 SES)
- MD530F and AH530 — 12
- EC635 — 12
- AS332M-1 Super Puma — 7
- Mi-26T2 — 4
- Bell 505 — 10 (training)
English Wikipedia’s inventory table; the AH-1F figure is 32 plus 11 refurbished SES aircraft listed separately
- Savunma bütçesi
- $1.9 billion (2022)Breaking Defense, June 2022. English Wikipedia’s armed forces article gives $5.0 billion (6.5 per cent of GDP) from the IISS 2021 edition; the two figures probably measure different things and are given here as published
Altyapı
- Hava üsleri
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- King Abdullah I Air Base — Marka, Amman
- King Abdullah II Air Base — Al Ghabawi, Zarqa
- Zarqa Air Base
- King Hussein Air Base — Mafraq
- Muwaffaq Salti Air Base — Azraq
- Prince Hassan Air Base — Safawi (H5)
- Rweished Air Base
- King Faisal Air Base — Al-Jafr
The eight bases listed by English Wikipedia; English and German Wikipedia cite rjaf.mil.jo, which could not be reached. Squadron dispositions are not given here
- Ekran ekibi
- Royal Jordanian FalconsFormed in 1976 by order of King Hussein (1978 in German Wikipedia); four Extra 330LX and a spare. Pilots are air force officers, but the aircraft belong to Royal Jordanian Airlines. Based at Aqaba
- Foreign forces
- United States at Muwaffaq SaltiEnglish Wikipedia reports a $143 million US expansion from 2019 and Belgian F-16s in 2014–2015. Three US soldiers were killed at Tower 22 in north-east Jordan by a drone on 28 January 2024, according to the Pentagon
- US security assistance
- $350 million FMF a yearUnder the US-Jordan memorandum, according to the State Department, with $5.3 billion of active Foreign Military Sales cases. In February 2026 a $280 million sale of Ku-band counter-drone radars was notified to Congress
How the Royal Jordanian Air Force is organised
One of the three services of the Jordan Armed Forces – Arab Army, with its headquarters at King Abdullah I Air Base in Amman and eight air bases listed by English Wikipedia. The F-16AM/BM, 62 in English Wikipedia’s count, is Jordan’s only fighter and flies from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base at Azraq; 12 new F-16C/D Block 70s are due from 2027. Attack and utility helicopters, the AC-235 gunships and armed AT-802s for the border war are reported at King Abdullah II Air Base, and pilots train at the King Hussein Air College at Mafraq.
Royal Jordanian Air Force Headquarters
One of the three services of the Jordan Armed Forces – Arab Army, with its headquarters at King Abdullah I Air Base, the military side of the old Amman airport at Marka. English Wikipedia names Brig. Gen. Jihad Al-Btoush as commander from 2026, which could not be confirmed on an official Jordanian page; Brig. Gen. Mohammad Fathi Hiyasat commanded in 2022–2023. King Abdullah II is Supreme Commander of the armed forces.
F-16 fighter squadrons
Jordan’s only fighter, the F-16AM/BM: 62 upgraded aircraft in English Wikipedia’s count, built up from five Peace Falcon deliveries from the United States, Belgium and the Netherlands between 1997 and 2011. English Wikipedia says they have flown from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base since 1997; the squadron numbers it gives are not repeated here. Twelve F-16C/D Block 70s are on order, due from 2027.
Cobra group, ISR wing and Royal Aviation Brigade
English Wikipedia, citing AirForces Monthly of November 2022, lists AH-1F Cobras, UH-60 Black Hawks and MD530s of the Prince Hashim Bin Abdullah II Royal Aviation Brigade, which supports special operations, and an ISR wing with Cessna 208s, AT-802s, Camcopter S-100 drones and the two AC-235 gunships at King Abdullah II Air Base. Detachments of Cobras, Caravans and AT-802is fly from Rweished (H-4) near the Iraqi and Syrian borders.
Royal flight, transport and air ambulance units
English Wikipedia, citing the air force website, places a royal squadron, transport units and the air ambulance centre at King Abdullah I Air Base. The transport fleet is seven C-130H Hercules, which flew Jordan’s airdrops into Gaza from January 2024, two M28 Skytrucks and two leased Il-76TDs; which unit flies which type is not published.
King Hussein Air College
The air college at Mafraq, where full pilot training in Jordan began in 1974 and the first female cadets graduated in 2020. The service flies 12 PC-21 and 13 Grob G 120TP trainers, and ten Bell 505 helicopters ordered for the college in November 2022 replace its Robinson R44s; the trainers’ base is not confirmed. The Fighter Weapons Instructor School has been at Prince Hassan Air Base (H5) since 1994.
Royal Jordanian Falcons
Formed on King Hussein’s orders in 1976 (1978 in German Wikipedia). The pilots are air force officers, but the four Extra 330LXs belong to Royal Jordanian Airlines; the team began at Amman Civil Airport and is now based at Aqaba’s civil airport.
What the Royal Jordanian Air Force flies today
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| Türü | Rol | Hizmette | O zamandan beri | Birimler | Notlar | |
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| General Dynamics F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon (MLU)Hizmette | Çok amaçlı savaş uçağı | 62 | 1997 | — | 62 in English Wikipedia (44 AM, 18 BM); Breaking Defense counted 43 F-16As and 18 F-16Bs in June 2022.
DahaBuilt up from Peace Falcon I (16 F-16A/B ADF, 1997–98), Peace Falcon II (17), Peace Falcon III (16 ex-Belgian, 2005), Peace Falcon IV (6 ex-Dutch F-16BM, 2006) and Peace Falcon V (9 ex-Belgian, 2011). |
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| CASA/IPTN CN-235 (AC-235 gunship)Hizmette | Gunship and ISR | 2 | 2011 | — | Two, delivered in 2011 and armed in 2014. | |
| Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (ISR)Hizmette | İstihbarat, gözetim ve keşif | 12 | 2009 | — | 6 Ce208B-ISR delivered 2009–2011 and 6 EX-ISR, 4 of them modified by IOMAX in 2024, according to English Wikipedia. | |
| Air Tractor AT-802U / AT-802i / AT-802FHizmette | Counter-insurgency, ISR and fire-fighting | 12 | 2014 | — | 4 AT-802U (built for Yemen, delivered 2016), 6 AT-802i gifted by the UAE in 2014 and upgraded to Block 4, and 2 AT-802F fire-fighters delivered in 2023. | |
| Lockheed C-130H HerculesHizmette | Taktiksel ulaşım | 7 | 1980 | — | Four delivered in the 1980s and three ex-USAF aircraft in 2021 and 2022, according to English Wikipedia; the State Department confirms three received as Excess Defense Articles. | |
| PZL M28 SkytruckHizmette | Hafif ulaşım | 2 | 2013 | — | Delivered 2013–2015, modified by Sierra Nevada Corporation. | |
| Ilyushin Il-76TDHizmette | Strategic transport (leased) | 2 | — | Leased from Silk Way Airlines and UATG, according to English Wikipedia. | ||
| Bell AH-1F CobraHizmette | Saldırı helikopteri | 32 | 1985 | — | English Wikipedia lists 32 AH-1F and, separately, 11 AH-1F SES refurbished to fire Hellfire and APKWS; 49 were delivered between 1985 and 2016 and some passed on to Pakistan, the Philippines and Kenya. | |
| MD Helicopters MD530F and AH530 Block IIHizmette | Light attack helicopter | 12 | 2006 | — | 6 MD530F delivered 2006 and 6 AH530 Block II ordered in August 2023, four delivered in December 2024 and two in June 2025, according to English Wikipedia. | |
| Sikorsky UH-60A/L/M Black HawkHizmette | Genel ve özel operasyon helikopteri | 32 | 2007 | — | 8 UH-60A (2015–16), 8 UH-60L (2007, special operations) and 16 UH-60M (2017–18, four of them VIP), with four more UH-60M ordered in 2024, according to English Wikipedia. | |
| Eurocopter EC635Hizmette | Hafif hizmet helikopteri | 12 | 2003 | — | 9 ex-Portuguese EC635T1 (2003–04) and 3 EC635T2i of 4 delivered in 2007; one crashed in February 2016. | |
| Aerospatiale AS332M-1 Super PumaHizmette | Orta boy nakliye helikopteri | 7 | 1987 | — | 11 delivered in 1987; one crashed in 1989 and three went to Benin in July 2023. | |
| Mil Mi-26T2Hizmette | Heavy-lift helicopter | 4 | 2018 | — | Delivered 2018–2019. | |
| AgustaWestland AW139Hizmette | VIP and medical evacuation helicopter | 3 | — | Two for medical evacuation, one VIP. | ||
| Pilatus PC-21Hizmette | İleri düzey eğitmen | 12 | 2017 | — | Delivered 2017–2019. | |
| Grob G 120TPHizmette | Temel eğitmen | 13 | 2016 | — | 16 delivered 2016–2018; three crashed (December 2017, June 2022, February 2024), according to English Wikipedia. | |
| Bell 505 Jet Ranger XHizmette | Eğitim helikopteri | 10 | 2023 | — | 10 ordered at SOFEX in November 2022; deliveries completed in July 2024 according to English Wikipedia. | |
| Robinson R44Hizmette | Eğitim helikopteri | 12 | 2014 | — | Delivered 2014–2016; being replaced by the Bell 505. |
Sipariş üzerine
| Türü | Sipariş edildi | İlk teslimat | Notlar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 70Sipariş üzerine | 12 | 2027 | Notified to Congress on 3 February 2022 (transmittal 22-06) as up to 16 aircraft for $4.21 billion; amended in September 2022 with 32 AIM-9X Block II missiles and 31 MIDS-JTRS terminals ($4.27 billion) and in July 2023 to allow four more two-seaters ($4.30 billion).
DahaJordan signed a letter of acceptance for eight on 17 June 2022 and raised it to 12 in January 2023, when Brig. Gen. Mohammad Fathi Hiyasat signed for the air force. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2027. |
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| Sikorsky UH-60M Black HawkSipariş üzerine | 4 | Four ordered in 2024, according to English Wikipedia; the delivery date was not confirmed. |
Every type the Royal Jordanian Air Force has retired
12 types, from the Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighter to the CASA C-101 Aviojet. Zirve rakamları, herhangi bir tarihteki filo gücünü değil, tüm hizmet ömrü boyunca teslim alınan uçak gövdelerini ifade eder.
| Türü | Rol | Doruğa ulaşmak | Servis edildi | Yerine şu geçti: | Notlar | |
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| CASA C-101 Aviojet | Jet eğitim uçağı | — | — | PC-21 | Sayı henüz doğrulanmadı. | |
| Dassault Mirage F1CJ/EJ/BJ | Savaş uçağı ve kara saldırısı | 36 | — | F-16 | 17 F1CJ, 17 F1EJ and 2 F1BJ built for Jordan, according to English Wikipedia’s Mirage F1 article. | |
| Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighter | Önleyici | — | 1968–1977 | F-5E, Mirage F1 | Sayı, kontrol edilen kaynaklarda doğrulanmadı. | |
| Hawker Hunter | Savaş uçağı ve kara saldırısı | — | — | F-5, Mirage F1 | 21 were destroyed on the ground on 5 June 1967 by the Israeli account; 31 ex-Jordanian Hunters went to Oman. Total deliveries were not confirmed. | |
| Vickers VC.1 Viking | VIP ulaşım | — | — | — | Sayı henüz doğrulanmadı. | |
| de Havilland Vampiri | Jet fighter-bomber | — | — | Hawker Hunter | Number and variants not confirmed in the sources checked. | |
| Northrop F-5A/B and F-5E/F | Hafif savaş uçağı | — | — | F-16 | Total not confirmed. Ten F-5A/Bs were passed to Greece in the mid-1970s, seven F-5Es were offered for sale in 1994 and went to Singapore, and 8 F-5E plus 3 F-5F went to Brazil in 2009. | |
| Cessna T-37 Tweet | Jet eğitim uçağı | — | — | — | Sayı henüz doğrulanmadı. | |
| CASA C-212 Aviocar | Hafif ulaşım | — | — | — | Sayı henüz doğrulanmadı. | |
| CASA C-295 | Hafif ulaşım | 2 | — | — | English Wikipedia says two were procured ‘in the early 1990s’, which cannot be right for a type that first flew in 1998; German Wikipedia lists it as a former type. Dates not confirmed. | |
| Bell UH-1H Iroquois | Çok amaçlı helikopter | — | — | — | Sayı henüz doğrulanmadı. | |
| Hughes OH-6 / MH-6 Little Bird | Hafif helikopter | — | — | — | Sayı henüz doğrulanmadı. |
Where the Royal Jordanian Air Force flies from
Siyah işaretler aktif üsleri, içi boş işaretler ise kapanmış havaalanlarını temsil eder. The network began as a British one: the RAF flew from Mafraq and Amman from 1920, and the desert bases H-4 and H-5 began as pumping stations on the Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline, built in 1932–1934. US forces use Muwaffaq Salti and French combat aircraft Prince Hassan; in July 2026 Muwaffaq Salti and King Faisal came under Iranian attack, according to the New York Times as cited by Wikipedia. Aqaba’s civil airport is listed as the home of the Falcons display team. Zarqa Air Base has no published aerodrome data and carries no pin.
| Temel | ICAO | Durum | Pist | Birimler ve uçaklar |
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| King Abdullah IAmman Governorate (Marka) | OJAM | Aktif | 06/243,275 m |
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| King Abdullah IIZarqa Governorate (Al Ghabawi) | OJKA | Aktif | 13/312.120 mbeton |
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| King FaisalMa’an Governorate (Al-Jafr) | OJKF | Aktif | 11/293.600 masfaltlanmış |
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| King HusseinMafraq Governorate | OJMF | Aktif | 13/313.000 masfaltlanmış |
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| King Hussein International AirportAqabaAqaba Governorate | OJAQ | Aktif | 01/193.000 m |
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| Muwaffaq SaltiZarqa Governorate (Azraq) | OJMS | Aktif | 08/262.750 m13/313.005 m |
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| Prince HassanMafraq Governorate (Safawi) | OJPH | Aktif | 13/313.000 masfalt/beton |
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| RweishedH-4Mafraq Governorate (Ruwaished) | OJRW | Aktif | 10/282.480 m |
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| ZarqaZarqa Governorate (Sahel Nassab) | Aktif | — |
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| Dawson’s FieldRAF ZarqaZarqa Governorate | Kapalı | — |
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Who is stationed where in the Royal Jordanian Air Force
Üslerine göre uçan birlikler, önce mevcut birlikler. The air force does not publish its squadron dispositions, and the squadron numbers English Wikipedia gives, citing the air force’s own website, which could not be reached, are not repeated; units are named by role and type instead. The RAF squadrons that flew from Mafraq, Amman and H-4 between 1920 and 1957, and the Belgian, German, French and US detachments since 2014, are listed and marked as not Jordanian. Where only one source places a unit at a base, the entry says so.
- King Hussein Air CollegeAir academy and flying training · active
- Training aircraft and helicopters (current types at Mafraq not confirmed)
- RJAF Hawker Hunter fighter squadron—
- Hawker Hunter
- RJAF de Havilland Vampire squadron—
- de Havilland Vampiri
- No. 4 Squadron RJAF1960–
- de Havilland Canada Chipmunk
- RJAF F-16 fighter squadronsSavaş uçağı filoları · aktif
- F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon (MLU)
- US Air Force expeditionary forcesExpeditionary forces · foreign
- MQ-9 Biçici, rotational US aircraft
- RJAF Mirage F1 squadrons—
- Dassault Mirage F1
- RJAF F-5 squadrons1980–
- Northrop F-5
- Belgian Air Component detachment (Operation Desert Falcon)2014–2015
- F-16AM Fighting Falcon
- Royal Jordanian Air Force HeadquartersHizmet merkezi · aktif
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- RJAF aircraft at Amman (1967)—
- Hawker Hunter, transport aircraft, helicopters
- Royal Air Force squadrons and detachments1920–
- Bristol F.2 Fighter (No. 14 Squadron), later RAF types
- RJAF helicopter, special operations and ISR unitsRotary-wing, gunship and ISR units · active
- AH-1F Cobra, UH-60 Black Hawk
- RJAF units at ZarqaNot confirmed · active
- Not confirmed
- Fighter Weapons Instructor SchoolWeapons instructor school · active
- Not confirmed
- French Air and Space Force detachment (Operation Chammal)Expeditionary fighter detachment · foreign
- Mirage 2000D, Rafale
- No. 9 Squadron RJAF1969–
- Lockheed F-104A/B Starfighter
- RJAF helicopter and ISR detachmentsDetachments · active
- AH-1F Cobra
- RAF 203. Filosu1941–1941
- Bristol Blenheim
- US MQ-9 Reaper detachment2014–
- MQ-9 Biçici
- Multinational exercise detachmentsExercise deployments · foreign
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- Royal Jordanian FalconsAerobatic display team · active
- Extra 330LX
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Royal Jordanian Air Force milestones, 1914 to today
The Royal Air Force sets up Jordan’s first air bases, according to English Wikipedia.
A small Arab Legion Air Force is formed with RAF help (English Wikipedia; Arabic Wikipedia gives 1950).
25 September: the Royal Jordanian Air Force is established as a separate service.
10 November: King Hussein, flying his own aircraft over Syria, is intercepted by two Syrian jets and lands safely in Amman.
The air force chief and two pilots defect to Egypt after the king orders a squadron to Yemen; the order is withdrawn (German Wikipedia).
21 December: Hunters fight Israeli Mirage IIIs; each side’s claims differ.
13 November: over Samu, one Hunter is shot down and Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti is killed.
5 June: Israeli strikes on Mafraq and Amman destroy all 21 Hunters on the ground, by the Israeli account.
22 September: King Hussein orders the air force to attack the Syrian armoured incursion during Black September.
The Hunters are retired; 31 go to Oman for the Dhofar war.
The first F-16A/B Air Defense Fighters arrive under Peace Falcon I.
4 April: six Jordanian fighters land at a coalition base in Europe for Libya. Nine more ex-Belgian F-16s bring the fleet to 62.
22 September: Jordan joins the air campaign against the Islamic State. 24 December: Muath al-Kasasbeh’s F-16 comes down near Raqqa.
3 February: the Islamic State releases the video of al-Kasasbeh’s killing. 5 February: 20 F-16s strike around Raqqa in Operation Martyr Muath.
3 February: up to 16 F-16 Block 70s are notified to Congress for $4.21 billion. 17 June: Jordan signs for eight, raised to 12 in January 2023 with deliveries from 2027.
26 February: the largest Jordanian airdrop into Gaza, to 11 sites. 13–14 April: the air force intercepts Iranian drones over Jordan.
June: Jordan intercepts drones during the Iran-Israel war; one falls on a house in Irbid. Last two AH530 helicopters delivered.
26 February: a $280 million US sale of Ku-band counter-drone radars is notified to Congress. Brig. Gen. Jihad Al-Btoush is named commander, according to English Wikipedia.
Every war the Royal Jordanian Air Force has fought
Kayıtlarda belirtilen yerlerde sorti ve kayıplar, belirtilmeyen yerlerde ise boş bırakılmıştır.
- Hunters against Mirages over the West Bank 1964 Air-to-air engagement between Jordanian Hunters and Israeli Mirage IIICJs
- The Samu raid 1966 Hunters from Mafraq engaged Israeli aircraft covering a large Israeli ground raid on the village of Samu
- The Six-Day War 1967 Attacked Israeli targets on the first morning and was destroyed on the ground within hours; Jordanian pilots then flew from Iraq
- Black September 1970 Ground attack against the Syrian armoured force that crossed into northern Jordan
- The 1973 war 1973 No documented air combat role; Jordan’s contribution was an expeditionary ground force in Syria
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Read the aircraft the Royal Jordanian Air Force flew
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- Federal Register: Arms Sales Notification, transmittal 22-06 (27 September 2023)Notified 3 February 2022: up to 16 F-16 Block 70 (12 C, 4 D), 21 engines, $4.21 billion.
- Federal Register: Arms Sales Notification, transmittal 22-0L (6 August 2024)Reported 27 September 2022: adds 31 MIDS-JTRS and 32 AIM-9X Block II to the F-16 case; total $4.27 billion.
- Federal Register: Arms Sales Notification, transmittal 23-0H (18 October 2024)Reported 19 July 2023: up to four C replaced by D models; total $4.30 billion.
- Federal Register: Arms Sales Notification, transmittal 26-23 (15 April 2026)Delivered to Congress 26 February 2026: Ku-band multi-function radio frequency system radars, $280 million, RTX.
- Federal Register: Arms Sales Notification, RSAT 26-38 (7 May 2026)Delivered to Congress 19 March 2026: $70.5 million support for Jordan’s F-16, C-130 and F-5 aircraft.
- Breaking Defense: Jordan inks deal for 12 Block 70 F-16s from Lockheed Martin (January 2023)12 Block 70 signed by Brig. Gen. Muhammad Fathi Hiasat; deliveries from 2027; fleet of 43 F-16A and 18 F-16B.
- Breaking Defense: New F-16s give Jordan’s air force a boost, but what comes next? (June 2022)LOA for eight Block 70 on 17 June 2022; 230 aircraft; 2022 defence budget $1.9 billion.
- Breaking Defense: Royal Jordanian Air Force inks deal to procure 10 Bell 505 trainer helicopters (November 2022)Ten Bell 505 for the King Hussein Air College; UH-1H and MH-6 being phased out; commander Brig. Gen. Mohammad F. Hiyasat.
- Breaking Defense: After deadly drone attack in Jordan, US Central Command reassessing air defense needs (January 2024)Three US soldiers killed at Tower 22 on 28 January 2024, per the Pentagon.
- US Department of State: U.S. Security Cooperation with Jordan$5.3 billion active FMS cases; $350 million FMF a year; three C-130s as Excess Defense Articles; UH-60s.
Figures verified 2026-10-01. Order of Battle pages are regenerated from a single dataset; if a number here disagrees with a Book of Beasts page, this page is the more recent of the two.
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