RAF Museum – Oman

‘The RAF Museum is interested in hearing from any RAF officers or other ranks who have served in Oman to preserve their stories. If you would like to contribute to this exciting project please contact Ross Mahoney, Aviation Historian for the Royal Air Force Museum by emailing [email]ross.mahoney@rafmuseum.org[/email] in the first instance.’
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/events/enduring-relationship-a-history-of-the-royal-air/

Thank you for posting this. I am the man responsible for this exhibition. Any help that members may be able to provide would be most welcome. Just drop me an email.

Ross

I seem to remember the first two Omani Jaguars arriving at Seeb in 1977.
I wonder what they were doing for three years?

I think you will find the Omani Jags now have relatively low hours on them, the RAF swopped the wings with low houred wings that were on the RAF Jaguars currently used for training at RAF Cosford a couple of years ago, they were shipped out via East Midlands on a 225. It was around March 2011.

‘We first reported on Muscat’s interest in the deal back in 2008, but deliveries of the Tranche 3 aircraft will begin from BAE Systems’ Warton final assembly line in Lancashire in 2017. Presumably they will replace the RAFO’s Sepecat Jaguars, the oldest of which were delivered back in 1974. – http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2013/01/typhoon-wins-in-oman-but-where/#sthash.trOe9cjP.dpuf

Careful or you’ll unintentionally start a rumour that the WWII one at Cosford is off to the Middle East!

Tim

I wonder when Oman is going to buy some Typhoons !