U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani contiguous a signed statement arsenic they conscionable astatine the Pentagon successful Washington, D.C., U.S., October 10, 2025.
Ken Cedeno | Reuters
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth connected Friday announced an statement to physique a Qatari Emiri Air Force installation astatine a U.S. Air Force Base successful Idaho.
Hegeth said the installation astatine the Mountain Home Air Force Base volition let pilots from Qatar's aerial unit to bid with American subject personnel.
The Defense caput made the announcement astatine a Pentagon property league with Qatari Minister of Defense Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
Hegseth said the installation volition "host a contingent a Qatari F-15's and pilots to heighten our combined training, summation lethality, interoperability, it's conscionable different illustration of our partnership."
The Mountain Home Air Force Base presently has a contingent of F-15 combatant jets from Singapore's aerial unit stationed determination arsenic portion of a grooming programme for that nation's pilots.
The Pentagon didn't instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Hegseth's announcement.
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