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Fursan Al Emarat (Arabic: فرسان الامارات; in English The Knights of the UAE) is the aerobatics Aeorabic display team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence.
Fursan Al Emarat (Arabic: فرسان الامارات; in English The Knights of the UAE) is the aerobatics Aeorabic display team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence. It was formed in 2008 with Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339NAT jet aircraft. The team has a total of seven aircraft that symbolizes 7 Emirates, all seven of which are used for international airshows, locally they started their first show at Dubai Airshow and flew at the IDEX and Abu Dhabi formula1 Grand Prix and across the 7 emirates for 2nd December National day celebrations, internationally the team has performed at Lima exhibition and their upcoming Airshow performance will be at Royal International Air Tattoo. The team peformed at the 2022 Bahrain International Airshow at Sakhir Air Base with five aircraft.
Fursan Al Emarat Aerobatic display team shield | |
Active | 2010 to date |
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Country | United Arab Emirates |
Branch | United Arab Emirates Air Force |
Role | Aerobatic display team |
Size | 7 aircraft |
Colors | Black and gold |
Aircraft flown | |
Trainer | 2010 - date Aermacchi MB-339NAT |
Aerobatic Team Al Fursan "The Knights" History.).
January 21: The United Arab Emirates Air Force & Air Defence (UAE AF&AD;) introduced its new aerobatic team, ‘Al Fursan’ (The Knights) at a graduation ceremony at Al Ain’s Khalifa Bin Zayed Air College near Abu Dhabi.
The team comprises six MB339A trainers from the Flying Instructors' School based at Al Ain - “The objective is to raise the UAE flag and show the proficiency of the Air Force and armed forces,” said Lt Colonel Abdulla al Amimi, the leader of the team to the local press.
Pilots are all instructors with the school and have been training together for a year in their spare time but need about eight more months before they perform full aerobatic displays. “This was our first display,” said Lt Colonel al Amimi, “expect more from us in the future.”
The team is expected at appear at Al Ain’s annual airshow, commencing January 27 for four days.
The United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) (Arabic: القوات الجوية والدفاع الجوي الاماراتي, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Jawiyah wa al-Defa' al-Jawiy al-ʾImārāty) is the air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
The United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) (Arabic: القوات الجوية والدفاع الجوي الاماراتي, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Jawiyah wa al-Defa' al-Jawiy al-ʾImārāty) is the air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. Its predecessor was established in 1968, when the Emirates were still under British rule. Since then, it has undergone a continual reorganisation and expansion in terms of both capability and numbers of aircraft. Currently, the UAEAF has around 4,000 personnel and operates approximately 552 fixed wing and rotorcraft.
Aircraft of UAEAF present
Fighter F-16 Fighting Falcon, Mirage 2000
Helicopter CH-47, Bell 214, Bell 412, AS 350, AS 550, AS 565, Puma, Super Puma, AS 365
Attack helicopter AH-64D, UH-60M
Reconnaissance Dash 8MMA, CN-235MPA
Trainer Hawk T1, MB-339, PC-7, PC-21, G 115, Aermacchi MB-339
Transport C-130 Hercules, CN-235, Cessna 208, C-17 Globemaster III, Airbus A330 MRTT
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Sikorsky–Boeing SB-1 Defiant (stylized as "SB>1"; company designation S-100)
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