La fiche Ce qu’est ce système, d’où il vient, qui le met en œuvre et pour quels modules de Vigil il est pertinent — avec les éléments sur lesquels repose chacun de ces points.
Fiche
Pertinence pour les conflits
Ceci est la fiche unique du catalogue pour ce système. Il est pertinent pour les modules ci-dessous ; le Force Atlas de chaque module montre comment il y est employé.
Opérateurs
Saudi Arabia: The Royal Saudi Air Force's second fighter fleet, delivered from 2009. · Qatar: Delivered from 2022 as one of three fighter types bought after the 2017 blockade. · Kuwait: Delivered from 2021 to replace older American fighters. · Oman: A small fleet delivered from 2017.
Rôle sur le champ de bataille
Air defence and multirole strike; in the Gulf, the fighter half of the air and missile defence against drones and cruise missiles.
Points forts
A modern airframe with a European supply chain, which is the reason it was bought, and a common type across four Gulf states that makes coalition operation easier.
Limites
Expensive to operate for small services, and dependent on European suppliers whose export politics — Germany's over Saudi Arabia most visibly — have interrupted support. Numbers and bases are not recorded.
Emploi documenté dans les conflits
Saudi Typhoons flew in the Yemen campaign; no engagement in the 2026 war is established from open sources.
Opérateurs par composante et par service
- Kuwait Air Force Documenté
- Qatar Emiri Air Force Documenté
- Royal Saudi Air Force Documenté
Évalué au — 2026-09 Dernière revue — 2026-09-09