These Are The Latest Eurofighter Typhoon Jets For The Royal Air Force of Oman

Published on: February 7, 2018 at 7:27 PM

Two new Eurofighter Typhoons on delivery to Oman.

On Feb. 5, two Eurofighter Typhoons for the RAFO (Royal Air Force of Oman) made a stopover in Malta Luqa airport on their way to Oman.

The aircraft, ZR406 and ZR407 are the ninth and tenth Omani aircraft, out of 12 aircraft (9 single-seaters and 3 two-seaters) ordered by the Gulf State in December 2012.

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The Typhoons took off from Malta to continue their ferry flight as “Tarnish 01” to Adam Air Base, via RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, shortly after 09.00AM LT on Feb. 6.

Photographer Ruben Zammit took the photos of the latest Omani Typhoons that you can find in this post.

RAFO Typhoon 215 (NS006, ZR406) and 216 (NS007, ZR407) parked at Malta on Feb. 5, 2018. (Image credit: Ruben Zammit).

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.