The 170 Qatar trainees may be in for a culture shock should they find themselves in the city of Mountain Home.
Various historical aircraft are on display at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, where the U.S. Air Force may soon bring 170 members of Qatar’s air force to learn to fly the newest model of the F-15 fighter jet specially modified for the Persian Gulf state. BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Air Force may soon bring 170 members of Qatar’s air force to live on the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
Just how the Qataris would fare in the quiet town with a population of 14,000 remains to be seen. But it wouldn’t be the first time thetrained foreign military aviators. Since 2009, Singapore military members have lived and trained there as part of an agreement with the United States. “The sale as a whole is obviously a big strategic advantage,” Yule said. “ continue to increase capability of partner nations within the Middle East, a region of huge influence for the United States. So the more we can increase capability with our appropriations there, the less reliant we have to be on a large footprint by the United States military.”
Yule said Qatar military leaders wanted to train somewhere that had F-15E aircraft, which are similar to the ones Qatar will receive. Only two U.S. bases have them: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina and Mountain Home Air Force Base. The Idaho base became the top choice, partly because it has more room to expand.
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