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THE ROYAL JORDANIAN FALCONS

The Royal Jordanian Falcons (RJF) was established     The RJF's main mandate is to promote tourism
by a Royal Decree issued in 1976 by His Majesty the   in Jordan through participation in international
late King Hussein Bin Talal, who sought to perfect    aviation events. Its aim is to promote interest in
the image of Jordan and promote friendship and        Jordan and its culture and to advance international
peace among the world's nations through aviation      goodwill. It carries a message of peace and
as an art and science.                                friendship through the art of aviation to all the
                                                      countries where it participates in air events.
Henceforth, the RJAF has performed on numerous
occasions in various countries including the UAE,     The squad performs with four aircraft flown by a
Egypt, Qatar, EU, USA, UK and Indonesia.              selected team of RJAF's pilots, with the 15-minute
                                                      display featuring aerobatics that mix formations
During the reign of His Majesty King Abdullah         and solo shows.
II, with constant support from His Majesty and
under the supervision of HRH Prince Faisal bin        The RJF team has a great reputation worldwide.
Al-Hussein, the Honorary President of the team,       It receives several invitations every year from all
the RJF continues its shows and promotion of the      continents to take part in their air events. The team
Kingdom across the world.                             has won over the past four decades many trophies
                                                      and accolades in international events for the best
It was His Majesty's vision to relocate the team to   flying formation team, thus proving the skill of the
Aqaba to enhance tourism by displaying over the       Jordanian pilots.
golden beaches of Aqaba every week, welcoming
foreign and local visitors. The RJF has become        The RJF team has always been ambitious to create
a fixture of the Aqaba scene.                         and add new maneuvers to amuse spectators and to
                                                      show the skills of its pilots. There are plans plan to
The Royal Jordanian Falcons is an independent         visit North America to cover USA and Canada in the
national air display team. The team is funded by      near future.
the Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) while
logistic support is provided by the RJAF and Royal    Due to the need of proficiency, sharp skills and
Jordanian.                                            experience, the Royal Jordanian Falcons pilots
                                                      comprise active Air Force fighter pilots who are
At its inception, the RJF started with Pitts Special  seconded to the team for four years, or ex-RJF pilots
aircraft, which remained in use until 1992, when      with the same degree of proficiency.
they were replaced with Extra-300s. Upon Royal
directives, the fleet was replaced in 2007 with
modern Extra-300Ls that remained in service until
2017. In mid-February 2018, five Extra-300LXs
were purchased.

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