Qatari Air Force moves from glitzy fighters to workmanlike transport aircraft


Issue 839 - 25 Oct 2008 | 1 minute read

When Qatar bought 12 Dassault Mirage 2000-5 combat aircraft in the late 1990s it was catapulted into pole position as the world’s highest per capita defence spender. Nearly ten years after the first Mirages

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