Royal Saudi Air Force Museum
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Established | 24 January 1999 |
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Location | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Type | Aviation museum |
The Royal Saudi Air Force Museum or Saqr Al-Jazira is located on the East Ring Road of Riyadh between exits 10 and 11. A Saudia Lockheed L-1011 Tristar serves as a gateguard visible from the ring road. Admission is 10 Saudi Riyals (SR)for adults and 5 SR for children. The museum is open from 9:00am to 12:00 noon and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm daily, closed on Mondays.
Overview
The museum gives the history of the Royal Saudi Air Force from its establishment in the 1920s to the present day.
The museum comprises an outdoor static park and a large and modern indoor museum.
Static Park
Aircraft on display include:
- BAC Lightning T-55
- BAC Strikemaster Mk80
- Boeing 707 HZ-HM2 in Saudia livery
- Boeing F-15D Eagle
- Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
- Cessna 310
- Douglas A-26B Invader
- Douglas DC-4
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Lockheed L-1011 Tristar HZ-AHP in Saudia livery
- Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
- Panavia Tornado ADV F3 & IDS
- T-6 Texan 206
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BAC Lightning T55
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BAC Strikemaster Mk80
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Boeing 707 HZ-HM2
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F-15D Eagle
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O-1 Bird Dog and C-130 Hercules
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Cessna 310
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A-26B Invader
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Douglas DC-4
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Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
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T-33 Shooting Star
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Tornado ADV F3
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T-6 Texan
Display Halls
The display halls contain exhibits on the history of the RSAF, aircraft engines and weaponry, uniforms, insignia and decorations and a special display on Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Saudi in space who rode as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-51-G.
Aircraft on display include:
- BAC Lightning F53
- Bell UH-1
- Bell OH-58
- De Havilland Chipmunk Mk 10
- De Havilland Vampire FB Mk 52
- Douglas DC-3 outfitted to match the aircraft given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to King Ibn Saud in 1945
- Hawker Hunter F Mk60
- North American F-86 Sabre F model
- Northrop F-5E Tiger II
- T-6 Texan
- Temco T-35 Buckaroo A model