Royal Flight of Oman – Wikipedia

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Royal Flight of Oman
Royal Standard of Oman.svg

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Royal Standard of the Sultan of Oman
Active 1974 – present
Country Sultanate of Oman
Allegiance  Oman
Role VIP Transport
Part of The Diwan of Royal Court Affairs
Main operating base Muscat International Airport (MCT/OOMS)[1]
Paint scheme on fixed wing aircraft All over white with red and green cheatline with national flag on tail fin[2]
ICAO and IATA Codes ORF and RS
Commanders
Commander of His Majesty’s Royal Flight Oman Captain Suleiman Bin Harith al Barashdi (since 2010)[3][4]
Aircraft flown
Transport Airbus A319 & A320, Boeing 747, Gulfstream 550 & VIP helicopters

Military unit

The RFO’s Boeing 747 SP27, note SATCOM bulge on top of fuselage

One of the RFO’s Gulfstream 550s (A40-AE/Al Hazim)

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An Omani C-130J departing RAF Fairford (this is a RAFO air frame – one of three C-130Js delivered to Oman)

The Royal Flight of Oman (RFO) is the VIP air transport capability embedded within the Sultan of Oman’s Royal Household.the Royal Flight is a non-military organisation and part of the Diwan of Royal Court Affairs;[5] it is not part of the Royal Guard of Oman.[6]

The RFO was formed in 1974 and started with a few fixed wing aircraft, rotary wing aircraft were added in 1975.[7][8]

The RFO has its own staff housing and welfare complex (including a club and an international school) on Al Matar Street near Muscat International Airport.[9]

The RFO has one permanent operating base and a secondary base:[10]

RFO aircraft will also make use of Omani regional airports and RAFO airbases as necessary.

Current inventory[edit]

The RFO operates the following aircraft types:[13]

Fixed wing aircraft in the RFO’s fleet are normally painted all over white, with a mid-fuselage red and green cheatline. The tail fin carries the national flag of the Sultanate of Oman. The only script painted on the fuselage is in Arabic and the aircraft are named after places in the Sultanate. The RFO’s C-130 transport aircraft and its helicopters are painted in a desert camouflage scheme.

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References[edit]

  1. ^

    “Scramble – Oman”. www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

  2. ^ Bowman, Martin (2014). Boeing 747: A History: Delivering the Dream. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473838239. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ^ “The Second Region MID Safety Summit April 2014” (PDF). www.icao.int. ICAO IATA. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ “Home Page – Gulf in the Media”. www.gulfinthemedia.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  5. ^ “Royal Flight of Oman – PILOT CAREER CENTRE”. www.pilotcareercentre.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. ^ “Oman Yellow Pages”. www.omantel-yellowpages.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  7. ^ “Oman Royal Flight”. Aeroflight. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. ^ “Oman Royal Flight”. Helis.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  9. ^ “The Royal Flight International School | Muscat Football Academy”. muscatfootballacademy.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  10. ^ “Airport Projects Joannou & Paraskevaides Group” (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. ^ Ripley, Tim (2010). Middle East Air Power in the 21st Century. Casemate Publishers. pp. 160–161. ISBN 9781848840997. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  12. ^ Allen, Calvin H.; II, W. Lynn Rigsbee (2014). Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996. Routledge. ISBN 9781135314378. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  13. ^ “Royal Flight of Oman Fleet Details and History”. www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  14. ^ “Oman – Royal Flight Boeing 747SP photo by Maximilian Kramer”. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  15. ^ “Oman – Royal Flight Boeing 747-400 photo by Lars Hentschel”. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  16. ^ “Oman – Royal Flight Boeing 747-400 photo by John Ballantyne”. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  17. ^ “FlightSource – Aviation Photo Database”. www.flightsource.ca. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  18. ^ “A4O-AJ Airbus A319-133(CJ) Oman – Royal Flight | JetPhotos”. JetPhotos. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  19. ^ “F-WWDG Airbus A320-232 Oman – Royal Flight JetPhotos”. JetPhotos. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  20. ^ “DSC08987 – HostingPics.net – Hébergement d’images gratuit”. www.hostingpics.net (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  21. ^ “Aviation Photo 2037129: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V-SP Gulfstream G550 – (Oman Royal Flight)”. Airliners.net. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  22. ^ “A4O-AE Royal Flight of Oman Gulfstream Aerospace G550”. www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  23. ^ “Aviation Photo: Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules – (Oman Royal Flight)”. Airliners.net. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  24. ^ “C-130J Super Hercules Celebrates One Million Flight Hours, Code One Magazine”. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  25. ^ “AS550 Fennec in Oman Royal Flight”. Helis.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.


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