NEVADA: The commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force, Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, recently visited the air force team participating in the Red Flag 2022 exercise at the Nellis Air Force Base in the US. The commander and his accompanying delegation were received by Lt. Col. Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar, the commander of the Saudi air force team participating in the drill, and other staff members. At the venue, Lt. Gen. Turki was briefed on the progress of operations in the 10-day drill. He also visited the aircraft maintenance headquarters and met with the technical crews, lauding the high combat capabilities and skills that the Saudi air force team has acquired and urging them to take more advantage of this opportunity. The Saudi team — air, technical and support crew — are participating with six modern combat F-15SE aircraft. This is the eighth time the Royal Saudi Air Force is participating in this simulated exercise to study and counter advanced cyber-based threats and hostile air and ground forces. Lt. Col. Talal said the drill has the aim of exchanging military and technical expertise between the participating forces in real scenarios, in addition to simulating international modern threats.