RAFO retires Jaguar aircraft after 37 years in service

The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) held a ceremony to mark the retirement of its SEPECAT Jaguar ground attack aircraft after 37 long years of service to the nation. The ceremony was held at the Al Shafaq Club in Seeb last week.

The move leaves India as the only country in the world still using Jaguars, one of the first major joint Anglo-French military ground attack aircraft.

Muscat Daily in October 2013 had reported about Oman's intention to ground Jaguar operations. Visiting Indian Air Vice Marshal C Hari Kumar had then said that Oman and India were the only two countries operating Jaguars.

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