Air force of Muscat. Code BA file 1223 (papers 32 to 58)

This file concerns the Sultan of Oman's Air Force (SOAF). It contains:

• Correspondence regarding queries about electricity for the contractor's accommodation; the specifications for the bomb store; the hangar base plan dimensions; and the runway at Bait al Falaj [Bayt Al Falaj] (32)
• Correspondence about various outstanding matters relating to the SOAF, including equipment, facilities and personnel (33, 53)
• Need for an Airwork representative to be employed to look after the equipment that is arriving in Muscat (34)
• Colonel P R M Waterfield's concerns about the funds available for various expenses for the SOAF (35)
• Estimated cost for the hangar (37)
• Request from the Gulf Daily Times for confirmation that HMG have given five aircraft to the Sultan (43)
• Estimate for the cost of a tarmac carpet at Bayt Al Falaj and request for details about the airstrip at Firq (46)
• Correspondence regarding an incident involving the crashing of one of the Provost aircraft of the SOAF and the need to establish procedures for reporting aircraft accidents (48-51)
• Concerns regarding the increasing cost of establishing the SOAF (53)
• Visit of representatives from the Limmer & Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company (54)
• Proposal to buy the Azaiba airstrip once it is vacated by the Iraq Petroleum Company (55)
• Correspondence outlining the background to the setting up of the SOAF and making proposals for further expenditure (58)