Omani airforce

This file relates to the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force (SOAF). It contains correspondence concerning:

• Question of a replacement Piston Provost aircraft for SOAF and SOAF’s future in general, discussed by the British Consul in Muscat and Oman D C Carden, the Commander of the RAF Persian Gulf Air Commodore E G L Millington, the Military Secretary in Muscat Brigadier P R M Waterfield, the Commander of the Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) Colonel A D Lewis and the Commander of SOAF Squadron Leader Entwisle. It also includes proposed costs, armaments expenditure for 1965-66 and estimates for SOAF’s expenditure in 1966-67 (3-4)
• Future payments to the British Bank of the Middle East for the Sultanate’s military subsidy (7)
• Question of improving SOAF’s firefighting capabilities by replacing its two rescue Landrovers with a foam-producing fire truck (8)