The Royal Saudi Air Force Museum or Saqr Al-Jazira is located on the East Ring Road of Riyadh between exits 10 and 11. A Saudi Lockheed L-1011 Tristar serves as a gate-guard visible from the AL Kharj ring road. Admission is Sr.10 for adults & Sr.5 for children. The museum is open from 9:00am to 12:00 noon and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm daily, closed on Mondays.
The display halls contain exhibits on the history of the RSAF, aircraft engines and weaponry, uniforms, insignia and decorations and a special display on Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Saudi in space who rode as a payload specialist on the Space Shuttle discovery on mission STS-51-G.
Aircraft on display inside include:
- BAC Lightning F53
- Bell UH-1
- Bell OH-58
- De Havilland Chipmunk Mk 10
- De Havilland Vampire FB Mk 52
- Douglas DC-3 ( outfitted to match the aircraft given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to King Ibn Saud in 1945
- Hawker Hunter F Mk60
- North American F-86 Sabre F
- Northrop F-5E Tiger II
- T-6 Texan
- Temco T-35 Buckaroo A model
Aircraft on display outside include:
- C.130 Hercules
- ADV Tornado
- F-15 D Eagle
- Tristar
- B.707
- DC-4 Skymaster
- BAC Strikemaster
- T-33 Shooting Star
- A.26 Invader
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