Fayyadh Al Ruwaili Explained

Fayyadh al-Ruwaili
Birth Date:27 April 1958
Birth Place:Turaif, Northern Borders, K.S.A
Allegiance: Saudi Arabia
Branch: Royal Saudi Air Force
Rank: Air chief marshal
Commands:Chairman of the General Staff
Deputy Chief of the Saudi general staff
Royal Saudi Air Force Commander[1]

Fayyadh bin Hamed bin Raqed Al Ruwaili (born 27 April 1958)[2] is a Saudi Arabian pilot and general who has served as the commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) on two occasions, most recently since a shakeup of the military high command on 26 February 2018 by King Salman.[3] Before that he served as the commander of the RSAF from 10 May 2013[4] [5] until 14 May 2014.[6] In between that, from 2014 until his new re-appointment in 2018 as RSAF commander, time he served as the deputy chief of the Saudi general staff.[7] Al Ruwaili hails from a merchant family near the Red Sea.

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  1. Web site: Past and present leadership- COGS. https://web.archive.org/web/20190709101819/https://www.mod.gov.sa/en/Leaders/COGS/Pages/default.aspx. 9 July 2019. 21 September 2020. mod.gov.sa. dead.
  2. Karasik, Theodore (18 May 2014). Hagel and the GCC: Partnership and a Saudi military sweep. Al Arabiya. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. O'Connor, Tom (26 February 2018). Saudi Arabia Changes Government Up, Switching Top Military Leader Amid Yemen War Struggle. Newsweek. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. http://www.arabnews.com/news/451202 Al-Ruwaili new air force chief
  5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/179907913?q&versionId=195834474 MAJ. GEN. FAYYADH AL-RUWAILI PROMOTED TO COMMANDER OF ROYAL SAUDI AIR FORCE.
  6. http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_news/Saudi-Lt-General-Mohammad-Al-Shaalan-new-RSAF-Commander/4006 Saudi Lt-General Mohammad Al-Shaalan, new RSAF Commander
  7. http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_news/Saudi-Lt-General-Al-Ruwaili-and-meetings-in-Washington/5048 Saudi Lt-General Al-Ruwaili and meetings in Washington