WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th September, 2019) Boeing won a contract to train the Saudi Air Force in military equipment made by the company, the Department of Defense announced in a press release.
"The Boeing Company [of] St. Louis, Missouri has been awarded a $156,911,600... for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) F-15SA Original Equipment Manufacturer Training Program," the release said on Thursday.
Boeing is the prime contractor for the F015 Eagle fighter-bomber which is the main air superiority aircraft used by the Saudi Air Force in its bombing campaigns against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition has been embroiled in a battle with the Houthis since March 2015, and estimates from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project indicate the conflict's death toll has amounted to as many as 91,000 individuals, with tens of thousands of those being civilians.
