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Tue, 01/27/2015 - 19:58
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HH the Emir of Qatar Attends Ceremony of Air College Graduates

Doha, January 27 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani attended the passing out ceremony of the second batch of students of the air college at Leader Mohamed bin Abdullah Al-Attiyah Air College at Al-Udeid Air Base this morning. The ceremony was attended by HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, a number of the ministers as well as ranking armed forces and interior ministry officers. Upon the arrival of HH the Emir to the main podium, the commander of the parade came forward to request HH the Emir to review the graduates' parade as they perform the military parade with slow march and normal march. HH the Emir then hounoured the outstanding graduates of the batch namely the first in the total grades and the sward of honour Mubarak Abdurrahman Mohamed Al-Hemaidi, the second in the total in aviation and the first in aviation Abdurrahman Mohsen Andilah Al-Marri, the third in the total grades and the first in military competence and discipline Talah Khalid Surour Al-Abdullah. Afterwards the flag was received and handed over to the third batch. The order for promotion was then read out and the graduates took the oath. At the outset of the ceremony Commander of the Air College Brigadier (Pilot) Salim Hamad Al-Nabit gave a speech in which he said today we celebrate the graduation of the second batch of Leader Mohamed bin Abdullah Al-Attiyah Air College after they were awarded the Bachelor Degree in air sciences and the military diploma armed with knowledge and defence of the beloved homeland. The Commander of the College underlined that the armed forces, thanks to the high directives of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and the efforts of the personnel of these forces, is witnessing today a remarkable progress in all fields in terms of qualifications, training and arming. This development included to introduction of the best training aircraft and the most advanced in the world as the college began effectively to implement the constituent and advanced training programme on training combat aircraft. Commander of the Air College Brigadier (Pilot) Salim Hamad Al-Nabit thanked HH the Emir for the unlimited support and also thanked all bodies of the state for incessant support which contributed to enabling the Leader's College to reach its today's level. At the close of the ceremony HH the Emir attended an air show of a number of the Emiri Air Force and the Leader's Air College's aircraft. HH the Emir then inspected the cockpits of pc21 aircraft. (QNA)

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