Muscat, The Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)
today celebrated the graduation of a new batch of recruits under the
patronage of Maj.Gen Mattar bin Salim al-Balushi, Commander of the
Royal Army of Oman (RAO), in the presence of Air Vice Marshal Mattar
bin Ali al-Obaidani, RAFO Commander.
The ceremony, which was held at the field of Ghala Base and
the Sultan Qaboos Air Academy began with a salute for the chief guest
who inspected the front row of the graduates’ column. Then, the
graduates performed slow march accompanied with RAFO music.
Then, the graduates chanted RAFO Anthem and proclaimed
thrice long Live His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, the Supreme
Commander of the Armed Forces.
At the end of the ceremony, the chief guest distributed
certificates of appreciation to the top graduates.
The ceremony was attended by senior officers at the Sultan’s
Armed Forces (SAF), RAFO commissioned and non-commissioned
officers and personnel and graduates’ parents.
Source: Oman News Agency