RIYADH — On behalf of Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman, Deputy Minister of Defense Prince Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf graced the graduation ceremony of 105th batch of students of King Faisal Air Academy on Sunday. The deputy minister honored the outstanding students during the ceremony held at the academy headquarters in Riyadh. Upon his arrival at the venue, Prince Abdulrahman was received by Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, Commander of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Turki bin Bandar and Acting Commander of the academy Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Hamad. The Acting Commander of the academy Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Hamad delivered a speech in which he welcomed the deputy defense minister to the graduation ceremony of the 105th batch of students after completing their academic and training journey on the latest global technologies in the fields of aviation sciences and sciences of technology. There are 181 graduates in the batch and they included graduates from Jordan, Bahrain and Tunisia, in addition to the majority of Saudi graduates. The ceremony was attended by Assistant Minister of Defense Eng. Talal Al-Otaibi, Assistant Minister of Defense for Executive Affairs Dr. Khaled Al-Bayari, Advisor at the Ministry of Defense and CEO of the Ministry's Development Program Dr. Samir Al-Tabib, and a number of senior civilian and military officials and parents of graduates. King Faisal Air Academy is a military educational and training academy affiliated with the Royal Saudi Air Force
