Muhammad Al Shaalan

Muhammad Al Shaalan
Native name محمد الشعلان
Birth name Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Shaalan
Died June 2015
London, United Kingdom
Allegiance  Saudi Arabia
Service/branch Royal Saudi Air Force
Rank Lieutenant general
Commands held Royal Saudi Air Force
Battles/wars Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen †

Lieutenant General Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Shaalan (Arabic: محمد بن أحمد بن عبدالرحمن الشعلان‎; died June 2015) was a Saudi military officer and commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) from 2014 up until his death in London.[1] Al-Shaalan was initially reported to have died from a heart attack outside the country by the Saudi Ministry of Defense, during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war. In early June 2015, several Scud missiles were fired by the Houthis from Yemen and hit King Khalid Air Base, which serves as the center of the Saudi bombing campaign against them, and the Shia Houthis militia claimed he was killed in the missile attack.[2][3][4] Al Shaalan was from a tribal family that spans Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and southern Iraq.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "404 - العربية.نت | الصفحة الرئيسية". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Source: Saudi Air Force Commander Killed by Yemeni Missiles, Not Heart Attack. Fars News Agency. Published 11 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Orkaby, Asher. Doomed: Saudi Arabia Will Fail in Yemen. National Interest. Published 24 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ↑ . Al Arabiya
  5. ↑ Karasik, Theodore (18 May 2014). Hagel and the GCC: Partnership and a Saudi military sweep. Al Arabiya. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by
Lt. Gen. Fayyadh Al Ruwaili		 Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force
2014—2015		 Succeeded by
Maj. Gen. Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (acting)
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