Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday the U.S. will host a new Qatari air force facility in Idaho, where pilots will train to fly F-15s.

Hegseth said the Trump administration has signed the letter greenlighting the building of a Qatar Emiri air force contingent at the Mountain Home Air Force Base located in southwestern Idaho.

Qatar Emiri air force is the air arm of Qatar’s armed forces.

“Location will be host to a contingent of Qatari F-15s and pilots to enhance our combined training, increase lethality, interoperability,” Hegeseth said Friday. “It's just another example of our partnership.”

Mountain Home Air Force Base, located in Elmore County, already hosts Singapore's air force F-15SG fighter jets.

Hegeseth announced the agreement sitting alongside Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al T

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