The Qatari Emiri Air Force will base several F-15 fighters and their pilots at a training base in Idaho, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday.

The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

Hegseth The Defense secretary made the announcement at a Pentagon press conference with Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar's defense minister.