The Kuwait Air Force announced on Saturday the graduation of the first batch of pilots and technicians who completed a training program in the operation of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone.

A ceremony was held by Baykar at its training center in the Kishan area in Turkey in the presence of the military attaché in Turkey and the drone project supervision officer to celebrate the achievement, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that a number of officers and non-commissioned officers in various specialties, including pilots, technicians and shooters, passed the four-month course as part of a pre-prepared training program to prepare cadres and technical and operational crews for the aircraft from the Air Force personnel.

The Bayraktar TB2 was tested in Kuwait in July 2019 and achieved a record flight time of 27 hours and 3 minutes without interruption under difficult weather conditions.

In June last year, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense concluded a contract with the Turkish side to supply the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drone system, through a direct contract between the governments of Kuwait and Turkey with the aim of enhancing the defense capabilities of the Kuwaiti Army due to the high technical features of this aircraft in carrying out multiple tasks to support military and security operations.