# Wing Loong UAV at Saudi Arabia: deployment

Canonical ID: `670c7a15-1bd2-4ef6-92ec-ce3419c5f946`

Royal Saudi Air Force operates Wing Loong II drones, 5,000+ cumulative flight hours by late 2024. Used during Yemeni Civil War against Houthi militias. A Wing Loong II was shot down over Shiraz, Iran in April 2026.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-12_

- **Slug:** wing-loong-saudi-arabia-rsaf
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Wing Loong UAV](/models/wing-loong.md) (id: `6300d456-a62b-4c16-9b92-10d1d88b438b`)
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)
- **Company:** [Aviation Industry Corporation of China](/companies/avic.md) (id: `e4982471-c8e9-456c-8318-2d0faa20a832`)
- **Location:** [Saudi Arabia](/locations/saudi-arabia.md) (id: `6db9d267-b288-452b-996e-616de9810eba`)
- **First seen:** 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://drone-warfare.com/research/wing-loong-ii/

## Common questions

### What is the Wing Loong UAV deployment at Saudi Arabia?

Wing Loong UAV, built by Aviation Industry Corporation of China, is recorded as a deployment at Saudi Arabia on the DEPLOY registry. Aviation Industry Corporation of China operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Wing Loong UAV at Saudi Arabia?

Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the manufacturer of Wing Loong UAV, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Wing Loong UAV deployment at Saudi Arabia go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2017 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Wing Loong UAV deployment at Saudi Arabia?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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