# Wing Loong II at Riyadh: deployment

Canonical ID: `4d30a2cd-2b0a-4ab3-a0e7-b948f33a3686`

Royal Saudi Air Force Wing Loong II armed UAV operations. Chinese export drone used for ISR and counter-insurgency in Yemen and border regions.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 4 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** wing-loong-saudi-arabia
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Wing Loong II](/models/wing-loong-2.md) (id: `b74ae9ef-b134-470f-92b6-38a436536d9d`)
- **Company:** [CAIG](/companies/caig.md) (id: `b28aeda5-aba8-4579-810d-68636d07aead`)
- **Location:** [Riyadh](/locations/riyadh-saudi-arabia.md) (id: `bbc260a2-edf6-462e-8156-154992434d9f`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (4)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAIG_Wing_Loong
2. https://english.spacechina.com/
3. https://defence-blog.com/saudi-arabia-orders-30-chinese-strike-capable-reconnaissance-unmanned-aerial-vehicles/
4. https://english.iswnews.com/17922/delivery-of-chinese-drones-to-the-saudi-army/

## Common questions

### What is the Wing Loong II deployment at Riyadh?

Wing Loong II, built by CAIG, is recorded as a deployment at Riyadh on the DEPLOY registry. CAIG operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Wing Loong II at Riyadh?

CAIG, the manufacturer of Wing Loong II, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Is the Wing Loong II deployment at Riyadh still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.

### Have there been incidents at the Wing Loong II deployment at Riyadh?

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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