Bahrain secretly participates in military operations in Yemen. Official photos published by the Saudi Ministry of Defense account revealed the unannounced participation of the Royal Bahraini Air Force in aerial military operations in Yemen, following the appearance of Bahraini officials and aircraft at one of the military bases near the Yemeni border. This revelation came after the Saudi Ministry of Defense published photos documenting the visit of the Saudi Chief of General Staff, First Lieutenant General Fayyad Al-Ruwai, to the Hamis Mushait Air Base in the south of the Kingdom. One of the photos clearly showed the presence of a Bahraini pilot with the rank of major, wearing a flight suit and wearing on his right shoulder the badge of the "First Fighter Squadron" of the Bahraini Air Force.