Al Udeid Air Base is a military base near Doha, Qatar. It houses U.S. Air Force and British Royal Air Force personnel and assets--the latter at RAF Al Udeid. Doha (Arabic: â, translit: or ), population 400,051 (2005 census), is the capital of Qatar and is at , on the Persian Gulf. ... Aircraft of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition counterparts stationed together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in southwest Asia, fly over the desert. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... RAF Al Udeid is a military base for the Royal Air Force in Quatar, serving as a base for British air operations in support of Operation Telic and Operation Herrick - the designation for British contributions towards operations in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively. ...