Royal Saudi air force Col. Bader M. Alotaibi, left, watches as Air Force Airman Hope Goodenbury opens the nose landing gear hatch of an F-15 Eagle at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2018. Alotaibi, the RSAF senior country liaison officer assigned to Sheppard, has led the RSAF contingent since July 2016, during which the attrition rate for RSAF aircraft maintenance students has dropped from about 50 percent to less than 2 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Ingle)