Qatar orders 12 additional Rafales; total order at 36 Posted on December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 by alert5 Qatar has placed a follow-on order for 12 additional Rafale fighters from Dassault during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Doha on Dec. 7. The Gulf state initially ordered 24 Rafales in May 2015. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Philippine Navy orders additional two AW109s Canada confirms 5th C-17 Australia orders Giraffe AMB multi-mission radar U.S. Army orders 34 additional UH-72As Qatar’s order for 24 Rafales came into force Israel to order another 17 F-35As, total order now 50 aircraft