A two week exercise at RAF Coningsby during the first two weeks of September 2013, saw the RAF hosting guests from the Royal Saudi Air Force to take part in Exercise Saudi-British Green Flag. The main part of the Saudi detachment arrived on the 27 August with 4 Typhoons, 3 FGR5  plus a single T54,and 2 Tornado IDS. Utilizing their recently acquired A330MRTT the Typhoons of the RSAF flew directly to RAF Coningsby from their base King Fahd AB a distance of over 2500nm. The Tornados arrived in pairs, the final pair of Tornado's were delayed in Grosetto after a technical fault delayed them for two days.   

The exercise was to be a series of missions involving up to 16 aircraft launching per sortie, during which ground and air crews from both Air Forces would work together developed experience and knowledge, and tactics Plus for the Typhoons crews learning more about the capabilities of their aircraft. A typical sortie saw eight Tornados and eight Typhoons take off in pairs during two daily waves with one in the morning and another in the afternoon, lasting on average 1-2 hours with each two-ship flight comprising a RAF and RSAF aircraft.

In support of the fast jets the Royal Saudi Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft providing the airlift for the RSAF.