Muhammad bin Ahmed Al Shaalan (; died June 2015) was a Saudi military officer and commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) from 2014 up until his death in Saudi Arabia.
Al Shaalan was initially reported to have died from a heart attack outside the country by the Ministry of Defense, during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war. In early June 2015, several Scud missiles were fired by the Houthis from Yemen and hit King Khalid Air Base, which serves as the center of the Saudi air campaign against them; he was killed in the missile attack.Asher Orkaby.(24 June 2015). Doomed: Saudi Arabia Will Fail in Yemen. National Interest. Retrieved 21 October 2016. Al Shaalan was from a tribal family that spans Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and southern Iraq.Karasik, Theodore (18 May 2014). Hagel and the GCC: Partnership and a Saudi military sweep. Al Arabiya. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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