Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) is the eldest son of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and the US Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. He is also a graduate of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. After a lengthy tenure in different branches of Saudi Arabia's armed forces, Prince-General Khalid was named Commander of the Joint Forces during Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

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  • Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) is the eldest son of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and the US Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. He is also a graduate of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. After a lengthy tenure in different branches of Saudi Arabia's armed forces, Prince-General Khalid was named Commander of the Joint Forces during Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. He was promoted to Field Marshal by his uncle, King Fahd, after the campaign. Prince Khalid retired in 1991 to concentrate on business. Returning to government service in January 2001, Prince Khalid was appointed the Assistant Defence Minister for Military Affairs. Khalid bin Sultan is the head of the Prize Council for the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, a bi-annual international scientific award for water research.
  • Халед бин Султан бин Абдель Азиз ас-Сауд — генерал армии Саудовской Аравии, политический деятель. Учился в Великобритании и США. Окончил Королевскую военную академию в Сандхёрсте, Военно-воздушный колледж (авиабаза Максвелл), Командно-штабной колледж (Форт-Ливенворт). Во время войны в Персидском заливе Халед бин Султан был сокомандующим Многонациональными силами, возглавляя контингенты арабских стран. После войны ушёл в отставку в сентябре 1991 года. В 2001 году назначен заместителем министра обороны. Имеет награды многих стран. Автор ряда статей и книги «Воин пустыни», переведённой на ряд языков (в том числе на русский).
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  • Khalid bin Sultan (born 1949) is the eldest son of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst and the US Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. He is also a graduate of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. After a lengthy tenure in different branches of Saudi Arabia's armed forces, Prince-General Khalid was named Commander of the Joint Forces during Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
  • Халед бин Султан бин Абдель Азиз ас-Сауд — генерал армии Саудовской Аравии, политический деятель. Учился в Великобритании и США. Окончил Королевскую военную академию в Сандхёрсте, Военно-воздушный колледж (авиабаза Максвелл), Командно-штабной колледж (Форт-Ливенворт).
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  • Khalid bin Sultan
  • Халед бин Султан
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