Desert Force Desert Force The Desert Force ( Arabic:قوات البادية , Eng:Al-Badia Force), also known as the Desert Patrol, is a paramilitary force of Transjordan. Its main task was to guard Jordanian borders with neighboring Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria as well as to provide protection for oil pipe lines of Iraqi Petroleum Company (IPC). It also participated in campaigns of Syria and Iraq during World War II. The Desert Patrol was formed as a semi-independent part of the Arab Legion in February 1931 by Glubb Pasha to secure Transjordan's desert region of the country, effectively everything east of the cultivated area
Finke Desert Race Finke Desert Race The Tatts Finke Desert Race, has the reputation of being one of the most difficult offroad courses in one of the most remote places in the world. It is an off-road, multi terrain two-day race for bikes, cars, buggies and quads through desert country from Alice Springs to the small desert community of Aputula (called "Finke" until the 1980s) in Australia's Northern Territory. The race is held each year on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June. "Finke" as it is commonly known, is one of the biggest annual sporting events in the Northern Territory . Encompassing