Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)

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[Wrekin762]

Yes, sorry - Lossiemouth

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Not sure what their source was but my local bbc news is reporting one at Lossiemouth and one at Coningsby
(also a few people freaking out about drones)

[Wrekin762]

Not sure what their source was but my local bbc news is reporting one at Lossiemouth and one at Coningsby
(also a few people freaking out about drones)

Poster on another forum who works at Coningsby said there was a meeting there today that announced they will get one of the new squadrons.

So yes, it seems it'll be one extra operational squadron at each base.

[The Armchair Soldier]

An article on Wikipedia claims that we have 111 Typhoons in active service, with an additional 99 to be delivered. How long has that been the case? I was under the impression that we had only ordered 160 Typhoons?

This is the source it references from Airbus:
http://militaryaircraft-airbusds.com/Po ... veries.pdf

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[WhitestElephant]

An article on Wikipedia claims that we have 111 Typhoons in active service, with an additional 99 to be delivered. How long has that been the case? I was under the impression that we had only ordered 160 Typhoons?

This is the source it references from Airbus:
http://militaryaircraft-airbusds.com/Po ... veries.pdf

Wiki is wrong. We have 109 FGR4s, with a final 26 to be delivered. There are also 22 T3s in service. Making a total of 157.

To get the 160 figure, one must include the 2 Typhoons with BAE for experimental/testing purposes, and IIRC a single Typhoon that is now a museum piece.

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That Airbus document is interesting, where have they made those figures up from?
UK order is for 160

[Gabriele]

160 Typhoon ordered; 1 Tranche 1 written off in 2008 after a belly landing at China Lake.

As for August/September 2015, fleet situation from FOI:

4 in the Falklands (Tranche 1 according to AvWeek)
20 in 29(R) Sqn OCU (including 10 T3)
15 in 3 Sqn (1 T3)
5 in 41 Sqn (1 T3)
11 in 1 Sqn (1 T3)
13 in 6 Sqn (1 T3)
12 in 2 Sqn (1 T3)
13 in XI Sqn (1 T3)

34 sustainment fleet (5 T3)
4 on loan to BAE (1 T3)

[The Armchair Soldier]

U.S., British, French Forces Partner for Inaugural Trilateral Exercise at JBLE

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- U.S. Service members will partner with members of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) and the French Air Force (FrAF) for the inaugural Trilateral anti-access/area denial exercise scheduled for Dec. 2-18, 2015, at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.

The exercise, hosted by the 1st Fighter Wing (FW), will focus on operations in a highly-contested operational environment through a variety of simulated adversary scenarios. According to U.S. Air Force Col. Pete Fesler, the commander of the 1st FW, the intent of the exercise is to gain an understanding of the logistics, support requirements, capabilities, tactics, techniques and procedures associated with the integrated operation of coalition front-line fighters.

"The RAF and FrAF are our vital strategic partners and allies in the current fight against extremism, and will be in any foreseeable future conflict," said Fesler. "The trilateral exercise gives us an opportunity to train together in realistic counter-air and strike scenarios. This training is critical to ensure that we have day-one interoperability for future contingency operations."

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The exercise will not only feature the U.S.'s Raptor, but also the RAF's Typhoon and the FrAF's Rafale as primary aircraft. The Trilateral Exercise will be the first time these coalition aircraft have flown together.

Read More: http://www.jble.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123464373

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[~UNiOnJaCk~]

Well, you might think that if there was ever a time to try an ask for even more budgetary concessions it would be now with the commencement of new operations - even with a comparitively generous SDSR not long behind us. On the other hand, Whitehall might think they are overstepping the mark and getting greedy...

Would be wonderful to think however that this was a marked turnaround for defence in the country - the momentum of SDSR 2015 being carried on even further with more and more investment finally pouring in.

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Extra sentry crews, new mpa fleet, extra shadow, extended sentinel, more typhoon, and then another squadron. He is being very creative with his man power.

[ArmChairCivvy]

RAF hoping to squeeze in another Typhoon Squadron above the two already announced in the SDSR2015, maybe...

Typhoon OCU is over-strength as you need to be ready to stand down three (Tornado) sqdrns in one go in 2019. It will simply be split into two, with
A. the remaining T3s (two dozen-ish) having rolled off the line by then
and
B. the big conversion push being taken over by "normal jogging" which today looks like this: "being enabled in large part by better exploitation of advanced simulation for training and mission rehearsal, allowing a greater number of pilots to be sustained at high readiness from broadly the same number of live-flying hours."

[ArmChairCivvy]

The exercise will not only feature the U.S.'s Raptor, but also the RAF's Typhoon and the FrAF's Rafale as primary aircraft. The Trilateral Exercise will be the first time these coalition aircraft have flown together.

Interesting... when were there last such exercises for attaining air superiority with a joint effort? Red Flags are slightly different in character.
- especially interesting from the point of view that the Raptor comms were built so stealthy that at one point they were limited to communicating with each other (and ground)

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[The Armchair Soldier]

Source: http://theaviationist.com/2015/12/10/ra ... -together/

[The Armchair Soldier]

Strike Eagles vs. Typhoons: Exercise Brings Aircraft Together

12/9/2015 - ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Iron sharpens iron; the same could be said for fighter jet pilots seeking new ways to improve their skills to deliver decisive combat air power.

Fighter pilots from Royal Air Force Coningsby and the 494th Fighter Squadron partnered up for dissimilar air combat training, here, Dec. 7-8, 2015.

The training session consisted of mock air-to-air combat fights where in this case, both aircrafts went up against each other to test each other's and their own capabilities. The aircrafts had a certain amount of mock ammunition per separate engagement and each pilot would call out on the radio whenever they were "hit".

"It's great practice for both parties to go against a different aircraft," said a Typhoon evaluator pilot from the 41 Typhoon Test and Evaluation Squadron. "The F-15 gets an opportunity to fight a superior performing threat, and we get to fight against a very capable weapons system and highly maneuverable missile."

Read More: http://www.lakenheath.af.mil/news/story ... =123465019

[Ron5]

Iron doesn't sharpen iron. Possibly the worst thing you could use to sharpen it.

[Pseudo]

Iron doesn't sharpen iron. Possibly the worst thing you could use to sharpen it.

Truly the words of a man who's never tried sharpening iron with a fluffy pillow.

[seaspear]

Sharpening iron with a fluffy pillow ???

[SKB]

Someone please inform Sgt. Emerson Nuñez of Lakenheath that the plural of aircraft is aircraft. Not aircrafts.
(This is proven by putting multiple aircraft (not aircrafts) to sea aboard special ships called an 'aircraft carrier' (not 'aircrafts carrier'))

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Anyone know when the two new Typhoon squadrons will stand up? I assume its before 2019 (before Tornado OSD)

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