Tag: Typhoon
Eurofighter Typhoon Guide – November 2011 Update
Quite a few things have changed since I last updated my Eurofighter Typhoon guide so I’ve updated it for November 2011. I’ve also included much more information of the Eurofighter’s attempts to secure export customers with details of the contracts they are trying to secure. The biggest of which being the Indian MRCA contract that [...]
Read moreTyphoon Makes The Shortlist for MRCA
The race to win the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition is nearing the final stages with the Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale making the shortlist to replace the Jaguar and MiG-27s for the Indian Air Force. The competition is worth more to Dassault or Eurofighter than the estimated 9.32 billion US dollars the Indian [...]
Read moreEurofighter Typhoon Spares – March 2011 Update
Following on from my two other posts on the Typhoon spares situation (linked below in related posts) the NAO report on the Typhoon reveals more information on the situation. Spares are provided by both a collaborative arrangement (all the partner nations) and individual contracts (each nation). The MoD has their commercial support contract with BAE [...]
Read moreRAF Taking £70M Fighter Jets Apart To Use as Spares
“RAF Taking £70M Fighter Jets Apart To Use as Spares” declares the Daily Express in this article. It isn’t a new story or a new process for the RAF (or any other military air arm). The process dates back to at least the Second World War, maybe further. The process is accepted practice, it controlled [...]
Read moreTyphoons and spares
May’s edition of Air Forces Monthly contains an article called ‘It’s Official – The RAF Really is Depleted’ about the availability of RAF aircraft. The article was based around a question from Dr Liam Fox MP to the Secretary of State for Defence about how many RAF aircraft of each type were (a) in service, [...]
Read moreRAF Coningsby Photos & Log
My pictures from RAF Coningsby are now on my main site… http://www.fast-air.co.uk/RAF-Coningsby-Pictures-100323.htm Here is the log…
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