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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by StevenNFFC » Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:25 am

Just to keep everyone updated we now have several Typhoons with a numerical tail-code - like the Tornado fleet but instead feauturing the three digits of the serial of the aircraft - all the Typhoons are due to receive this code by the summer. So far we have:

ZJ814/814 - Typhoon T3 - 29(R) Sqn
ZK317/317 - Typhoon FGR4 - Unmarked
ZK320/320 - Typhoon FGR4 - Unmarked
ZK330/330 - Typhoon FGR4 - Unmarked
ZK347/347 - Typhoon FGR4 - Unmarked

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by paulk » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:18 am

Zk368 is also like this. seen at Coningsby 2 weeks ago.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by BP2324 » Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:47 pm

ZK340/340 as well. Noted at Coningsby 13 Feb as per Milky's all things Coningsby site.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by normie » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:52 pm

The problem with this style of marking as I see it is we will never know which squadrons they are allocated to

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by plmc135 » Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:52 pm

[quote="normie"]The problem with this style of marking as I see it is we will never know which squadrons they are allocated to[/quote

I think you will find that that is the main reason for doing it. The Americans did it with all of their P-3's many years ago which is why most of them are so bland these days. Sign of the times old bean.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by lhrlima » Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:44 pm

normie wrote:The problem with this style of marking as I see it is we will never know which squadrons they are allocated to
I think it's quite possible that Squadron markings could be retained in some cases. At least by using the 'last 3' it's only the markings that need to be changed (I believe they are stickers these days anyway) as opposed to a re-coding as well.
However, as has also been mentioned, it's probably more to do with the fact that the fleet is currently on active ops.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by Zac Hinchcliffe » Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:55 pm

ZK376 on the tarmac at Warton on Tuesday. I assume this is RAF?

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by POL » Thu Mar 02, 2017 5:42 pm

When it's delivered it will be.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by twinstar » Thu Mar 02, 2017 6:23 pm

29 Sqn have a recoded T3 in full markings.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by TARGET » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:47 pm

ZK355 still at Warton but now in full 41(R)TES marks.Although uncoded

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by Bluetail » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:16 am

ZK368 CODED 368 only, noted at Lossiemouth on March 17th, operated by 2 Sqn, I think it arrived from CBY a couple of days earlier,
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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by Keflavik69 » Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:48 am

ZJ950, coded 950 at Lossiemouth on March 31st.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by Razor01 » Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:32 pm

Any word on teh potential new sqns being formed of the old type typhoons being reintroduced - on base at leeming recently and there were still murmurs of a red air sqn being formed and operating out of leeming and working with 100 sqn - can anyone spread any further light on this?

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by kstater94 » Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:52 pm

Per Milky's log, ZK375 delivered to Coningsby on 18/4 as "Tarnish 29"

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by SCARECROW » Sat May 20, 2017 3:56 pm

ZJ927 Seen at Shawbury 1819th May coded 927

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by kstater94 » Tue May 23, 2017 11:43 am

ZK377 was delivered to CGY yesterday, 22/5/2017

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by dubmasteruk » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:29 pm

ZJ934/934 was delivered in to Storage at Shawbury today late afternoon.
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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by chrisward123 » Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:09 pm

ZK357 currently on descent (currently over Leeds) for delivery to CGY from Warton by Tarnish 29.

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by TARGET » Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:33 pm

T5 just landed back at Warton but don't know what he was in

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Re: RAF Typhoon fleet.

Post by chrisward123 » Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:27 am

ZK362 & ZK428 delivered to CGY from WTN today.

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