Blackcat1 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 08, 2023 6:08 pm

I was attempting be funny, a bit like our pm . The Brandy's kicking in

Are there enough serviceable Typhoons to go around?

I was more responding to:

theplanespotter wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:40 pm

So far though I see no arguments against the Hawk T.1.

But the point still stands

I'm not sure Hawk T1 fits with the "Nato-standard fighter jets" brief. Whats the situation with Tranche 1 Typhoons? Could the Ukraniam pilots coujld skip UKMFTS and go straight to OCU? I imagine there are examples of pilots entering into Typhoon OCU without the T2 UKMFTS background? Or do they all f...

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Thanks Colin. That seems to be the only answer.

This may seem like a really dumb question but I can not seem to find any info elsewhere. When we refer to squadron numbers we talk of 'number plates', but is there an actual physical entity or is it just a term to refer to the number. If the latter, then where does the term come from? If they do exi...

Final flight 1330 tomorrow. Sounds like it'll visit a number of locations.

I count 25 different T2 airframes in use over the past month. That does not leave many more to use!

With the RAF's current missions involving Iraq and possibly soon to be Syria, basing one of the new Typhoon squadrons at RAF Akrotiri may be a potential answer. They certainly have got plenty of space. Paul Speaking to some blue suiters from Marham recently, there was lots of rumours on base in the...

"We will continue to operate Tornado combat aircraft until they are replaced by Typhoon"

Well there we have it from the horses mouth. Lossiemouth it is.

Two more Typhoon squadrons (possibly 19 and 43 - bases unknown) Where did you get that from? I understood that Reserve squadrons went to the back of the queue when dishing out new assignments. Thus 21 and 23 would be the next in numerical order but I'm sure there are other factors such as historic ...

So which squadrons are top of the list to reform on Typhoon? 21 and 23?

ZK459 according to photos from other forums.

Bye bye to that lovely coastal lap of Wales then and just a quick visit to St. Athan to fly over the Black Buck

Feb 4th. Wales
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So if Kim Jong Un ever loses it (well, even more than usual) and decides to nuke us, we'll have to wait 4+ weeks for our carrier to sail to within striking range of North Korea in order to provide a deterrent? NB: Striking range? Faslane to Korea is about 5400 miles. Trident operational range is ov...