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Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:34 am
by jackjak92
Afternoon everybody, hope you are all well.
I was thinking with the QRA at the weekend for the commercial flight and also earlier in the year for the Russians, how often do the Typhoons ever scramble from Mount Pleasant for a live QRA?
Many thanks
Jack
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 1:54 pm
by Pi
Can't tell you !
In 92 the F4s scrambled once in 4 months and that was to a US Navy aircraft !
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:50 pm
by ColintheCaterpillar
jackjak92 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:34 am
Afternoon everybody, hope you are all well.
I was thinking with the QRA at the weekend for the commercial flight and also earlier in the year for the Russians, how often do the Typhoons ever scramble from Mount Pleasant for a live QRA?
Many thanks
Jack
Surely best to ask the Argentines?
As often as they need to is the actual answer.
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2019 9:43 pm
by Pi
Believe they have no notice practice shouts at least weekly but as for real ????
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:44 pm
by Surrey Sam
Imagine that a 'freedom of information act' request could be made.
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:45 am
by UKADGE
In '85 F-4 one real scramble in 4 months. No notice practices. Plus daily practice interceptions, and other sorties. Those aiframes had a high usage rate.
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:17 am
by the concerned
I wonder if the typhoons in the Falklands are geared up for surface warfare
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 7:33 am
by Hawkwind26
A search suggests air defence is primary, ground attack secondary role.
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:40 am
by Vulcanone
A quick search of the results of SDSR 15 will have told you the retention of Tranche 1 Typhoons for Air Defence only. That they have also added them to 9 Sqn for DACT is a bonus.
Other Tranches do the AtoG stuff
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:42 pm
by SPERX
UKADGE wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:45 am
In '85 F-4 one real scramble in 4 months. No notice practices. Plus daily practice interceptions, and other sorties. Those aiframes had a high usage rate.
When were you there in '85? I arrived in mid-November through to March '86 at Stanley. I can recall one live scramble of the F4s as I spent a hot Boxing Day afternoon in Penguin Radar ............
Re: Falkland Islands Typhoons?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 2:18 pm
by UKADGE
At Byron Heights Dec 84 to Easter 85.