JULY 2016
United Kingdom – Royal Air Force
The largest Typhoon operator, the Royal Air Force
operates no less than 160 examples, these being 53
Tranche 1s, 67 Tranche 2s and 40 Tranche 3s.
RAF Typhoons have already seen combat over Libya,
and have earned the respect of their adversaries in
Red Flag exercises.
The latest Tranche 3 versions are already prepared
to accept conformal fuel tanks, currently being
designed to remove the need for underwing drop
tanks.
Based at RAF Conningsby and RAF Lossiemouth, the
Typhoon is principally tasked with interception and
QRA duties, regularly being scrambled to shadow
Russian aircraft flying at the periphery of British
airspace.
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