Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. [3] [4] The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter [5] and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH.
With the retirement of the Saab 35 Draken in 2005 the unit now uses the Eurofighter Typhoon. The first Eurofighter Typhoon arrived in July 2007. The base also houses parts of Fliegerwerft 2, responsible for overhauls and maintenance of the Saab 105Oe and the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer, as well as flight school for basic training.
The Typhoon replaced the RAF's Tornado F3 (fighter) and Jaguar (ground attack) forces. They will equip five front-line squadrons, one front-line flight and one reserve squadron, the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU). Typhoon T1 The Typhoon T1 is a Tranche 1, batch 1 two-seat trainer.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is also commonly used in NATO, although not in the same quantities as the F-16, with the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain using it as their main fighter. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is also widely used in NATO and is growing in numbers, with the US having a large number in service and smaller numbers ...
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey began talks with European states on buying 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets after recognising that its request for F-16 jets from the United States might not work out, a ...
The Eurofighter Typhoon uses jet intakes that conceal the front of the jet engine (a strong radar target) from radar. Many important radar targets, such as the wing, canard, and fin leading edges, are highly swept to reflect radar energy well away from the front sector.
Eurofighter Typhoon procurement is the planned selection and purchase of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighter by various countries. The Typhoon was conceived from the start of the project as a collaborative venture by several European countries under the Eurofighter GmbH consortium. Initial participants in the Future European Fighter Aircraft ...
Model of a Eurofighter Typhoon-EK displayed by Airbus at the Berlin Security Conference on November 30, 2022. ... German and Italian Tornado ECRs saw extensive combat use in the 1999 Kosovo war ...