RAF Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 ZJ933 (DF) based at RAF No11 Sqn Conningsby Lincoln arriving at Kinloss Air Base, Moray Scotland.
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine canard-delta wing multirole aircraft. It is being designed and built by a consortium of three separate partner companies: Alenia Aeronautica, BAE Systems, and EADS working through a holding company Eurofighter GmbH which was formed in 1986. The project is managed by NETMA (NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency) which acts as the prime customer. The series production of the Eurofighter Typhoon is underway, and the aircraft is being procured under three separate contracts (referred to as "tranches"), each for aircraft with generally improved capabilities. The aircraft has entered service with the British Royal Air Force, the German Luftwaffe, the Italian Aeronautica Militare, the Spanish Air Force and the Austrian Air Force. Saudi Arabia has signed a £ billion (approx. € billion c. 2007, $ billion) contract for 72 aircraft. This highly capable and extremely agile aircraft is powered by twin turbofans to Mach 2 at 65,000ft. The airframe is largely constructed of carbon fibre composites and light alloys to save weight while the aircraft is equipped with the advanced ECR90 radar, which can track multiple targets at long range. SCO 5544
Size: 5620px × 3733px
Location: RAF Kinloss Air Station Morayshire Scotland UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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