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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Typhoon at 10 years: The king of swing
Two of the Royal Air Force’s leading officers have hailed the performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet during its first decade of flying and since deliveries were made to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) in 2003.
With the addition of new technology developments over the last 10 years, the aircraft is now the world's only truly ‘swing’ role jet, able to switch from air-to-air to air-to-surface attack capabilities in the same mission.
Praise indeed
Air Vice-Marshal Edward Stringer, the RAF’s Assistant Chief of Air Staff, praised the performance of ‘Team Typhoon’ and said the aircraft had produced a “level of accuracy not seen anywhere before” on its deployment in Operation Ellamy, the conflict in Libya.
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