RAF picking up Typhoons

Although still committed to buying the F35 JSF, the RAF is also loading up on Typhoons to widen the missions they can conduct, and to reduce their dependence on an already over-budget and behind-schedule US-led project that no doubt will become a domestic political plaything.

Tranche 2 deliveries of the Eurofighter Typhoon are under way, with the UK Royal Air Force having accepted its first of 91 aircraft earlier this month. The aircraft, along with a second single-seat example, will be flown to the RAF's Typhoon operating base at Coningsby in Lincolnshire on 21 October, and 'will undergo final system checks and modifications before they are released for flight trials', says the UK Ministry of Defence.

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