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Airmanship Knowledge
Learning Outcome 3
Part 2
No 1 Group Air Combat
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Airmanship Knowledge
Learning Outcome 3
Know the aircraft in service with the
Royal Air Force
Contents
No 1 Group – Air Combat
– Typhoon
– Tornado GR4 / GR4A
– Tornado F3
– Harrier GR9 / T12
– Joint Combat Aircraft
Typhoon
Reporting Name
Typhoon
Role Letters & Marks T1A / F2 / T3 / FGR4
Role
Multi-Role Fighter
Typhoon T1A
Typhoon F2
Typhoon T3
Typhoon FGR4
Typhoon FGR4
Detail Differences – T1A vs T3
Typhoon T1A / T3 are primarily
used for pilot conversion training
but are fully combat-capable
All Typhoon T1s had a
modification to the fuel system
to become T1As
Typhoon T3 has the PIRATE FLIR
(Forward Looking Infra-Red)
sensor mounted on the port-side
of the nose
Detail Differences – F2 vs FGR4
Typhoon F2 and FGR4 are the
frontline combat variant of
Typhoon.
Typhoon F2 is used in the air-toair and Quick Reaction Alert
(QRA) roles only
Typhoon FGR4 has the PIRATE
FLIR (Forward Looking InfraRed) sensor mounted on the
nose
FGR4 upgrade introduced air-tosurface capability to Typhoon. All
F2s will be upgraded to FGR4
Typhoon
• Manufactured by the Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK
via the Eurofighter consortium
• High performance, single seat, multi-role fighter aircraft
designed to perform air superiority and ground attack
missions with a full range of air-to-air and air-to-surface
weapons.
• Twin-engine delta wing design with canard foreplanes
and fly-by-wire controls for maximum agility
• Advanced avionics including ECR-90 CAPTOR Radar,
Helmet-Mounted Symbology System (HMSS) helmetmounted sight and voice control input.
Typhoon Technical Data
WING SPAN
LENGTH
CREW
MAXIMUM SPEED
ENGINES
10.50M
15.96M
1 (2 in T1A / T3)
1,147kts (2125km/h)
(Mach 2.0) at
36,090ft
Two Eurojet EJ200
Turbofans
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
Reporting Name
Role Letters & Marks
Role
Tornado
GR4 / GR4A
Ground Attack /
Reconnaissance
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
Tornado GR4 / GR4A
• Variable geometry wing, all-weather ground attack and
reconnaissance aircraft.
• Terrain-following radar, Forward Looking Infra Red
(FLIR) and night-vision goggles allow unrestricted
operations day or night
• LITENING III Laser Designation Pod allows selfdesignation of ground targets for laser guided bombs.
• Carries full range of air-to-surface weapons as well as
RAPTOR pod for tactical reconnaissance
• Linescan system enables the GR4A to conduct low-level,
tactical reconnaissance.
Tornado GR4/A Technical Data
WING SPAN
LENGTH
CREW
MAXIMUM SPEED
ENGINES
13.9M fully forward
8.6m fully swept
16.45M
2
800kts (1480km/h)
(Mach 1.2) at sea level
Two turbo union RB199
turbofans
Tornado F3
Reporting Name
Role Letters & Marks
Role
Tornado
F3
Air Defence
Tornado F3 was retired from service in March 2011
Tornado F3
Tornado F3
Tornado F3
Tornado F3
Tornado F3
Tornado F3
Tornado F3
• Retired from service March 31st 2011.
• Developed from the Tornado GR1 as a long-range air
defence interceptor.
• Variable sweep wing for high supersonic speed or high
loiter duration.
• All-weather day/night operation with beyond visualrange engagement capability.
• Patrols for over 3 hours at 300nmls from base.
• Carried AMRAAM and ASRAAM air-to-air missiles
• Secondary air defence suppression role added in 2003
using ALARM missiles
Tornado F3 Technical Data
WING SPAN
LENGTH
CREW
MAXIMUM SPEED
ENGINES
13.9M fully forward
8.6M fully swept
16.7M
2
800kts (1480km/h)
(Mach 1.2) at sea level
Two Turbo Union RB199
turbofans
Tornado F3
Comparing F3 & GR4
Tornado GR4
Longer
nose
FLIR
AMRAAM Missiles on
stretched fuselage
The Tornado Test
1
2
3
5
4
Harrier GR9 / T12
Reporting Name
Role Letters & Marks
Role
Harrier
GR9 / T12
Ground Attack &
Reconnaissance
Harrier GR9 / T12 was retired from service in December
2010
Harrier GR9
Harrier GR9
Harrier GR9
Harrier T12
Harrier GR9 / T12
• Harrier GR9 was a ground attack and Close Air Support
aircraft capable of V/STOL (Vertical / Short Take-Off
Landing)
• Harrier T12 was a twin-seat training variant for training
new pilots and was fully combat capable
• Aircraft were operated by 1 Sqn and 4 Sqn RAF and the
Naval Strike Wing of the Fleet Air Arm under Joint Force
Harrier
• Operated from both land bases and Royal Navy Aircraft
Carriers.
• Capable of operating day and night and in all weathers.
• Carried a full range of air-to-surface weapons
Harrier GR9 / T12 Technical Data
WING SPAN
LENGTH
CREW
MAXIMUM SPEED
ENGINE
9.24M
14.46M
1 (2 in T12)
640kts (1186km/h) at
sea level
One Rolls-Royce
Pegasus 105
vectored-thrust
turbofan
Joint Combat Aircraft
Reporting Name
Role Letters & Marks
Role
Joint Combat Aircraft
Multi-role land- and carrierbased strike fighter
Joint Combat Aircraft
Joint Combat Aircraft
Joint Combat Aircraft
Joint Combat Aircraft
• JCA is UK designation for US-built F-35 Lightning II
• Low-observable multirole fighter/attack aircraft
• Planned in-service date of 2020 to replace Harrier GR9
in RAF and Royal Navy service and operate from land
bases and new Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
• Sophisticated avionics and weapon-targeting systems
including helmet-mounted weapons cueing
• UK JCA is based on F-35C carrier variant. F-35 is also
available as a conventional takeoff variant (F-35A) and
Short Takeoff & Vertical Landing STOVL variant (F-35B)
Joint Combat Aircraft
Technical Data
WING SPAN
LENGTH
CREW
MAXIMUM SPEED
ENGINES
13.1M (9.1M folded
15.52M
1
Mach 1.8
Pratt & Whitney F-135
turbofan
Questions?