Aircraft

Question 1

3 Examples of combat aircraft and their key roles/capabilities

Answer 1

• Typhoon: Multi-Role Aircraft - Full Spectrum Air Opps
  (Predominantly Air policing)
  
  • RAF Conningsby and Lossiemouth
• F35b Lightening: Multi-Role (Stealth tech and STOVL)
  
  • RAF Marham
• MQ-9 Reaper: MALE UAV (ISTAR w/ attack capabilities)
  *RAF Waddington

Question 2

Give 5 Examples of ISTAR Aircraft their key roles/capabilities

Answer 2

• 3E-D Sentry: Arial Radar (AEW&C system)
• Shadow R1: Aerial and Ground Recon
• Rivet Joint: Intercept, interpret and exploit emissions
  from the electromagnetic spectrum
• Sentinel R1: Long-range, wide-area battlefield
  surveillance (ITA)
• MQ-9A Reaper: full spectrum ISTAR and Attack

Question 3

10 Examples of transport Aircraft

Answer 3

• Globe Master: Long-Range Heavy Lift
• Voyager: AAR, Strategic AT
• Hercules: TAT
• Atlas: TAT
• Chinook: AT, Trooping, Casevac, Attack (w/ payload)
• Griffin: SAR (Search and Rescue)
• Puma: Trooping, Resupply, Casevac
• Leonardo: Command Support Air Transport (Senior
  Officials)
• BAe 146: CSAT- Command Support Air Transport
  (Tasked with the transport of Senor Officials, MoD
  ministers, high ranking military leaders, and the Royal
  Family)

Question 4

Tell me more about the Chinook

Answer 4

Extremely Capable and Highly Versatile Support Helicopter

STATIONED AT: RAF ODIHAM

KEY ROLE(S): TROOPING, RESUPPLY & CASEVAC

SEC… ROLE(S): COMBAT SUPPORT (WHEN EQUIPED SELF-DEFENCE SUITE)

Question 5

Tell me more about the Typhoon

Answer 5

Highly Capable, Extremely Agile, Forth-generation Multirole Combat Aircraft

STATIONED AT: RAF LOSSIEMOUTH, CONNINGSBY, MOUNT PLEASANT.

KEY ROLE(S): FULL SPECTRUM AIR OPS (QRA, AIR POLICING, PEACE SUPPORT, AIR-TO-AIR, AIR-TO-SURFACE)

CAPABILITY: AIR-TO-AIR (ASRAAM, AMRAAM), HOTAS, ADVANCED COCKPIT, HEA, CAS (GPS/LASER GUIDED PAVEWAY II AND IV WEAPONS, INTERNAL 27MM GUN)

Question 6

Tell me more about the F35-b

Answer 6

Stealth, Fifth-generation, Multirole Combat Aircraft

STATIONED AT: RAF MARHAM (will also operate from QE-C carriers)

KEY ROLE(S): AIR-TO-SURFACE, ELECTRONIC WARFARE, INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND AIR-TO-AIR (simultaneously)

CAPABILITY: ADVANCED SENSORS AND STEALTH TECH; STOVL; INTEGRATED SENSORS, SENSOR FUSION AND DATA LINKING = UNPRECEDENTED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Question 7

Tell me more about Voyager

Answer 7

Multi-Role Transport Tanker

STATIONED AT: RAF Brize Norton

KEY ROLE(S): AAR & SAT

Question 8

Tell me more about the UK’s new maritime patrol aircraft.

Answer 8

The Poseidon 8-A is a multi-role maritime patrol aircraft, equipped with sensors and weapons systems. Filling the capability gap that was left by the redundancy of the nimrod.

STATIONED AT: RAF Lossiemouth

KEY ROLE(S): Anti-submarine warfare, Surveillance, and search and rescue.

CAPABILITY: APY-10 radar with modes for high-resolution mapping; acoustic sensor system (including passive and multi-static sonobuoys); electro-optical/IR turret and electronic support measures (ESM). This equipment delivers comprehensive search and tracking capability, while the aircraft’s weapons system includes torpedoes for engaging sub-surface targets.