Aircraft Flashcards
Voyager
- is the sole air refueling
- strategic air transport
- RAF Brize norton
F-35 lightning
- RAF marham
- air-to-surface, electronic warfare, intelligence gathering and air-to-air missions
Typhoon FGR4
RAF lossiemouth + coningsby
Air policing, peace support, high intensity conflict
Tempest
Future next gen combat aircraft
Coming into service 2035 to replace the typhoon
BBMF aircraft at RAF coningsby
6 Spitfires 2 hurricanes 1 Dakota 2 chipmunks 1 Lancaster
Poseidon MRA1
RAF lossiemouth,
Maritime patrol aircraft
Anti submarine, surveillance and search and rescue missions
Currently in use supporting border force operations against illegal immigrants and tracking potential submarine threats close to UK waters
RC-135W Rivet Joint
RAF waddington
Electronic surveillance aircraft
Has been deployed extensively for OP Shader
Reaper MQ-9A
RAF waddington
Remotely piloted ISTAR and attack
Will be replaced by the protector
Has been supporting the fight against daesh since 2007
Sentinel R1
Withdrawn in February
RAF waddington
Long range surveillance
Was used on OP shader
Sentry AEW1 (E-3D)
RAF waddington
AWACS - airborne warning and control system
AEW - airborne early warning
Currently used on OP shader over Syria and iraq
Shadow R1
RAF waddington
ISTAR, uses an electro-optical sneskr turret
Griffin
RAF akrotiri
Fire fighting, search and rescue, ISTAR roles
Scheduled to be withdrawn in 2018
Chinook
RAF odiham , RAF Benson
Highly versatile support helicopter, cargo, SAR (search&rescue)
Currently conducting heavy lift operations in Mali
Puma HC2
RAF Benson
Medium support helicopter
Currently deployed in kabul Afghanistan alongside NATO forces
Atlas c.1 (A400M)
RAF Brize norton
Tactical airlift and strategic lift capabilities
The atlas recently deployed British army personnel to join the UN in Mali
