22 July
On This Day, 1940: On 22 July 1940, an RAF Blenheim used airborne interception radar to shoot down a Dornier Do 17…
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Aircraft of the Royal Air Force classified as fighter aircraft — profiled in full.
Eurofighter Typhoon
Eurofighter GmbH
Fighter AircraftThe Eurofighter Typhoon became the RAF’s principal modern multi-role fighter after entering service in 2003. Developed through a four-nation European programme, it has combined air-defence, Quick Reaction Alert and expeditionary strike duties in RAF service from the early twenty-first century onward.
View aircraft → Entered service 4 August 2003
Max speed 1,550 mph (2,495 km/h)
Ceiling 55,000 ft (16,764 m)
Range 1,800 mi (2,900 km)
Fighter Aircraft · 17 aircraft
Cold War
Blackburn Buccaneer
Blackburn Aircraft Ltd (later Hawker Siddeley)
Second World War
Bristol Beaufighter
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Cold War
English Electric Lightning
English Electric (later British Aircraft Corporation)
Modern RAF
Eurofighter Typhoon
Eurofighter GmbH
Modern RAF
F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed Martin
Cold War
Gloster Javelin
Gloster Aircraft Company
Cold War
Gloster Meteor
Gloster Aircraft Company
Cold War
Hawker Hunter
Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Second World War
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Cold War
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
Hawker Siddeley
Second World War
Hawker Tempest
Hawker Aircraft
Second World War
Hawker Typhoon
Hawker Aircraft
Cold War
McDonnell Douglas Phantom
McDonnell Douglas
Cold War
Panavia Tornado
Panavia Aircraft GmbH (BAC / MBB / Aeritalia consortium)
Cold War
SEPECAT Jaguar
SEPECAT (Breguet / British Aircraft Corporation)
First World War
Sopwith Camel
Sopwith Aviation Company
Second World War