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Old 16th Mar 2022, 11:20
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What is still unclear is if there will be another 40 EF/Typhoon to replace the remaining Tornados. At the moment there are still ~90 Tornados in service and yesterday's announcement only included 50 Aircraft.
Slightly more confusing than that.

The Luftwaffe has its Tornado replacement requirement for 85 aircraft to replace the current 90 Tornados, but also has an electronic attack requirement for NATO named Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES).

It is not clear if the 35 F-35As and 15 Eurofighter ECRs announced on Monday are all for the Tornado replacement, in which case we can expect an announcement for another 35 Eurofighter Tranche 5s, or if the 15 ECRs are for luWES, in which case we can expect an announcement for another 50 Eurofighter Tranche 5s.
The previous German government said it was to get 55 Eurofighter Tranche 5s and 30 Super Hornets for the Tornado replacement, along with 15 Growlers for luWES, which suggests we can expect 50 more Eurofighter Tranche 5s.
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