PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - aircraft over colchester followed by two fighter jets
Old 28th Jul 2014, 11:37
  #31 (permalink)  
TEEEJ
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Lincs
Posts: 2,307
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Sharksandwich wrote,

I believe they do not carry live missiles
Yes they are live armed on QRA.

Photos: Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon FGR4 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

ZJ935 / DJ (cn 0115/BS026) Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon callsign '7CK36' turning off with a live warload of ASRAAM and AMRAAM missiles. The QRA pair had just conducted a interception overhead London with a Cobham Falcon simulating a rogue airliner, which was escorted to Stansted, the usual diversion for suspect aircraft. The second practise exercise resulted in the target aircraft being shot down.
TEEEJ is offline