QRA question
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QRA question
I have noticed from some recent images that the Typhoons on readiness at Lossiemouth are armed with Meteor, but the Typhoons at Coningsby are armed with AMRAAM.
If it can be discussed, why are the two stations arming their jets with different BVRAAMs?
If it can be discussed, why are the two stations arming their jets with different BVRAAMs?
i think i've read that the Tranche 1 Typhoons aren't getting Meteor, and that the T1 Typhoons were being herded into a specialist QRA/Air Policing/Aggressor/Falklands fleet-within-a-fleet, with the Tranche2's doing the swing role warfighting with Meteor.
whether this happened i don't know...
whether this happened i don't know...
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i think i've read that the Tranche 1 Typhoons aren't getting Meteor, and that the T1 Typhoons were being herded into a specialist QRA/Air Policing/Aggressor/Falklands fleet-within-a-fleet, with the Tranche2's doing the swing role warfighting with Meteor.
whether this happened i don't know...
whether this happened i don't know...
I have seen Tranche 3 jets with the AMRAAMs fitted, from CGY. New build Tranche 3's are easy to tell apart from Tranche 2's that were upgraded, from the rear, because they have a bump on the upper fuselage, just below the fin.
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It is actually a very simple answer. When the Lossiemouth and Coningsby squadrons engage in ACT it allows them to differentiate between squadrons, as all jets are the same colour.
Simples!
I wish I had thought of that.
I wish I had thought of that.
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