The 100th Typhoon off the production line is due to arrive at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire today – flown in by the Station’s highest ranking officer. Group Captain Bob Judson, Coningsby’s Station Commander decided to mark the milestone by flying to BAE Systems’ Warton factory in Lancs to personally fly back the newest “aircraft”.

The 1st 11(F) Sqn Typhoon - Photo SAC Scott Lewis

This Typhoon will be the 35th to enter service in the Royal Air Force and will be the first to aircraft on the inventory of No. 11 (Fighter) Sqn, which is due to reform at RAF Coningsby, the home of the Typhoon, after being disbanded in 2004.

Group Captain Judson – who completed 25 years of flying RAF jets earlier this year – said: ”It is an immense privilege to accept the 100 th Typhoon into the RAF. I flew Jaguars for many years but the Typhoon is an amazing and highly capable aircraft. It was very special occasion because I am flying to Warton in a Jaguar, which is one of the oldest fast jets in the RAF, and returning in the newest.”

Group Captain Bob Judson - Photo Cpl Clayton Griffiths

RAF Coningsby is the Main Operating Base (MOB) for the Eurofighter Typhoon and supports the squadrons that are evaluating the aircraft, converting pilots to the type and also the first operational Typhoon fighter squadrons.

Typhoon is an agile, single seat, multi-role aircraft designed for high-altitude, supersonic air superiority but also capable of operating in the ground attack and reconnaissance environment, carrying out the roles of up to three ‘earlier generation’ aircraft.

The 100th Typhoon to be flown - Photo SAC Scott Lewis

Source: The Royal Air Force (RAF)
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