RAF looks to 2030s force mix comprising Typhoons, Lightning Ils, and Tempests

摘要

Senior UK Royal Air Force (RAF) officers are envisaging operating a mixed fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning Ⅱ, and BAE Systems Tempest combat aircraft during the 2030s. The ideas are surfacing as part of work to finalise the UK's Combat Air Strategy business case by the end of the year, according to senior RAF officers involved in the work. One of them told Jane's that the service "hoped to get the first Tempest aircraft into service in the early 2030s to begin replacing the first Tranche 1 Typhoons when they near the end of their 25-year service life".