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AIRCRAFT Flashcards

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How many F 35s can HMS Queen Elizabeth carry?

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Up to 36 but she will usually deploy with 12 aboard.

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What is ISTAR?

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Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (based at RAF Waddington)

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Name the ISTAR aircraft

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RC 135W Rivet Joint
MQ-9A Reaper
P-8A Poseidon
Shadow R1

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Name the transport aircraft

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Voyager (transport and refuelling)
C-17
C-130 Hercules
A400 Atlas
ENOVY IV

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Name the attack aircraft

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Typhoon
F35

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Name the helicopters (rotary assets)

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Chinook
Puma
A109SP (Rotary)

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What are the future air platforms?

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E-7 Wedgetail - Next generation early warning and control.

Protector - Replacing the reaper, next of RPAS MALE Aircraft. Can fly upto 40 hours.

TEMPEST - 6th Generation Fighter, has the capability to be manned or unmanned. Being developed along side Italy and Japan.

LANCA - Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft. Provide Unmanned support to aircraft in the sky, designed to increase defence.

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Chinook

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Bases: RAF Odiham// RAF Benson

Flying with: 18 Sqdn// 27 Sqdn// 28 Sqdn// 7 Sqdn

Role: Primarily for trooping, resupply, and battlefield casevac but very versatile

Capability: Lifting capabilities mean ready for National Resilience commitment to respond to emergencies (NI snowed in farmers)

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Puma HC2

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Bases: RAF Benson

Flying with: 230 Sqdn// 28 Sqdn// 33 Sqdn

Role: Medium support heli operating under JHC.

Primarily used in combat roles including tactical movement of troops, weapons, ammo and casevac.

Also used in non combatant evacsand humanitarian/ disaster relief ops.

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Typhoon

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4th generation attack fast jet. Also capable of ISR missions.

RAF Lossiemouth - 1 Sqn, 3 Sqn
RAF Conningsby - 6 Sqn, 11 Sqn

QRA, Op Shader, and Rockhard +

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F35B Lightning

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5th generation multi role aircraft. Capable of air-to-surface, EW, ISR and air-to-air missions simultaneously.

RAF Marham - 17 Sqn, 207 Sqn, 617 Sqn

Deploys with the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier.

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Shadow

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Multi sensor ISR aircraft. Sat link for information to be downloaded mid mission.

RAF Waddington - 14 Sqn

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RC135 - Rivet Joint

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Dedicated Sig int surveillance aircraft. ‘Soaks up’ emissions from communications, radar and other systems.

RAF Waddington - 51 Sqn

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P-8A

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Multirole maritime patrol aircraft equipped with sensors and weapons for above, and below water warfare, intelligence gathering, search and rescue, mapping and acoustic sensors.

RAF Lossiemouth - 201 Sqn, CXX Sqn

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Reaper

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Remotely piloted MEDIUM ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE aircraft designed for ISTAR and attack missions.

RAF Waddington - 13 Sqn
Creech Air Base - 39 Sqn

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Atlas A400M

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Entered service in 2014, provides tactical airlift and strategic oversize lift capabilities complementing those of the hero and C-17.

RAF Brize Norton - 70 Sqn

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Voyager

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RAF’s sole A2A refuelling aircraft. Also used for transport.

RAF Brize Norton

10 Sqn, 101 Sqn

Supporting Typhoons on Op Shader. One in the falklands, and part of air bridge for the middle east.

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C130 - Hercules

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Tactical transport aircraft, in service since 1999. 14 will remain in service until 2030 to ease the transition to A400M.

RAF Brize Norton - 47 Sqn

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C17

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Long range, heavy lift strategic transport aircraft that can operate close to a potential area of operations for combat, peacekeeping, or humanitarian missions worldwide.

RAF Brize Norton - 99 Sqn

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ENOVY IV

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Came into service in 2022, replacing the Bae146. Provides transport of high priority military personnel and small items of a mission critical nature to and from within operational areas.

RAF Northolt - 32 Sqn

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A109SP

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Single pilot, all weather transport helicopter. Primarily used for VIP transport.

RAF Northolt - 32 Sqn

22
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What are the RAF’s training aircraft

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  • HAWK T2
  • JUNO HT1
  • JUPITER HT1
  • PHENOM T1
  • PREFECT T1
  • TEXAN T1
  • TUTOR T1
  • VIKING T1

Commissioning prep RAF (14 decks)

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