Eurofighter Typhoon FGR Mk.4

RAF No.12 Sqn / Qatar Emiri Air Force, ZK361

RAF Coningsby, England, 2020

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The original No. 12 Squadron was formed in 1915. Between 1926 and 1931 they were equipped with the Fairey Fox bomber that had a very shiny cowling so they earned the nickname "Shiny Twelve". Their fox head squadron badge also came from the Fox. In July 2018 No. 12 Squadron traded their Panavia Tornado GR4 for the Eurofighter Typhoon to become a joint RAF/Qatari Emri Air Force squadron tasked with training QEAF staff to be proficient when Qatar received their 24 Typhoons. Typhoon ZK361 was built in 2014 c/n BS122.

Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.Mk 4

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multi-role twin-engine fighter built by a European consortium consisting of the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Italy. With 4 countries involved, it is necessary to have what they call Tranches (similar to contracts) which are broken down into lots and blocks. The site The development of the Eurofighter began in 1983 with the first flight of the Eurofighter prototype which took place on 27 March 1994. The first fully equipped instrumented production unit 2 (IPA7) took off on 16 January 2008.

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