Air Commodore Bob Judson RAF is a senior serving Royal Air Force Officer and was the first Station Commander of RAF Coningsby of the Eurofighter Typhoon-era.
It is home to a military airfield, now used for maintenance of the Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon of the Aeronautica Militare.
CANaerospace is also frequently used in flight simulation and connects entire aircraft cockpits (i.e. in Eurofighter Typhoon simulators) to the simulation host computers.
The town is now best known for the adjoining Royal Air Force base, RAF Leuchars, which was established in 1920, and is home to the Eurofighter Typhoon.
An example of an OCU is No. 29 Squadron RAF, which was the second RAF squadron to receive the Eurofighter Typhoon.
In addition, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Typhoon, Harrier and Jaguar aircraft have displayed, along with RN Sea King and Chinook helicopters.In recent years it has also had The Royal Artillery parachute display team landing in the river dart.
Fuselage sections for the Eurofighter Typhoon are made at Varel, and then assembled in Augsburg.
In 2008, a team of students participating in the Engineering Education Scheme were selected by a panel of judges to represent The Eastern Region in the February 2009 National level of the BA CREST Awards, with their work on the Eurofighter Typhoon in partnership with SELEX Galileo.
When the air force began fielding its newest combat plane the Eurofighter Typhoon JaBoG 31 again became the first unit to transition to the new plane.
Its role includes general Air Defence as well as Training on the Eurofighter Typhoon.
The wing operates two squadrons of Eurofighter Typhoons, the Falken (Falcons) squadron and the Viva Zapata squadron.
PIRATE (Passive Infra Red Airborne Tracking Equipment) for Eurofighter Typhoon
New tests with EADS Phoenix and Eurofighter, as well as European military trainings, are planned for the future.
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He is particularly critical of the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Type 45 destroyer and the Nimrod MRA4 as being both overpriced and of little military value.
As of January 2011, the Air Force is evaluating the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the Boeing F-15E and the Dassault Rafale to replace its current fighter inventory of Dassault Mirage 2000-5s.
Britain has over 1,000 troops on the Falkland Islands, and four Eurofighter Typhoons (No. 1435 Flight RAF) at RAF Mount Pleasant.