RAF Eurofighter Typhoons
have joined the service Tornados in air strikes against the Islamic State.
Taken on Dec.22, 2015 from the boom
position aboard a U.S. Air Force
KC-135 Stratotanker belonging to 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
(EARS), this interesting photo shows a fully armed Royal Air Force
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 as it receives fuel over Iraq.
It is one of the first ever taken to
a RAF Eurofighter performing a mission in support of
Operation Inherent Resolve, the air campaign conducted against ISIS:
interestingly the aircraft carries 4x Paveway IV bombs, along with 4 AIM-120
and 2 ASRAAM air-to-air missiles.
Deployed to
reinforce the RAF contingent at Akrotiri, Cyprus, from Dec. 3, 2015,
the Typhoon is actually a multirole aircraft, even if (unlike the Tornado GR4
attack jets) it can only
carry Paveway LGBs. In fact Brimstones and Storm Shadows are pending
integration in the following years, before the retirement of the RAF Tonkas
from active service.
Image credit: Staff Sgt. Corey
Hook / U.S. Air Force
http://theaviationist.com/2015/12/31/typhoon-taking-fuel-from-kc-135/
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