Thursday, January 18, 2024

Typhoon UK.

This is coolbert:

British warplanes the Yemeni mission flying a protracted and dangerous mission.


See the You Tube video:


"Sky News military analyst Prof Michael Clarke looks at the military operation behind the UK-US air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen."

"He said fighter jets and support aircraft would have flown a 3,200-mile round trip from British bases in Cyprus, spending at least eight hours in the air."

See the combat range of a British Typhoon warplane in the ground attack mode:

"Combat range -  601 km (325 nmi; 373 mi) ground attack, lo-lo-lo (with 3 × external 1,000 l tanks)"

British Typhoon warplanes the Yemeni mission each carrying four 500 pound bombs of the Pave-way IV version.

Presumably the Typhoon warplanes additionally having a supporting retinue of other military aircraft all the way to the target and back. Accompanied at a minimum by a Voyager air-air refueling tanker.

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