List of active United Kingdom military aircraft
Appearance
This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom.
Royal Air Force
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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Agusta A109 | Italy | Rotorcraft | Transport | 2006 | 1 | [1] | |
Airbus A400M Atlas | Spain | Propeller | Transport | 2014 | 12 | 12 | [2] |
Airbus Voyager | Spain | Jet | Transport | 2011 | 14 | 14 | [3] |
Beechcraft King Air | US | Propeller | Trainer | 2004 | 5 | 5 | [4] |
Beechcraft Shadow | US | Propeller | Patrol | 2009 | 6 | 6 | [4] |
Bell Griffin | Canada | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2003 | 4 | [1] | |
Boeing Chinook | US | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1980 | 60 | 66 | [4][5] |
Boeing C‑17A Globemaster III | US | Jet | Transport | 2001 | 8 | 8 | [4] |
Boeing E‑3D Sentry | US | Jet | Patrol | 1990 | 6 | 7 | [4] |
Boeing RC‑135W Rivet Joint | US | Jet | Patrol | 2013 | 2 | 2 | [4] |
British Aerospace 146 | UK | Jet | Transport | 1995 | 4 | 6 | [4] |
British Aerospace Hawk | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1976 | 153 | [4] | |
Britten-Norman Islander | UK | Propeller | Patrol | 2008 | 3 | 3 | [4] |
Eurofighter Typhoon | UK | Jet | Multi-role | 2007 | 141 | 141 | [6][7] |
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper | US | UAV | Patrol | 2007 | 10 | 10 | [4] |
Grob G115E Tutor | Germany | Propeller | Trainer | 1999 | 119 | [1] | |
Grob Vigilant | Germany | Glider | Trainer | 1991 | 65 | [4] | |
Grob Viking | Germany | Glider | Trainer | 1990 | 81 | [4] | |
Lockheed C‑130J Hercules | US | Propeller | Transport | 2000 | 24 | 25 | [4] |
Lockheed Martin F‑35B Lightning II | US | Jet | Multi-role | 2013 | 4 | 4 | [8] |
Panavia Tornado GR4 | UK | Jet | Attack | 1979 | 66 | 220 | [4] |
Raytheon Sentinel | Canada/USA | Jet | Patrol | 2008 | 5 | 5 | [4] |
Short Tucano | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1989 | 82 | [4] | |
Westland Puma | France/UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1971 | 23 | [9] |
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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Avro Lancaster (PA474) | UK | Propeller | Bomber | 1942 | 1 | 1 B.I | |
De Havilland Canada Chipmunk | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1946 | 2 | 1 T.10 | |
Douglas Dakota | US | Propeller | Transport | 1942 | 1 | 1 C.3 | |
Hawker Hurricane | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1937 | 2 | 2 Mk IIc | |
Supermarine Spitfire | UK | Propeller | Fighter | 1938 | 7 | 1 Mk IIa, 1 Mk Vb, 1 LF.IXe, 1 LF.XVIe, 2 PR.XIX |
Fleet Air Arm
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 2014 | 28 | 28 | [4] |
Beechcraft Avenger | US | Propeller | Trainer | 2011 | 4 | 4 | [1] |
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle | US | UAV | Patrol | 2014 | 3 | 3 | [10] |
British Aerospace Hawk | UK | Jet | Trainer | 1994 | 17 | 17 | [1] |
EH Industries EH101 Merlin | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack/transport | 2000 | 57 | 71 | [4] |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II | France | Rotorcraft | Utility | 1999 | 1 | 2 | [4] |
Grob G115E Tutor | Germany | Propeller | Trainer | 2002 | 5 | 5 | [1] |
Lockheed Martin F‑35B Lightning II | US | Jet | Multi-role | 2013 | 4 | 4 | [8] |
Westland Lynx | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 1981 | 25 | 60 | [4] |
Westland Sea King | UK | Rotorcraft | AEW | 1979 | 8 | 149 | [4] |
Royal Navy Historic Flight
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
de Havilland Chipmunk | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1946 | 1 | 1 T10 | |
De Havilland Sea Vixen | UK | Jet | Fighter-bomber | 1959 | 1 | 1 D.3 | |
Fairey Swordfish | UK | Propeller | Torpedo-bomber | 1936 | 2 | 2 Mk.I/II | |
Hawker Sea Fury | UK | Propeller | Fighter-bomber | 1945 | 1 | 1 FB11 | |
Hawker Sea Hawk | UK | Jet | Fighter-bomber | 1953 | 1 | 1 FGA6 |
Army Air Corps
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AgustaWestland Apache | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 2004 | 50 | 67 | [4] |
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 2014 | 21 | 21 | [4] |
Bell 212 | Canada | Rotorcraft | Attack | 8 | [11] | ||
Britten-Norman Defender | UK | Propeller | Patrol | 2003 | 9 | 9 | [4] |
Britten-Norman Islander | UK | Propeller | Patrol | 1997 | 4 | 7 | [4] |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II | France | Rotorcraft | SAS | 2009 | 5 | 5 | [4] |
Thales Watchkeeper WK450 | UK | UAV | Patrol | 2014 | 37 | 37 | [12] |
Westland Gazelle | UK | Rotorcraft | Patrol | 1974 | 34 | [4] | |
Westland Lynx | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 1979 | 21 | [4] |
Defence Helicopter Flying School
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bell Griffin | Canada | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | 11 | 11 | [1] |
Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel | France | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | 26 | 26 | [13] |
Empire Test Pilots' School
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | No. | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agusta A109 | Italy | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2 | [14] | ||
Avro RJ | UK | Jet | Transport | 2 | [14] | ||
British Aerospace Hawk | UK | Jet | Trainer/experimental | 3 | [14] | ||
Saab JAS 39 Gripen | Sweden | Jet | Multi-role | 1999 | 1 | 1 | [14] |
Short Tucano | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 2 | |||
Westland Gazelle | UK | Rotorcraft | Utility | 3 | [15] |
Ministry of Defence
As well as the military services a number of defence contractors operate military aircraft on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agusta AW109 | Italy | Rotorcraft | Utility | 1 | QinetiQ Boscombe Down. | ||
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet | Germany | Jet | Trainer | 4 | QinetiQ, Boscombe Down. | ||
Eurofighter Typhoon | UK | Jet | Multi-role | 2 | BAE Systems, Warton. | ||
Gloster Meteor | UK | Jet | Fighter | 2 | Martin Baker Aerospace, Chalgrove. | ||
Hawker Hunter | UK | Jet | Fighter | 3 | Hawker Hunter Aviation. | ||
North American/Noorduyn Harvard | Canada | propeller | Trainer | 1 | QinetiQ, Boscombe Down. | ||
Panavia Tornado | UK | Jet | Attack | 2 | BAE Systems, Warton. | ||
Westland Sea King | UK | Rotorcraft | Utility | 1 | QinetiQ Boscombe Down. |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "World Air Forces 2015" (PDF). Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ^ A400M Atlas delivers the goods for RAF, flightglobal.com, 16 March 2015
- ^ "The Voyager family is complete at RAF Brize Norton". Royal Air Force. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Military Aircraft:Written question – 225369 (House of Commons Hansard), parliament.uk, March 2015
- ^ Final RAF Chinook HC6 handed over by Boeing, airforcesdaily.com, November 2015
- ^ https://airbusdefenceandspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-06_mrs_gen_ord-deliv-by-country.pdf
- ^ "Typhoon FOI" (PDF). www.gov.co.uk. HMG. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ^ a b Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft:Written question - HL2709, (parliament.uk), 6 November 2014
- ^ "Login - AirForces Daily". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ X-men take to the Cornish skies, Royal Navy, 25 November 2014
- ^ "Bell 212". army.mod.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Unmanned Air Vehicles". HM Government. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "Squirrel HT1.", Royal Air Force. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d Empire Test Pilots' School - Our Fleet and Facilities, etps.qinetiq.com
- ^ Royal Air Force - Gazelle, touchdown-aviation.com
External links
- United Kingdom Defence Statistics - 2014 (gov.uk)
- United Kingdom Defence Statistics - 2013 (dasa.mod.uk)