For RAF aircraft no longer in service, see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force. For aircraft expected to enter service with the RAF in the future, see Future of the Royal Air Force.
This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom.
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Royal Air Force
Main article: 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 | 6 | 6 | [2] |
Airbus Voyager | Spain | Jet | Transport | 2011 | 12 | 12 | [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 | 137 | 137 | [6] |
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 | [7] |
Panavia Tornado GR4 | UK | Jet | Attack | 1979 | 98 | 220 | [4] |
Raytheon Sentinel | Canada/USA | Jet | Patrol | 2008 | 5 | 5 | [4] |
Short Tucano | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 1989 | 82 | [4] | |
Westland Puma | UK | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1971 | 24 | [8] |
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Main article: 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
Main article: Fleet Air Arm
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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AgustaWestland 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 | [9] |
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 | [7] |
Westland Lynx | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 1981 | 25 | 60 | [4] |
Westland Sea King | UK | Rotorcraft | Patrol/transport | 1979 | 30 | 149 | [4] |
Main article: Royal Navy Historic Flight
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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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
Main article: Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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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 | [10] | ||
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 | [11] |
Westland Gazelle | UK | Rotorcraft | Patrol | 1974 | 34 | [4] | |
Westland Lynx | UK | Rotorcraft | Attack | 1979 | 21 | [4] |
Defence Helicopter Flying School
Main article: Defence Helicopter Flying School
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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Bell Griffin | Canada | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | 11 | 11 | [1] |
Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel | France | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1997 | 26 | 26 | [12] |
Empire Test Pilots' School
Main article: Empire Test Pilots' School
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | No. | Notes |
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Agusta A109 | Italy | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2 | [13] | ||
Avro RJ | UK | Jet | Transport | 2 | [13] | ||
British Aerospace Hawk | UK | Jet | Trainer/experimental | 3 | [13] | ||
Saab JAS 39 Gripen | Sweden | Jet | Multi-role | 1999 | 1 | 1 | [13] |
Short Tucano | UK | Propeller | Trainer | 2 | |||
Westland Gazelle | UK | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2 | [14] |
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 |
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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
- ^ 12th RAF Voyager arrives as RAF Brize Norton, 2015
- ^ 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
- ^ "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)
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