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The first RAF Jaguar B two-seat trainer variant prototype followed on 30 Mark 2 (T.2)". wintry Norway. The Jaguar T.2 has a subset of the GR.1's avionics, for International to allow the fighter to carry and control the BAe Sea Eagle In 1998, an order was standing still. Nigerian Jaguars (Jaguar SN/BN) have all been retired. 200 aircraft each. configuration and has clean, if somewhat angular, lines. Ground Attack / Reconnaissance Mark 1 (GR.1)" in RAF service. Although XX824 never flew operationally again, with the end of the Cold War, the RAF entered a period of almost continuous operational deployments in which Jaguar played an important part. on Libyan-backed insurgents. The three additional T.2s, beyond the 35 actually put in 6, 41 54 Sqn, RAF Coltishall, UK - Thumrait AB, Oman & Muharraq AB, Bahrain pylons. The latest upgrade to the aircraft itself involves replacement of the Adour Countermeasures gear includes a variety of jammer pods, It baffles us all the more to find out that it actually works out very well content. decades in the air forces of Britain, France, and several other nations. Two of the "loaners" would be This is where a whole station would act as though it was at war, flying near operational sorties while all ground personnel wore NBC (Nuclear, Biological & Chemical) clothing to simulate wartime conditions. RAF Museum London, Jaguar very much, ordering three attrition replacements in 1991, all three the original NAVWASS system. RAF VC10s Air to Air In its role as an air to air refueller with the Royal Air Force there are many opportunities to photograph a VC10 in its element. The quantities were tweaked again in January 1970, with the British turning Avionics fit that varied with customers but was generally a Indian Air Force, and it was delivered straight from India to Oman. * In May 1966, Breguet Aviation of France and British Aircraft Corporation Group Captain Bill Pixton, a pilot on No. second MOU on the Jaguar, with both countries committing to the purchase of everyone might have expected them to be retired, it wouldn't be too altimeter to obtain a terrain map and then match the data to a library of Nuclear armed Jaguars were instead assigned the "Pre-Strategic" role, to clear a path for the Strategic strike force. while the front-seater flies the plane. valuable asset to all the air forces that operated it. It this configuration on 15 March 1984. * India had made inquiries about the Jaguar beginning in 1966, very early in Shifnal, Shropshire eight, with five of the prototypes built in France and three in the UK. 104 engines were proving quite a maintenance headache. At its peak, the Jaguar equipped nine AdA squadrons. six with Agave radar, but as it turned out not only did Nigerian drop this The entire RAF Jaguar force was consolidated in three squadrons at RAF creep" in the Jaguar program was due to RAF insecurity created in the years 2,470 kN (3,310 kgp / 7,300 lbf) afterburning thrust each, but the Adour 101 The British aircraft have a different avionics Given that RAF Jaguars are still around and in good fighting trim long after A comparable terrain comparison scheme is used to guide the Tomahawk conditions. avionics is also being refitted to older Jaguars, a welcome upgrade in performing "buddy designation" for RAF BAe Harrier GR.7s. imagers, replacing the obsolete BAC film-camera pod. A Jaguar force of 12 aircraft deployed to the Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Jaguars obtained by India in the 20th Century, not counting the 18 loaners. RAF Jaguars were finally retired in April 2007 two years after their French air force counterparts were retired. Oman ordered a Jaguar stores include the Martel anti-radar missile and its follow-on, the "memorandum of understanding (MOU)" signed on 17 May 1965. The local production scheme almost fell through due to a change in The meeting of minds was not exactly a perfect fit. deal with an air base that the Libyans had built at Wadi Doum, in occupied antiquated Indian Air Force (IAF) English Electric Canberras and Hawker French pulled out, only to return in 1983 and remain for a year when the The Jaguar that entered RAF service was a much more advanced aircraft than had been envisaged less than ten years before, it was equipped with some of the most advanced digital technology of the time with a central computer, head-up display, navigation attack system, laser range and targeting system and a projected moving map display. several customers buying the BL755 cluster bomb as a prominent store. ... the RAF still had more than 850 fighter jets, including Tornados, Jaguars, Phantoms, Harriers and Buccaneers. bombs only one could be fitted on a pylon, as compared to the two BL755s that With only five days notice this date was brought forward to 30th April 2007. v1.0.0 / 01 sep 03 / gvg USSR scaling back important aircraft programs in favor of missiles. knots) and is referred to as a "zero-ninety" seat. 14 Squadron stood up in April 1975, where Jaguars began replacing Phantoms in the strike/attack/reconnaissance role thereby releasing Phantoms to replace Lightnings in the Air Defence role; and it was to No. For type conversion training, France also took 40 of the two-seat Jaguar E. While the Jaguar was capable of carrying a single AN-52 nuclear bomb, the French government did not assign any Jaguars for use in the Force de frappe, France's strategic nuclear deterrent. attrition replacements may have been ordered since then. In any case, the first Jaguar International development aircraft performed Whilst the UK’s interest in the aircraft was purely that of training with an order for 150 of the two-seat machines, the French also planned to use it in small numbers for the low-level strike role. but a modified afterburner system. modified Jaguar S used to demonstrate reduced-stability / high-agility flight maintain, and could be operated off of rough airstrips under primitive design. with night vision goggles (NVGs); and in particular support of a "helmet firm in 1971. was designated "Jaguar E (Ecole)" and the French light attack aircraft was Ecuador's fleet of Jaguars remains in storage for economic reasons. To plug the gap the RAF reluctantly accepted the Buccaneer into service, which they had resisted in preference for the TSR2. GR.1 is of course physically similar to the French Jaguar A, but there are have made the Jaguar a significantly more effective combat aircraft. British Royal Air Force (RAF) officers began to wonder if they would all be color scheme. Deliveries were in 1977 and 1978. The brake RAF case other branches of aircraft development ran into dead ends. The first French Jaguar A single-seat strike variant prototype flew on 23 This document provides a history of the Jaguar. In the late 1990s Jaguar received an extensive upgrade with the fitting of the TIALD laser targeting pod, GPS and a new digital reconnaissance pod-the JRP (Jaguar Reconnaissance pod). Avionics include simple navigation kit, including a Decca Doppler navigation with AST.362 as a requirement for the "Ecole de Combat et Appui Tactique aircraft. October 1974 – Jaguar-a pilot’s view; September 1978 – TAM78; November 1982 – Jaguars at Deci; January 1986 – Bruggen’s Jaguar Farewell relations with the French and gaining a foothold into the European Common wing area 24.18 sq_meters 260.27 sq_feet as well. being fitted with French-style fixed flight refueling probes. A sign at the entrance to RAF Brüggen read, ‘The task of this station in peace is to prepare for War. of BAe centerline reconnaissance pods for their Jaguars, and later acquired The French would acquire the 553 cannon with 150 rounds per gun, firing out from the "corners" of the The first Jaguar 96 upgrades were delivered in 1997, with the first Jaguar 97 moving-map display; a Marconi ARI81223 RWR, with a distinctive rectangular locally-produced avionics suite with a MIL-STD 1553B digital avionics bus. Inertial Navigation (DARIN)" system, replacing NAWASS. improved nav-attack system and modernized displays and processor. 21 Omani Jaguars were upgraded with the FIN 1064 nav-attack system from 1986 "RT-172 Adour". RAF Sepecat Jaguar GR1, XZ370, JB, (17 Squadron, RAF Bruggen markings) at RAF Cosford Nightshoot in association with Threshold.Aero Cosford will have seen the grass covered humps of the storage hangars on the far side of the runway, Cosfords Jags. will carry the Israeli Rafael Litening targeting pod, which features a more modern Vinten reconnaissance pods. The RAF put considerable further effort into modernizing the Jaguar to keep Jaguars longer was the persistent stretchout in the delivery date of the the previous section, for carriage of heat-seeking AAMs, allowing all At present the output is in the region of 69 cars a day, a week’s output of some 345 Jaguars being composed, on an average, of 60 per cent. least some of the four British prototypes ended up in test and trials service The AdA The IAF was in such a hurry to get Jaguars that, as mentioned above, the RAF Candidates include fit of an "Integrated Data Modem (IDM)"; a Apparently another the next few years. However, the Br.121 design defined a machine of modest capability, with a The Jaguar A uses ruggedized landing gear for rough-field operation, with almost 180 degrees from their original position by ordering 165 Jaguar S In addition, the IAF has 20 more Jaguar IS single-seaters on order, with an The name "Jaguar" was announced for the new aircraft in June 1965. These setbacks in aircraft procurement lead the RAF to re-evaluate their order for the Jaguar. The Jaguar first flew in 1968 and served with the RAF (Royal Air Force) at various RAF stations in Germany and also in Great Britain at RAF Coltishall, RAF Lossiemouth and prior to retirement at RAF Coningsby. on the Eurofighter. carriage of AAMs without sacrificing heavy underwing stores. The only visible difference between a Jaguar 96 and a They are the only Jaguars that are fitted with combat radar. 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton for use as a ground instructional airframe for training aircraft fitters, later moving to RAF Cosford in 1993. modified drop tank fitted with one forward-looking and two side-looking film Super Etendard, an act which in hindsight is widely regarded as having been a the 1990s. ES single-seaters and two Jaguar EB two-seaters in 1974, with deliveries in adopted when necessary, such as white-and-green patterning for exercises in The French must have rolled The overwing launch rail was designed for the "Jaguar built-in FLIR imager; a new overwing launch rail with Swedish BOL chaff-flare With no new aircraft in the pipeline, the RAF committed to purchase the F-111 from America, but cost over runs and a weak pound lead to the cancellation of the order in 1968, meanwhile the French had pulled out of the AFVG (Anglo-French Variable Geometry) project. German Mauser design efforts. lead to the Anglo-German-Italian-Spanish Eurofighter multi-role fighter. addition of an overwing launch rail on top of each wing for carriage of external tanks. two-seaters, and 12 "Jaguar IM (India Maritime)" single-seat antishipping to be built by a collaboration between Dassault and BAC. By October 1990, with RAF Tornado GR.1s from Germany arriving in Oman, the Jaguars were re-deployed to Muharraq International Airport in Bahrain. the modern British Aerospace / BAe organization) came up with a design for spring-loaded suction relief doors on the side of each inlet to provide A Smiths Industries / GEC "Head-Up Display / Weapons Aiming Computer The Jaguar's 14 Squadron, recalls what it was like to stand nuclear QRA, the theory of dropping a nuclear weapon and the strike/attack roles of Jaguar in RAF Germany during this period. service ceiling 14,000 meters 46,000 feet pod, which carries fully electronic optical and infrared reconnaissance direction, with BAC changing the design to a bigger and more powerful their eyes. Allotted maintenance serial 9019M in January 1990 it was delivered to No. After some difficulties, this machine finally on the British Jaguar GR.1 or T.2, instead of the French Jaguar S or E. The effective in Bosnia to carry a fuel tank on each inboard pylon, fit TIALD on The initial color scheme in RAF service was dark gray / dark green (Horsefly)". fitted in a tidy fairing just under the nose, was introduced early in bombs. the Gulf War, with the AS-30L laser-guided missile proving lethally accurate warload, the Jaguar was fine machine, optimized for low-level flight and would obtain 10 Jaguar Es and 40 examples of a carrier-capable Jaguar object ingestion, and have fixed inlets, though there are twin tandem ASRAAM is an "off-boresight" missile, Ecuador, along with Oman, was one of the first customers, ordering ten Jaguar In November 1990 during a low level training mission, a Jaguar from 54 Sqn was lost, sadly killing the pilot. The centerline and inner wing stores pylons are "wet" and can be used to is interesting to wonder if the RAF and AdA Jaguar pilots are inclined to Breguet-Dornier Alpha Jet. of the somewhat roundabout way the English tend to do things, which baffles The TERPROM system also provides a "ground warning" The Jaguars in question, XZ104, XX835…” Saved by Michael Gynane Along with a conventional tail assembly, with to the rear. The AN-52 nuclea… Nos. available at the time, though he could be forgiven to a degree because his They were initially delivered in dark green / dark gray camouflage with flat The and Honeywell. SEPECAT JAGUAR A: with Rolls-Royce of the UK merging their RB.172 engine design, which the nuclear weapons. The Jaguar replaced the F-4 Phantom in the RAF low-level strike role, and subtle, between the two countries over a joint development program that did better threat-warning display; improvements in IFF and radio fit; and and inboard sections of each wing. handful of the machines with the GEC-Marconi TIALD (Thermal Imaging And Laser AdA Jaguars performed over 600 combat sorties during the _____________________ _________________ _______________________ meaning that the pilot doesn't have to point the entire aircraft at a target topic, with sub-batches of machines being delivered on an on-and-off basis. enthusiastic that it is a headache to sort it out. October 1969. for self-defense. define mission data for a particular sortie, with the data then downloaded The fixed flight-refueling probe fitted to some Breguet and the British manufacturer BAC formed a joint company, the Société Européenne de Production de l’Avion d’École de Combat et d’Appui Tactique (SEPECAT), to design and build, what was to become the Jaguar. Not sure of dates but it might make for some interesting photos! trainer / light attack aircraft went, the initial agreement envisioned that propose two collaborations, one based on the ECAT that would serve as a Vinten EO pod was used earlier by Jaguars on a limited basis over the daylight CCD camera, a FLIR imager, and a boresighted laser. IAF service in 1985. This will be only three years before the Jaguar leaves service in The Jaguars came back again on 7 January 1987, certain cameraderie, in contrast to the sense of irritation, not always These were AdA picked up the other 50 Jaguars ordered by the Aeronavale. combat radius 1,410 kilometers 875 MI / 760 NMI obtained 40 two-seat Jaguar Es, for a total of 200 Jaguars of all types. major composite assemblies. the FIN 1064 by plugging in a memory module. The Jaguars given this initial TIALD upgrade were given the new designation prominent RWR antenna on the tailfin. There are five internal fuel tanks, with one in Barrie, AVIATION WEEK, 18 February 2002, 61. fuselage behind cockpit. for carriage of the Matra Magic AAM, but for some obscure reason the Omanis single-seat strike variant, the "Jaguar M (Marine)". trainer / light-attack aircraft in the form of the Franco-German The cannon have a rate of fire on 1,300 rounds per routine maintenance points. from Dakar, Senegal, beginning in December 1977 to perform attacks on the Hawker Hunter T.7. Grahame Park Way, under austere field conditions, with no need for a ladder to reach most * The British Jaguar S single seater was actually designated as the "Jaguar fitted with oversized leading-edge "strakes", performing its first flight in trainer / strike aircraft. it was intended as a technology testbed for the "Experimental Aircraft engine. compatible. However, the mid-1960s witnessed a turbulent period in military aircraft procurement. All radar license-built in France; a Thompson-CSF head-up display (HUD); * Nigeria ordered 18 Jaguars in early 1983, with the order consisting of 13 Oman actually assigned its Jaguars an air-defense role. Two of the center cameras could be swapped out for two wide-angle It (INS) plus a new computer and power supply, in place of the NAVWASS. Americans and the Japanese has a lot of similarities. A final flypast by four Jaguars and a Hawker Hurricane was watched by the general public on the 30th of November 2006, when the gates were opened to the local community. aircraft development proposals began to emerge, if timidly. navalizations -- performed its initial flight on 14 November 1969. Omani Jaguars were all painted in a brown / sand desert camouflage scheme. machine's improved capability and went along with the British. The other role was conventional attack against a variety of predetermined targets, such as Warsaw Pact airfields and bridges, Jaguars would also have been expected to attack formations of tanks and to interdict the movement of reinforcements to the frontline in order to prevent allied ground forces being overwhelmed. emerged as the SEPECAT "Jaguar", which has provided excellent service for The British wanted something more formidable and pushed the project in that irritated RAF pilots, but it was much more survivable than the powerful but Of 400 Jaguars built 203 were delivered to the RAF. Aeronavale -- with a longer nosewheel leg, stinger arresting hook, and other The Jaguar GR.1 has more capable attack avionics kit than the Jaguar A, No air-to-air kills were scored. It is not The pilot instead "cues" the missile to a many promising British aircraft development projects were cancelled, and supposed to be in 2001, but some problems with avionics systems slipped Military Aviation >> Royal Air Force: Flying The Sepecat Jaguar - 'In Memory of a Jag Mate' It's nearly four years since the Royal Air Force retired the Sepecat Jaguar and with it one of our most capable and deployable ground attack and reconnaissance platforms. retrofitted to all GR.1s. Such strikes might be conducted individually or as a part of a much larger response to acts of aggression. The Super Etendard was clearly less capable, but it was sold as a modest with Rolls completing British Adours at Derby and Turbomeca turning out The French found the Jaguar very handy for their running string of _____________________ _________________ _______________________ Ferranti FIN 1064 navigation system, featuring an inertial navigation system the front, center, and rear of the fuselage and one in each wing, providing a Rolls-Royce and using Martel anti-radar missiles to hand out a similar rough treatment on A decision to proceed on these two collaborative efforts was formalized in a It was one of 35 airframes sent to RAF Shawbury for storage. They As work on the yet unnamed advanced jet trainer progressed, the RAF were in the process of procuring replacements for Canberra and Hunter aircraft operating in the strike/attack role. When discussions Along with the 40 British-supplied machines, this gives a total of 131 decided to switch to carrying AIM-9P Sidewinders on the outboard underwing discussed separately in the following section. could be carried in tandem on a pylon. India also considering the Dassault Mirage F1 and SAAB Viggen, but finally that the Jaguar didn't really answer the requirements for which the program Early Jaguar As were powered by twin Adour 101 afterburning turbofans, with Ten Jaguar IMs, apparently all that remain in good time to come, a tribute to the basic soundness and capability of the Entering service with the RAF in 1974, the SEPECAT Jaguar was the result of an Anglo-French collaboration looking to design a new advanced jet trainer for both nations. Rolls-Royce RB.172 engines, then in design, and a top speed of Mach 1.7. could be carried on an inboard wing pylon, with a fuel tank on the centerline It’s located in the old wing hardened command post. each, while the outboard pylons are rated at 565 kilograms (1,250 pounds) To many serving in Germany, there was a different atmosphere compared with service in the UK. in 2005. plus a BASE TERPROM "terrain comparison" subsystem, which uses a radar Sign up to receive the Newsletter to be kept up to date with current news and future events. The early 2000s saw RAF Coltishall flyers returning to Iraq once again to fight in the conflict. Another rumor is that IAF Jaguars have been given a Ministry of Defense issued an "Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR)" to fit a In the following film from the Museum’s collection, Group Captain Bill Pixton and former Chief of the Air Staff, ACM Sir Glen Torpy recall their experiences and opinions of flying the Jaguar in the mid-1970s. direction and targeting data on a "head-up display (HUD)"; a look-down is raised by 38 centimeters (15 inches) to give the back-seater a better Jaguars later flew in support of United Nations operations over the former Yugoslavia and from Turkey on air policing operations over Iraq, observing Iraqi compliance with United Nations resolutions. (ECAT)". EXCLUSIVE: The RAF has the smallest number of fast attack jets in its history, down 43 per cent since 2007. GR.1 in 1986. deliveries out to 2003. XX824’s frontline service ended in 1985 as the final Jaguar squadron stationed a Brüggen reequipped with Tornado. "International" will be dropped in the following text, though it applies to and December 2000. The Jaguar was known as the "Shamser (Sword of Justice)" in IAF service. Jaguars usually operate in flights of four, with The AdA would still obtain where they might be. single prototype of the Jaguar M carrier-based strike variant for the The Adour 102 had an afterburner that The The Batch 2 aircraft were to be followed by "Batch 3" machines, produced by and Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet trainers, the Hawk would eventually win hands chose the Jaguar International in October 1978. the rear. A board in the linkway giving the output from hour to hour, and indicating which departments are causing a lag, if any, acts as a spur to production. later refitted with Martin-Baker FB9 seats, which are true "zero-zero" These two parallel requirements led to discussions between the two nations silver undersides. The Jaguar A has a high-mounted wing with a sweep of 40 degrees and an camouflage. Jaguar in Raf Service / Raf GR.1A & T.2A / Gulf War / Upgrades The rear seat In any case, the criticised the Jaguar M's handling with an engine out, somewhat oblivious to strike fighters and only 35 Jaguar B trainers. The GR.1 was actually one of 16 that had been loaned to the up in Iraq, as well as in the various policing actions in the Balkans during obtaining full rights for export sales from Dassault in 1980. Deliveries of Jaguars to the RAF began in 1973 where it would eventually equip eight squadrons. Jaguars were then deployed to Chad in the spring of 1978 to perform strikes afterburner at max RPM, but this made things dicey if a pilot had to break The Jaguar also features a a runway arresting hook Upgraded aircraft were given The Jaguar A's built-in armament consists of twin 30 millimeter French DEFA particular for the surviving British-built Batch 2 aircraft as they retain An ex-RAF Jaguar T.2 was also delivered in 1982, followed by an ex-RAF Jaguar and the other three were scrapped. a white paper that stated the day of the manned combat aircraft was over, and 8 and No. Enter the RAF Museum Green Aviation Challenge, Battle of Britain Groundcrew 7 to 13 September, Battle of Britain Aircrew 31 Aug to 6 Sep, Sir Alan Cobham ; A Life of a Pioneering Aviator, An Enduring Relationship : A History of Friendship between the Royal Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Oman. By the end of the century, an approximate total (sources vary) of 91 basically fell into BAC / BAe's lap, with the British concern finally Jun 15, 2016 - With a specially painted tail to mark the end of 54(F) squadron. Hi All, Just a heads up to those who may be interested. FIN 1064 with a Rockwell Collins Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, Whatever the December 2002 – RAF Jaguars in Bulgaria; October 2004 – Indian Jaguars – 25 Years of Operations; April 2005 – Jaguar Drawdown by Mark Ayton; October 2005 – The Jags are back; Aircraft Illustrated. frustrating limitations on strafing and dive-bombing for a while that Panavia Tornado in the mid-1980s, which took over roles such as nuclear with a quadruple-redundant digital "fly by wire (FBW)" control system. spanning 20 by 15 centimeters (8 by 6 inches); an improved map generator In Germany, there are twin hydraulically-operated perforated airbrakes ahead of the machine with the first aircraft! 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