List of active United Kingdom military aircraft

The following aircraft and helicopters are in the British Royal Air Force in use, with indication of the year of entry (end of 2010):

  • Combat aircraft 105 Panavia Tornado GR4/GR4A, multi-role combat aircraft: 1980 (basic version GR1/GR1A )
  • 15 Panavia Tornado F3 long-range interceptor: 1986 (basic version: F2)
  • 47 Euro Fighter Typhoon F2/FGA.4 ( plus another 83 currently still 35 Tranche 3B order ), multi-role combat aircraft: 2004
  • 0 Lockheed Martin F -35B / Lightning II ( first three F -35B ordered) multi-role combat aircraft
  • 7 Sentry E- 3D AWACS, AEW aircraft: 1991
  • 2 BAE Nimrod R1 electronic reconnaissance: 1971, decommissioned in June 2011
  • 0 Boeing RC -135 (3 purchases ), electronic reconnaissance
  • 5 Raytheon Sentinel R1, reconnaissance: 2006
  • 4 Beechcraft Shadow R1, reconnaissance: 2004
  • 3 Britten- Norman Islander C2, reconnaissance
  • 5 MQ - 9 Reaper (5 more planned) attack drone: 2007
  • 46 Boeing Chinook HC2/HC2A/HC3 ( CH/MH-47D ) (appointed 14 more (CH- 47F ), the rest will be modernized ) medium transport helicopter: 1980 (basic version HC1 )
  • 25 AgustaWestland Merlin HC3/HC3A, light transport helicopter: 2001
  • 22 Westland Sea King HAR3/HAR3A, SAR helicopter: 1977
  • 30 Aérospatiale / Westland Puma HC1, light transport helicopter: 1971 (24 to be HC2 version modified)
  • 4 Bell Griffin, easier transport helicopter: 1995
  • AgustaWestland AW109 three VIP transporters: 2005
Boeing E-3 Sentry Boeing C-135 Stratolifter Boeing C-17 Globemaster III BAE Systems Hawk Grob G 115 List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
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