RAF Seen With But 6 Fighter Squadrons By 2020
December 13 2010
The British Royal Air Force could cut the number of its fast jets in half by 2020, says a top commander cited by Defense News.
"We are heading for five Typhoon squadrons and one [F-35 Joint Strike Fighter] squadron," said Air Vice Marshal Greg Bagwell, commander of the RAF's No. 1 air combat group.
That would leave 107 Typhoons and about 40 F-35C JSFs on the books, Bagwell said. Typhoon numbers could be reduced if a deal to send a squadron's worth of aircraft to Oman is...
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