The Typhoon - RAF's Top 10 Warplanes | Forces TV

A single-seater that was initially an air-to-air fighter, the Typhoon is now a multi-role aircraft. It's currently the RAF's operational fighter jet and created the amazing '100' formation during the RAF 100 flypast on 10 July 2018.

#Top10Warplanes

[rick]

The best aircraft are not the best without the best pilots. The RAF has a record of delivering some of the worlds best pilots.

[Nelsonwmj]

One of the best ASFs in the world by far. It was at one point considered by the Republic of Singapore to be purchased as their new fighter aircraft to replace their retired A4SU Super Skyhawks, however the lack of an Air-to-Ground capability back then was a major drawback and resulted instead with the RSAF purchasing American F-15 Strike Eagles instead. Good to see that the ground attack capability has been added, particularly so now that the RAF Tornados are either all retired or close to retiring from service. Brimstone and Meteor look very good too, and paired with the Typhoon this is easily a plane that can hold the mantle of "Guardian Of The Sky" for the RAF and the UK.

[richardjoganah]

the raf typhoon is an awsome jet and still one of the best jet fighters 😊😊

[charlieohalloran]

How did the EE Lightning not get into the top ten?

[tommoran]

Was at Coningsby few days ago watching them take of and land amazing aircraft

[para]

Glad to see 1f fighter Sqn on the tail of the typhoon taking over from the harrier that I was on to 98 at wittering. I wish I worked on the typhoon it looks boss

[realMaverickBuckley]

Always loved the EF Typhoon. I'm sure I'll grow to love the Lightning and Tempest but that Typhoon! Mm mm.

[benmoore]

Would be my dream to fly one of these one day...please.

[rpm]

Dear Daddy...May we have some too?...Luv always, your eldest son, RCAF.

[DianaKazimiera-]

The art of High - Flying 🛫... beautiful structure and skill.Fantastic information 🤔Great respect 🕊️ Bows to pilots and skills!

[joshhale]

My Favorite jet!!! Its beautiful!!! The sound she makes is

[paulchristopher]

The noise if this jet is scary, shakes your ribcage,

[Balnazzardi]

Hopefully Finland (my country) would chose Typhoon to replace our aging F18s. I think Typhoon is good mix of performance, price and "future proof" choice. Not as expensive as F-35 but on other hand not as aging plane as for example Super Hornet. And overall from how the plane looks and how agile it is, its absolutely my favorite :D

[mackman]

I am sure the technology built into the F 35 and its variants is top of line today and maybe for a few years but as time goes on time will tell if opponents of the West will learn to decipher stealth and make this plane average or not. When the F 117 Nighthawk was considered invisible and state of the art until it got shot down in 1999 over Yugoslavia by a ground missile. Just like Beyond Visual Range weapons which in theory are stand off weapons fire and forget and paint another kill on your plane go for a barbecue and tell stories many modern fighters have very effective defense against missiles to the point that you better make them count when firing or you might become a target as planes close distance quickly. Having grown up in England in a RAF household and other countries where my father was an Air Traffic Controller until the 80's I learned that you never how good your toys are until you actually use them in a real fight and only then can you mark your scorecard. I worked in the Canadian arctic for about 10 years during the cold war at many DEWLINE Radar Sites which were designed to detect bombers and cruise missiles and almost all of our military bosses were ex USAF fighter pilots who were Colonels. Our last boss flew F 4's, F 106's and F 15's before getting a desk job and then transferring to NORAD. The biggest issue I see with the F 35 is that it is not a tested platform in the sense of longterm cost effectiveness, reliability and mission capability. As far as Typhoon goes the only thing I wish is that they could of made it carrier capable like the French did with the Rafale. I hope the F 35 turns out to be a great plane for the tax payer and military because militaries tend to relegate equipment from the front line to lower tier roles when they underperform so they don't have to admit failure.

[richardthomas]

Britain should have finished development into a naval version to meet the needs of the RN

[idontknowwhatiamdoinganymo]

I don't know much about airplanes but if the Spitfire ain't number one I'm out.

[gibbsm]

It carries lil attack helicopter missiles, interesting. I hear the brimstones are better than hellfire, but on a multi-role fighter is strange to me. I guess drones fire hellfires, but a Gen. 4 frontline fighter, hmm.

[beau]

Anyone else see the 100 Spitfires today??

[MK-rrcg]

It annoys me the buccaneer isn't on this list.

[Viktor-jnvs]

Can anyone explane - why brits dont use strategic bombers any more?