The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European twin-engine, canard-delta multirole fighter developed jointly by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain through the multinational Eurofighter consortium formed from BAE Systems, Airbus and Leonardo, entering operational service in 2003 after a long, politically contentious development program stretching back to the 1980s. Designed originally to emphasize air superiority against Warsaw Pact fighters before evolving to add a substantial ground-attack capability as the Cold War ended, the Typhoon combines a highly agile, relaxed-stability airframe with an advanced radar and sensor suite, and it has since been exported to Austria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Qatar in addition to its four founding partner nations. Typhoons flown by Royal Air Force and other partner-nation pilots have taken part in NATO air-policing missions and combat operations including the 2011 intervention in Libya, and continued upgrades have kept the aircraft in frontline production alongside newer fifth-generation designs.
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Weapon Classtwin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft 1 Introduced Year Classification
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The Eurofighter Typhoon, built by a European consortium including Germany, has equipped the Bundeswehr since the early 2000s
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Lead section, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon
is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter.
Development and service history, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon
The Typhoon entered operational service in 2003 and is now in service with the air forces of Austria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar.
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Operated By: Luftwaffe, Wikipedia article text
The Luftwaffe ordered 15 ECR electronic warfare aircraft conversions for the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum (luWES) requirement in March 2022.
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