List of active United Kingdom military aircraft

For RAF aircraft no longer in service, see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force. For aircraft expected to enter service with the RAF in the future, see Future of the Royal Air Force.
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This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom.

Royal Air Force

Main article: Royal Air Force
Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
Agusta A109 Italy Rotorcraft Transport 2006 1 [1]
Airbus A400M Atlas Spain Propeller Transport 2014 6 6 [2]
Airbus Voyager Spain Jet Transport 2011 12 12 [3]
Beechcraft King Air US Propeller Trainer 2004 5 5 [4]
Beechcraft Shadow US Propeller Patrol 2009 6 6 [4]
Bell Griffin Canada Rotorcraft Utility 2003 4 [1]
Boeing Chinook US Rotorcraft Transport 1980 60 66 [4][5]
Boeing C‑17A Globemaster III US Jet Transport 2001 8 8 [4]
Boeing E‑3D Sentry US Jet Patrol 1990 6 7 [4]
Boeing RC‑135W Rivet Joint US Jet Patrol 2013 2 2 [4]
British Aerospace 146 UK Jet Transport 1995 4 6 [4]
British Aerospace Hawk UK Jet Trainer 1976 153 [4]
Britten-Norman Islander UK Propeller Patrol 2008 3 3 [4]
Eurofighter Typhoon UK Jet Multi-role 2007 137 137 [6]
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper US UAV Patrol 2007 10 10 [4]
Grob G115E Tutor Germany Propeller Trainer 1999 119 [1]
Grob Vigilant Germany Glider Trainer 1991 65 [4]
Grob Viking Germany Glider Trainer 1990 81 [4]
Lockheed C‑130J Hercules US Propeller Transport 2000 24 25 [4]
Lockheed Martin F‑35B Lightning II US Jet Multi-role 2013 4 4 [7]
Panavia Tornado GR4 UK Jet Attack 1979 98 220 [4]
Raytheon Sentinel Canada/USA Jet Patrol 2008 5 5 [4]
Short Tucano UK Propeller Trainer 1989 82 [4]
Westland Puma UK Rotorcraft Transport 1971 24 [8]

RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
Avro Lancaster (PA474) UK Propeller Bomber 1942 1 1 B.I
De Havilland Canada Chipmunk UK Propeller Trainer 1946 2 1 T.10
Douglas Dakota US Propeller Transport 1942 1 1 C.3
Hawker Hurricane UK Propeller Fighter 1937 2 2 Mk IIc
Supermarine Spitfire UK Propeller Fighter 1938 7 1 Mk IIa, 1 Mk Vb, 1 LF.IXe, 1 LF.XVIe, 2 PR.XIX

Fleet Air Arm

Main article: Fleet Air Arm
Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
AgustaWestland Wildcat UK Rotorcraft Attack 2014 28 28 [4]
Beechcraft Avenger US Propeller Trainer 2011 4 4 [1]
Boeing Insitu ScanEagle US UAV Patrol 2014 3 3 [9]
British Aerospace Hawk UK Jet Trainer 1994 17 17 [1]
EH Industries EH101 Merlin UK Rotorcraft Attack/transport 2000 57 71 [4]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II France Rotorcraft Utility 1999 1 2 [4]
Grob G115E Tutor Germany Propeller Trainer 2002 5 5 [1]
Lockheed Martin F‑35B Lightning II US Jet Multi-role 2013 4 4 [7]
Westland Lynx UK Rotorcraft Attack 1981 25 60 [4]
Westland Sea King UK Rotorcraft Patrol/transport 1979 30 149 [4]

Royal Navy Historic Flight

Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
de Havilland Chipmunk UK Propeller Trainer 1946 1 1 T10
De Havilland Sea Vixen UK Jet Fighter-bomber 1959 1 1 D.3
Fairey Swordfish UK Propeller Torpedo-bomber 1936 2 2 Mk.I/II
Hawker Sea Fury UK Propeller Fighter-bomber 1945 1 1 FB11
Hawker Sea Hawk UK Jet Fighter-bomber 1953 1 1 FGA6

Army Air Corps

Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
AgustaWestland Apache UK Rotorcraft Attack 2004 50 67 [4]
AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat UK Rotorcraft Attack 2014 21 21 [4]
Bell 212 Canada Rotorcraft Attack 8 [10]
Britten-Norman Defender UK Propeller Patrol 2003 9 9 [4]
Britten-Norman Islander UK Propeller Patrol 1997 4 7 [4]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II France Rotorcraft SAS 2009 5 5 [4]
Thales Watchkeeper WK450 UK UAV Patrol 2014 37 37 [11]
Westland Gazelle UK Rotorcraft Patrol 1974 34 [4]
Westland Lynx UK Rotorcraft Attack 1979 21 [4]

Defence Helicopter Flying School

Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
Bell Griffin Canada Rotorcraft Trainer 1997 11 11 [1]
Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel France Rotorcraft Trainer 1997 26 26 [12]

Empire Test Pilots' School

Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service No. Notes
Agusta A109 Italy Rotorcraft Utility 2 [13]
Avro RJ UK Jet Transport 2 [13]
British Aerospace Hawk UK Jet Trainer/experimental 3 [13]
Saab JAS 39 Gripen Sweden Jet Multi-role 1999 1 1 [13]
Short Tucano UK Propeller Trainer 2
Westland Gazelle UK Rotorcraft Utility 2 [14]

Ministry of Defence

As well as the military services a number of defence contractors operate military aircraft on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Type Origin Class Role Introduced In service Total Notes
Agusta AW109 Italy Rotorcraft Utility 1 QinetiQ Boscombe Down.
Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet Germany Jet Trainer 4 QinetiQ, Boscombe Down.
Eurofighter Typhoon UK Jet Multi-role 2 BAE Systems, Warton.
Gloster Meteor UK Jet Fighter 2 Martin Baker Aerospace, Chalgrove.
Hawker Hunter UK Jet Fighter 3 Hawker Hunter Aviation.
North American/Noorduyn Harvard Canada propeller Trainer 1 QinetiQ, Boscombe Down.
Panavia Tornado UK Jet Attack 2 BAE Systems, Warton.
Westland Sea King UK Rotorcraft Utility 1 QinetiQ Boscombe Down.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "World Air Forces 2015" (PDF). Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. ↑ A400M Atlas delivers the goods for RAF, flightglobal.com, 16 March 2015
  3. ↑ 12th RAF Voyager arrives as RAF Brize Norton, 2015
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Military Aircraft:Written question – 225369 (House of Commons Hansard), parliament.uk, March 2015
  5. ↑ Final RAF Chinook HC6 handed over by Boeing, airforcesdaily.com, November 2015
  6. ↑ "Typhoon FOI" (PDF). www.gov.co.uk. HMG. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft:Written question - HL2709, (parliament.uk), 6 November 2014
  8. ↑ "Login - AirForces Daily". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  9. ↑ X-men take to the Cornish skies, Royal Navy, 25 November 2014
  10. ↑ "Bell 212". army.mod.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Unmanned Air Vehicles". HM Government. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Squirrel HT1.", Royal Air Force. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Empire Test Pilots' School - Our Fleet and Facilities, etps.qinetiq.com
  14. ↑ Royal Air Force - Gazelle, touchdown-aviation.com

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