This is one of those photographs that don’t need much comments. Taken from the backseat of a RAF Eurofighter Typhoon the fish-eye image literally brings you aboard the multi-role fighter jet flying in formation with an another aircraft of the same type.
The UK’s FGR4s, are furtherly upgraded Block 5 multirole aircraft capable to perform air-to-air, air-to-surface and reconnaissance missions.
The Royal Air Force has used the FGR4 in combat during the 2011’s Libya Air War.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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