Eurofighter Typhoon praised on 10th anniversary

Posted on 20 Aug 2013

Air Vice-Marshal Edward Stringer, the RAF’s assistant chief of air staff, hailed the performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet saying the aircraft produced a “level of accuracy not seen anywhere before”.

Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo the Air Vice-Marshal said: “The team and the technical staff behind it should justifiably be very proud.” After a decade of flying and with new technology developments over the last 10 years, the aircraft is now the world’s only truly ‘swing’ role jet, able to switch from air-to-air…

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