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Revision as of 18:00, 9 September 2019

Rainford-LAe Typhoon
RAF Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon F2 Lofting-1.jpg
An RAF Typhoon F2 flying through the Machynlleth Loop
Role Multirole fighter
National origin Multi-national
Manufacturer Rainford-LAe Holdings
First flight 27 March 1994
Introduction 4 August 2003
Status In service
Primary users Royal Air Force
Royal Erebonian Air Force
Royal Gallian Air Force
Royal Rubrumian Air Force
Produced 1994–present
Number built 5,214
Developed from Lucian Aerospace AEP
Variants Rainford-LAe Typhoon variants

The Rainford-LAe Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard–delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed originally as an air superiority fighter and is manufactured by a consortium of the Rainford Group, Theimer Air Systems and LAe Systems that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Rainford-LAe Holdings formed in 1986.

The aircraft's development effectively began in 1983 with the Future Europan Fighter Aircraft programme, a multinational collaboration among the United Kingdom, Erebonian Empire and Gallia-Bruhl. Design authority and operational requirements were mostly controlled by the Erebonian company, Rainford Group. A technology demonstration aircraft, the Lucian Aerospace AEP, first took flight on 6 August 1986; it underwent several changes until the first prototype of the finalised Typhoon made its first flight on 27 March 1994. The aircraft's name, Typhoon, was adopted in September 1998; the first production contracts were also signed that year.

Originally designed for use in the Post-War of Lorican Aggression Crisis, the Typhoon never got into operational status as the crisis had ended in 1998. The delay was caused by political intervention in the late-1980s, which subsequently caused the Typhoon to be in operational service only by 2003. During the Second Lucis Civil War, it was first used by the RAF against Republican insurgents who failed to gain units of the Typhoon and were mostly using the obsolete Rainford Tornado. It saw action again during the Imperial Crisis, and fought against its Imperial counterpart, the Arada Mu-35

The Rainford-LAe Typhoon is a highly agile aircraft, designed to be a supremely effective dogfighter in combat. Later production aircraft have been increasingly better equipped to undertake air-to-surface strike missions and to be compatible with an increasing number of different armaments and equipment.

Development

Design

Operational History

Variants

Operators

Alteria

Dalmasca and Nabradia

Erebonian Empire

Esthar and Balamb

Gallia-Bruhl

Holy Galbadian Empire

Jutland-Gimli

Nibelheim-Saxe-Hanover

Rubrum

United Kingdom