|
Entered service |
1973 |
|
Crew |
1 men |
|
Dimensions and weight |
|
Length |
17.53 m |
|
Wing span |
8.69
m |
|
Height |
4.89
m |
|
Weight (empty) |
7 t |
|
Weight (maximum take off) |
15.7 t |
|
Engines and performance |
|
Engines |
2 x Rolls-Royce / Turbomeca Adour Mk 102
turbofans |
|
Traction (with afterburning) |
2 x 32.49 kN |
|
Maximum speed |
1 699 km/h |
|
Combat radius |
852 km |
|
Armament |
|
Cannon |
2 x DEFA 30-mm cannons |
|
Missiles |
AS30L air-to-surface missiles, AS37 Martel
anti-radar missiles, R550 Magic 2 air-to-air missiles |
|
Bombs |
free-fall bombs and LGBs, Belouga cluster bombs,
BAP-100 anti-runway and BAT-120 area-denial bombs |
|
Other |
rocket pods |
|
Resulting
from an Anglo-French specification of 1965 for a STOL
advanced/operational trainer and tactical support aircraft, the
SEPECAT Jaguar first flew in prototype form on 8 September 1968. The
RAF bought 165 GR.Mk 1 single-seat and 35 T.Mk 2 two-seat aircraft.
Some 14 of the latter were upgraded to Jaguar T.Mk 2A standard with
the Fin1064 nav/attack unit and Adour Mk 104 engines, while the
GR.Mk 1 also received the Mk 104 engines and was subsequently
modified to Jaguar GR.Mk 1A standard with FIN1064 and provision for
AIM-9 air-to-air missiles on underwing (later overwing) pylons.
The Jaguar fleet
has since undergone a series of major upgrades which now make the
aircraft one of the most useful in RAF service. These updates,
prompted by the type's stunning performance during Desert Storm,
have resulted in the GR.Mk 3A single-seater with TERPROM
terrain-reference navigation system, a helmet-mounted sight, a glass
cockpit, and full thermal imaging airborne laser designator and ASRAAM capability. Some 40
single-seaters and seven two-seaters will be brought to full GR.Mk
3A/T.Mk 4A standard, and all feature Adour Mk 106 engines
offering 10 per cent more thrust but reduced operating cost.
The
RAF's Jaguar force remains centered on Nos 6, 41 and 54 Sqns at RAF
Coltishall, Norfolk. France bought 160 single-seat Jaguar As and 40
two-seat Jaguar Bs. A far more austere warplane in French service,
the Jaguar is in the twilight of its career with the country, but
did fight in the 1991 Gulf War.
Jaguar exports have been of the
Jaguar International which is similar to the Jaguar GR.Mk 1/T.Mk2.
Ecuador, Oman and Nigeria all fly Jaguars as front-line equipment,
while India remains by far the largest Jaguar operator and continues
to build the type under licence. Indeed, HAL has built the Jaguar IM
with Agave radar and Sea Eagle missiles specifically for Indian use.
Oman upgraded six of its Jaguars to a standard similar to GR.Mk
3A.
In 2005
French Jaguars were replaced by
Dassault Rafale multi-role fighters.
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Video of the SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft |
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