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RAF Typhoon pilots depart for Eastern Europe to bolster air support in Romania

Four RAF Typhoon pilots using the world’s most advanced fighter helmet set off for Eastern Europe yesterday as tensions with Russia mounted. The £250,000 Striker II helmet boasts in-built digital night vision that identifies enemy targets by red and yellow colour codes. The Luke Skywalker-style head gear allows pilots to tell friend and foe apart […]

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2017-04-24 13:44
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Four Typhoon aircraft left from RAF Coningsby, Lincs, today, April 24, 2017, to begin a deployment to Romania.  The aircraft from 3 (Fighter) Squadron will be based at Mihail Kogalniceanu airfield in support of the NATO air policing mission.  The deployment, confirmed by Sir Michael Fallon, the Minister of Defence at the end of March 2017 is part of a long standing routine peacetime mission undertaken by NATO allies.  The deployment is supported by personnel from several RAF stations, and is expected to last for around four months.

Four Typhoon aircraft left from RAF Coningsby, Lincs, today, April 24, 2017, to begin a deployment to Romania. The aircraft from 3 (Fighter) Squadron will be based at Mihail Kogalniceanu airfield in support of the NATO air policing mission. The deployment, confirmed by Sir Michael Fallon, the Minister of Defence at the end of March 2017 is part of a long standing routine peacetime mission undertaken by NATO allies. The deployment is supported by personnel from several RAF stations, and is expected to last for around four months.

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Four RAF Typhoon pilots using the world’s most advanced fighter helmet set off for Eastern Europe yesterday as tensions with Russia mounted.

The £250,000 Striker II helmet boasts in-built digital night vision that identifies enemy targets by red and yellow colour codes.

The Luke Skywalker-style head gear allows pilots to tell friend and foe apart in an instant.

The state-of-the-art helmets are being used by Typhoon pilots who set off from RAF Coninsby today to bolster air support in Romania.

Theresa May sanctioned the scrambling of British RAF resources to patrol the skies over the Black Sea alongside local jets to reassure Eastern European countries
in the face of increased aggression from Vladimir Putin.

The four Typhoons, from 3 (Fighter) Squadron will lead the deployment, which is part of the Nato southern air policing mission.

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They will spent up to four months based at Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase in south east Romania.

Last year BAE signed a deal worth £2.1billion over ten years to support the RAF’s Typhoon fleet.

Chris Colston, who developed the Striker II helmets, said: “For the pilot it’s like going from your old analogue TV to HD.

“Before, everything was displayed in monochrome green. Now we can mark ground and air targets by colour – making them easier to identify at speed.

“The symbols jump out in daylight and at night-time over the green.

“All the info the pilot needs is displayed in this helmet but you can also see through the display to the outside world.

“And we have packed all that into a helmet that can protect you if you eject.”

An RAF spokesman said: “Since the helmets were unveiled they have become a part of the normal equipment used in our aircraft.”

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