Royal Air Force-Jets that would be deleted as part of the cutbacks of the defense, will lead the Great Britain after the conflict in Ukraine, has learned the mail.
No less than 24 tranches 1 typhoon Jets, which were written off more than two years ago, must be dusted to protect Ukrainian cities against Russian attacks.
When the December 2023 decision to get rid of the tranche 1s for parts was announced, it was compared to selling a squadron from Spitfires for the Battle of Britain '.
Now, in an ever -disturbing climate, the jets get an unexpected delay.
Of the British fleet of around 100 typhoons, 24 were selected for possible deployment in Ukraine.
Last night, Minister of the Armed Forces Mark Francois, who previously campaigned to save the plane,: 'The tranches 1s remain a very deserving air defense aircraft.
'Because it takes a few years to rebuild a typhoon, I insisted on this government and the previous government not to explore or flogen, in case.
'Well, it seems that they can come in handy. Thank goodness, the banging students have never received them. '
Of the British fleet of around 100 typhoons, 24 have been selected for possible implementation in Ukraine
Shown: Two Royal Air Force 'Typhoon' T1 plane of the 29 Squadron
Displayed: a British army warrior fighting vehicle in Afghanistan
The moment the controversial decision was made, the Ministry of Defense said that the aging aircraft became more and more expensive to maintain.
After the government's announcement to increase defense expenditure to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027, additional parts and engineering hours can be offered.
The majority of tranche 1's fleet still has thousands of hours of flying in their airframes – in many cases less than half of the predicted life expectancy of 8,000 flying hours.
NATO leaders will meet in London next week to identify military capacities that are necessary as part of the 'Coalition of the Willing' of the Prime Minister for Ukraine.
Air defense, including the use of the typhoons, will be on the agenda when NATO leaders will meet next week.
Their 'Force Generation' top in London, is organized by the British chief of the Defense staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin.
The UK is also expected to bring more than 40 Apache and Wildcat -helicopters and a small number of Chinook Transport -helicopters forward.
But there are also worries about the United States that set up restrictions for the use of some British assets, such as the Rivet Joint Intelligence -collection aircraft.
No less than 24 tranches 1 typhoon Jets, which were written off more than two years ago, must be tuned to protect Ukrainian cities against Russian attacks
After the government's announcement to increase defense expenditure to 2.5 percent of GDP by 2027, additional parts and engineering hours can be offered
RAF sources have expressed the fear that the US could bow to the Russian pressure for the rivet joint not to use in the war zone, because it can collect sensitive Russian military information.
Although the aircraft is British, much of the technology on board Rivet Joint is the American and American export licenses control where the aircraft can and cannot be used.
Other RAF aircraft, such as the F-35 fighter jet, rely on US government contracts to provide spare parts.
These can be withdrawn, the F-35 grew effectively as the US bending for the Russian pressure.
So far, only France and the UK have committed land troops for a stabilization power in Ukraine after the stiff fire.
Germany has sent positive signals that it could do this as soon as the new Chancellor Friedrich Merz is sworn in.
The UK can offer very little armor or artillery to such a power. It is muted that only nine Challenger 2 tanks can be saved and only 14 Archer Artillery pieces.
Other extremely expensive battlefield vehicles, such as the boxer and Ajax, are not yet employed.
These issues are high on the agenda, since Minister of Defense John Healey leads the diplomatic drive of the UK in Washington. Mr. Healey, who flew to Ameriica yesterday (wo), sits down today for face-to-face conversations with his American counterpart, Pete Hegseeth, today.
Their conversations come after vice -president JD Vance caused anger by mocking the European force and wrongly suggesting that the VK and France were a random country that did not fought war for 3o to 40 years. '
