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Jaguar
A French Air Force Jaguar A during a refuelling mission over the
Adriatic Sea, in support of
Operation Joint Forge Role Ground attack Manufacturer SEPECAT (
Bréguet/
BAC) First flight 8 September 1968 Introduced 1973 Retired 2005 (France) / 2007 (UK) Status Active Primary users
Royal Air Force
Armée de l'Air
Indian Air Force Number built 543
[1][/SUP] Unit cost US$15.5-16.5 million in 1997
[2][/SUP] The
SEPECAT Jaguar is an
Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft still in service with several export customers, notably the
Indian Air Force and the
Royal Air Force of Oman. It was among the first major Anglo-French military aircraft programs. The aircraft served as one of the
French Air Force's main strike/attack aircraft until 1 July 2005 (when it was replaced by
Dassault Rafale) and with the
Royal Air Force until the end of April 2007.
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1 Development [UL]
1.1 Background 1.2 Replacement [/UL]
2 Design [UL]
2.1 Overwing pylons [/UL]
3 Operational service [UL]
3.1 France 3.2 United Kingdom 3.3 Other operators [/UL]
4 Variants 5 Operators 6 Specifications (Jaguar A) 7 See also 8 References 9 External links [/UL] [H2][
edit] Development[/H2] [H3][
edit] Background[/H3] The Jaguar program began in the early 1960s, in response to a British requirement (AST 362) for an advanced
supersonic jet trainer to replace the
Folland Gnat T1 and
Hawker Hunter T7, and a French need for a cheap, subsonic dual role trainer and light attack aircraft with good short field performance to replace the
Fouga Magister,
Lockheed T-33 and
Dassault Mystère IV.
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After development started, both the French and British trainer requirement changed and were eventually fulfilled instead by the
Alpha Jet and
Hawker Siddeley Hawk respectively. In the meantime, the RAF created a new requirement for the Jaguar, to replace the
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 in the
close air support, tactical reconnaissance and tactical strike roles. In addition, a carrier-capable version to replace the French
Aeronavale's
Dassault Etendard IV was specified. From these apparently disparate aims would come a single and entirely different aircraft: relatively high-tech, supersonic, and optimised for ground attack in a high-threat environment.
No. 2 Sqn
Jaguar GR.1s at RAF Wildenrath, Germany, in 1978.
Cross-channel negotiations led to the formation of
SEPECAT (
Société Européenne de Production de l'Avion d'École de Combat et d'Appui Tactique - the European company for the production of a combat trainer and tactical support aircraft) in 1966 as
a joint venture between Bréguet—now Dassault Aviation—and the British Aircraft Corporation to produce the airframe, and a separate teaming of
Rolls-Royce and
Turboméca to develop the
Adour afterburning turbofan engine. Though based in part on the Breguet Br.121, using the same basic configuration and an innovative French designed landing gear, the Jaguar as built also incorporated major elements designed by BAC - notably the wing and high lift devices.
The first of eight prototypes flew on 8 September 1968. It was an orthodox single-seat, swept-wing, twin-engine design but with tall
landing gear. It had a maximum take-off weight in the 15 tonne class and could manage a combat radius on internal fuel alone of 850 km. Maximum speed was Mach 1.6 (Mach 1.1 at sea level) and hardpoints were fitted for an external weapons load of up to 10,000 lb (4,500 kg).
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RAF Jaguar GR3 during mid-air refueling.
The aircraft has been updated several times and remains in front-line service with
India and
Oman. It has been replaced by the
Eurofighter Typhoon in the RAF and the
Rafale in the Armée de l'Air. India plans to replace its Jaguar fleet with the
Medium Combat Aircraft.
Demands by the UK
Treasury to cut the defence budget led to reports that the Jaguar was a possible candidate for early retirement. Announcing plans for the future of the British military on 21 July 2004, Defence Secretary
Geoff Hoon detailed plans to withdraw the Jaguar by 2007. An expected date of October 2007 for the out of service date (OSD) was brought forward at just five days notice to 30 April 2007.
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Critics[
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citation needed][/SUP] Proponents argued that the aircraft was recently updated and was the most cost effective of all the RAF's fast jet force.[
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India on the other hand is modernizing its Jaguar fleet and also placed an order for 17 additional upgraded Jaguar aircraft from
Hindustan Aeronautics in 1999 and a further 20 in 2001-2002.
[5][/SUP] The Indian Air Force plans to upgrade up to 120 Jaguars by fitting more powerful engines, either Adour Mk821s or
Honeywell F125IN to improve performance, particularly at medium altitudes.
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edit] Design[/H2] [H3][
edit] Overwing pylons[/H3] The Jaguar International (in common with the
Lightning) has provision for overwing pylons. Mounted on the Jaguar they are used for short-range air-to-air missiles, such as the
Matra R550 Magic or the
AIM-9 Sidewinder (see
photo). This option frees up the under-wing pylons for other weapons and stores. RAF Jaguars gained overwing pylons in the build up to
Operation Granby in 1990, but French Jaguars were not modified. The RAF's Jaguar 97s were wired for the carriage of
ASRAAMs on the overwing launchers, but clearance of this weapon was never completed due to funding cuts. Ecuador also armed its Jaguars with R550's mounted over their overwing pylons for self - defense while flying ground sorties and for air superiority duties during the
Cenepa War with
Peru in early
1995.
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edit] France[/H3] The Armée de l'Air took delivery of the first production Jaguar in 1973, one of an eventual 160 single-seat
Jaguar As. For type conversion training, France also took 40 of the two-seat
Jaguar E. After Breguet was purchased by
Dassault, the proposed
Jaguar M variant, a carrier version for the French
Aeronavale, was cancelled in favour of the
Dassault Super Étendard.
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edit] United Kingdom[/H3]
RAF Jaguar deployed in Operation Desert Shield.
The RAF accepted delivery of the first of 165 single-seat
Jaguar GR1s (or
Jaguar S) with 54(F) squadron in 1974. These were supplemented by 35 two-seat trainers, the
Jaguar T2 (or
Jaguar B according to the manufacturer's designation). The Jaguar S and B had a more comprehensive nav/attack system than the A and E models used by the Armée de l'Air, and used 30 mm Aden cannon instead of 30 mm DEFA 553s. Some RAF Jaguars were used for rapid deployment and regional reinforcement, operating with the Coltishall wing, and others flew in the nuclear strike role. The latter aircraft were the RAF's only single-seat strike platforms, and were later replaced by the
Panavia Tornado.
Beginning in 1975
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6 Squadron, followed by
54 Squadron based at
RAF Coltishall, and a 'Shadow Squadron', a war reserve unit with a peacetime training role
226 OCU based at
RAF Lossiemouth, Jaguar squadrons were declared operational to
SACEUR with the British nuclear weapon
WE.177.
14 Squadron and
17 Squadron based at
RAF Bruggen followed in 1976,
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20 Squadron and
31 Squadron also based at
RAF Bruggen brought the RAF Jaguar force to its peak strength of six squadrons plus one war reserve 'Shadow Squadron', each of twelve aircraft equipped with eight
WE.177 nuclear weapons. Two further squadrons,
2 Squadron and
41 Squadron based at
RAF Laarbruch and
RAF Coltishall respectively, were primarily tasked with tactical reconnaissance and not allocated nuclear weapons, although their aircraft could be rapidly configured for that.
These Jaguar squadrons were all assigned to SACEUR, each with twelve Jaguar aircraft, eight WE.177 nuclear bombs, and a variety of conventional weapons. In a high-intensity European war their role was to support land forces on the Continent resisting an assault on Western Europe by the
Warsaw Pact, by striking targets beyond the forward edge of the battlefield, first with conventional weapons and secondly with tactical nuclear weapons, should a conflict escalate to that stage. The apparent mismatch between aircraft numbers and nuclear bombs was a consequence of RAF staff planners concluding that there would be one-third attrition of Jaguars in an early conventional phase, leaving the survivors numerically strong enough to deliver the entire allocated stockpile of fiftysix nuclear bombs.
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SACEUR, final political release of these nuclear weapons was in the control of the UK government.
The RAF Jaguar force remained at this strength until late 1984,
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17 Squadron,
20 Squadron and
31 Squadron exchanged their Jaguars for
Tornado GR1s, although their assignment to SACEUR and their wartime role remained unchanged. The two other RAF Germany units,
14 Squadron and
2 Squadron, followed suit in 1985 and 1989 respectively. The remaining Coltishall-based Jaguar squadrons continued flying the Jaguar for another two decades. The Shadow Squadron
226 OCU was renumbered
16 (Reserve) Squadron in 1992. Less well known than its peacetime function as a conversion training unit for aspiring Jaguar aircrew was 226 OCU's wartime emergency role as a 'shadow squadron' or reserve unit made up principally of the squadron's instructors. From 1975 the unit's wartime role was as an operational squadron in the front line assigned to SACEUR with twelve Jaguar aircraft, eight WE.177 nuclear bombs, and a variety of conventional weapons, identical in strength, equipment and role to operational front-line Jaguar squadrons.
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In December 1983 75 RAF Jaguars were updated to the
GR1A and
T2A standard with FIN1064 navigation and attack systems replacing the original NAVWASS. At about the same time, most were also re-engined with Adour 104 engines. In 1994, ten GR1As and two T2As were upgraded with the capability to carry the
TIALD laser designator pod and redesignated
Jaguar GR1B or
T2B respectively.
The upgraded
Jaguar GR3A (also known as
Jaguar 97) introduced fleet-wide TIALD LDP compatibility, provision for the EO GP1 (JRP) digital reconnaissance pod, a helmet mounted sight, a glass cockpit with a large AMLCD display and a new
HUD, a new
hand controller and stick top,
GPS,
TERPROM Terrain Referenced Navigation, an Improved Data Modem datalink, and improved
Night vision goggles compatibility. The interim
GR3 (
Jaguar 96) was delivered in three standards, for
recce, attack and TIALD, but all were converted to Jaguar 97/GR3A standards. All GR3As were subsequently re-engined with the new Adour 106
turbofan. A number of T2 trainers were also upgraded to Jaguar 96 standard and redesignated
Jaguar T4.
One Jaguar was converted into the
Jaguar Active Control Technology (ACT) with
fly-by-wire controls and aerodynamic alterations to the airframe. The aerodynamic instability improved maneuverability and test data was used for the
Eurofighter development.
The RAF Jaguar aircraft flew their last operational sorties on 30 April 2007 when it ceased to be a deployable force element and when No.6 Squadron "down-declared", though flying continued. At least two aircraft continued to fly with
QinetiQ at
Boscombe Down after No.6 Squadron's withdrawal. On 20 December 2007, a Jaguar undertook the last ever
British military Jaguar flight.
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[H3][
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Jaguar of the
Indian Air Force during Cope Thunder exercise in Alaska.
Jaguars were also sold to a number of overseas countries. The largest single customer was the
Republic of India which purchased about 38 of these aircraft and also acquired the license to manufacture 140 of them locally.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India's leading aerospace agency, manufactured 140 Jaguars under the name
Shamsher. The
Jaguar International was an export version which was sold to
Ecuador,
Nigeria and
Oman. Oman's Jaguars have been brought to full GR3A standards and serve with No.s 8 and 20 Squadrons.
The Jaguar saw combat during the first
Gulf War of 1991, with the Armée de l'Air and RAF, the Balkan wars with the RAF, the
Kosovo War with the Armée de l'Air and the
Kargil War with the Indian Air Force.
The
Ecuadorian Air Force, the only Latin American export customer used them mainly for ground attack roles and occasionally for air superiority duties during the
Cenepa War with Peru in 1995, but the main part of the fleet was held on reserve in case of a wider conflict with the Peruvians.
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A Jaguar T4 two seat trainer of the
Royal Air Force
Jaguar A Single-seat all-weather tactical strike, ground-attack fighter version for the
French Air Force, two prototypes and 160 production aircraft built. Jaguar B or Jaguar T.Mk 2 Two-seat training version for the
Royal Air Force, one prototype and 38 production aircraft built. Jaguar T2A Jaguar T2 upgrade similar to GR1A, 14 conversions from T2. Jaguar T2B two Jaguar T2A aircraft given TIALD capability. Jaguar T4 Jaguar T2A upgraded to
Jaguar 96 standard. Jaguar E Two-seat training version for the
French Air Force, two prototypes and 40 production aircraft built. Jaguar S or Jaguar GR1 Single-seat all-weather tactical strike, ground-attack fighter version for the Royal Air Force, 165 built. Jaguar GR1A Jaguar GR1 with navigation, chaff/flare, ECM and Sidewinder capability upgrades, 75 conversions from GR1.
Sepecat Jaguar GR3A of
41 Sqn RAF, at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England.
Jaguar GR.Mk 1B Ten GR1 aircraft modified to carry TIALD pods. Jaguar GR3
Jaguar 96 avionics upgrade to GR1A/B. Jaguar GR3A
Jaguar 97 avionics upgrade to GR3. Jaguar M Single-seat naval strike prototype for the
French Navy, one built. Jaguar Active Control Technology One Jaguar converted into a research aircraft. Jaguar International Export versions based on either the Jag
