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See RAF 3(F) Squadron (Typhoon) at work

RAF Coningsby


RAF Coningsby

Lincolnshire

All day

 RAF 3 (F) Sqn roundel RAF No 3 (F) Squadron badge

Special invitation to Midlands Aerospace Alliance members

Members of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance have been invited by Group Captain Johnny Stringer, Base Commander, RAF Coningsby, and Wing Commander Ian Townsend MA, Officer Commanding 3(F) Sqn to visit and see the Squadron at work.

This is a superb opportunity to see the Eurofighter Typhoon -- that more than 70 MAA member companies help manufacture or support -- close up and meet the pilots who fly it every day.


About RAF 3(F) Squadron

RAF 3(F) Squadron is a front-line fighter squadron:

  • Formed in 1912 and celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012.
  • First Squadron to fly heavier-than-air aircraft.
  • Moved to RAF Coningsby in 2006.
  • First operational front line RAF Typhoon squadron in 2006
  • Provides permanent Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) for southern UK, ready to be scrambled in 10 minutes.
  • Participated in Operation Ellamy (UK participation in Libya) 2011.
  • Helped provide Olympic Games security 2012.
  • www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/3squadron.cfm
   Typhoon by Craig Sluman 232a

 

 

Draft schedule

  • Squadron visit: who we are, what we do, what Typhoon can do and why.
  • Aircraft visit (see the jet up close).
  • Simulator visit.
  • Review a key part of Squadron training in use.
  • Lunch.
  • Battle of Britain Memorial Flight visit.
   Typhoon by Craig Sluman 236a

 

About RAF Coningsby

Today the workplace of 3,000 military and civilian personnel, RAF Coningsby has been an RAF base since before the Second World War. 

The following Squadrons are based there:

  • No 3 (Fighter) Sqn - the First Front Line Typhoon Squadron.
  • No XI Sqn - The first multi-role Typhoon Squadron.
  • No 29 (Reserve) Sqn - The Typhoon Operational Conversion Unit.
  • No 41 (Reserve) - Test and Evaluation Squadron.
  • The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which operates five Spitfires of various Marks, the only flying Lancaster in Europe, two Hurricanes, a Dakota and two Chipmunks.

The station website can be viewed here.

   Typhoon by Craig Sluman 252a

 

Photographs of Eurofighter Typhoons of 3(F) Squadron at RAF Coningsby and training by Craig Sluman: flickr.com/photos/58430191@N04/

 


 

Register for this event

For logistical reasons, only 20 places will be available on this fantastic visit.

The event is for MAA members only. To check if your organisation is a member click here. For how to join click here.

As this event is likely to be oversubscribed, and to try to be fair to our members, we are accepting registrations from members whose companies manufacture Eurofighter Typhoon parts or provide services to the Typhoon programme. You must complete the appropriate details in the registration form, when it appears.

Please register by 3rd September, midnight.

We will select places at random on 5th September and tell both successful and unsuccessful applications then. Places will not be transferable.