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Saudi Typhoons Pummel ISIS

February 28, 2015
Jason Hyatt No Comments Military Aviation

Royal Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons have been employing the relatively new dual-mode Paveway IV precision-guided bomb in their air campaign against ISIS. Paveway IV’s were first used by the Royal Air Force against targets in Afghanistan during Operation Herrick.

The precision strikes by the RSAF come approximately one year after the US State Department lifted a block on Saudi Arabia, preventing them from purchasing the weapon.

Paveway IV was developed by both British and US divisions of Raytheon. Saudi Arabia’s purchase of Paveway IV was valued at an estimated $247 million USD, and they are currently the only export customer.

Saudi Arabia received their first of seventy-two Eurofighters ordered in June of 2009, and to date over half of their orders have been filled.

British Typhoons have not been deployed to assist with the coalition air strikes against ISIS. British Typhoon pilots have been training to drop the Paveway IV, and in January they deployed with some Typhoons to Nellis Air Force Base to participate in Red Flag 15-1. The RAF did expend some live Paveway IV’s during the exercise.

(Featured Photo of a British RAF Typhoon on exercise at Nellis AFB by Scott Wolff)

About the Author

Jason Hyatt is an aerospace industry professional with over 10 years of experience in the military and commercial aviation sectors. Born and raised in the Southwest United States, an area blessed with over 300 days of sunshine per year, he is fortunate to have been in and around aviation his entire life. After a brief stint as a semi-professional soccer player in the early 2000's, he realized his desire to live and work in aviation. While working for Boeing IDS (now BDS) in 2005, he first picked up a camera and started experimenting with aviation photography and photojournalism. As a freelance aviation photojournalist, he has been able to stay close to military aviation, his primary area of interest.

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