Footage from a GoPro has captured the view from inside a British Typhoon fighter as it lands on a road in Finland as part of an exercise.
The demonstration was part of efforts to develop RAF plans to be able to deploy the jets from dispersed locations.
The video can be viewed on Twitter, here’s a link.
Footage from a GoPro has captured the view from inside a British Typhoon fighter as it lands (and takes off) on a road in Finland as part of an exercise. pic.twitter.com/QBvGb7Pt2x
— UK Defence Journal (@UKDefJournal) September 26, 2023
The RAF’s overarching goal with such exercises aligns with the strategy of Agile Combat Employment (ACE). ACE necessitates that RAF personnel and assets remain flexible and agile.
First ever RAF Typhoon operating from a Finnish road strip. Thanks to Karelia Air Command for sharing your expertise. RAF Agile Combat Employment in action. #JEF #ilmavoimat @RoyalAirForce pic.twitter.com/RRgPJIrR9i
— UK Defence Attaché in Finland (@UKDefenceFin) September 20, 2023
As the RAF said previously, this strategy requires “operating in austere locations with minimal support, constantly moving and changing location to maintain the initiative, and outpace any action from an adversary whether in the UK or overseas alongside our NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force partners.”
Näin sujuu läpilasku 🇬🇧 Eurofighter-pilotilta #Baana23-harjoituksessa Tervossa.
Touch-and-go landing by @RoyalAirForce #Eurofighter in 🇫🇮 on Tervo road base during Baana 23 exercise. #ilmavoimat #raf pic.twitter.com/DdF6RNFdUj— Ilmavoimat (@FinnishAirForce) September 20, 2023
Recently, as part of these efforts, Royal Air Force Typhoons were involved in an unexpected relocation exercise to bolster the resilience of UK’s air defence.
As part of Exercise Agile Pirate, four Typhoons from XI(F) Squadron at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire received sudden orders to transfer to MOD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
Wing Commander Paul Hanson, Detachment Commander, reflected on the nature of the exercise: “Moving at pace presents its own challenges and we have pushed some assumptions to move even faster. Agile Combat Employment will change our current mindset and way of operating, and I think in many ways it will bring the very best out in our people; ready to deploy at shorter notice, taking part in more novel activity, and operating without the usual support structures of a main operating base.”
In readiness, the Typhoons were stationed in secure aircraft shelters. Upon receiving a scramble call from Tactical Air Command and Control (Tac Air C2), they were airborne within minutes.
Brings back memories of Harrier on the range road at Sennelager! Great skills there Mr Pilot.😎
Looked like a presion landing. Nice skills sir.
The idea seems to be catching on! “A Polish Air Force F-16D touches down on a 2 km stretch of Route 604 on 25 September, marking a first for the type in national service and a return to roadway operations for the service for the first time in 20 years. (General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces) Poland operated its Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft from a public roadway for the first time during exercises on 25 September. The event took place on a 2 km closed-off section of the Route 604 national highway between the towns of… Read more »
First class job, well done and no speeding cameras about to capture the moment either!
Nice bit of tarmac.
Had to be: so it wasn’t torn up and ingested.
Before someone asks. A F35B also took part in the trial.
Great machine! Ukraine needs this.
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I’m no pilot but I can imagine, with a tree line so relatively close to the ‘runway’, that made for an uneasy landing and, then later, you get a real sense of the acceleration involved in a Typhoon take-off in this video. Impressive.
Great video, bit nerve wracking trying to fight a side-wind while trying to land in such a narrow area but these pilots are trained great. Maybe why it takes so long to crank em out.
Other than that the shear takeoff speed was pretty amazing, even the landing seemed pretty short as well.
Great way of getting the message out there, “NATO can deploy anywhere, anytime!”