ARMAMENT
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- Gun: 1x 27mm Mauser BK-27 cannon
- Missiles: AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-120 AMRAAM, IRIS-T, ASRAAM
- Hardpoints: 13 total (8 under-wing, 5 fuselage)
TECHNICAL DATA
Crew: 1
Length: 15.97 m
Wingspan: 10.94 m
Height: 5.27 m
Empty Weight: 11,000 kg
Max Takeoff Weight: 23,500 kg
Powerplant: 2x Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofans
Thrust: 72 kN (16,200 lbf) dry / 104 kN (23,400 lbf) with afterburner
Max Speed: >Mach 2 (approx. 2,200+ km/h)
Service Ceiling: >15,000 m (50,000+ ft)
Rate of Climb: >315 m/s (62,000 ft/min)
Armament (Planned/Early)
HISTORY
In the late 1990’s Norway started the process in finding new potential jet fighters to replace the aging F-16’s that had been in service since January 1980. The discussions had begun in 1997, and the plan was to acquire 30 to 40 new planes for the replacement. 5 different planes were considered, and In February 1999 they had narrowed their choices down to the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 50N. However after long talks and discussions of offers on delivery, the plans were abandoned in 2000 after there had been done some restructures in the army, and it was decided to wait until the Joint Strike Fighter was released (The F-35A). This plane was ordered 8 years later in 2008, and the first arrived the country the 3rd of November 2017, and gradually replaced the F-16 from 2021. The F-35 were delivered from 2017 to 2025, where they were finally fully delivered and fully replaced the old F-16 jets.
In May 1998, following the International Aerospace Exhibition 98 air show, the Eurofighter DA5 prototype (serial 9830) was deployed to Rygge airbase in Norway. There, it performed a series of flight demonstrations and underwent maintenance handling trials in a Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNorAF) hardened shelter. In December 1998, RNorAF test pilot Major Frode Evensen flew the DA5 on three evaluation flights. He later provided positive feedback at a January 1999 press conference in London, describing the Typhoon as “very easy to fly” and well-suited for combat, calling it “absolutely the fighter pilot’s aircraft.” In July 1999, Major Evensen conducted two additional test missions in the DA5: one assessing autopilot and autothrottle functions with updated flight control software, and another evaluating the ECR90 radar’s operating modes
SOURCES
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nb.no/items/c107bfcb62eaa08e0c93c17f9d509902?page=49
Target Lock: Eurofighter Typhoon : Development.
https://dokumen.pub/eurofighter-typhoon-exclusive-20th-anniversary-special-publication-uknbsped.html
Norway - Luftforsvaret - Royal Norwegian Air Force - RNoAF - F-16.net
Target Lock: Eurofighter Typhoon : Development.
98+30 | DA5/JP005 | Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon S Photo | Germany Air Force | Andreas Zeitler - Flying-Wings | AIRFIGHTERS.COM
https://bfo.no/assets/documents/Offisersbladet-nr-4-07.pdf
Eurofighter Typhoon - Wikipedia
Eurofighter Typhoon – Wikipedia
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