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    Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Maritime Strike Fighter
    Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Maritime Strike Fighter
    Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Maritime Strike Fighter
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    Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Maritime Strike Fighter

    By Dave Windle and Martin W. Bowman

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    This versatile single-seater aircraft was a joint development between the UK and France. It first flew in 1968, but its robust and flexible operational uses led to its long service life, only being retired from RAF service in 2008. It has seen front-line action in all major conflicts since introduced and has been exported to India, Ecuador, Nigeria and Oman.

    This book contains the world famous color profiles created by Dave Windle of the type in different operational modes, configurations and color schemes. Martin Bowman has written detailed descriptions and photographs to create the perfect enthusiasts reference.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateFeb 23, 2011
    ISBN9781783461172
    Sepecat Jaguar: Tactical Support and Maritime Strike Fighter
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    Dave Windle

    Dave Windle has gained the reputation of being Britain’s most skilful creator of aircraft profiles. He draws upon his service with the RAF to maintain complete accuracy. Lives near Aberdeen. Martin Bowman is one of Britain’s foremost aviation historians and has written many books and articles. He lives in Norwich.

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      Sepecat Jaguar - Dave Windle

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      Jaguar GR.1 XZ367/P of 41 Squadron on exercise over Norway. (RAF Coltishall)

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      First published in Great Britain in 2010 by

      PEN & SWORD AVIATION

      An imprint of

      Pen & Sword Books Ltd

      47 Church Street

      Barnsley

      South Yorkshire

      S70 2AS

      Copyright © Dave Windle & Martin W. Bowman, 2010

      9781783461172

      The right of Dave Windle & Martin W. Bowman to be identified as Authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      A CIP catalogue record for this book is

      available from the British Library

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing.

      Printed and bound in Thailand

      By Kyodo Nation Printing Services, Thailand

      Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the Imprints of

      Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Family History, Pen & Sword Maritime,

      Pen & Sword Military, Wharncliffe Local History, Pen & Sword Select,

      Pen & Sword Military Classics, Leo Cooper, Remember When,

      Seaforth Publishing and Frontline Publishing

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      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Worldwide Operators

      RAF Jaguar Units

      SEPECAT JAGUAR

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I am most grateful to BAe; Squadron Leader David Bagshaw AFC; Mick Jennings MBE; Bernard Noble; Kevin Noble; Gary Parsons; Rolls-Royce and Mike Rondot.

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      Prototype Jaguar S.07 XW363 carrying a practice bomb carrier (CBLS 100) on the rear station of the undercarriage pylon at Warton in January 1973. (BAe)

      On 17 May 1965 the British and French governments agreed to participate in a joint venture to build a supersonic advanced trainer to replace the Folland Gnat in RAF service and the Fouga Magister in the Armée de l’Air inventory by 1970. A new supersonic design would also bridge the gap that had opened up since the introduction of more advanced first-line combat aircraft like the Dassault Mirage III in France, while the RAF would need a replacement for the Hawker Hunter by about 1975. The search for a successful combat trainer design with increasingly high strike ambitions not only had to meet an internal French requirement – known as the École de Combat et d’Appui Tactique (ECAT), ‘tactical combat support trainer’ – but it also had to conform to Air Staff Target AST 362 laid down by the Ministry of Defence in London. In effect, the French were looking for a small, relatively simple, cost-effective, subsonic front-line trainer, while the RAF requirement (and to a certain extent, the Royal Navy’s) was for a supersonic advanced trainer. France also wanted the aircraft to fulfil an additional light strike role and be able to operate not only from permanent runways but also from unprepared grass strips. In May 1966 the Société Européenne de Production de l’Avion d’École de Combat et d’Appui Tactique (SEPECAT), combining Breguet and BAC, was created and registered in France. The nose, fuselage, centre sections and undercarriage were to be made by Breguet, and the wings, tail unit, rear fuselage and engine air-intakes by BAC. These assemblies would then be mated together on identical production lines at BAC’s Military Aircraft Division at Warton near Blackpool, Lancashire, and at Colomiers at Toulouse-Blagnac airport in France, where all eight prototypes would be built. The French and British governments stipulated that the powerplant had to be a collaborative effort also, and in 1966 Rolls-Royce/Turboméca Limited was formed to develop an all-new powerplant. The new RT172 engine was named the Adour, a French river, and production would be centred on Derby and Tarnos in France. All the RAF Jaguars would be powered by the Mk 102, and the powerplant was introduced for the eleventh French Jaguar onwards.

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      Two Jaguars of 54 Squadron during refuelling with Vulcan XH560. (via Dave Bagshaw)

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      Jaguars of 41 Squadron in formation, with the one nearest the camera taking on fuel from a tanker. (via Dave Bagshaw)

      Britain and France initially agreed to each procure 150 aircraft, the Armée de l’Air receiving seventy-five single-seat ‘A’ (appui, support) strike versions and seventy-five two-seat ‘E’ (école, school) trainers, while the MoD requirement was solely for 150 ‘B’ (British) trainers. Even so, the RAF still desired a much more sophisticated aircraft with supersonic performance and a far superior avionics fit than was required by the Armée de l’Air. In 1965 the aircraft received the official name ‘Jaguar’, and the MoD order for 150 trainers was raised to 200 aircraft by amending the MU to ninety ‘S’ (strike) examples and 110 ‘B’ trainers. In early 1967 the French requirement was also increased to 200 aircraft, with forty of these being a new ‘M’ (maritime) single-seat strike/reconnaissance version to meet a carrier-based requirement for

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