- List of active United Kingdom military aircraft
This is a list of currently-active
military aircraft in use by theUnited Kingdom .For aircraft no longer in-service see
List of aircraft of the RAF .Royal Air Force ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Type! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Versions! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|In service! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
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Aérospatiale Puma || || Battlefield Support Helicopter || HC3
HC3A|| 22
6 ||-
Acquired from Danish Air Force
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BAe 125 || || Strike || GR7
GR9
T12 || 37
30
10 || All GR7s will be upgraded to GR9 standard [ [http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/unitedkingdom/index.php British military aviation OrBat] ]
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Beechcraft King Air B200 || || Heavy Lift Helicopter || HC2
HC2A || 34
6 || 8 more to be delivered by 2009
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Boeing C-17A Globemaster || || Transport || CC2
CC2a || 1
1 |
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Diamond DA42 Twin Star || || Multirole Fighter || T1/T1A/T3
F2
FGR4 || 16
23
12 || 232 to be purchased. [http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/unitedkingdom/index.php]
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General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper || || Training Glider || T1 || 82 |
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Grob Vigilant || || Trainer || T1/T1A || 109 |
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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod || || Transport/Tanker || K1
KC1
C2
C2A || 2
4
2
1
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Panavia Tornado || || Trainer || T1 || 95 |
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Slingsby T-67M Firefly || || Rescue Helicopter || HAR3
HAR3A || 19
6 |Fleet Air Arm ! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Type! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Versions! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|In service! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
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AgustaWestland Merlin || || Basic Trainer || - || 5 |
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Hawker Siddeley Hawk || || Trainer || HT1/2 || - || Shared within Defence Helicopter Flying School (Tri-Service)
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Slingsby T-67M Firefly || || Commando Helicopter
SAR Helicopter
Transport Helicopter
AEW Helicopter || HC4
HU5
HAS6(CR)
ASaC7 ||37
16
5
13 || 2 HAS6(CR) in storage! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Aircraft! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Origin! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Type! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Versions! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|In service! style="text-align: left; background: #aacccc;"|Notes
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Westland Gazelle || || Reconnaissance || - || 1 || three more to be delivered
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Bell 212HP || || Reconnaissance || AL1 || 4 || 4 more being purchased
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Eurocopter Squirrel || || Basic Trainer || - || 5 |
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Westland Apache || || Helicopter || A09E || 1 ||
-----BAC One-Eleven || || Transport || C1 || 1 |
-----Hawker Siddeley Hawk || || Helicopter || HT2
HT3 || 1
1 |
-----Westland Lynx || || Bomber || B1 || 1
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DHC Chipmunk || || Fighter || Mk.IIc || 2
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Supermarine Spitfire || || Torpedo bomber || Mk.I/II || 2
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Hawker Sea Fury || || Trainer helicopter || AH1 || 1
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Auster || || Trainer || T10 || 1
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Saro Skeeter || || Utility helicopter || AH1 || 1
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