SEPECAT Jaguar

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The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French twin-engine ground-attack and trainer aircraft designed for close air support and nuclear strike missions, widely used by the Royal Air Force and other air forces from the 1970s onward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf attack aircraft
military aircraft
trainer aircraft
twin‑engine jet aircraft
aircraftCategory tactical strike aircraft
armament air‑to‑surface missiles
bombs
cannons
nuclear weapons
rockets
conflict Gulf War
Indo‑Pakistani conflicts
countryOfOrigin France
United Kingdom
crew 1
2
designedFor NATO tactical strike requirements
advanced jet training requirements
developedBy Breguet Aviation
British Aircraft Corporation
engineType turbofan
firstFlight 1968-09-08
introduced 1973
manufacturer SEPECAT Jaguar self-linksurface differs
surface form: SEPECAT
maximumSpeed approximately Mach 1.6
numberOfEngines 2
operator No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 6 Squadron RAF
powerplant Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour
surface form: Rolls‑Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan
primaryUser French Air Force
surface form: Armée de l’Air

Indian Air Force
Royal Air Force
productionPeriod early 1970s to early 1980s
range approximately 850 nmi (attack mission, internal fuel)
retiredFromRAF 2007
retiredFromService Royal Air Force
role advanced jet trainer
close air support
ground‑attack
nuclear strike
serviceCeiling approximately 46000 ft
undercarriage tricycle landing gear
usedBy French Air Force
surface form: Armée de l’Air

Ecuadorian Air Force
Indian Air Force
Nigerian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force of Oman
wingConfiguration high‑mounted swept wing

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RAF Strike Command equipment SEPECAT Jaguar
No. 6 Squadron RAF operatedAircraft SEPECAT Jaguar
No. 41 Squadron RAF aircraftTested SEPECAT Jaguar
No. 41 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
this entity surface form: SEPECAT Jaguar GR1
No. 3 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
No. 2 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
Rolls-Royce Adour turbofan usedInAircraft SEPECAT Jaguar
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Adour
No. 54 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited product SEPECAT Jaguar
this entity surface form: Jaguar aircraft (licence production)
RAF Coltishall aircraftStationed SEPECAT Jaguar
ALARM anti-radiation missile launchPlatform SEPECAT Jaguar
subject surface form: ALARM
British Aircraft Corporation product SEPECAT Jaguar
Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet usedInAircraft SEPECAT Jaguar
subject surface form: Rolls-Royce Olympus
this entity surface form: SEPECAT Jaguar (testbed)
No. 79 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
SEPECAT Jaguar manufacturer SEPECAT Jaguar self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: SEPECAT
BAC product SEPECAT Jaguar
subject surface form: British Aircraft Corporation
this entity surface form: Jaguar (SEPECAT Jaguar)
3 (F) Squadron historicalAircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
subject surface form: No. 3 (F) Squadron RAF
No. I Squadron aircraftOperated SEPECAT Jaguar
DEFA 30 mm cannon family mountingPlatform SEPECAT Jaguar
this entity surface form: SEPECAT Jaguar (French variants)
Shiny Two operatedAircraft SEPECAT Jaguar
subject surface form: No. 2 Squadron RAF