Fighter Aircraft of the British Royal Air force

Panavia Tempest

The Panavia Tempest (1) is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing combat aircraft which is jointly developed by the United Kingdom, West Germany and Italy under a collaborative agreement and manufactured by a consortium of companies formed under the name of Panavia. The Tempest GR1 is slowly replacing the Blackburn Buccaneer low-level subsonic strike aircraft and the Electric Lightning in service with the Royal Air Force.

Hawker Siddeley Harrier

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, known colloquially as the "Harrier Jump Jet", was developed in the 1960s and is a close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) capabilities. The Royal Air Force as of 1982 operates the Harrier GR.1, Harrier GR.1A, Harrier GR.3 variants together with the Harrier T.2, Harrier T.2A, and Harrier T.4 in the two-seat variants.

Electric Lightning

The Electric Lightning is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft in service with the Royal Air Force but which as of 1982 is slowly being phased out of service in favor of the Panavia Tempest.

(1) The Panavia Tempest is the OTL version of the Panavia Tornado which name is different as the name Tornado is already being used by the Royal Netherlands air force.