La fiche Ce qu’est ce système, d’où il vient, qui le met en œuvre et pour quels modules de Vigil il est pertinent — avec les éléments sur lesquels repose chacun de ces points.
Fiche
Pertinence pour les conflits
Ceci est la fiche unique du catalogue pour ce système. Il est pertinent pour les modules ci-dessous ; le Force Atlas de chaque module montre comment il y est employé.
Opérateurs
Saudi Arabia: The Royal Saudi Air Force's second fighter fleet, delivered from 2009. · Qatar: Delivered from 2022 as one of three fighter types bought after the 2017 blockade. · Kuwait: Delivered from 2021 to replace older American fighters. · Oman: A small fleet delivered from 2017. · Germany and the eastern flank: One of the four partner nations; the Luftwaffe's principal fighter, with further Tranche 4 batches contracted in 2020 and 2024. A recurring Baltic and Romanian air-policing contributor. No holdings or basing recorded. · Italy and the eastern flank: Partner nation; the Italian Air Force has flown the type on Baltic and Romanian air-policing rotations. No holdings recorded. · Spain and the eastern flank: Partner nation; Spanish Typhoons have deployed to the Baltic states, Romania and Bulgaria under NATO air policing and the enhanced air policing measures. No holdings recorded. · United Kingdom and the eastern flank: Partner nation; the Royal Air Force's Typhoon force is the United Kingdom's recurring contribution to Baltic air policing and to the Romanian enhanced air-policing mission. No holdings recorded.
Rôle sur le champ de bataille
Air defence and multirole strike; in the Gulf, the fighter half of the air and missile defence against drones and cruise missiles.
Points forts
A modern airframe with a European supply chain, which is the reason it was bought, and a common type across four Gulf states and four European partner nations that makes coalition operation easier. On the eastern flank it is the type most often rotated through the Baltic and Romanian air-policing missions, because four of the contributing air forces fly it.
Limites
Expensive to operate for small services, and dependent on European suppliers whose export politics — Germany's over Saudi Arabia most visibly — have interrupted support. A four-nation industrial arrangement makes upgrades slow to agree. Numbers and bases are not recorded.
Identification visuelle
Twin-engine canard-delta with a single fin: foreplanes just behind the cockpit, a rectangular chin intake split in two under the nose, and a large delta wing. The canards and the chin intake separate it from the Rafale, which has its intakes at the sides.
Emploi documenté dans les conflits
MIDDLE EAST. Saudi Typhoons flew in the Yemen campaign; no engagement in the 2026 war is established from open sources. NATO EASTERN FLANK. The type is a standing element of NATO's Baltic air policing and of the enhanced air-policing rotations in Romania and Bulgaria, flown by German, Italian, Spanish and British detachments in rotation; the campaign record (nef-baltic-air-policing) holds the rotation history and this record holds only the type. No holdings, bases or detachment strengths are stated.
Opérateurs par composante et par service
- Luftwaffe Documenté
- Kuwait Air Force Documenté
- Qatar Emiri Air Force Documenté
- Royal Saudi Air Force Documenté
Évalué au — 2026-09 Dernière revue — 2026-09-28