RAF to scrap 16 Typhoon two-seater trainers to parts

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.janes.com/article/77413/raf- ... t-typhoons

RAF to scrap twin-seat Typhoons

29 January 2018

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to scrap 16 UK Eurofighter Typhoons
as part of a project to save GBP 800 million (USD1.13 billion)
on the running cost of the service's combat aircraft fleet.

The plans to dismantle the aircraft and harvest spare parts
for use on the remainder of the Typhoon fleet
were revealed to Jane’s on 29th January by RAF Air Command at High Wycombe,
in Buckinghamshire, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request.

The project, known as Reduce to Produce (RTP),
aims to generate GBP50 million worth of parts from each airframe
“back into the supply chain”, according to the FOI data.

[Stefan]

ZJ800 to ZJ815 according to comments here;
https://www.facebook.com/Scramblemagazi ... 2155707641

[Starfighter_F-104G]

FGR4
ZJ910 STORED
ZJ911 STORED
ZJ913 WFU
ZJ918 STORED
ZJ922 WFU
ZJ925 STORED
ZJ927 STORED
ZJ930 STORED
ZJ934 STORED
ZJ936 STORED
ZJ940 WFU
ZJ943 CAT 4 STORED
T3
ZJ801 WFU
ZJ804 WFU
ZJ805 STOREd
ZJ806 RTP
ZJ815 RTP
more will follow

[Erik V]

Interesting list!

Does anyone know what happend to ZJ940? As far as I know it was delivered to Coningsby during July 2007 and was stored with TMU a year later, since at least mid 2008, marked as "DJ666".

Erik

[Mark B.]

Interesting list!

Does anyone know what happend to ZJ940? As far as I know it was delivered to Coningsby during July 2007 and was stored with TMU a year later, since at least mid 2008, marked as "DJ666".

Erik

I think THIS site will give you (part of) the answer.

Mark

[Erik V]

Thanks Mark, for pointing towards this great site!

Erik

[patrick dirksen]

With ZJ943 being the only Typhoon in the ZJ-series I missed, anybody "in the know" having an idea what will happen to those airframes after they have been cannibalized? The Tornados GR4s all disappear totally after RTP, while a few of the F3s were seen with a scrap dealer for a very short while after their RTP.
Making ZJ943 after all would really make my year, and crossing the Channel for it would be no problem.....

[Le Addeur noir]

With ZJ943 being the only Typhoon in the ZJ-series I missed, anybody "in the know" having an idea what will happen to those airframes after they have been cannibalized? The Tornados GR4s all disappear totally after RTP, while a few of the F3s were seen with a scrap dealer for a very short while after their RTP.
Making ZJ943 after all would really make my year, and crossing the Channel for it would be no problem.....

The tail of ZJ943 is preserved within the 11 (F) Sqn area at Coningsby. The rest of the airframe should be in store at Shawbury. So far, no news of it's ultimate fate.

[patrick dirksen]

I read about the tail indeed, but although we are sometimes called 'tailhunters' I would need to see more of the airframe to let it count....
Hopefully there will be more info on the ultimate fate one day (other than "it's scrapped").