2010

January 2010

Italian Air Force started the year with a record in operational availability. The Grosseto based 4th Air Wing of the Italian Air Force set a new record as the wing achieved 200 sorties and amassed 260 flying hours in the month of January.

February 2010

The Spanish Air Force reached a key milestone as their Eurofighter Typhoon fleet achieved 10,000 flying hours. The event was marked in a ceremony held at Morón Air Base, in Southern Spain, hosted by Base Commander for Morón and Squadron 11, Colonel Francisco Javier Fernández Sánchez.

July 2010

The UK’s Royal Air Force, Spanish Air Force, Italian Air Force and the German Luftwaffebegan taking delivery of the advanced Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS).

December 2010

The Eurofighter Typhoon programme, delivered to the Italian Air Force the 250th aircraft produced. Eurofighter GmbH and Euroradar, together with their industrial partners, began full scale development of a latest generation Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on 1st July 2010.