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Eurofighter Typhoon

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1993-2007, London, Hangar Six, X004-6167

The Eurofighter Typhoon was a product of a partnership between the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. Development began in 1988. It was initially employed in an air-to-air fighter role as the Typhoon F2 and RAF deliveries began in 2003.

Black metal jet aircraft with pointed nose and large vertical tail, © RAF Museum

HGU-25P Flight Deck Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1999 {cg}, London, Hangar Six, X008-4185

Aircraft carrier decks can be very dangerous places to work. The flight deck helmet, worn with ear defenders and googles, protects the wearer from possible injury to their head, eyes and ears.

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Royal Navy Flight Deck Surcoat

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1999 {cg}, London, Hangar Six, X008-4187

Coloured flight deck surcoat worn by Chief Tech Peter Morgan who served as an armourer of No.1 Squadron on board HMS Invincible supporting operations over Kosovo and Iraq in 1998.

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RAF, Bomb Mission Symbol, Operation ALLIED FORCE, 1999

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1995, London, Hangar Six, X008-4189

Stencils used on No.1 Squadron Harrier GR7s involved in Operation ALLIED FORCE. This was a NATO operation in which Serbian military targets were attacked to prevent their persecution of ethnic minorities in Kosovo.

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Philco-Ford AIM-9L Sidewinder

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2001-SEP 2010, London, Hangar Six, X005-2792

A short-range passive Infra-Red homing heat-seeking air-to-air missile carried offensively and for self-defence. Named after the Sidewinder snake, which also detects its prey via body heat. Developed by the U.S Navy from the late 1940s, with the first successful firing in September 1953. Production of the AIM-9L began in 1977.

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RAF Bruggen closure party tankard

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2001, London, Hangar Six, X008-4689

British forces in Germany were gradually withdrawn following the end of the Cold War. This tankard marks the closure of RAF Bruggen in 2001, ending a continuous RAF presence in Germany since 1945.

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Philco-Ford AIM-9L Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2001-SEP 2010, London, Hangar Six, X005-2794

A short-range passive Infra-Red homing heat-seeking air-to-air missile carried offensively and for self-defence. Named after the Sidewinder snake, which also detects its prey via body heat. Developed by the U.S Navy from the late 1940s, with the first successful firing in September 1953. Production of the AIM-9L began in 1977.

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Lifejacket of a Winchman

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2008, London, Hangar Six, X008-4721

The flying clothing worn by RAF winchmen equipped them for rescue operations over the sea and in the mountains, where they frequently had to be lowered by cable from a hovering helicopter.

Mannequin dressed in one-piece orange overall, green life vest, yellow helmet and ankle boots, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

uK4u Charity Christmas gift box 2008

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2008, London, Hangar Six, X004-9281

The uK4u Christmas box is an example of one of over 24,000 boxes distributed to UK service personnel on operations overseas on 25th December 2007 this was the third year which uK4u had distributed its Christmas box.

uK4u Charity Christmas gift box 2008 | X004-9281, © RAF Museum

Nimrod MRA4 First Delivery Medallion, 2010

Aircraft & Exhibits, 2010, London, Hangar Six, X006-8838

This medallion was produced to mark the delivery of the first Nimrod MRA.4 maritime patrol aircraft in 2010. The project had cost over £3 billion pounds and was over a decade late in delivery, however, there were still concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness and in 2010 the project was cancelled and all the the airframes scrapped.

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